re: Jimmy Kimmel called a politician from Louisiana an inbred

Wait.......who do you think I'm talking about?

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That happens every day on this board towards Alabama people. You folks are funny.

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First of all, I have never called anyone this, in any form of media. I don't find it funny or clever.

Secondly, saying something on a message board and saying something as a direct personal attack are completely different things.

This board is like a fraternity, people razz each other, but at the end of the day we show compassion for one another. See any disaster thread for evidence.

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You calling me a snowflake?

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Well your response was awfully snow-flake like. Kennedy compared him to Charlie Sheen and he called him an inbred in return. It seems somewhat playful back and forth within the context of a serious discussion.

The fact that you are so sure that he's insulting the entire south, and seemed to be offended by it, is awfully snowflake like.

I mean 3/4ths of my wife's grandparents are from rural West Virginia. And given how large her extended family is, I jokingly insinuate that there must have been some inbreeding. I don't actually believe that nor do I believe most anybody from WV is, at least now that it's a lot more uncommon everywhere. They don't get bothered by it because they know it's a joke.

Just like I don't get bothered by jokes about Ohio's ugly women or the mistake on the lake or any number of jokes based on stereotypes. A snowflake may though.

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When will this shite stop?

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Never. People joke. You can either choose to go along with it or be offended by it. Snowflakes get offended, especially when it's harmless.

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Secondly, saying something on a message board and saying something as a direct personal attack are completely different things.

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And the person who was personally attacked, seems to be less offended by it than you. You're "offended by proxy."

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This board is like a fraternity, people razz each other, but at the end of the day we show compassion for one another.

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And I'm sure Kimmel would show compassion for Kennedy if something that typically elicits compassion occured. Just like Kennedy is making fun of Kimmel and showing compassion for his son's medical condition.

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Never. People joke. You can either choose to go along with it or be offended by it. Snowflakes get offended, especially when it's harmless

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Well I'm not offended, but I'm not impressed. You want to call me a snowflake because I don't like the guy for what he said? Fine, but I'd hardly say I had some sort of a meltdown.

The dude cried on national tv over this issue, it isn't a joke to him. We are talking about the biggest issue in the US right now.

Jimmy Kimmel is a frickin asian...

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but I think he loses credibility with his comments. Is that not fair?

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That's fair.

frick Jimbo Kimble

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No. I’m calling your response snowflake like beside you made yourself a victim of an insult directed at someone else.

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That wasn't my intention. I live in the south, it's always been a dumb generalization. Like you said, it extends all the way to WV.

I am really just trying to say that it's a bit disingenuous to use a generalized insult to a group of people when your overarching message is that some should sacrifice for the sake of others.

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I didn't say you melted down

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My understanding of the term was that snowflakes melt, but I guess that to some it means people think they are unique and special.

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No. But I don't think the insult is based on a serious belief.

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Neither do I. But again, I just don't think you should cut people down when trying to have a discussion, if you are literally crying about it.

I appreciate you keeping the conversation civil, although I'm not sure we see eye to eye.