Offensive Things You Might Say That You Didn’t Realize Were Offensive

Okay, so I mostly just found this funny because I’ve heard about 90% of these things in real life. But here’s my teachable moment: I love to talk about “what I am,” but sometimes questions and comments can be unintentionally offensive, so please be thoughtful! It’s not a bad thing to be in any case.

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Mar 20, 2013

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