I admit to being pedantic about certain annoying grammatical creations and over-used phrases but one thing that appears here often when referring to Republicans / Xian fundamentalists is the word, cockroach(es). It chills me to the bone. We are not Radio/Television Libre de Mille Collines.
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Yes, there are horrible, hateful, stupid, murderous people in this country. But to refer to any group as cockroaches is just plain wrong. Almost every day I read it here unchallenged.
I know this isn't a real diary but I have been following closely the amazing and mostly intelligent backlash to the eejits who tarred the sane people in Indiana. Calling a bigot a bigot; a homophobe a homophobe; a religious zealot a Talibangelical -- all fair.
But please consider not using cockroach. A genocide was encouraged by that reference. A genocide won't happen here by using the term but it is still wrong.
Thank you.