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== General ==
* Don't insult a person's home country or family/[[Your Mom|parent]]/sibling.
**On that note the best way to start a war or keep it going is for one country to commit a perceived trespass on another's territory or women. It's no accident that when the allies liberated France, some of the most vindictively treated collaborators were not people who had actively cooperated with the Nazis but lonely girls who fell in love with equally lonely German soldiers.
***One notorious incident took place in Palermo on March 30, 1282 (Vespers) where a French soldier sexually assaulted a newly wed local wife. Naturally her husband skewered him with a stiletto starting an anti-French riot which led to a general rebellion. In this case there were several powerful princes who disliked the French and their allies enough to patronize a rebellion. This became known as the War of the Sicilian Vespers, and was one time when it was good not to [[Princess Bride|go up against a Sicilian]] when death, or love or jealousy was on the line.
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*** Kentucky wishes to remind you that although Colonel Sanders decided to patent his recipe here we give zero shits about KFC. Seriously, we're tired of hearing about it.
*** Kentucky also wishes to remind you that we [[Truth in Television|love]] hearing about how we're all hicks who have no teeth and practice incest. [[Never Heard That One Before|These jokes are always delightfully refreshing to hear.]]
*** Never confuse
** NEVER say to someone from Illinois that you think their state's name is pronounced "Illinoise." And if they're from Springfield, you will unleash a towering fury if you tell them you always thought Chicago was the state capital.
** [[Africa]] isn't a country. Stop saying it.
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* Mistaking the Italian language for the [[Spanish Language]] and vice versa is terribly annoying for many Italian/Spanish speakers, no matter how similar the languages actually are.
** Same thing with Portuguese.
* Don't raise only your middle and index finger while keeping your palm to yourself in the presence of an English person. That's the equivalent of [[Flipping the Bird|giving them the middle finger only]], and they don't like it ''at all''. Don't raise
* Any variation on "Why is there a BLACK Entertainment Television but not a WHITE Entertainment Television?"
* It's probably not a good idea to yell [[Godwin's Law|"Heil Hitler!"]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHsUi2Hu4Ug at a Jew from Israel who supports national health care]. Or mock him for complaining about an $8,000 hospital bill. [[Epic Fail|While wearing an Israeli Defense Force t-shirt]].
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* Jesus didn't like people selling stuff in holy temples. [[Understatement|He didn't like that very much at all]].
* The Roman Noblewoman Lucretia was raped by a [[Royal Brat|local Etruscan prince]]. Whereupon she [[Honor Before Reason|committed suicide]]. The citizens of Rome were so angry at this that they revolted and ran the prince out of town. After this they went on to destroy the Etruscan civilization and went from their to found [[The Empire]].
* ''[[The Bible/Source/Judges#19|Judges]]'' includes the story of a woman who was [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|gang-raped]] and murdered while her husband slept. The husband took the body home, [[Squick|cut it into 12 pieces]] and sent them around the country to publicise the crime. The result was an army marching on the land - and when the inhabitants refused to hand over the perpetrators they killed everyone, burned the city and several nearby towns, and vowed never to let their daughters marry anyone from that tribe.
== Human Health and Sexuality ==
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** Going a little further on this, don't insist just because someone is a bit quirky that they '''''must''''' have a mental disorder or illness of ''any kind''. One, it's just plain inconsiderate. Two, it really shows that [[Insult Backfire|you know nothing]].
** Don't use any mental disorder as an insult. People suffering from genuine ones often find it hard to seek or continue treatment because of the stigma, and if you're adding to that, them (or their friends) taking out their frustration on you would be one of the ''better'' possible outcomes.
* DO NOT assume someone with autism is naturally aggressive. Frustration is a common trait for pretty much anyone and autistic people are no different. Think about all the times you were ever frustrated. It’s common for people to snap and autistic people aren’t any different there either. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140219062504/http://www.pbs.org/pov/neurotypical/autism-myths-and-misconceptions.php In fact, someone with autism who resorts to violence makes the news because it’s rare that it does]. Ever heard of people getting upset to the point of violence? Well, this has happened to people who don’t have autism or any other neurological disabilities.
* Don't ever ever ''ever'' tell the mother of a premature baby how she is lucky she doesn't have to deal with crying, sleepless nights or the like. In fact, unless you know first-hand what it's like to have a premature baby, '''''shut up!!!'''''
* Don't tell the parent of a child with ADHD that "ADHD doesn't exist" or their child "just needs some more discipline." If you dare to do this, prepare for a verbal beatdown. Don't tell that to someone who ''has'' ADHD either.
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** Calling Edward a fag should probably be a worse [[Berserk Button]] for gay people than for ''Twilight'' fans.
*** Also, fans who assume that haters are "hopelessly retarded" and obviously cannot comprehend how "awesome" ''Twilight'' is are either trolls or are very, very, very naive. And they will be attacked regardless.
* Don't ''ever'' say anything about [[Justin Bieber]] unless it's an elaborate
* The kid from the ''Greatest Freakout Ever'' YouTube videos has quite a few of these - mainly having his sexuality questioned in any way, being betrayed in an online game, oh yeah, and losing his ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' account. And once you've hit his [[Berserk Button]], who knows what he'll break next.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130704013835/http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/swarm.htm The Swarm] is a web forum where everyone has the same unexpected [[Berserk Button]].
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