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Old Dec 23, 2004 | 7:52 am
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Originally Posted by anonplz
An FA may find "FA's are idiots" offensive, but it is not a personal attack. I may find "New Yorkers are idiots" offensive, but that is not a personal attack. Someone could post "People suck," does that make it a personal attack?
"Jews are misers."

"Gays are perverts."

"Blacks are lazy."

All these are personal attacks, even without the "you". True, there are some miserly Jews, some perverted Gays, and some lazy Blacks, but as soon as you say that every member of a particular group has a negative characteristic it becomes personal.
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