re: Is the term "coonass" offensive?

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oonass" offensive?
To make a long story short, I was at lunch with some friends. While we were discussing food, I said, "Give a coonass some roadkill, a squirrel and a nutria and he'll give you the best meal of your life."

The person at the table next to me said, "I'm from Baton Rouge and I find coonass to be offensive."

I was dumbfounded. I apologized , but I thought it was a fairly jovial term?

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