I don't get to decide what offends other people, but I do get to decide what I think they should find offensive. I don't hate transgendered people at all, therefore if I'm telling a joke, or recounting the time some drunk transgendered people in Bangkok did some crazy things, I might use the word. That shouldn't…

I agree there is a difference. Using "tranny" is an explicit expression of derision. Had she used "transsexual" it would have been implied.

ugh, you boring house frau

"It's more than snark, it's used to hurt and shame."

Yep, you can't even respond to the point. Sandra Fluke goes before congress that she is a victim of birth control prices by her own making, and now she is a political advocate and national figure. She got ahead by playing the victim. Respond/refute or piss off.

No you're wrong.

"OK" is a slur against my people, don't use it.

Transgender folk can correct me if I'm wrong, but by calling a trans person a "tranny", you're basically saying they're not real men/women, but just someone (cross)dressing as one.

Are you kidding? It's one of the best ways to get a leg up in this country now days. You don't wish you were Sandra Fluke?

Frump, I am referencing history.

You're using asterisks so it must be true.

By that logic, I can now make up whatever slur I want, by coopting a word, that you can't use. It's a land rush in this country to get victim status and the words that go with it.

I like how everyone just accepts immediately that "tranny" is some slur akin to an N bomb. It isn't. And if you decide it is, people will just start saying "trans" as you did in the title. gg

I like how you place more weight on words than physical assault, then insinuate that words are tantamount to assault. The American left is so dangerously Stalinist in its thinking I'm amazed on a constant basis.

Boston is more racist than any trailer park in the south. Boo hoo they duped you into believing your mush mouthed retard mayor died, as if society would crumble if some suit at city hall croaks. Northern liberals embrace the cult of personality as much as North Korea.

He was assaulted because he was white. Period.

Really? He grabbed that top lid handle with his bear fingers to reveal sizzling food?

So, is CarMax for dopes?

Writing article on how to get over trolls means you got trolled. Trolled hard.