Name Calling

The "I'm Rubber, You're Glue" Gambit

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 04.11.2012

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Robert J. Elisberg

Last week, Sen. Charles Grassley called President Obama stupid. If you're going to go out on a limb and call the President of the United States "stupid" -- especially one educated at Harvard -- you should be really careful about writing something like, "Bcause Am ppl r not stupid."

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National No Name Calling Day

Nikki Luongo | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Students Bullying, Name Calling, Kids Bullying, Bullying Massachusetts, Bullying Name Calling, Bullies School, No Name Calling, School Bullying, Education News
Nikki Luongo

On January 25th, students in Massachusetts will participate in a No Name Calling Day in which they will sign pledges not to partake in bullying. I'm asking that everyone wear black and that we stand together to put an end to bullying.

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I've Been Called Worse

Daylle Deanna Schwartz | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Name Calling, Self-Empowerment, Bitch, Women News
Daylle Deanna Schwartz

If you try to stop being a people-pleaser and get called a bitch, do an honest appraisal. If you've done nothing to deserve it, take it as a sign you're making progress.

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They Can't All Be Idiots!

Peter D. Rosenstein | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: American Jobs Act, Bill O'Reilly, Ben Stein, Donna Brazile, Reporting, Name-Calling, Political Discourse, Politicians Name Calling, Fox News, Civility, Idiots, Politics News
Peter D. Rosenstein

What has been lost in public discourse is the use of hard facts to make the point we want to get across. Reporting is too often simply the restating of what someone else says without checking the facts.

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Middle school is tough on friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Name-Calling, Friendship, Friend, Mean Girls, Teasing, Preteen, Frenemies, Bully, Bullying, Friendship Advice, Teen, Middle School, Best Friend, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Dear Irene, My best friend and I have been best friends since the first grade. Now we're in middle school. This new charter school opened u...

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Jason Linkins

True/Slant Cautions Writers Against Name-Calling

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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True/Slant is cracking down on name-calling -- or at least name-calling that's not sufficiently Proustian -- according to a memo sent out by editorial...

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An End to Name-Calling?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Name-Calling, Joseph Lowery, Homosexuality, Obama Joe Lowery, Education, Intolerance, Gay Rights, Cyberbullying, Effects of Bullying, Bullying, Gay, Glsen, Feelings, Emotion, Children, Idiots, Long Island, Emotions, Anger, Kids, Newsday, Sadness, Healthy Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

Some will say "No Name-Calling Week" is more accurately called "PC Police Week." After all, an offensive term over the dinner table might be applauded in a rap song.

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