EXCLUSIVE: O.J SIMPSON GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE IN SUICIDE BID

[Operator 1,927]

O.J. SIMPSON is so determined to end his life behind bars he’s gone on a hunger strike in an effort to kill himself, The ENQUIRER has learned.

The former football star and accused killer – who is currently serving up to 33 years for armed robbery and kidnapping at Nevada’s Lovelock Cor­rectional Center – is so severely depressed he wants to “just sit down in a corner and die,” an insider revealed.

“O.J. is done,” the insider told The ENQUIRER.

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/exclusive-oj-simpson-goes-hunger-strike-suicide-bid

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Starving yourself to death is no joke, but it's no less than he deserves.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Kinda nice to here he's suffering.

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National Enquire...... We might as well start posting Onion links

[Operator 1,927]

National Enquire...... We might as well start posting Onion links

Are you saying it's not true? Reuters is the only news source?

A bit uppity aren't we?

[Teddy B 17,252]

National Enquire...... We might as well start posting Onion links

Some of us already do.

[deleted-05292014 331]

Are you saying it's not true? Reuters is the only news source?

A bit uppity aren't we?

Awful White of you to call me uppity.

Internet courage I tell you, giving bigots courage since 99

[Operator 1,927]

Awful White of you to call me uppity.

Internet courage I tell you, giving bigots courage since 99

up·pi·ty

ˈəpətē/

adjective

informal

1. 1.

   self-important; arrogant.

   "an uppity sister-in-law"

   synonyms: arrogant, snobbish, hoity-toity, snooty, pretentious, bumptious, full of oneself, puffed up, conceited, pompous, self-assertive, overbearing,cocky, cocksure, impertinent, haughty, self-important, superior,presumptuous, overweening, uppish, high and mighty; More

Don't bring race into this.

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Don't play games with me. Keep your racist comments to yourself I'm not the one to with. I have not said anything disrespectful to you so I appreciate, as I am sure the others here you keep your veiled bigotry statements to yourself

[Teddy B 17,252]

The word "uppity" is racist? I never knew.

[Operator 1,927]

Someone please tell me how the word uppity is racist.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

up·pi·ty

ˈəpətē/

adjective

informal

1. 1.

   self-important; arrogant.

   "an uppity sister-in-law"

   synonyms: arrogant, snobbish, hoity-toity, snooty, pretentious, bumptious, full of oneself, puffed up, conceited, pompous, self-assertive, overbearing,cocky, cocksure, impertinent, haughty, self-important, superior,presumptuous, overweening, uppish, high and mighty; More

Don't bring race into this.

It's been a word used to describe black people who don't "know" their place for decades. It might not have been your intention to use it as such.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

The word "uppity" is racist? I never knew.

Not by itself, but used with black people, it can be construed as such.

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/108323/racial-connotations-of-the-word-uppity

The standard collocation is "uppity [N-word]". This unfortunate history notwithstanding, it's an interesting and useful word, I think, to describe people who are too presumptuous and who exude the unjustified self-importance usually associated with the absurd contemporary notions some folks have about their social and intellectual equality in a spate of societies that falsely advertise their egalitarianism and commitment to "diversity".

The world is replete with pecking orders, at least one of which everyone belongs to and in which everyone has a place. Try to peck the hens above your station and you're uppity to them, no question about it. Your peers and others beneath your level in the pecking order might consider you a "pecking order hero" or a "freedom fighter" for daring to contravene convention, but most uppity folks are just like Bobby Riggs when push comes to shove: they're less than they thought they were and should not have acted as if they were better.

Given the history of the word, it is wise not to use it when it is more than likely to be considered racist and offensive, even if it's qualified to make clear that there's no racist or sexist connotation in your usage: those connotations can't be avoided. Use a synonym like presumptuous, audacious, cheeky, pretentious, or snobbish and you won't get into trouble for being politically incorrect, only for being critical.

[Teddy B 17,252]

It's been a word used to describe black people who don't "know" their place for decades. It might not have been your intention to use it as such.

I've never heard that before. I seriously doubt that was the intention here.

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I've never heard that before. I seriously doubt that was the intention here.

I doubt it as well. I posted the link for information purposes. I knew it because I've heard it used before in that instance.