>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.

So you don't see a general rise of demeaning names towards Arabs in conjunction with the abuses of the patriot act and all sorts of repression against that community all of the United States?1

>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.

No, you are absolutely wrong. We are making fun of the way rednecks use the pronounciation, "AY-RAB" in order to be intentionally racist and hateful.

>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.

I believe in dialogue, I don't believe anyone should be placed under a firing squad to justify why they feel persecuted. Sometimes there is enough of a hostile environment around that it should be just okay to plead the fifth.