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iceweasel1/26/2010 10:20:56 pm PST

re: #1320 CapeCoddah

Sorry, but those who bring us those terms for things best left private, and parade them proudly publicly, then laugh behind their hands because decent folks are clueless about that filth are, IMO filth. It is a class thing. Or, rather, lack of class.
One of the biggest problems with this society is that there are no plain old common decency concerns anymore. Anything goes, and it’s all good. That sucks.

In my opinion the use of terms like ‘human filth’ has a long and ugly political history, and usually goes along with a desire to dehumanise the ‘enemy’, bringing with it such unfortunate side consequences as, say, genocide.
It’s eliminationist rhetoric and I find it a helluva lot more offensive than the word ‘teabag’— as I do the preaching about class and civility from people who lack all common decency. (not that you’re one of those).