[Salamander]

Obama is not a boy; he’s a ~punk~.

[and where I live, that is *the* worst thing you can call a male...it comprises a huge list of “unspoken connotations”...each of them worse than the last]

Love your mosaic, BTW.

[Viking2002]

'[and where I live, that is *the* worst thing you can call a male...it comprises a huge list of “unspoken connotations”...each of them worse than the last]'

And therein lies the crux of the matter. The statement as a whole gets re-contextualized to suit the needs and/or the grievences of the recipient. It's a core dogmatic construct of liberalism - victimhood.

After six years, I was getting bored with my old avatar. This one has more character. Glad you like it. I did the same thing at another board I post at, and I caught nine kinds of Hell from dozens of people, because they just couldn't identify with me without the old one, so I had to change it back. LOL