Free speech: Fact, fad or fallacy?

[Scarlett_t2]

I am what I am I say what I say....if others don't like it I show them the tatoo on my ass that says....BITE ME with a nice red X under it
Scarlett

 

[AnelizeDarkEyes]

As an aside:
I think that there is a cultural difference for some here. I, for one, have been accused of pussyfooting around on occasion. Certain rules of polite behavior (norms that my local friends and family all follow) stay with me even when I'm irritated. In conversations with friends from other places, I've found that what I see as polite, they see as pussyfooting. What I find rude, they believe is merely getting to the point without fooling around.

I think I know exactly what you're talking about here, Des.

Definitely a southern thing...A southern lady doesn't come right to the point in a hard and direct manner, if it could hurt someone's feelings, etc. Things are "pussyfooted" around, so as to appear pleasant, or tactful in the extreme.

I agree with you on this one. I never did learn it, however LOL. Even though I grew up in south Mississippi, my dad is from south Boston, Mass.--direct doesn't even BEGIN to describe it; and English isn't my mom's first language, again, she tends to be very direct. Oh well. Just living in Mississippi from early childhood wasn't enough, although I did pick up the accent, mostly gone now.

I don't find this one too hard to deal with because I understand it, but I can see where it might throw someone who wasn't familiar.

~anelize

 

[Desdemona]

I'm glad somebody knows what I'm talking about Annelize. It's so deeply ingrained in me that I have a real hard time doing the direct thing. I've noticed the differences in my interactions with people from other places.