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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kids school called and said that your child called another child ‘piggy’, ‘ugly’ or a ‘r*****’, would they be in trouble with you or no?

I’m going to say zero back, this is just actually the thing that most baffles me about trump voters [/quote]
Have you ever been in a public high school? I can assure you that "piggy" would be viewed as a very mild word choice. [/quote]

Just because they do it doesn't mean it is encouraged. Any responsible adult who hears kids talking to each other this way would at least tell them to knock it off, and depending on the circumstances, they'd be punished. Context matters. Crass jokes between friends is one thing and warrants one response, while bullying is different and would warrant a different response. The President of the United States should not be modeling either behavior. Anyone arguing otherwise is being disingenuous and should be ignored. [/quote]

I agree with you; but my point is that not just Republicans have disrespectful kids who use bad, derogatory language. It's a socital problem that includes all groups. [/quote]

Only one party has a president using this language with regularity. That’s the point.[/quote]

PP here. I agree that he's obnoxious. I can't stand him. OP's post, as well as others' comments, suggested that it's a Republicans' parenting problem. I disagree.[/quote]
It’s certainly a problem when parents of any party act like this language is defensible but there’s a lot of it here. Sorry to announce it, but part of being “woke” is recognizing when language matters and can cause harm. And calling someone the R word is simply not something that anyone who’s woke, and I use that term proudly, condones or defends. And only one party is so anti woke that they’re arguing over rainbows and defending their dear leader using an offensive slur simply because it was leveled at someone they don’t like. It’s not radical transparency- it’s defending the indefensible, and they’ve done it ever since he mocked a disabled reporter. He’s the president, and kids are watching. My kid thankfully thinks he’s a joke. Republicans’ kids maybe not so much. Sorry not sorry.[/quote]

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