>just like black people
>should never have to explain to others why they don't like a
>particular treatment,

I'll take "treatment" to mean "name," which is the point of this post. The simple fact is, I could give you a laundry list of reasons why I wouldn't appreciate being called a "nigger," "colored," "Negro," "coon," "porch monkey," "sambo," etc. They're connected to systemic racism, racial violence, negative stereotypes, all of that.

NONE OF WHICH IS CONNECTED WITH "AY-RAB."

Not a single one. The example that you gave of you and your friends mocking rednecks is faulty and you know that, because in the example you are mocking REDNECKS, not Middle Eastern people.

At least we've gotten to the heart of the matter. You feel people should never have to justify feeling offended. I think that's preposterous, and it doesn't foster dialogue of any sort.