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Kansas recalls hundreds of license plates over ethnic slur complaint
NBC ^
| Nov. 28, 2018
| AP
Posted on 11/28/2018 6:07:21 AM PST by 11th_VA
WICHITA, Kan. Kansas is recalling hundreds of vehicle license plates on the streets containing the JAP lettering in the wake of complaints that it is an ethnic slur offensive to Japanese Americans.
The Kansas Department of Revenue said there are 731 active registrations containing that random letter combination on standard license plates. Vehicle owners were sent a letter dated Tuesday asking them to return the plate to their county vehicle office within 30 days for replacement at no cost. Plates not replaced within that period will be identified in the states system and will be replaced at their annual renewal.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: baka; jap; kansas; licenseplates; localnews; stupidity
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To: Olog-hai
Id be offended by plates with the letter combination DNC on them.
“ASS-MAN”
To: 11th_VA
That’s ok. The taxpayers will pay for it.
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posted on
11/28/2018 6:29:10 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
11/28/2018 6:29:35 AM PST
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
To: 11th_VA
I've never understood how this can be construed as offensive - it's simply a contraction of the word "Japanese". Sure, combine it with salty WWII-era expletives and *then* it becomes an insult, but alone? Nonsense. It's like using "Brits" to refer to British people - nobody views that as offensive.
Spare us from the perpetually offended.
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posted on
11/28/2018 6:31:38 AM PST
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: headstamp 2
To: 11th_VA
I remember reading about some lady sueing her state because she had a plate that said ‘SOW331’. Apparently is was only a few pounds off from her actual weight.
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posted on
11/28/2018 6:33:46 AM PST
by
Nateman
(If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong)
To: detective
I guess I’d be asking for trouble if I obtained a DUI plate.
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posted on
11/28/2018 6:35:20 AM PST
by
C210N
(Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
To: 11th_VA
This is a great idea, because there are so many of Japanese ancestry or birth living in Kansas.
To: 11th_VA
My license plate, which I’ve had for the past decade, is a series of numbers followed by ‘DJT.’
I’m CERTAIN I’m triggering Anti-Trumpers when I venture into Enemy Territory - and I LOVE IT! :)
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posted on
11/28/2018 6:37:23 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
To: 11th_VA
Oh My! Thank God I no longer own my J.A.P. motorcycle. The horror.
To: Mr. Mojo
Did you try to nip that one in the bud?
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posted on
11/28/2018 6:38:06 AM PST
by
null and void
(Socialist Worker's Party. If they ever get elected, you'll work and they'll party.)
To: real saxophonist
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posted on
11/28/2018 6:39:58 AM PST
by
null and void
(Socialist Worker's Party. If they ever get elected, you'll work and they'll party.)
To: 11th_VA
Just another liberal slap at free speech.
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posted on
11/28/2018 6:43:21 AM PST
by
kenmcg
(tHE WHOLE)
To: a fool in paradise
only Polish people can be constantly derided without repercussions.
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posted on
11/28/2018 6:46:14 AM PST
by
cherry
(official troll)
To: 11th_VA
Sorry, but Jap is just a contraction not a slur.
British = Brit
Swedish = Swede
Polish = Pole
The perpetually offended can find something offensive in anything.
To: 11th_VA
HCK, QER, FAG, NIG... No wait, HCK would be fine but the list is almost endless if you’re looking to be offended. Be curious to see their entire list of banned letter combinations.
Maybe they should ban the combinations of CA, NY, IL, MA, (D) ... These are offensive to me.
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posted on
11/28/2018 6:50:46 AM PST
by
libertylover
(I'm not against immigration; I'm against ILLEGAL immigration.)
To: Charles Martel
“I've never understood how this can be construed as offensive - it's simply a contraction of the word “Japanese”.”
That's what I'm thinking. How is an abbreviation offensive?
It is not a dirty word.
Think how many times we read the word “Cop” used to describe law enforcement personnel . . . cop did this, cop did that, cop went there. Nobody in the fake news business says boo about that.
To: a fool in paradise
No Jews were offended?LOL, that was my initial response. Maybe we can swap JAP jokes sometime.
To: cherry
“only Polish people can be constantly derided without repercussions.”
White southerners and Christians are fair game.
To: 11th_VA; OKSooner; PROCON; mylife; Kathy in Alaska
Political correctness at the DMV is nothing new. In 1993 my vanity plate "DRUMBO" was denied as "Racist". I asked why and had to wait to speak with a "supervisor". She told me that "Drumbo" was "clearly racist". "Haven't you ever heard of Little Black Sambo"? ... I was stunned and replied "Haven't you ever heard of "Bozo the clown?" I ended up with "DRUMBOY" and I spray painted over the "Y".
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posted on
11/28/2018 6:54:17 AM PST
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything except democrats." - Robert A. Heinlein)
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