Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 16:51     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
Anonymous wrote:"Getting your passport stolen is terrible and inexcusable, but that doesn't make it ok to use a slur. Never, ever ok, period. What goes for one goes for all. Hard and fast rule or the rule will not have staying power."

A slur is something intentionally derogatory. Jew someone down - slur. Saying a word that many people think is spelled "jipp" and have no idea refers historically to gypsies - sorry, disagree that is a slur.


Ok, PP, now you know, so be a better person and just stop using this nasty term. Are we done here?

And P.S., if you made it through any type of higher education without figuring out where this term came from, what rock were you under? Have you ever left the United States?
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 16:48     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
"Getting your passport stolen is terrible and inexcusable, but that doesn't make it ok to use a slur. Never, ever ok, period. What goes for one goes for all. Hard and fast rule or the rule will not have staying power."

A slur is something intentionally derogatory. Jew someone down - slur. Saying a word that many people think is spelled "jipp" and have no idea refers historically to gypsies - sorry, disagree that is a slur.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 16:40     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
Anonymous wrote:Only a DC transplant left wing loon ideologue would get on here and carry a freaking torch for god dam gypsies. WTF?

You are so out there in space. Come down to earth, go to europe, get your passport stolen by a gypsy, and then come on DCUMs and tell me what you REALLY think.


+1 I refuse to give a shit about this issue. Let me rephrase. I refuse to give a shit about this "issue."
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 16:20     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
Anonymous wrote:Only a DC transplant left wing loon ideologue would get on here and carry a freaking torch for god dam gypsies. WTF?

You are so out there in space. Come down to earth, go to europe, get your passport stolen by a gypsy, and then come on DCUMs and tell me what you REALLY think.


Getting your passport stolen is terrible and inexcusable, but that doesn't make it ok to use a slur. Never, ever ok, period. What goes for one goes for all. Hard and fast rule or the rule will not have staying power.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 16:15     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wait, what? I haven't used the word in years, but when I was little my brothers and sisters used it. It's a slur? Yikes, I had no idea. What makes it a slur?


Derives from the word Gypsy, which itself is a derogatory term for Roma people.


Well, the truth is that the Roma culture and character is the problem. There are real, true, historical reasons for this. I have studied this deeply and carefully and there is very little redeeming about the Roma. That doesn't mean you have to / should use the word but there is little to admire about that particular culture.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 15:17     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
We are taking political correctness to new heights.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 14:42     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
Only a DC transplant left wing loon ideologue would get on here and carry a freaking torch for god dam gypsies. WTF?

You are so out there in space. Come down to earth, go to europe, get your passport stolen by a gypsy, and then come on DCUMs and tell me what you REALLY think.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 14:38     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
Anonymous wrote:I think most people who use it have no idea it is a slur.


I had no idea it referenced gypsies. gypsies are not a race, so it cannot be a racial slur. So, we will continue to use it gladly, particularly in that we italians hate gypsy shit. they tried to pick pocket DH last trip there to visit his family.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 13:23     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
Anonymous wrote:I used to say "gypped" because it didn't really have any connotations for me (unlike something like "jewed" which clearly had derogatory roots). Once I learned the origins of the word, I trained myself to say "ripped off".

That being said, it's not one that would really stand out to my ear if someone else said it (unlike "jewed").


I have to disagree. When I heard Ashley Wagner say it, my reaction was bad. It didn't make me think she was a bigot, but more like uninformed and tone-deaf.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 13:15     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
I used to say "gypped" because it didn't really have any connotations for me (unlike something like "jewed" which clearly had derogatory roots). Once I learned the origins of the word, I trained myself to say "ripped off".

That being said, it's not one that would really stand out to my ear if someone else said it (unlike "jewed").
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 12:43     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
I can't believe I just read this entire thread.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 12:15     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
So don't welsh on your debts anymore, folks.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 11:05     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
Anonymous wrote:I prefer to say, "we was robbed."


Like
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 08:47     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
Learn something new every day. So I will spell "gypped" properly from now on. Thanks!

Just kidding.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2014 08:40     Subject: consensus on the word "gypped"?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Please refer to them as Gypsy Americans from now on.


And the tomato variety known as Roma shall henceforth be called Gypsy.


We shall also use the more accurate designation "fruit." Calling a tomato a vegetable denies its true heritage as proud seed bearer.