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VaTechie

Joined: 02/10/1999 Posts: 5181
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I am 54 years old,


If I am going to convince someone to see things differently using their intelligence or common sense I doubt I would ever start by calling them stupid.

IMHO, calling someone stupid is or can be belittling and the word should be used sparingly.

The same goes for name calling. This board is a fine example of posters on both sides calling people stupid and names where they justify why "it is the right thing to do and they are different in real life how they behave". IMHO, these posters can have good content within their posts, but any content is loss as they continue that behavior.

(In response to this post by HoosWillWin)

Posted: 05/12/2017 at 11:20AM



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Pretty interesting piece from the Atlantic -- HoosGuy 05/12/2017 09:05AM
  I think you're conflating PC with vulgarity -- HoosGuy 05/12/2017 10:07AM
  No offense, but I'm so sick of these takes -- wahoo138 05/12/2017 09:09AM
  I am 54 years old, -- VaTechie 05/12/2017 11:20AM
  So racist, not partisan...nope. racist. -- hoothat 05/12/2017 11:19AM
  When you have no evidence of racism, you shouldn't call -- Hokieesith 05/12/2017 11:06AM
  I know you are joking and don't really mean that -- wahoo138 05/12/2017 09:18AM
  I am not so far removed that I wanted McCain in -- Shenhoo 05/12/2017 09:22AM
  2008 McCain was a uphill battle from the beginning -- VaTechie 05/12/2017 10:11AM
  I think if Gore had won in 2000, McCain would have won in -- southdenverhoo 05/12/2017 1:30PM
  Me too. I voted for Bob Dole -- wahoo138 05/12/2017 09:36AM
  Agreed. ** -- hoothat 05/12/2017 09:32AM
  I believe the idiom is 'dyed-in-the-wool' :-) -- HoosGuy 05/12/2017 09:22AM
  Haha. I'd like to blame autocorrect for that? ** -- wahoo138 05/12/2017 09:39AM
  Sounds like a bad Hokie date. ** -- Shenhoo 05/12/2017 09:23AM

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