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Sisters Suing Southwest Over 'Racist Rhyme'
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Posted on 02/10/2003 1:17:53 PM PST by Sir Gawain
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:35:30 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan.
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To: The Lake City Gar
So, you think the "n" word is just a word like any other, but Black History Month is important. Here I go, knocking myself out again...
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posted on
02/10/2003 4:42:22 PM PST
by
Under the Radar
(Oops, did I forget to close my /sarcasm tag again?)
To: The Lake City Gar
Ah, yes, another dig at "rednecks." But just a few posts up, didn't you say that that you "envy those with strong cultural hertiages"? But wait, you mean everyone but those stupid, mullet-wearing rednecks. Isn't it nice to have a whipping boy?
202
posted on
02/10/2003 4:45:55 PM PST
by
Under the Radar
(Oops, did I forget to close my /sarcasm tag again?)
To: In The Defense of Liberty
I agree with every thing you said. Keep going... ;)
203
posted on
02/10/2003 4:46:21 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Freeper Caribbean Cruise May 31-June 6, Staterooms As Low As $610 Per Person For Entire Week!)
To: DeathfromBelow
"Put down that Brazil nut sir and come out with your hands up"! You will be re-educated in sensitivity camp."
To: Sir Gawain
How about we take up a collection for the Air Lines and counter-sue these silly neo-slaves to lawyers.
Here I'll be sensitive in the same situation.
Sit your fat ass down so we can leave the the firm firm ground.
205
posted on
02/10/2003 4:52:28 PM PST
by
SERE_DOC
(Murphy's rules for combat #13 Tracers work both ways!)
To: billhilly
On the radio show I am speaking of someone else told a story where he was in line with his 80 year old grandmaw and grandpaw...
They were standing in one of two lines at a grocery story. The grandfather looked to the grandmother and said..."We should have got into the same line as that black guy", it's moving faster.
The grandmaw replied..."Shhhhh....They don't want to be called "Black" anymore...They want to be called "Colored".
Of course the guy explained they were both wonderful people, just "Ignorant" as to the topic at hand. Which, of course, is not an insult.
This reminded me of some of the older people I know...The absolute best people I know...Good, honest, loving, hardworking people, all them. And among some of these people, what we might call "Off color" or "Insensitive" remarks are quite often the norm...Examples like I just listed...Honest ignorance, nothing more.
They're just good people from different times. But I do find it interesting.
To: Sir Gawain
Yes, I know we can't do it, but the best resolution for this is for Grace and Louis (a woman's name?) and the foolish attorney to be euthanized.
207
posted on
02/10/2003 4:57:16 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(May the Clintons live their remaining days in orange jumpsuits sharing the same 6 x 9 cell.)
To: Under the Radar
Ah, yes, another dig at "rednecks." But just a few posts up, didn't you say that that you "envy those with strong cultural hertiages"? But wait, you mean everyone but those stupid, mullet-wearing rednecks. Isn't it nice to have a whipping boy?Yes it is! But I need something too!! I don't have a "Shootin' Refrigerator" in MY back yard to take out MY aggressions!!
To: Joe Hadenuf
And if we say"good Morning" with a smile,
someday,when that is out of style,,
to someone that a smile offends,
what must we pay to make amends?
It's not worth the price,
of such a sacrifice,
to pacify complete damn fools,
whose bloated EGO'S define the rules.
Let them eat crow!
209
posted on
02/10/2003 4:58:10 PM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Unearned respect, is really butt kissing)
To: HEY4QDEMS
Actually the "N word" was a parody of the original 'catch a "Tiger" by the toe'. Tigers don't have "toes". I doubt if that was the original.
210
posted on
02/10/2003 4:59:55 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty" not the "Statue of Security.")
To: doug from upland
Euthanizing Louis and her attorney sounds like a good beginning, but there would still be an eternally long tunnel ahead before the light appears.
211
posted on
02/10/2003 5:10:53 PM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Unearned respect, is really butt kissing)
To: The Lake City Gar
Yes it is! But I need something too!! I don't have a "Shootin' Refrigerator" in MY back yard to take out MY aggressions!!That is too bad. Perhaps if you did you wouldn't come across as such a predjudiced bigot.
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posted on
02/10/2003 5:12:16 PM PST
by
Under the Radar
(Oops, did I forget to close my /sarcasm tag again?)
To: The Lake City Gar
THat really makes sense Gar boy-Ignorant insensitive old whites call Blacks Colored people instead of people of color as do the suave sophisticated young politicallycorrectites. Kind of like calling them blacks instead of negros, which is the spanish word for black. Nothing like trying to reason with unreasonable dummies.
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posted on
02/10/2003 5:20:12 PM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Unearned respect, is really butt kissing)
To: The Lake City Gar
Why don't you take out your PMS by beating your head against a rock? The rock will probably shatter into dust, but rocks haven't been added to the endangered species list yet. Knock yourself out.
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posted on
02/10/2003 5:25:46 PM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Unearned respect, is really butt kissing)
To: Sir Gawain
"Eeny meeny" is one of many "counting out" rhymes (for choosing), which have endless variations due to region and time. The original rhyme is probably English, as the "eeny meenie" part is related to early Celtic numerals.
As we all know, children will take rhymes and playground songs and alter the words to suit themselves. It's been that way for centuries. In fact, eeny meeny is global, as is the ever popular rock-paper-scissors.
To: Under the Radar
That is too bad. Perhaps if you did you wouldn't come across as such a predjudiced bigot.Boy...You're really workin' that bait tonight...Aren't you, Cletus?
To: F.J. Mitchell
What is your problem? Re: Posts 213 and 214.
To: The Lake City Gar
Understand.
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posted on
02/10/2003 5:33:41 PM PST
by
billhilly
(I don't know it all.)
To: The Lake City Gar
Black refers to a race not a culture. Your examples refer to cultures. Black History is racialism, period. It centers only on the accomplishments and activities of blacks, a race not a culture. Discrimination is the act of making a choice and is not a crime.
As for cultural discrimination that is currently under attack by the PC crowd, try being a Southerner.
I stand by my statement that Black History Month is (in respect to the purist definition of a history that excludes all but one race) racist.
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posted on
02/10/2003 5:36:15 PM PST
by
vetvetdoug
(Cinco de Mayo refers to a date of the Mexican Revolution and doesn't last a month)
To: FreedomCalls
But tiger does alliterate with toe, something one might expect in a children's rhyme, whereas n----r does not. This suggests to me that the n----r version is a variant of tiger.
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