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Originally Posted by blush
Just for argument's sake, the dead horse emoticon is not offensive to me because it refers to the expression, "You're beating a dead horse." It actually implies it is useless to beat a dead horse because, well, it's already dead. Idiomatically, it refers to someone who will not let a "dead" topic go.
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Thank you for that very insulting explanation of a cliche. I am well aware of what it means. Maybe the visual of a dead horse is offensive to me. Because its meant to be funny.. its ok.
Arwen, with all due respect you called someone in this thread a misogynistic jerk. I would venture to say that probably felt like an attack.
Damn right I defended Barb.
Now I'm done, completely. I am sad.