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Post by vronn on Aug 23, 2014 2:37:25 GMT
He swears it's not stolen... I *totally* believe him. Snort.
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Post by KikiPea on Aug 23, 2014 2:39:36 GMT
Our page is also post after post of Miss Me jeans. What's the deal with that? No idea, but if they were my size, not overly embellished and $50 or less, I'd probably buy them!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 2:40:06 GMT
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Post by SabrinaM on Aug 23, 2014 2:54:07 GMT
The best for sale pic I ever saw was of a silver teapot. You could clearly see in the reflection that the photographer, a gentleman, was completely nude. His schwanz was clear as day. It seems like people posting reflections of themselves nude was a thing on Ebay before too!
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Post by Miss Ang on Aug 23, 2014 2:58:32 GMT
The armpit hair and the dress wwwww. Also what gives with the black picture? I mean I can't see it at all. Was there something in there? Our local buy, sell and trade page had a woman wanting to auction something off. After that I left. Too much junk. It's CAMOUFLAGE!!!!! Duhhhhh!!!!
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Post by whipea on Aug 23, 2014 3:03:26 GMT
What an odd thread, not the topic as it is interesting and entertaining. But there is just this huge pink elephant and people are kind of skipping by it with an occasional person here and there noticing its existence. Very unpea like.
I will notice the elephant. I find the term "Jew down" offensive, stereotypical and as a Jew degrading to all Jews. To me the odd thing is that it is not just the comment, but the reaction. I have seen more people upset over negative comments regarding Jinger,Jukia or whatever her name is Duggar being pregnant than this comment.
What an interesting world we live in.
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Post by melanell on Aug 23, 2014 3:22:18 GMT
What an odd thread, not the topic as it is interesting and entertaining. But there is just this huge pink elephant and people are kind of skipping by it with an occasional person here and there noticing its existence. Very unpea like. I will notice the elephant. I find the term "Jew down" offensive, stereotypical and as a Jew degrading to all Jews. To me the odd thing is that it is not just the comment, but the reaction. I have seen more people upset over negative comments regarding Jinger,Jukia or whatever her name is Duggar being pregnant than this comment. What an interesting world we live in. I noticed and would have said something had the person not already come back and responded about it. If someone who is Jewish doesn't have an issue using such a derogatory phrase I feel pretty powerless to say anything useful. Basically, I was speechless. At first, I kept coming back and not adding to the actual conversation, because I *did* feel weird not saying anything, but then I decided that was pretty unfair to the OP.
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Post by whipea on Aug 23, 2014 3:34:59 GMT
I understand.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Aug 23, 2014 3:54:06 GMT
What an odd thread, not the topic as it is interesting and entertaining. But there is just this huge pink elephant and people are kind of skipping by it with an occasional person here and there noticing its existence. Very unpea like. I will notice the elephant. I find the term "Jew down" offensive, stereotypical and as a Jew degrading to all Jews. To me the odd thing is that it is not just the comment, but the reaction. I have seen more people upset over negative comments regarding Jinger,Jukia or whatever her name is Duggar being pregnant than this comment. What an interesting world we live in. I noticed and would have said something had the person not already come back and responded about it. If someone who is Jewish doesn't have an issue using such a derogatory phrase I feel pretty powerless to say anything useful. Basically, I was speechless. At first, I kept coming back and not adding to the actual conversation, because I *did* feel weird not saying anything, but then I decided that was pretty unfair to the OP. Pretty much exactly that. I had to read the comment three times, just to make sure I wasn't seeing things. I am not Jewish, however, I find the term very offensive. Since the remark was made by someone who says she's Jewish herself, I guess I didn't see how I could represent the thoughts and feelings of someone who was Jewish accurately enough to defend them. I would not for a moment understand how it feels to be labeled and judged in such a way by someone who shared my same culture and religion like what was said tonight. Therefore, I chose to say nothing at all. I'm not sure if it is/was the right thing to do, but I hope my lack of comment wasn't seen as me ignoring the issue.
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Post by SabrinaM on Aug 23, 2014 4:11:03 GMT
I was at the term as well, but found myshelley, elaine and others addressed it. Elaine also reported it. The offensive refupea is an adult. She was told it was offensive by several people on page 1. She chose not to do the respectful, mature thing and edit it out. I was hoping for a fun, lighthearted thread. Not sure why she couldn't edit it out so we could all move on?
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Post by loco coco on Aug 23, 2014 4:37:47 GMT
I think enough people have addressed it so why beat a dead horse. Move on
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Post by plapple on Aug 23, 2014 4:53:40 GMT
Apparently I have been living under a rock. I didn't know any such FB pages existed! I just experienced nearly an hour of time-sucking FB for sale or trade fun! I think the best thing I saw was a 6 foot x 4 foot stuffed teddy bear. In tie dye fabric. Sweet mother of pearl.
