How do you respond to someone calls you a raghead?

[Mostafa]

 

Dear all, peace be with you.

 

American slang is often described as  traditional colloquialism. 

 

It consists of terms and expressions that aren’t fit for appropriate conversations.

 

I personally have a strident repudiation to such language.

 

The owner of the undisclosed E-Mail intended to directly insult me with this quite distasteful term, raghead.

 

The term raghead is a derogatory expression which verbally affronts a Muslim, Arab, Sikh, or other person from a group that traditionally wears headdress such as a turban, keffiyeh or headscarf.

  

As you can see, it’s a tremendously disrespectful expression which is meant to speak with explicit contempt and it’s a radical maltreat of minorities from the middle east.

 

Please, don’t think wrongfully that American standards for public scrutiny would tolerate such discourtesy.

 

It was heavily contemptuous even to American people themselves.

 

Yes, it’s difficult though to differentiate between tolerable and intolerable expressions in traditional American colloquialism.

 

Thus far, I thought of publicly promoting this direct appeal of privileging the courteus language.

 

 

Courtesy is the generic term for polite behavior and comportment.

 

I recently began to observe that people tend to lack the polite manner of expressions, and particularly, common people, the laymen.

 

Whenever you walk down the street here in Egypt, you will find the foul language typically unremarkable and basically tolerable amongst our youth, which is quite sad and unfortunate.

 

The Muslim individual is divinely enjoined to constantly refrain from all profane words and from all kind of expressions that leads to verbal aggression or insult.

 

Some people ask me; Why do you always use the formal language in your writings?

 

Well, I knew it is difficult sometimes to understand what I say.

 

I am just worried of lowering myself down to the level of discourtesy.

 

The colloquial language is not necessarily discourteous but, it sometimes leads to offense and to the usage of distasteful terms.

 

It is not discourteous by itself, but it is susceptible to be, and that what worrys me the most.

 

   The Glorious Koran has taught me how to be noble and courteious in my speech.

 

The courteious language always reflects a positive behavior, and it often gets so positive reactions.

 

I so much admire the traditional manner of teaching etiquette and comported behavior.

 

Courtesy is the proper use of language and behavior.

 

   The equivalent  term for that is comportment which is the implementation of dignified manner or conduct.

 

  I openly make this direct invitation of seriously reconsidering the use of language in the public arena.

 

Language is the casual method of verbal communication.

 

Usually, behavior is a vivid reflection of your speech and thus, it has to constantly be cultivated.

 

Thank you so much for politely reading my post and I truly appreciate your fruitful feedback.  

Thanks again for paying attention, Merry Christmas and happy New Year.

 

Respectfully, Mostafa Almahdy.