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HJ - As for your claim of my "defense of the status quo" and all the other stuff, yet, you found it perfectly OK to defend another poster who called an accomplished Black woman a "black chick." I dared to be different, and called that out. But, you defended the poster and the term used as well as the poster's claim that it was his "culture" that allowed him to call her that.
Again, if you can point me to where I "you defended the poster and the term used as well as the poster's claim that it was his "culture" that allowed him to call her that" feel free. I said "Having not seen all the deleted messages, I really don't know MyManao's intent, and don't presume to guess." You just putting words in people's mouths is a bad look - or is this a "other posters are being trollish douche-bags so why shouldn't I be as well?" type situation?
Some of us have obligations that take us offline for much of the day, while the rest of y'all be wildin resulting in lots of deleted posts. I have no idea what all was said in my absence and so can't vouch for, or raise issues with, any of it. As for terms used, as the old rocking hippies once said "There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure, 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings" which raises the basic issue of "signifier and signified" in semiotics. As a lawyer, I'd hope you have at least a passing awareness of these issues with textual interpretation?
Regardless, looks like rain is settling down, so back at it for me - the weather is calling for board shorts, but the task requires a chain saw... hmm, choices, choices... "Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give a meaning.” JP Sartre
HJ - As for your claim of my "defense of the status quo" and all the other stuff, yet, you found it perfectly OK to defend another poster who called an accomplished Black woman a "black chick." I dared to be different, and called that out. But, you defended the poster and the term used as well as the poster's claim that it was his "culture" that allowed him to call her that.
Again, if you can point me to where I "you defended the poster and the term used as well as the poster's claim that it was his "culture" that allowed him to call her that" feel free. I said "Having not seen all the deleted messages, I really don't know MyManao's intent, and don't presume to guess." You just putting words in people's mouths is a bad look - or is this a "other posters are being trollish douche-bags so why shouldn't I be as well?" type situation?
Some of us have obligations that take us offline for much of the day, while the rest of y'all be wildin resulting in lots of deleted posts. I have no idea what all was said in my absence and so can't vouch for, or raise issues with, any of it. As for terms used, as the old rocking hippies once said "There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure, 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings" which raises the basic issue of "signifier and signified" in semiotics. As a lawyer, I'd hope you have at least a passing awareness of these issues with textual interpretation?
Regardless, looks like rain is settling down, so back at it for me - the weather is calling for board shorts, but the task requires a chain saw... hmm, choices, choices... "Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give a meaning.” JP Sartre