Gypsy as a derogatory term

[Sleepless-Child]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

I think the problem with online communication is that people can hide behind the profiles they've created for themselves so they can be unjustifiably confrontational and rude without any kind of real backlash.They think they can say what they wish with no repercussions. The fact that people tell others to kill themselves frankly scares me, because sometimes the people they bully with such comments are in such a bad place that they do just that. There's no concern for human life at all.

I agree with the general idea but if someone actually kills him/herself because of a simple "kill yourself" on the internet, then it was just a matter of time before that happening...

Originally Posted by WildHearted

Exactly. Personally, I can shrug it off... but it scares me that there are others who might not be able to. And it's just so dang hypocritical considering the whole issue is about hate-speech and offending people... and she's telling people she hopes they swallow a knife and stuff. Quite frankly, it's disgusting. And it completely devalues her entire side of the argument.

Now that's disgusting.


Romanis are actually calling themselves Gypsies sometimes, i'm sure of that, so people who pretend to defend them are not Romanis and have mostly no idea what real discrimination can be. And anyway that's a weird thing to say about this song, since we all know Stevie lives in her fairy world and only writes about herself . She's not even aware of all of this.