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The Dutch Say No to PC and Win
americanthinker.com ^
| 11/23/2014
| Enza Ferreri
Posted on 11/23/2014 7:23:07 AM PST by rktman
Last Saturday in Gouda, Holland, the police arrested as many as 90 people, the majority of whom were protesting against "Black Pete", part of a traditional pre-Christmas children's street party.
We dont normally associate a Santa Claus celebration with police arrests, so this requires a little explanation.
Black Pete (Zwarte Piet in Dutch) is a blackface character in Dutch and Belgian folklore. He is the clownish helper of St Nicholas (Sinterklaas) in delivering presents to children.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: goodtimes; tradition
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Thank you my kin folk for telling them to stuff it. I mean really. Is this any worse than the "tradition" of chopping folks heads off? And apparently they told the u(seless)n to stuff it as well. Rock on Zwarte Piet! Of course I guess that one could interpret a black clownish helper as a slave.
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:23:07 AM PST
by
rktman
To: rktman
“black Pete is black”
So can Little Black Sambo (about an Asian Indian boy) still be read there? Being chased around a tree by a tiger?
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:30:52 AM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: rktman
Instead of Communism USA paying protestors the Dutch socialist system itself ensures that lazy moochers abound with nothing more to do than muck up the works.
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:33:12 AM PST
by
Seruzawa
(Gully Foyle is my name, and Terra is my nation)
To: yldstrk
I thought we weren’t allowed to say LBS anymore. :>} Or Buckwheat or........................
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:34:48 AM PST
by
rktman
(Served in the Navy to protect "their" rights so they can now try to infringe on mine. Weird huh?)
To: yldstrk
“Traditionally the crowds — men, women and kids — as well as the actors portraying the Black Petes coming off the ships, are white people with their faces painted black, frizzy hair, golden earrings, large red lips and gaudy medieval costumes.”
Yeah, well Pete is supposed to be white under all of that chimney soot.
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:37:19 AM PST
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: yldstrk
So can Little Black Sambo (about an Asian Indian boy) still be read there?I don't know, but I remember they made a damn good cup of coffee.
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:37:49 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
To: rktman
or I’m serving watermelon?
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:39:22 AM PST
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: yldstrk
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:43:57 AM PST
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
To: rktman
Didn’t Mexico use to have a back comic book character that caused Jessee and Al to foam at the mouth, but only after they heard about it.
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Just a slice of life story from old Haarlem.
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:51:12 AM PST
by
csvset
To: rktman
“blackface character in Dutch and Belgian folklore”
For how many years? All this time it wasn’t racist and now is?
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:51:59 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: rktman
More outrage over a mythical character, while headchopping and raping are met with approval.
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posted on
11/23/2014 7:54:35 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: I want the USA back
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:00:01 AM PST
by
rktman
(Served in the Navy to protect "their" rights so they can now try to infringe on mine. Weird huh?)
To: csvset
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:01:10 AM PST
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
To: rktman
Is this any worse than the “tradition” of chopping folks heads off?
The lowest (IMHO) “tradition” is the sexual mutilation of young girls (female “circumcision”) by Islamofacists.
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:02:08 AM PST
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: yldstrk
So can Little Black Sambo (about an Asian Indian boy) still be read there? Being chased around a tree by a tiger?
When I was in grade school we had a field trip to Sambo’s. The manager told us the story while pointing out the pictures painted on the wall of the restaurant. This was about 40 years ago; today she'd be arrested for a "hate-crime."
So now it's PC to supress a culture's lore.
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:05:53 AM PST
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: rktman
The Dutch are not giving in to this UN BS. We can be a stubborn folk, especially when we are right.
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:11:00 AM PST
by
Chgogal
(Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Yeah, I am not sure either where Haarlem came in.
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:21:50 AM PST
by
bergmeid
To: Chgogal
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posted on
11/23/2014 8:22:31 AM PST
by
bergmeid
To: rktman
Compare this to the PC knickers in a twist over the Washington Redskins. My solution to the Redskins issue is to change the name to something more fitting..the Washington Kleptocrats with a conniving bureaucrat as a mascot and Lois Lerner as head cheerleader.
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