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Guest Zero (your name isn't related to your IQ, is it?), when someone addresses me with the words "your kind." I become a little suspicious of their intention. After all, I grew up having my bigger neighbors rub smow in my face because it was appropriate for "your kind." They meant being a Jew. Did you mean, "you liberals?" Or, did you mean, "you university directors? Or, did you mean, "you published authors or writers?' I mean, you really don't know much about me from a few posts here. If you took the time to review my Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads or MySpace pages, you could have meant, "you husbands, fathers," or "you retired people." You could have meant, "you amateur ornithologists," or perhaps, "you amateur astronomers." But really, when you dislike someone (and, GZ, you dislike me) and then you address that person as, "your kind," the connotation is not sweet.

Frankly, I would never address anyone with the words, "your kind." It smacks of depracation, devaluation, diminishment and irrelevancy. Or worse, it can mean, "you dangerous people, outsiders, strangers, unwanted," etc. But, almost never when someone addresses another person with, "your kind," does it mean, "you bright, talented, devoted" or "valued" individuals.

Is Guest Zero a closet bigot? I don't know. I'm not saying that. I'm saying that it is not very polite in general conversation with someone you dislike to use the words, "your kind." It does not engender pleasant discourse.

Chuck (a.k.a. Chaz)

created by cweinbl on Mar 07, 2011 at 06:15:21 pm
updated by admin on Mar 07, 2011 at 08:01:37 pm
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GZ can't seem to make a point without using denigrating language to describe anyone with whom he disagrees. You are definitely not alone. Even though it's meant personally, my advice is don't take it that way. I don't think I've ever read anything GZ has posted that wasn't crass or demeaning regarding his perception of certain groups of people. I've been the subject of a few of his tirades. I pay them no mind.

This is an open forum. He can express his opinions. They don't have to be polite, intelligent, factual or of any value. Just ignore it.

posted by holland on Mar 07, 2011 at 06:51:53 pm     #  

He appears to be a very angry and unhappy person. Hopefully with the passage of bill 5 resulting in the states budget deficit being solved and the end of unions will bring him some joy!

posted by barfly on Mar 07, 2011 at 06:55:56 pm     #  

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A new front page posting that is a negative attack against another Toledo Talk user will not be tolerated. We get enough of that in comments. But making the attack on another user the main subject of a new thread will result in the poster's account being deactivated.

posted by admin on Mar 07, 2011 at 07:46:10 pm     #   2 people liked this

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