GD has lost its mind again. The flameworthy topic du jour:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Is it racist to refer to a town as a village? http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2099291

[rug]

1. They're villains.

[TZ]

2. Well....

I grew up in "Montgomery Village". So what the hell does that make me (perhaps a middle class upper middle class wanna-be snobs like many of the residents there):rofl:
Have you not seen my quip that GD means "God Dammit!" to me?:)

[Rob H.]

3. Dumbest linguistic pet peeve ever. nt

[alarimer]

4. I don't even understand that

Village is racist? As far as I know it only refers to a town of a certain, smallish size.

[DarkTirade]

5. Wow... just... wow.

... and I thought I had too much free time sometimes...

[graywarrior]

6. Village Idiots may apply here

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Done

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2099291&mesg_id=2102670

[graywarrior]

24. *snort*

:crazy:

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. There is no flame war that cannot be doused

with a bowl of Python.

[graywarrior]

30. Oh god! Amazing what makes me laugh.

[JTG of the PRB]

7. HA!

:rofl: :spray:

Wow. That was a big laugh. I guess you an find some people who take offense at everything...

[regnaD kciN]

8. Who are you calling racist...???

:evilgrin:

[rockymountaindem]

9. At least I avoided going in there and talking about shtetls, hamlets and shantytowns

:rofl:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

15. What is a shtetls?

[rockymountaindem]

18. Shtetl is the Yiddish word for village

It's the kind of place that only exists "in the old country".

[Blue-Jay]

10. The entire premise is idiotic.

[lligrd]

11. In My City We Have A Village

The main shopping, eating and gathering place in town is known as The Village. I guess our entire city is racist.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

22. and you

hate America. Bastards!

[lligrd]

28. We Already Knew That

Just didn't realize we were racist too. :rofl:

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. The town I live in is incorporated as a village.

And it is a very diverse community.

:shrug:

[Writer]

13. I added my .02 to this very important discussion.

What a politically spoiled nation we are to concern ourselves with such minutiae.

~Writer~

[QueenOfCalifornia]

14. Some DUer

has far too thin of a skin if that is a pet peeve.

Yes... Today fellow Democrats, as I look out over the millions of people who call this country home, I see violence and racism. I see crime and hungry children with no health care. I see homeless and people dying because we are not utilizing stem cells to find cures. I see our youth being shipped over to Iraq and Afghanistan so a phony cowboy can fight a dumb-assed war. I look out over the 9th Ward of New Orleans and see the horror of what is left in the wake of a hurricane --- But the thing that really makes me crazy is when people use the word "village" I see it as divisive since it is racist.

I believe this may just be the most insane flame war I have seen on the DU.

Why?

[Fire Walk With Me]

16. Villages have their citizens numbered and there are scary elastic spheres patrolling the borders.

[SacredCow]

19. Someone give that person something to be offended by....

because they obviously have nothing...

[Guaranteed]

23. LOL

I'm not offended by the use of the words.

I do think that the way we use them is unhealthy when it comes to our relationships with the rest of the world, though.

[Crabby Appleton]

20. ...GD ... The..

[amitten]

21. You can't lose what you never had in the first place.

Those people are craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy.

[datasuspect]

26. villages cause priapism and myocardial infarction in many cases

[laylah]

27. christo on a crutcho! nt/

[DS1]

29. I say we take off and nuke it from space. It's the only way to be sure

[SoxFan]

31. ...

[FloridaJudy]

32. Add Hillary's cat to this

And you have two of the silliest flame wars going. Those people are bonkers.

Does it take a village to care for a cat?

[lightningandsnow]

33. OMG, it's almost as bad as Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars