Reply #6: Won't go away... [View All]

[Kanary]

unless and until we make an issue of it.

I'm old enough to remember a time when it didn't look like the "N" word would go away, either. I've had to tell people not to use the "N" word around me, and I've told them about this, also. Most people just haven't had someone with the nerve to point out to them what they are actually doing.

True, most people will immediately defend themselves, but over time, if enough people say something....

I appreciate a lot of what you say, and certainly about your wife. However, I will tell you that if you and I are talking, and you say to me, "You're crazy" or something similar, that's the end of the conversation. I walk away.

Anyone who does even a bit of cursory reading in communication knows that name-calling and such signals the end of any productive conversation.

Kanary