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28478, no that was not the point
Posted by Chike, Sat Apr-02-05 12:50 AM
Point was:

1) chillsm00th has heard people use "A-rab" while denigrating Arabs
2) Because he's familiar with the use of term without purposeful denigration, he doesn't see how it could sound denigrating
3) No amount of "I heard someone say 'those crazy A-rabs' and proceed to say racist stuff about them" will help him understand why Arabs associate the mispronunciation with denigration of Arabs.

You denied (1) and I asked if you had ever heard anyone denigrate Arabs while saying "Arab" (point being I was surprised you would say you never heard anyone use the term Arab, pronounced any which way, while being offensive). But all I've been doing is getting caught up in a back-and-forth I said I would stop.