The Slants in action.
1 posted on
10/20/2013 1:22:10 PM PDT by
Theoria
To: Theoria
They should rename themselves, “The Round Eyes.” It’ll get PTO approval in no time!
2 posted on
10/20/2013 1:25:45 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
To: Theoria
But at least The Dead Kennedies and the Butthole Surfers passed muster. LOL
3 posted on
10/20/2013 1:28:57 PM PDT by
Lawgvr1955
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: Theoria
If they really want to stir up a fuss, they should call themselves ‘The Asian Valedictorians’.
6 posted on
10/20/2013 1:32:25 PM PDT by
Ken H
(First rule of gun safety - have a gun)
To: Theoria
Do we need to learn how to dance Slants Style?
To: Theoria
Where Indian fights are colorful sights
and nobody takes a lickin’
Where pale face and redskin
Both turn chicken.
10 posted on
10/20/2013 1:35:45 PM PDT by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Theoria
I’d go with “Yellowskins” just to PO Obama.
11 posted on
10/20/2013 1:36:49 PM PDT by
CrazyIvan
(Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
To: Theoria
The PTO refused the band's two trademark applications, saying that "slants" is a disparaging term for people of Asian descent.
They can do that? For that reason?
"They said because of our ethnicity, people automatically think of the racial slur as opposed to any other definition of the term," Simon Tam, founder and bassist of The Slants, told me. "In other words, if I was white, this wouldn't be an issue at all" ...
No way! White people get away with everything ...
17 posted on
10/20/2013 1:42:39 PM PDT by
x
To: Theoria
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m having trouble counting six members in this band. ;)
18 posted on
10/20/2013 1:43:38 PM PDT by
1rudeboy
To: Theoria
I like “The Slants.” Since when did the United States Patent and Trademark Office become arbiters of political correctness?
19 posted on
10/20/2013 1:50:16 PM PDT by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: Theoria
To: Theoria
If this is in any way illegal, I want every damn rapper who says the N-word jailed for hate crimes.
They ARE Asians!
To: Theoria
To: Theoria
"...saying that 'slants' is a disparaging term for people of Asian descent."
That's not true. Asian Caucasians, Indians, Arabs and others have no consideration of such disparagement. What's the big problem with the honest and accurate term, Oriental?
26 posted on
10/20/2013 2:34:37 PM PDT by
familyop
To: Theoria
"'In other words, if I was white, this wouldn't be an issue at all,' Tam, who goes by 'Simon Young' onstage, is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent."
Dude, you're whiter than I am, and I'm regarded as a white American.
27 posted on
10/20/2013 2:37:17 PM PDT by
familyop
To: Theoria; 1rudeboy; blam; cripplecreek; Perdogg
The Slants, a six-member band from Portland, Ore., calls their sound "Chinatown Dance Rock" -- a little bit New Order, a little bit Depeche Mode. They describe themselves as one of the first Asian-American rock bands.
They really missed the boat -- they should call themselves "The Slant Six".
29 posted on
10/20/2013 8:48:42 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
The article is by Kat Chow?!? LOLOL!
30 posted on
10/20/2013 8:50:44 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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