Would you be offended if I said "c*tton p*ckin" even if I was referring to an thing and not a person?

The reason that I'm asking is because I said this recently in reference to my front door. I say "cotton pickin" all the time. It's just something that I say as a "filler", so to speak.





Anyway, I was trying to open my front door. But the damned thing was stuck. So I was yelling, "You cotton pickin' sonofabitch!" A woman happened to be walking down the street, heard me, and started a verbal war with me. She called me a racist cow.





I have no reason to think that this woman is who any of you might think of as "black", because she had no physical characteristics which would suggest otherwise. I only make a point of mentioning this so that no one is under the mistaken impression that I'm "calling out" anyone. This was actually a total shock to me. And I'll be damned if I can figure out why she could possibly be offended, especially considering that such language is commonly spoken here (regardless of so-called ''race'').





So what do you think of this?

Would you be offended if I said "c*tton p*ckin" even if I was referring to an thing and not a person?
I can empathise,BIA.A month or two ago,someone in here asked something like"does(did) your' school teach things about your' specific race?" I answered simply"I am an American born caucasian,so no." That's all,nothing in there about anyone else!Well,I recieved an email the next day that more or less accused me of having a closet full of white sheets!My reply to her was that racist comments are violations,and that she should report me.The answer is still there,as far as I know.





Some people WANT TO be offended,they desperately need the world to still be hating and oppressing them at every turn.It's called a victim mentality,and well-meaning whites are every bit as bad about it as some blacks are.In a day and age when blacks have,in some places,fully TWICE the scholarship opprotunities as whites,and a black man is the favorite to become the next president of the United States,were still a racist and oppressive land that offers no opprotunity to succeed.What they don't seem to realise is that it's this mentality that holds them back more than anything else!Personally,having lived and worked among blacks most of my life,I think the problem is with the 'leaders' within the communities.They're like lawyers in a civil case,constantly painting a distorted picture in order to demand more in the settlement.Do they realise the harm they're doing?





How did being accused of ignorant racism make you feel,BIA? Angry,embarrased,frustrated? Accusations like that make many of us feel that way. Well,the accusatory fingers are pointing everywhere I turn anymore,and,personally,I'm getting tired of it.
Reply:"cotton picking" has always been associated with black people in a bad way, like they're not good for anything else. So using the term at all (exept for the actual cotton picking wich is still the way to obtain cotton) could indeed be recieved as racist. You wouldn't call your door "You n*gger sonofabitch!", would you?





He, the board automaticly replaces the n-word with **** if you try to write it in full. Excellent.
Reply:i wouldn't be offended. i say it sometimes but i really have no idea what it means. maybe it means something we don't know about?? i say it like to my kids ' have you lost your cotton pickin mind?' like you said it's just a filler but apparantly it means something else to others. i wonder what??
Reply:no of course I wouldn't be offended lol. anyone who would be offended is looking for any way possible to be victimized. you can't please everyone.
Reply:I personally think it's hilarious. People nowadays are too sensitive, and I'm sure later generations will be much worse. Especially with the game of 'tag' being banned in some elementary schools.
Reply:I have to agree with S.O.S. I think it's a shame that you even felt like you had to ask this question. A few of the people who answered your question need to check themselves. For real.
Reply:i don't really think i would have been offended, but i also don't think it's an appropriate phrase to use because of its racial connotation.
Reply:She must have been an old lady. Now it does not mean anything. And maybe in her days it was considered racist.
Reply:This is a good question because i'm black and i've been faced with similar circumstances. It's true. People really are that touchy. People need to get a grip because I'm really tired of stupid stuff making people look at me funny like they're trying to get my permission to act a certain way or talk a certain way. It's so annoying. And sometimes I want to get mad, but really I can't blame them because it's the PC crowd and the overly sensitive black people who make it that way. It's getting on my last nerve. I can see no reason why that lady should have been offended. And I think some of the answers you've gotten are out of line and just plain stupid.
Reply:I think it's crazy that someone was offended. It's surely crazy since you weren't even talking to anyone. Who was she to step into your business. And if what you say is true about how you talk where you're at then that's another point in your favor. Maybe she was an out of towner? I don't know. But I also think it's crazy that people have told you that it's something you shouldn't have said. What's up with that? I think us black people finally need to realize that political correctness is holding us back. Smell some coffee, brothas %26amp; sistas!!!