Thick headed... meatheadish... when you refer to black people as colored. You and I both know you would never refer to a black man as "colored" in the real world, but you do it here where you are anonymous. That's being a pussy.
There is nothing you can say here that will "upset" me. Amuse me, yes. Many of us enjoy your bodybuilder meathead rants.
When you give people crap for being "fat" or refer to black people as "colored", I can will point out how ignorant you are, and that you are a pussy behind a keyboard.
Originally Posted by Johnny4455
When you get to my age, maybe it will be understood that the meaning that words have change with time. When I was young the term "colored" was the only proper way to address a black person. The use of the word "black" was not acceptable. Negro was not to be used either.
The proper term for black in Spanish and German gave rise to a hated term, if used today. Can anyone think of what the word is?
Individuals can choose to be offended or not. It is not in the word used that can be proper or improper. It is in the implied meaning that people give to the word, or the connotation. A connotation is an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning (denotation).
For example: beyond the immediate denotation, the word black may have a connotative power to some people, but not to others.
I quit being upset about the implied meaning of words years ago. If a person can't resist using words with implied meanings, the clearness of the written word becomes lost. There are a lot of words with implication beyond the word itself. The use of implied meanings create emotions that limit and direct our thoughts in ways that the one receiving the message may not understand.
Connotative meanings are often used in propaganda to attack others.
JR