Posted on 03/05/2002 5:03:33 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
Those ba$tards!
Wow! Now thats calling a Spade a Spade!
Wrong!
This is a North Plano suburb ...
(Stupid AP story writer)
Going North from Dallas you encounter the following communities: Richardson, Plano, Farmers Branch, Carrolton, Addison, Frisco ...
It's been a couple of decades since I heard the word "coon" used in any context other than a shortened version of "raccoon".
The name is axed by the equally ignorant PC crowd. I'm offended that one of our popular native wildlife species has been denigrated so.
What's next? Will we change the name of the raccoon? Does our illustrious government make the use of the shortened nickname "'coon" illegal?
SAY, how about we get rid of the word "pig"? We all know who THAT word has been used to describe! How about "cow"? Some obese woman might become offended. OOOooo...and DOG, too!! Where the heck does this P.C. B.S. END??
Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary
Coon
101 entries found for black.
black[1,adjective]black[2,noun]black[3,verb]black Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah black, and probably to Latin flagrare to burn, Greek phlegein Date: before 12th century 1 a : of the color black b (1) : very dark in color b (1) often capitalized : of or relating to any of various population groups having dark pigmentation of the skin (2) : of or relating to the Afro-American people or their culture (3) : typical or representative of the most readily attended parts of black culture 3 : dressed in black 4 : DIRTY, SOILED 5 a : characterized by the absence of light b : reflecting or transmitting little or no light c : served without milk or cream 6 a : thoroughly sinister or evil : WICKED b : indicative of condemnation or discredit 7 : connected with or invoking the supernatural and especially the devil 8 a : very sad, gloomy, or calamitous b : marked by the occurrence of disaster 9 : characterized by hostility or angry discontent : SULLEN 10 chiefly British : subject to boycott by trade-union members as employing or favoring nonunion workers or as operating under conditions considered unfair by the trade union 11 a of propaganda : conducted so as to appear to originate within an enemy country and designed to weaken enemy morale b : characterized by or connected with the use of black propaganda 12 : characterized by grim, distorted, or grotesque satire 13 : of or relating to covert intelligence operations - black·ish /'bla-kish/ adjective - black·ly adverb - black·ness noun
Thanks for the info, folks.
Yeah, I'll be interested to hear that too. . .
"Coon" on the other hand,when used loosely, is an obvious racial slur and should be replaced by Raccoon. This is not catering to political correctness, its eliminating a blatant racist term.
Coon Hound is the recognized name of several brreds of American hunting dogs used on Raccoons, bears, cougars, wild boar and four-footed game. Generally preceeded by Black and Tan, Redbone, Plott, Treeing Walker, etc. Not likely to be confused with a racial slur.
Pass another friggin' law, silly.
Hyperbolize much? People like you are concerned with symbolism over substance. If people really are bothered by the name, why not modify it? What great history is being lost? They won't even have to change mascots.
I'm off in my own little world I guess. The only negative terms I can think of for black people is the "N" word. I didn't even know "Coon" was a negative term for blacks.
My neighbor got a ticket for shooting a fire arm off in the city limits where we live. A Coon got in the house and they couldn't get it out, so they shot it. What else where they suppose to do? It was scared to death and was tearing up the house. How did I get off on that tale? Gotta go pack!
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