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hrmjustin

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2. I doubt it was meant that way. Could be but I doubt it.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 18, 2015, 08:17 PM

Mar 2015

i don't want to get too meta here because it never works out in this room so all I will say is I think it was meant in a demeaning fashion when I saw it here. I could be wrong and I want to be be but I doubt it.

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The term Jesus Freak is a demeaning term. [View all] hrmjustin Mar 2015 OP

You may be too young to remember it's origins. cbayer Mar 2015 #1

I doubt it was meant that way. Could be but I doubt it. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #2

Oh, I don't doubt that it can be used in a very negative way and would not cbayer Mar 2015 #5

I need a thicker skin but I can not embrace the term. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #6

I feel that way, too. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #3

Thats how I feel. I think it is a put down. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #4

That pretty much echoes my experience. okasha Mar 2015 #7

Perhaps the "Ignore" button needs to be put to use again. No Vested Interest Mar 2015 #8

Damn that DC talk!! XD LostOne4Ever Mar 2015 #9

I take it in good fun my friend. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #10