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I'm not offended by the photo. I'm offended by all the hullabaloo this has generated.
How would this gesture offend me? Well if they walked up to me and did the gesture and said, "Hey Chink!" I'd take some mild offense to the idea that they were trying to get a rise out of me. Otherwise, why is this a real concern?
I'm with tippler, if we acknowledge differences we have as human beings and stop carrying on the race/religion aspects, we'd be much better off. It seems to me that we're being force fed the idea we have to have some sort of instant offended button when it comes to race/religion. It's absurd.
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I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not.
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