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Post by SabrinaM on Aug 23, 2014 5:05:51 GMT
Someone just posted that they're "iso a clothes hamper."
They're about $10 @ WM. Are you really saving that much by the time you meet someone somewhere to buy their used one? I don't get it.
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Post by lucyg on Aug 23, 2014 5:54:53 GMT
I think enough people have addressed it so why beat a dead horse. Move on Yeah, I think I'm just not going to follow your instructions here. To the person who claims to be Jewish, yet saw fit to use that term and then doubled down when she was called on it: you are a POS. Let me know if you need me to explain what that means to you.
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Post by scrappinghappy on Aug 23, 2014 5:55:36 GMT
I am not Jewish, however, I find the term very offensive. Since the remark was made by someone who says she's Jewish herself, I guess I didn't see how I could represent the thoughts and feelings of someone who was Jewish accurately enough to defend them. I would not for a moment understand how it feels to be labeled and judged in such a way by someone who shared my same culture and religion like what was said tonight. Therefore, I chose to say nothing at all. I'm not sure if it is/was the right thing to do, but I hope my lack of comment wasn't seen as me ignoring the issue. Why not? If someone used the word Nigger, we would be all over it no matter what the color of our skin. Why is this any different?
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Post by scrappinghappy on Aug 23, 2014 5:59:02 GMT
I think enough people have addressed it so why beat a dead horse. Move on Again would you say the same thing if some used the word Nigger?
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Post by lucyg on Aug 23, 2014 6:04:32 GMT
To poor Sabrina who just wanted a fun thread: sorry. I did join my local BST group, but lost interest quickly. I usually just give stuff away on Freecycle, and that's always good for entertainment value. The best offer ever was for a pan of orange jello. Instructions were to bring your own pan, because the guy wanted to keep his. Best part? An hour later, he posted TAKEN.
The next day, there was a new rule sent out that food items had to be in sealed packages or else home-grown produce only. Okay, maybe that was the best part. That was years ago now and I still giggle whenever I think about it or when that same guy (forever to be known in my house as Jello Guy) posts.
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Post by whipea on Aug 23, 2014 13:42:08 GMT
SabrinaM, truly sorry your thread was disrupted. I am just disappointed in our online community.
It appears to some the world is truly all "birds, flowers and trees". I guess we really should not be "beating a dead horse" because it is not important or notable within social construct of many on this board.
With all due respect, I do hope your thread recovers. But to me it was ruined once the comment was made.
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Post by elaine on Aug 23, 2014 15:25:08 GMT
Since this is a thread with two topics, sorry Sabrina!, I just want to add that as someone who IS Jewish, it actually feels SUPPORTIVE/GOOD to hear from people who are NOT Jewish how offensive they find the term. Of course 99.999% of the people who are Jewish find it offensive. So, while it was certainly appropriate for me to respond to her claiming it was okay for her to use the term because she is Jewish, it is definitely alright for non-Jews to share that they are offended. The only reason why "Jew them down" is part of speech is because non-Jews originally coined it, and mightyme is the only person who claims to be a Jew that I've heard use it.
I, personally, don't find anyone addressing the disgusting use of it here as beating a dead horse - again, it feels like people "get" the inherent anti-Semitic nature of it.
All that said, I understand feeling torn because people don't want to highjack Sabrina's thread. But, if the reason some are holding back is because they aren't Jewish, you don't have to be Jewish to share disgust over this idiom, just like White people can be disgusted over the n-word.
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Post by melanell on Aug 23, 2014 15:35:07 GMT
I am not Jewish, however, I find the term very offensive. Since the remark was made by someone who says she's Jewish herself, I guess I didn't see how I could represent the thoughts and feelings of someone who was Jewish accurately enough to defend them. I would not for a moment understand how it feels to be labeled and judged in such a way by someone who shared my same culture and religion like what was said tonight. Therefore, I chose to say nothing at all. I'm not sure if it is/was the right thing to do, but I hope my lack of comment wasn't seen as me ignoring the issue. Why not? If someone used the word Nigger, we would be all over it no matter what the color of our skin. Why is this any different? Sorry to go off on a tangent, here, but I really dislike the way in scrappinghappy's post, it shows "melanell said" and then a blank box, because at first, it gives the impression that the following words were mine, and they are not. And it's not necessary the following words that matter, just the way the quote feature worked out in this instance. If the following words were something absolutely awful, I would be really concerned that people might view the post quickly and think that they were my words.
