[lbo-talk] Jacobin debate up

Bhaskar Sunkara bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com
Sun Oct 23 06:32:28 PDT 2011


I try to address strangers as "citizen," being a good republican and all.

On Oct 23, 2011, at 9:24 AM, // ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote:


> On Oct 23, 2011, at 8:49 AM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
>> very few people call 22 year old women 'ma'am'.
>>
>
> I still get weirded out when people call me 'sir' :-).
>
> -- ravi
>
>
>
>> At 07:26 AM 10/23/2011, SA wrote:
>>> On 10/23/2011 5:57 AM, socialismorbarbarism wrote:
>>>
>>>> BTW, what are those objections to addressing someone as "Ma'am" about?
>>>> I didn't get it when the speaker objected and I don't get why it was
>>>> continued in the comments. What was supposed to be the proper form of
>>>> address?
>>>
>>> Good fucking question. That lady was bananas.
>>>
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