Mmmmm....chinks are tasty.
Posted on 02/23/2012 11:02:56 AM PST by presidio9
I guess I had always heard the term as a “kink in the armor”, not chink. But the term chink actually meant an opening or weak point in a suit of armor, so chink in the armor is actually the correct term.
Similar to the way people say “butt naked”, when the term is actually “buck naked”.
I’m sorry, but I’ve been laughing very, very hard at it.
Since they had to contort themselves into a logical pretzel in order to fire Limbaugh for supposed “racism” they now can’t let the smallest thing pass, lest they be called out as hypocrites.
Did Wen Ho Lee ever live up to his agreement to help the investigators find the tapes he "lost?"
With the Asian branch of the Victims of America industry screaming "RACISTS" "BIGOTS" coast-to-coast the Administration agreed to let Lee go but there was that condition that Lee would cooperate, I recall an article about Att Gen. Reno specifying the condition
-- it's been a few years but the last time I searched if I recall correctly I found a couple of articles reporting that the Lee still had not remembered where he put the tapes after sending the FBI searching through not a few garbage dumps.
He should have slipped and made a slur about Lin's being a Christian.
Then no one in the media would give a rip, because we're fair game for everyone.
And that's the real issue.
The hypocritical media sees itself making overtly racist comments, such as those speculating on the how under-endowed Lin must be, and headlines thundering with racial epithets as un-cleverly chosen double entendres, and they realize that they are being exposed for making fun of someone who is excelling in a traditionally African-American sport, and they realize that they are, in fact, hypocrites.
Or rather, Lin brings out their hypocrisy for all to see.
RE: Jeremy Lin named his own blog - CHINKBALLER
I like his self-deprecating humor :)
This guy is a class act ( Unlike so many others ).
Mmmmm....chinks are tasty.
We have become a nation of overwrought pansies and borg.
The arbiter of all things offensive is the media. So by extension they also become the jury of who will be successful. Isn't this the definition of discrimination?
good Lord. Get a tougher skin....not everything is about you (the writer of the article not my beloved Freepers). It seems that using words is no longer allowed.... one must watch out for the proper phrases
I for one think it is pretty funny. The funny part is not that obvious. The ‘chink’ part is nothing to do with what I found funny.
The funny part is how clueless ESPN is. They have pretty much ruined sports by putting a price tag on every aspect of competition. ESPN has become a sports dictatorship. I hope they get their ass sued for 5 Billion dollars.
Although it has been demonstrated that one can be fired for using the word "niggardly" appropriately, in context.
I’d bet that only a minority of Americans even know that “chink” is an uncomplimentary name for Chinese-Americans. A lot of overreaction to this, and “chink in the armor” is a phrase the origin of which had nothing to do with the Chinese people.
Could have fooled me. Besides. it's "catalog."
Get over it, Judy. Lin did.
Next up....watch for demonstrations against the USGA and PGA for “slope” ratings on golf courses.
I remember a short lived but noisy hoo-hah years ago in real estate, about the phrase "master bedroom" somehow indicating that there were slave bedrooms...morons...
That looks like what we used to call a pheasant.
Let’s hope Asians also wear the same “armor” that Caucasian Christians wear.
If you have common sense, a strong work ethic, and the self discipline to take care of your family and manage your own affairs, you don’t care what people say about you.
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