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Any redheads here at RHP?

Any redheads here at RHP?

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Any redheads here at RHP?

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Originally posted by eddiedean
Any redheads?
Well, the head of my love organ is.

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Originally posted by stocken
Well, the head of my love organ is.
You play the organ?

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You started this thread in the hopes of being able to point out the fact that they are genetic freaks of nature didn't you?

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Clan 248

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I just looked up "red hair" on Wikipedia and found to my chagrin that "ginger" is a derogatory term. Discrimination and derogation on the basis of hair colour is not only immoral, it's laughably stupid. People are fk'ed sometimes.

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Originally posted by Natsia
You started this thread in the hopes of being able to point out the fact that they are genetic freaks of nature didn't you?
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Originally posted by PBE6
I just looked up "red hair" on Wikipedia and found to my chagrin that "ginger" is a derogatory term. Discrimination and derogation on the basis of hair colour is not only immoral, it's laughably stupid. People are fk'ed sometimes.
Please paste us the direct quote from wiki that makes you think it's a derogatory term.

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Originally posted by PBE6
I just looked up "red hair" on Wikipedia and found to my chagrin that "ginger" is a derogatory term. Discrimination and derogation on the basis of hair colour is not only immoral, it's laughably stupid. People are fk'ed sometimes.
So, it's not okay to tease about color, but it is okay to tease about quantity.

Why?

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Please paste us the direct quote from wiki that makes you think it's a derogatory term.

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Umm, OK:

"In modern-day UK and Ireland, despite being the places with the highest populations of redheads, the word "ginger", pronounced /gɪ.ŋə(&#633😉/[citation needed] as opposed to the standard pronunciation /'dʒɪn.dʒə(&#633😉/) is derogatorily used to describe red headed people, with terms such as "gingerphobia" (fear of redheads)[39] or "gingerism" (prejudice against redheads)[40] used by the media."

39. Gingerphobia: Carrot-tops see red BBC News, 2000-02-22
40. a b BBC News, Is Gingerism as Bad as Racism?. Retrieved on 2007-07-05

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hair

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Originally posted by SJ247
So, it's not okay to tease about color, but it is okay to tease about quantity.

Why?
What? What quantity? Are you talking about making fun of fat people?

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Originally posted by PBE6
What? What quantity? Are you talking about making fun of fat people?
Yes. Fat and bald, or fat and hairy people. You can tease about the fat, but why tease about the hair?

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Originally posted by PBE6
Umm, OK:

"In modern-day UK and Ireland, despite being the places with the highest populations of redheads, the word "ginger", pronounced /gɪ.ŋə(&#633😉/[citation needed] as opposed to the standard pronunciation /'dʒɪn.dʒə(&#633😉/) is derogatorily used to describe red headed people, with terms such as "gingerphobia" (fear o ...[text shortened]... s Bad as Racism?. Retrieved on 2007-07-05

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hair
First off, they say it's in HOW you say it... also, they need a citation.

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Originally posted by SJ247
Yes. Fat and bald, or fat and hairy people. You can tease about the fat, but why tease about the hair?
No one said any kind of teasing was right. I suppose many people view being fat as being a "life choice", which is undoubtedly not the whole story, so they feel free to criticize. Bald people (especially those with a fringe) get made fun of all the time. What's your point?

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
First off, they say it's in HOW you say it... also, they need a citation.

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Are you special or something? The word "black" seems to have the same problem. And since when does referencing a source like the BBC detract from the weight of the argument?