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Exultant Democracy

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8. So it doesn't work if you post it here. You have to wait until someone post an upworthy

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 11:50 AM

Mar 2014

or some such with a sensitive kid. Then you can make your statement an attack on the people who didn't know sensitive was on our new list of words to ban. First rule of new DU is that the language police are always on attack.

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I want to ban the word "sensitive". [View all] Bonobo Mar 2014 OP

But that's like half my conversation with my dentist. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #1

You can just grunt and point instead. nt Bonobo Mar 2014 #2

That's the REALLY bad month. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #3

In all seriousness. It's sort of a silly word, I agree. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #4

Wait a minute; I like my manly man to be sensitive also. In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #5

we'll take it under advisement IF you provide a substitute Doctor_J Mar 2014 #6

You're too sensitive. n/t malthaussen Mar 2014 #7

So it doesn't work if you post it here. You have to wait until someone post an upworthy Exultant Democracy Mar 2014 #8

Depends what they're sensitive *to*, I suppose. nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #9

I agree that sensitive is pejorative CFLDem Mar 2014 #10