Posted on 07/02/2020 11:43:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
I first learned of John Leo in 1999 when he penned the clever and prescient piece titled "A Waspish, Niggardly Slur," wherein he exposed the dangerous trend in language manipulation that is now so wildly prevalent. It was an equal-opportunity poke at the absurd lengths to which people will go to accuse someone of racism.
Leo explained that a Washington, D.C. white mayoral aide, David Howard, had used the term "niggardly." A black official took offense because he felt that it was a racist term. In fact, niggardly means miserly or cheap and has nothing whatsoever to do with race. Nonetheless, Howard offered his resignation, and then Mayor Anthony Williams accepted the resignation, explaining that "although Howard didn't say anything that was in itself racist" (emphasis mine), "using a word that could be misunderstood was like 'getting caught smoking in a refinery with a resulting explosion.'"
Thus began the onslaught of alleged coded insults that has now metastasized so that everyone is afraid of calling a spade a spade. The "expression 'to call a spade a spade' entered the English language when Nicholas Udall translated Erasmus in 1542. To be clear, 'the 'spade' in the Erasmus translation has nothing to do with a deck of cards, but rather the gardening tool. The early usages of the word 'spade' did not refer to either race or skin color. The Oxford English Dictionary says the first appearance of the word spade as a reference to blackness was in Claude McKay's 1928 novel Home to Harlem, which was notable for its depictions of street life in Harlem in the 1920s. 'Jake is such a fool spade,' wrote McKay. 'Don't know how to handle the womens [sic].'
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Notice how often telling the truth is offensive and not PC.
Telling a lie is PC and not offensive. Many examples:
No, youre not fat.
The check is in the mail. These two from the past. Some of it has always been in our culture. But now it goes to the extreme.
Tax cuts are racist.
The poor need jobs.
That’s why we pay them more to not work than to work.
That’s why we want to shut down the economy.
That’s why we want to break the windows and destroy Black owned business in a riot.
To say other wise is racist.
It goes far beyond race. It permeates our education system.
Ok, Karen.
Bubba Wallace is going to be triggered this weekend when he has to drive with the Trump 2020 car
SO THAT MEANS : Anyone saying ‘black lives matter’ is Racist.
Start taking names now - remember those who are apologists for when these ‘protesters’ (under that excuse) are committing major crimes and terrorism.
Mark down names of all the media wankers who are supporting terrorism for their Racist beliefs.
BOYCOTT LIBTARD/LEFTIST MEDIA
Saying “ALL Black Lives Matter” is racist, because it includes all of the blacks that aren’t useful to BLM’s narrow cause.
I don’t care any more.
I hate Communists, I want to kill communists, I will kill Communists when the time comes to do so.
Yep.
That’s me.
“Well, then, don’t take caution. Might as well not worry about something if it is going to happen anyway.”
Yep, best approach.
“I kill a Communist jus for fun. But for a Green Card, I’m gonna carve him up real nice.” - Tony Montana
That's because the issue is never the issue, the issue is always the revolution.
Was just giving a scenario - and yep, it was sarcasm.
Spot on!
Upstate NY...My friend was just over at Walmart...They were taking Aunt Jemima Pancake mix off the shelf and some ah was screaming the mix was just another example of racism and wouldn’t let my friend buy any.
It’s almost time
Win or lose there will be a riot election day. And they will come for more statues, more flags, and the networks will egg them on. And it will be time for a reckoning and to strike back with ferocity
Do you see why I don’t bother to get a Twitter of Facebook account?
You mean actin’ all white, an’ s***?
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