Posted on 07/27/2020 2:31:54 PM PDT by River Hawk
The Cancel Culture is now aiming its guns at a popular local restaurant in Stillwater, Oklahoma, because of its name – Eskimo Joe’s. Eskimo Joe’s is a very successful local restaurant, founded in 1975, and has become quite well-known outside of the Sooner State.
Its iconic shirts, featuring a smiling Eskimo and his faithful dog, Bucky, are so popular that the company has a clothing store right next to the restaurant.
So what's the problem? A petition is circulating, attacking the restaurant for its name and its logo.
(Excerpt) Read more at usinc.org ...
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard a conservative on radio, internet, etc, say “we need to start xxxxx...” I’d be a millionaire.
Problem is, we never start anything. We have jobs, kids, grandkids, hobbies, and lives. We expect everyone else to just do the right thing, do what we would do, and go to bed.
Other problem is, the other side doesn’t think like that at all.
Nothing wrong with Irish and Welsh .
Of course not; but they certainly are victims of stereotyping themselves -
- though I don’t think many of them are overly touchy, easily manipulated folks who actually care about this stuff.
(Husband says, ‘they’re all Limeys, to me...:-)’.
Thus, phu-cough. See.
There are several petitions supporting Eskimo Joe’s. The links are in the article.
Making my point.
I thought wine was a bit more traditional, although most modern art makes me think something stronger was involved.
You might want to check on that.
Right or wrong it is a term my father used and he wan't alone.
I wonder if any actual Eskimos are complaining...
I’m not surprised that someone made that connection... :-)
Some people just can’t dump the imaginations and fascinations of childhood.
OOOPS!
WHISKY, not ‘whiskey’. (I grew up before American English discriminated between the two spellings.)
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