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Is it time to stop saying 'aloha' and other culturally sensitive words out of context?
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| January 13, 2023
| David Oliver
Posted on 01/16/2023 6:14:56 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: z3n
If ‘THEY’ want to blame somebody, they can blame HOLLYWOOD for all this stuff.
It’s their buddies fault, not ours................
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:37:32 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
I took two years of Spanish, for the heck of it, at a local community college...twice (total of four years).
I never really got to be what I would consider good enough at it until I was in Spain for a several weeks...and then only after having a several cervezas!
Still, it was a lot of fun.
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:39:07 AM PST
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: Red Badger
How dare you be friendly!
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:39:56 AM PST
by
rwilson99
(How exactly would John 3:16 not apply to Mary?)
To: Red Badger
Tribalism. Only certain people can say, do, eat, wear, work, and breath. Sad, especially on the day celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:40:18 AM PST
by
Reno89519
(DeSantis or Anyone But Trump in 2024. Time for Trump to Retire, Spend Time With His Family.)
To: Red Badger
So we are going to re-rename Mt. Denali back to Mt. McKinley?
Following this “logic,” wouldn’t we have to stop using offensive native names for all places? There are probably a million such place names in the USA. Here are a few common place names offensively derived from Indian words.
Alabama: may come from Choctaw meaning "thicket-clearers" or "vegetation-gatherers." Alaska: corruption of Aleut word meaning "great land" or "that which the sea breaks against."
Arizona: from the Indian "Arizonac," meaning "little spring" or "young spring."
Arkansas: from the Quapaw Indians.
Let’s go one step further. Using an alphabet is a racist, evil, white male, hegemonic construct. It seriously demeans the natives who never developed an alphabet. We need to abandon the use of alphabets and start learning pictographs. Here is our first new lesson. Commence using immediately…
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:40:44 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Black....... African Heritage peoples unable to cope in a white world
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:42:19 AM PST
by
bert
( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality daythis piece is )
To: Drew68
I am not Buddhist or Hindu, but I do get annoyed when I see people who are not of these two 'faiths' doing a namaste when meeting an Asian person. But it is a good way to spot a libtard......................
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:42:39 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
In case you were curious, this is the creature telling us what is okay to say, and what isn't okay to say:
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:44:40 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: moovova
I never took a single class of German, although it was offered in my HS along with French and Spanish.
When I went to Germany in 2000 as part of my job, I quickly learned a lot of German just by being there and necessity..............
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:45:36 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: rlmorel
I wasn’t....................😜
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:46:26 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:46:36 AM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: bert
Whatever happened to “To the Victors Go the Spoils”?
One of the spoils was that Victors get to rename things and select the words used. If you are defeated or vanquished, you pay a price.
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:48:20 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
GM will have a problem.....................
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:49:07 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
What about America being a “melting pot”? Makes for plenty of cross-fertilization of culture and language. Those two libtards can take a short dive off a long dock. We have so many more important things to worry about.
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:50:13 AM PST
by
EinNYC
To: Red Badger
So much for inclusion and embracing diverse cultures.
If anybody can say this word belongs to our culture alone and anyone else using it is offensive, how can we ever get along?
But I can play too, there are many words that other people use incorrectly and in their mouth they don't mean what they are supposed to mean.
For example, logic, logical, rational, common sense, science, scientific, fairness, patriotism, normal, man, woman, freedom...
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:50:21 AM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: EinNYC
If ever there was a ‘universal’ Language, English is it.
It borrows words from other languages and makes them part of its own. It enriches the language and allows other people to learn it more quickly. The syntax and grammar may be a bit difficult for some but they always make it...................
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:53:15 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
So their great big SUV will now be offensive for two reasons.
As we all know, Land O’Lakes easily solved their problem.
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:54:43 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
To: Red Badger
I live in an extremely blue state. I often drive down the highway and see cars like this:
When I do, I feel an urge to see what the driver looks like. Often, as I pass the car, I will glance over to look.
The glove never fails to fit the hand, or the shoe, the foot. It is a peculiar thing that you can often spot them once you know what to expect...:)
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:56:48 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: rlmorel
I do that, too!.........................
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posted on
01/16/2023 6:58:05 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: everyone
About 35 years ago my husband and I traveled to Hawaii. I absolutely fell in love with the culture. I would go live there if I could afford it. The professor is trying to make himself relevant. He is being noninclusive, is racist and just plain annoying.
I'm a Christian so I’m not worshiping the goddess Pele. If he wants to go throw himself in a volcano and prove how “authentic” he is I will rent him a helicopter. No, he is just a phony person who likes to tell others how they feel and if they are sincere and what to do. Oh that's right, he can read my mind, heart and soul. You know …like God.
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posted on
01/16/2023 7:01:53 AM PST
by
Tess1
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