POLL: White people. Are you offended by the word 'Cracker'?

[aircooled]

It just doesn't bother me in the same way the 'N' word offends Black people.

 

[yruffostsif]

I always think of the band and not uncle kracker

 

[Feldenak]

I like crackers but I hear they're bad for you.

 

[Chaotic42]

No, I don't get offended by much of anything. If anything does offend me, I leave/change the channel/ignore it.

Sometimes I think I'm the only one.

 

[Ameesh]

i cant whistle after i have had a few crackers

 

[Gyrene]

No, it's a word, and unless it is directed at me, I take no offense. However, if it is directed towards me in the same way that another racial slur is directed at someone else, it has the same connotation, and thus I am obliged to feel offended.

 

[AvesPKS]

No.

 

[Kelemvor]

I prefer soda crackers but my wife likes Ritz ones. Also the Chicken in a Biscuit ones are good too.

 

[Kaervak]

Very few things offend me. Ethnic/racials slurs I really don't care about at all.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: dtyn
No, it's a word, and unless it is directed at me, I take no offense. However, if it is directed towards me in the same way that another racial slur is directed at someone else, it has the same connotation, and thus I am obliged to feel offended.

i concur

 

[iwearnosox]

Minorities are oversensitive. Call me cracker all you want.

 

[spaceman]

i wouldnt appreciate it at all.

 

[Schadenfroh]

im white, and i call myself a cracker

 

[Beau]

I laugh at it. It's clever.

 

[JC]

I've never heard 'cracker' used as a slur, so no.

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: JC
I've never heard 'cracker' used as a slur, so no.

Watch the new Ocean's Eleven, it's in there. Bernie Mack is hysterical.

 

[PoPPeR]

well first I'm asian so it doesn't offend me, but at least where I live, there are very few racial slurs that offend people when not directed at them. First of course is the N word. I'm not sure if they're actually offended by this or if it's the cause of society's influence, but just the mention of the word and they go ballistic when they really have no justification for doing so. The derogatory term for those of a hispanic/mexican descent is the real only word that is viewed as bad where I live. The various words for offending asians (ch1nk, g00k, jap, etc.) don't work at all. I mean it's been used as a joke so much around me that I really don't care. Hell, I even make jokes using the term. No one means it to be derogatory and it's better to just make humor out of it.

On the other hand, if someone uses a racial slur at you, regardless of race, with the intent to offend behind it, then I'd say you (or that person) has got some problems other then words and some fists need to be thrown asap.

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
im white, and i call myself a cracker

Cracker please...

Edit, or is it Cracka please.... ?

 

[PoPPeR]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: JC I've never heard 'cracker' used as a slur, so no.

Watch the new Ocean's Eleven, it's in there. Bernie Mack is hysterical.

or watch a lot of movies with a black theme (i forgot which one it was that used "cracka a$$ muthafvcka" a LOT. It's funny when it's used heh.

 

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Minorities are oversensitive. Call me cracker all you want.

 

[Wallydraigle]

No, stupidity offends me. That and people who think I owe them something. But then those two kind of go hand in hand.

 

[Maleficus]

Ain't nothin but a thang awesome dude

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: PoPPeR
On the other hand, if someone uses a racial slur at you, regardless of race, with the intent to offend behind it, then I'd say you (or that person) has got some problems other then words and some fists need to be thrown asap.

ditto. racial slurs with the intent to offend/put down is unacceptable. im not sure if cracker is used in that fashion often.

 

[LAUST]

I find it rather funny

 

[Kadarin]

I'm not offended by the word at all, as it's just a word. I am, however, offended by people who would wish to use it towards me in a negative manner.