[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

I STILL use that expression without even a thought of racism behind it. Come to MY FACE and talk to me about it. This has got to stop. You do not rule over my speech, my thoughts or my life. Bring it, give it your best shot.

[Mears]

That expression has been around FOREVER-——and I doubt anyone ever considered it racial-——until now.

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[MayflowerMadam]

“I STILL use that expression”

Me, too. And I’ve never said it to a black person. It’s a common figure of speech, not racist, and Payne should’ve the better man and laughed off. Now he’s become one of the perpetually offended class.

[Bookshelf]

Whites never picked cotton?

[Man from Oz]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YjX8p1h3b0Q

[faucetman]

“I STILL use that expression without even a thought of racism behind it. Come to MY FACE and talk to me about it. This has got to stop. You do not rule over my speech, my thoughts or my life. Bring it, give it your best shot.”

Exactly correct