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Post by melanell on Aug 23, 2014 15:44:07 GMT
All that said, I understand feeling torn because people don't want to highjack Sabrina's thread. But, if the reason some are holding back is because they aren't Jewish, you don't have to be Jewish to share disgust over this idiom, just like White people can be disgusted over the n-word. I am disgusted by what was said earlier and by the N word. However, I will say that if a black person chose to use the N word (not in a discussion about the word, but to actually refer to anyone of their race with that term), I probably wouldn't say anything to them either. If someone said it about them or to them, that would be different. But if you (General you, of any race, religion, ethnic background, sexual orientation, etc.) choose to use a term that would/should be offensive to you, that is your choice. I may not understand your reason for doing so, or I may not like it, but I feel it is your choice. Now, if my children were around, I would absolutely point out to them, that that was a very offensive thing to say, and I would readily admit to them that I had no idea why some people use word or phrases that are offensive to them in that manner. I know someone who comes from an Italian-American family who refers to himself and his family as "guineas". I cringe when I hear him say that, but I don't say much to him, because I figure he knows darn well that term is offensive but he chooses to use it anyway, even though he is the person who should be most offended by it. I did have to ask him to refrain from using the term in front of my children, though. So as soon as I saw her state she was Jewish, I just felt at a loss, because I just don't understand. I guess if anything, perhaps I should start asking all of these people to explain it to me. It's ironic that I don't ask at risk of offending them, when they are saying things that I find offensive, huh?
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Post by *KAS* on Aug 23, 2014 15:45:36 GMT
I found the comment totally offensive actually. I only mildly 'addressed it' with 1 sentence in my comment, which probably seemed like I thought it wasn't a big deal. That's certainly not the case. To be honest, I had no idea what it meant until maybe 10 years ago, when I was an adult. I didn't know it was offensive. I get it now, of course. Just wasn't something I ever thought about (as far as where the term came from/what it meant/that there even was a stereotype). So I thought the OP was as ignorant as I used to be, and needed to be corrected. She was, but then she said she IS Jewish, and I felt silly chastising her. Elaine did a much better job than I felt I could have.
But yes, no clothes, purses, or shoes for my town. So boring.
Just for fun, here's a list of the last 3 posts - maybe a deal if you need expensive stuff, but not exactly yard sale prices, haha:
1. A used glider / ottoman for $200
2. "I have over 50 decorative plates that my grandmother collected for years. The majority of the plates are Royal Copenhagen Plates and Bing & Grondahl plates. There are also a few Bicentennial Plates, First Men On The Moon, Hummel, Etc." - they are $7 each, or all for $225.
3. Canon EOS Rebel T3i Digital SLR Camera
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom Lens
Canon PIXMA PRO-100 Color Professional Inkjet Photo Printer
Canon Luster Photo Paper, 13" x 19" (50 Sheets) (LU-101 13X1950)
Camera bag carrying case
$700
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Post by SabrinaM on Aug 23, 2014 16:00:19 GMT
I'm not Jewish either but immediately cringed when I read it. Totally inappropriate. What's worse is that she unnecessarily doubled down rather than just edit it out. Ugh.
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Post by SabrinaM on Aug 23, 2014 16:28:55 GMT
They claim to be selling the table. The table!
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Post by Dani-Mani on Aug 23, 2014 17:02:32 GMT
I think enough people have addressed it so why beat a dead horse. Move on Again would you say the same thing if some used the word Nigger? Oh good lord. Here we go...
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Post by ceepea on Aug 23, 2014 18:39:23 GMT
The thing that drives me crazy about our page is when people post a pic of something and just say "Need gone". WTH!! No price or anything, and I am not great with grammar but, "Need gone"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 18:49:49 GMT
They claim to be selling the table. The table! They couldn't take the time to take the crap off the top of that table for the picture? Seriously?
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Post by ceepea on Aug 23, 2014 18:51:33 GMT
Oops, probably should have read the thread before posting. Sorry if I offended anyone. I usually don't participate in that stuff, I read it-say Idiot or something similar in my head-then move on to the fun stuff.
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Aug 23, 2014 19:30:45 GMT
I am not Jewish, however, I find the term very offensive. Since the remark was made by someone who says she's Jewish herself, I guess I didn't see how I could represent the thoughts and feelings of someone who was Jewish accurately enough to defend them. I would not for a moment understand how it feels to be labeled and judged in such a way by someone who shared my same culture and religion like what was said tonight. Therefore, I chose to say nothing at all. I'm not sure if it is/was the right thing to do, but I hope my lack of comment wasn't seen as me ignoring the issue. Why not? If someone used the word Nigger, we would be all over it no matter what the color of our skin. Why is this any different? I have actually been in a situation where a black person referred to their black friend as the N word in jest, and I chose not to say anything in that situation either. I did, however, view the name-caller differently though. They lost a little respect from me that day.
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Post by tania7424 on Aug 23, 2014 19:42:21 GMT
Wasn't someone looking for a laundry hamper?
As for the other comment. I count them as ignorant and move on. It's been my MO on how to avoid drama on this board for the past 11 years.
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