That's exactly what I was saying echo c:

My mom graduated in the 70s and college in the 80s so things have changed, especially Money situations and the no child left behind act in 2001

All that act really did was start the dumbing down of the majority so that the minority could feel better about themselves. It's not doing a bit of good since the real world won't cut you a break just because you have trouble with certain things.

I don't think I really find anything offensive, but I don't even know half of the words on your list.
I find it harder to find thing offensive when you haven't experienced much when it comes to people. xD Like Tanning, and stuff.
The.. Au Natural makes me giggle xD

well and the fact that it's not the state's fault for low grades in school (unless it has to do with budgets, but that the school district's responsibility). there's factors into it I can name a few (in my opinions, I have not researched it...yet):

1. Students/kids: the students are the main factor on the schools performance, if the students have the low grades on the tests then it reflects on the school. If they can learn in their own way, not just one way since different people learn differently.

2. Teachers: There are two types of teachers in the country the ones that want their kids to succeed or the ones that just don't care because they know that they won't get fired after their tenure. If teachers don't teach their kids then the kids don't learn.

3. Parents: Back in the day when if their child gets a bad grade then the child gets punished. Now it's a country of blaming everyone but themselves, it's now if the child get a bad grade they take to the teachers yelling at them for giving their child a bad grade. Parents are the vital key into raising their children properly in order to become a tax paying citizen, if the parents are fighting constantly, then it's going to reflect on the child in a bad way such as fights in schools.

3. The district: Each District handles their school and situations differently than other districts do. Such as: tests, learning procedures, schedules, health, and credits. Where I grew up it's a tiny district so they didn't have the quality education and money processed but they are willing to spend thousands of dollars on things we don't need like dances and police officers. I understand in a ghetto environment when it's necessary but to me it's a little over the top.

And their are districts that have social workers in the schools; their purpose to keep the cased child safe and to help them succeed by any means necessary, my school had councilor but didn't deal with the students situations and helping them it was more on the lines of hanging out with them and chatting about random shit instead of helping the child it was more sugar coating the problem.

4. State: Each states have different laws under the 10th amendment on many things and especially schools on how they will distribute the budgets via property taxes and what are the required academics each student needs until they are qualified to graduate. And each state varies in test score recommendation such as if a student takes a standardized test in Maryland scored a 58 then it's not qualified but then the student moved to Delaware and takes the same exact test and gets the same score of 58 to Delaware it's accepted.

In New York I would have needed 4 years of the major subjects (Math, Science, History, and English as well as 4 years of P.E), in Colorado I only needed 1 year of P.E for the whole school year, 2 Years of History (1 year Government that has to be taken in Senior year and 1 year in US History; geography doesn't count), 2 year in Science (1 Biology and another year of science of student's choice), 2 years in "English", and 1 year in Math and then multiple semester elective courses and then their are some more required classes but I'm only listing out the majors.

So in the end my mom doesn't understand the system in Colorado than New York in a span of 30 years.

I was bullied when I was young because I didn't like the same things some of my classmates liked. It was hard trying to fit in and hope no one would make you look like a fool but sometimes it didn't work.

They made fun of me because I'm fat and because i love anime :P

i havent seen much action in this thread but i have another thing to add...

How some people are rude and call people names behind their back and in their face

I Listen to this song when I feel down (as well as this one, the most =D)

i like the second one

it make me happy and I sing that song a LOT

well it is a good song... i saw a few mw3 montage clips with that song and it was funny

I LOVE THE SMILE SONG!!!

My fave is the smile song with the skyrim it's LOL

oh yeah that is my fav too

I <3 the sunshine part XD

i like the weapon mod on it though

I just thought of terms that can be offensive

Alien
Hick
Hillbilly
Redneck

those are commonly used terms that do need to be put up nice find

I just thought of them oTL

well its a good thing that you did

anyway: C'MON EVERYPONY SMILE SMILE SMILE, FILL MY HEART UP WITH SUNSHINE SUNSHINE 8D

it kind of is bc some red headed freckled kids dont like being called it

Derp could be offensive as it supposedly means retarded.
Gypsy could be offensive to Roma
Bread could be offensive to white people
Tranny could be offensive to transgender.

The list goes on and honestly, I think some people seek to BE offended. Many have a loose interpretation of racism as well. If there is nothing hateful or negative in the commentary, I can't see how it would be racist.

And I hope I am lucky enough to end up with a redhead.
hot hot hot hot hot hot redhead

I thought Cracker would be more offensive to whites

and I know lots of LGBT offensive terms. I'm a redhead by dye

Sticks and stones may break my bones. . .

While some words are obviously hateful, I don't think the words are the problem. It's the ignorant people being hateful.

It's like saying "guns kill people" instead of "People use guns to kill" or that Hardcore music causes people to be satanists. In my meager opinion, eradicating the ignorance could be more effective than eradicating the words.

Hope that makes sense.

I tend to offend people, but due to them taking another meaning to my words...or the words being typed so you can't hear the emotion and all that. Which is why I want to become a hermit since no one can think...she's my friend...would she really mean it like that? Maybe I should ask?

Other than that...I can't currently think of specific offensive words that haven't already been listed, but if I do, I'll let you know.

I haven't had people offending me at work nor me offending them

Anyway. Bump this thread cause it needs love

In Scotland you can insult someone by calling them a muppet.

The reason for this is it means idiotic, incompetent, slow, dimwitted or even stupid

So the muppet show wouldn't be aired in Scotland

It is, but it calling someone a muppet is an insult.

Well, I never heard of Ginger being taken the wrong way before.. I know someone on DA who is a Ginger and very proud of it.

I know in the States, it was offensive to call an African American person the 'N' word yet where I worked, they called each other it almost every day between themselves, yet if someone white used it jokingly, it was different story. Also Honky may be offensive.. it's the African American's term for a white person.

You can no longer call a person 'midget'.

Also I believe 'red-skinned' preferring to the Indians, may also now be taken offensive.

Plus you no longer can sing Ba ba black sheep.. :/ or so I have been told.. it's now Ba ba sheep..