(01-31-2020, 11:07 AM)Kane Wrote:

(01-30-2020, 09:45 PM)mikesez Wrote: "White trashiness" is not offensive.
It's an adjective. It could describe people, which would be offensive, but it can also describe places and things.  Gardner was describing Jacksonville.  The businesses, the vehicles, the swamps. They're all pretty white-trashy, if we're being honest.

Hmm... Personally I don't get offended by words. I myself (being a white guy in the south) have often used the term white trash.
I've never meant it simply as an "adjective" as you say.

It is offensive.
Need proof? Replace white with black and see what happens.

"Black trash" would be accepted nowhere.

Just another example of double standards when it comes to the PC culture, race wars, etc.
But speaking of which... I suppose much like the N word is accepted when said by black people, white people can use the term white trash, and others can not, and only then should it be deemed offensive.

And... I think this thread is very close to being moved to the political thread, soo I'm out.