Not necessarily, but it is offensive to the Romani people to allege that you've been "gypped out of something". So...it doesn't matter if I'm offended. See how that works?
All he had to do was say that he was taking it back. The Tuna flubbed that one.
Not helping. But you know that.
You are really reaching. But glad to hear such a critical issue keeps you up at night. No one ever said anything about it offending or not offending. I said it wasn't racist to me the way I use or used it. It was merely shortened from Japanese. And used as an adjective to describe a damn bonsai tree. Nothing more. Offending is like art. You can claim anything offends you if you want. That doesn't mean it's racist. Because you see, racism actually has a definition.
It didn't demean them. It didn't establish a prejudice. It didn't call for discriminating. And it certainly didn't lessen them as a people. Which is what websters defines racism as below
Racist/racism from websters:
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination
And we won't get into how many times other words have been said on here in a similar sarcastic manner. Some in posts you responded directly to.
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