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Use of "forked tongue"
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Posted on 12/07/2023 8:11:20 PM PST by libsdelendaest
Remember "white man speaks with forked tongue"?
TOPICS: Education; History; Humor; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: forkedtongue; slang; vanity
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Remember that saying from Westerns, "white man speak with forked tongue"? I said it to a millennial the other day and she had not the slightest idea what it meant. Then she suggested it was politically incorrect and cultural appropriation. Is it? What do freepers think?
To: libsdelendaest
I know “woman speaks with forked tongue”
They all still do it too.
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:15:10 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: libsdelendaest
Why would you listen to a millennial female opinion without laughing?
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:26:32 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up.)
To: libsdelendaest
When you see her tomorrow, tell her you’re sorry and you wanna bury the hatchet. Then refer her to the Seinfeld episode.
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:27:10 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up.)
To: libsdelendaest
Ask her why she’s on the warpath about it!
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:27:51 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up.)
To: libsdelendaest
What do freepers think? I think I'm feeling hungry right now.
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:40:28 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: libsdelendaest
I said it to a millennial the other day and she had not the slightest idea what it meant. You should have said...Hey kemosabe, you jus dumb paleface.
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:45:54 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: libsdelendaest
Then she suggested it was politically incorrect How can she possibly say it is politically incorrect, when the rage now is to blame the white man for all of the worlds evils? They even say all whites should be eliminated, in schools at all levels to the white's faces.
The phrase "white man speaks with a forked tongue" has been used by indigenous peoples of the Americas to describe how invading Europeans would deceptively negotiate with and lie to them. The proverb was also adopted by Americans around the time of the Revolution and may be found in abundant references from the early 19th century. According to one 1859 account, the native proverb originated from the French tactic of inviting their enemies to attend a peace conference, only to be slaughtered or captured. In the longstanding tradition of many Native American tribes, "speaking with a forked tongue" has meant lying, and a person was no longer considered worthy of trust once he had been shown to "speak with a forked tongue." The phrase "speaks with a forked tongue" means to deliberately say one thing and mean another or, to be hypocritical, or act in a duplicitous manner.
To: Secret Agent Man
Especially if they’re lefties!
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:50:20 PM PST
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: Robert DeLong
..."speaks with a forked tongue" means to deliberately say one thing and mean another or, to be hypocritical, or act in a duplicitous manner.Kind of like libs and progs who claim to want "democracy" while working for communism.
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:50:38 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: libsdelendaest
To: libsdelendaest
Play back some Liewatha aka Pocahantas videos for her, that’s a not-Indian woman speaking with forked tongue
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posted on
12/07/2023 8:55:39 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: libsdelendaest
I have a close friend who calls me Big Chief.
We refer to our (FEMALE) spouses as squaws.
Our residences are teepees, or lodges.
You get the idea?
BTW - it seems like indigenous Americans we very bigoted against most other tribes. Probably just that “human condition apart from Jesus” thing.
To: DesertRhino
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posted on
12/07/2023 9:16:05 PM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: libsdelendaest
"Use of "forked tongue""
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posted on
12/07/2023 9:51:15 PM PST
by
clearcarbon
(Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
To: libsdelendaest
“I said it to a millennial”
That’s all I had to read.
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posted on
12/07/2023 10:06:56 PM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
To: libsdelendaest
I think absolutely it is racist and derogatory.
To white men.
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posted on
12/07/2023 10:10:42 PM PST
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
To: libsdelendaest
The first forked tongue was that of the serpent in the Garden of Eden....
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posted on
12/08/2023 12:31:09 AM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: libsdelendaest
Next time You see her ask “What’s the first thing you know ?”
Please let Me know what her answer was.
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posted on
12/08/2023 1:41:44 AM PST
by
mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
To: libsdelendaest
If she is offended and forgives you, tell her that is mighty white of her.
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