To: ansel12
I remember reading something about that. There was an article here a long time ago that went into some depth on the why behind it but yea, it was a cultural thing. Wish I’d kept it.
Hell just look at all the pre PC literature. the stereotype of Akbar the shifty merchant came from somewhere.
81 posted on
06/20/2014 11:55:42 PM PDT by
Norm Lenhart
(How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
To: Norm Lenhart; entropy12
Hell just look at all the pre PC literature. the stereotype of Akbar the shifty merchant came from somewhere. Americans used to know things and study things, and share knowledge in magazines and newspapers and books.
84 posted on
06/21/2014 12:01:22 AM PDT by
ansel12
((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
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