That's the attitude that says you're supposed to be impressed when she spins a bullshit yarn about how her black students would love to have been her slaves.
Well, if she ever managed to con one of her students into being her slave she'd never be able to teach him/her to spell.
Cavilar, geez, it's CAVALIER. If you're gonna use the big words, make sure you spell them properly and use them in the proper context. The following would apply to you DUmmies about the direction our country is heading in with Captain Ahab at the wheel.
A "cavalier attitude" is kind of a casual, almost dismissive attitude. Webster's defines "cavalier", in this usage, as "marked by lofty disregard of others' interests, rights, or feelings; given to airy dismissal of things worthy of attention." Basically a "cavalier attitude" is not caring about things that are important to you or others.
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