re: #62 wheat-dogg

OK, how long have whites called black people “ni**ers” or Chinese “ch*nks”? Does the length of time a slur is used make the slur OK to use? Neither of those slurs are acceptable anymore, except among racist dirtbags.

So, drop the slurs, OK? I’m no fan of North Korea (meaning its government), but I am not going to stoop down and use pejorative terms for an entire nation of people just because their government is oppressive and batshit crazy.

Is the shortening of North Koreans to Norks any different than shortening the Republic of Korea to ROKs, which is readily accepted, even by the South Koreans?

Really, you have posited an argument based on ignoratio elenchi. It’s invalid. You are a teacher. Can you justify your point? It’s not a slur. It’s a contraction. And it has been used for 65 years.

Sheesh.