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Take Back Reclaim Offense Please For Everyones Sake

Personally above and beyond all I hate and despise in this world Is misappropriation of certain What used to be meaningful words Critically descriptive important essential That have been devalued demeaned To such a lesser degree they bare no relation To the initial gravitas they instilled Like when I hear the throw away term Racism is used currently bounded about today With total and utter disregard For what it was and is meant to represent Now that I as someone who is someone Who in general terms is rarely offended Find absolutely nothing short of offensive Because I know currently the trend is for people to feign insincerity Seemingly finding anything and everything offensive Which personally I find both detrimental and most offensive of all Because they have and find it somehow or other acceptable to use these words To use as a slogan or trump card to win an argument or justify a cause But in reality they haven't got a clue what they actually mean or meant historically Identity and meaning in certain regard To some people those who have experienced The actuality and brutality embedded within I hope are able one day to witness the day These seemingly throw away words Are reclaimed and are taken back placed once again under their control So as they can be truly appreciated and understood in correct context Not misappropriated so someone can pretend to identify with Because if they truly genuinely identified They themselves would then finally realize What it is like and means to be " " OFFENDED " "

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Date: 10/16/2023 3:04:00 PM
Yeah what ever happened to (love thy neighbour), I absolutely loved watching that tv show with my Dad, back in the day, am I allowed say that Christopher, please don’t block me lol, cheers David
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 10/16/2023 9:09:00 PM
Hahaha Our own personal in joke Sir Love it Main to Main Brilliant super smashing great fantastic. Bullseye
Date: 10/16/2023 1:59:00 PM
well said Christopher. to be honest I'm highly offended by a poet who is advocating peace, writes a spiel on a poem saying people may be ostracised iby the 'community' if they do not comply but has poets blocked from commenting... how ironic is that! there will never be peace with such hypocrisy! hugs jan xx
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 10/16/2023 9:13:00 PM
In One Stay out of the black and into the red Here's what you could have won A speedboat Ironic you can't beat a bit of Bully Peace and Blocking be with you Hugs Jan

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