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To: trisham

Saying that I think you're paranoid for believing that the MSM is trying to influence us by using the term "single mother" isn't an ad hominem attack. Saying that I think you're stupid would be. My contention is that you are too worried about the MSM - thus the paranoid label. But hey, if you took that as an insult, would you feel better if instead of "paranoid," I used the term overly sensitive?

Anyway, you missed the main part of my post. I'll ask again:

What should the newspaper have called her? The kid wasn't born "out-of-wedlock" because she was married when her kid was born. She's not a widow. What better term than "single mother" would you have the newspaper use? If you can't come up with a better term, then how can you criticize the newspaper for using it?


134 posted on 11/29/2006 10:02:44 AM PST by Stone Mountain
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To: Stone Mountain
Saying that I think you're paranoid for believing that the MSM is trying to influence us by using the term "single mother" isn't an ad hominem attack. Saying that I think you're stupid would be. My contention is that you are too worried about the MSM - thus the paranoid label. But hey, if you took that as an insult, would you feel better if instead of "paranoid," I used the term overly sensitive?

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I appreciate your persistence, but I have no interest in discussing this, or any other issue with you.

139 posted on 11/29/2006 10:05:35 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Stone Mountain

How about 'divorcee?'

That's an accurate appelation.


140 posted on 11/29/2006 10:06:14 AM PST by sauropod ("Come have some pie with me.")
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