>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.
The whole point of this debate is whether people say "Ay-rab" to be racist or hateful. You assume it as a basic premise, and I am saying that basic premise is flawed. I ask why you think a term is racist or hateful, and you tell me it's because you make fun of people who you think use it in a racist and hateful manner. Do you see the flaw in that logic at all?

>>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.
It's not a "hostile environment." It's a message board, and no one in this post has answered an extremely simple question w/o resort to rhetoric.