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Topic	Outrage after a MAN showed up in JEANS and SNEAKERS on his WEDDING DAY!!!
adjl 02/15/22 11:06:18 AM #40:	Revelation34 posted... Lol. Is how adjectives work. White trash is trash that is white, carrying no implication that any other things that are white are also trash. Specifying that the trash is white implies that it is somehow noteworthy that they are, while the absence of such specification for trash of other races implies that it is not noteworthy in those cases. The argument can certainly be made that "white trash" would not be racist against non-whites if "black trash," "brown trash," or any similar terms saw a similar presence in colloquial speech, but they don't, so it is. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:962669161] in Outrage af... [t:79892221]...</cite> <quote>Revelation34 posted... </cite> <quote>Lol.</quote> Is how adjectives work. White trash is trash that is white, carrying no implication that any other things that are white are also trash. Specifying that the trash is white implies that it is somehow noteworthy that they are, while the absence of such specification for trash of other races implies that it is not noteworthy in those cases. The argument can certainly be made that "white trash" would not be racist against non-whites if "black trash," "brown trash," or any similar terms saw a similar presence in colloquial speech, but they don't, so it is. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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