Do you think most Presbyterians would be offended by TAN's use:
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TAN:
This is hilarious. Mods are trying to tell some posters that they're racist, and the retort is "but what's the threshold for racism?"
If you gotta ask that question, then jesus christ our society has gone down the fluffter.
How about you just act respectful to your fellow human being? Do that and the rest will follow.
Or at least, most in your congregation? I honestly thought this was one of those things that had become a common colloquialism and didn't offend anyone anymore.
Monty Python used this in the "flying heffer" scene back in 1975 (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVYWKQqZZsg). While I'm sure that wasn't the earliest use of it, it was one of my earliest memories and the exclamation has always stuck in my head.
That and a bit by Bill Cosby from when I was young (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZNUlsD9GYc).
Are you offended by the use of OMG or (worse) OMFG?