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Originally Posted by Beestie
It used to mean something bad about the person it was directed to.
Now, it often means something bad about the person who says it.
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Bravo.
Once on Audiogalaxy, someone said that Bill Maher was un-American (at the time there was a controversy over some 9/11 comments he made, which I believe eventually got him fired) and anyway I told the guy it was un-American to call someone un-American, after which ensued a vicious debate for the next three days over whether I was allowed to call him un-American at the same time I was objecting to the use of the term un-American. I got the guy so mad he was posting in all caps. I think his head eventually exploded.