Posted on 07/22/2007 9:33:38 PM PDT by flowerplough
Most Groups, Especially African Americans, Find Use Of Some Words In These Situations Extremely Offensive
Before asking for people’s reactions to these situations, they were first queried to determine their willingness to participate in the survey. The question was: "Some of the terms we present to you to evaluate in the next few screens you may find offensive. Would you be willing to answer this section or do you want to skip this section?" Nine in ten (89%) said that they would be willing to answer the questions while one in ten (11%) opted to skip the section.
These are some of the results of a Harris Poll of 2,383 U.S. adults surveyed online between May 8 and 14, 2007 by Harris Interactive.
Which Events Found to be Most Offensive
The survey explored which of the following events by celebrities generated the most offense. Almost two-thirds (64%) found radio personality Don Imus’ calling Rutgers’ female basketball players ‘nappy-headed hos’ to be offensive with 29 percent saying it was extremely offensive.
Seven in ten (69%) said that actor/comedian Michael Richards’ use of the ’n-word‘ was offensive (30 percent extremely offensive);
Six in ten (63%) found actor Mel Gibson’s use of Jewish slurs to be offensive (22 percent extremely offensive);
Over half (54%) felt that actor Isaiah Washington’s use of ‘faggot’ was offensive (18 percent extremely offensive);
Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s reference to Senator Barack Obama as ‘Obama Osama’ was thought to be offensive by 50 percent (16 percent extremely offensive);
A lower 37 percent said that politician George Allen’s use of the term ‘Maccaca’ at a political rally was offensive (12 percent were extremely offended).
(Excerpt) Read more at harrisinteractive.com ...
How about Rush calling him the Magic Negro? Or Ann Coulter calling John Edwards a fag?
Everything is offensive, and the best part is it’s PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION.
That’s why people like Ann Coulter are the kind of people I love the most. They don’t give a damn about which words “offend” SOME people and which ones don’t !!!
Sure doesn’t take much tobe offensive nowadays, does it?
This whole article offends me.
We all have our "button words"--those that don't sit right with us.
Didn't Gummy-the-news-girl smack a guy for saying "sputum," tellimg him to never say that around her?
I use some that offend others, and others use some that offend me.
I guess we'll all have to put some ice on it.
Yes it was Ted Kennedy. This whole poll is bogus in that
they didn't do any research on accuracy. One google search would
have given them the facts.
It’s wnough to make you puke.
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TRUE!
“Willful inaccuracy” is an intentional lie.
That is offensive.
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The only word, that comes to mind, that offends me is the
T word for breasts. I HATE that word.
The most useful piece of information in this survey: 74% of respondents were not familiar with the Macaca Moment.
We have remind ourselves constantly about how few people pay attention to many of the things we talk about here.
And I work with a man whose last name is pronounced the same as the anatomical term from which the T-word for breasts is derived, PB. Guess what we usually call him...
I’m offended by people being constantly offended.
I’m 100% not offended by calling these pollsters assholes.
Magic Negro was invented by a lefty LA Times columnist....not Rush. He just exploited it.
I have been called motherf**king cracker so many times by black males that I quit counting.
But I didn’t think it was offensive, it was a just a signal it was fight time...unless they were alone.
The ony thing that offends me is when people carelessly curse around children. Can they not see the kids right in front of them.
/Salute
harris is a nappy-headed maccaca
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