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Old 03-11-2008, 09:03 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The_Heretic View Post
Everytime I hear my nephew use a slur I get on him for it. He was tossing around the four letter slur for Jews one day, and I sat him down to explain that just because you don't mean anything hateful by doesn't mean the guy with the tatooed numbers on his arm won't feel hurt or threatened.

And I chew him out for using "that's gay" for whatever.
He has a great teacher in you. I hope he learns from you and learns to ignore or walk away from any friends who say things like that as well.
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