Posted on 07/02/2020 11:43:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
I first learned of John Leo in 1999 when he penned the clever and prescient piece titled "A Waspish, Niggardly Slur," wherein he exposed the dangerous trend in language manipulation that is now so wildly prevalent. It was an equal-opportunity poke at the absurd lengths to which people will go to accuse someone of racism.
Leo explained that a Washington, D.C. white mayoral aide, David Howard, had used the term "niggardly." A black official took offense because he felt that it was a racist term. In fact, niggardly means miserly or cheap and has nothing whatsoever to do with race. Nonetheless, Howard offered his resignation, and then Mayor Anthony Williams accepted the resignation, explaining that "although Howard didn't say anything that was in itself racist" (emphasis mine), "using a word that could be misunderstood was like 'getting caught smoking in a refinery with a resulting explosion.'"
Thus began the onslaught of alleged coded insults that has now metastasized so that everyone is afraid of calling a spade a spade. The "expression 'to call a spade a spade' entered the English language when Nicholas Udall translated Erasmus in 1542. To be clear, 'the 'spade' in the Erasmus translation has nothing to do with a deck of cards, but rather the gardening tool. The early usages of the word 'spade' did not refer to either race or skin color. The Oxford English Dictionary says the first appearance of the word spade as a reference to blackness was in Claude McKay's 1928 novel Home to Harlem, which was notable for its depictions of street life in Harlem in the 1920s. 'Jake is such a fool spade,' wrote McKay. 'Don't know how to handle the womens [sic].'
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They’ll make anything said fit their narrative of what racist speech is.
Well, then, don’t take caution. Might as well not worry about something if it is going to happen anyway.
A better explanation is being educated and using your native language correctly while in the presence of ignorant people.
Wow, this is unbelievable
What’s that line Lauren Bacall had to Jack Lemmon in “My Fellow Americans”? Something like, “Please, if you’re going to use the F-word, go for the gold.” Well, if they’re going to find you offensive for anything and everything, say whatever ya want just to see what happens! ;)
Racist - Someone winning an argument with a liberal.
As a cultural analyst you can criticize any subculture you feel that deserves severe criticism.
That includes the black subcultures including jocks, rabble rousing black politicians and especially the criminal element which seems to presently control all that is black. The greatest American enemies are democrats who pander to the black criminal subculture
Cultural analysis
Try going through a check stand with a black cashier and all you have in your cart is white stuff: bread, flour, sugar, etc. She’ll scream you’re intimidating her.
OR,
If you say or do something you’re racist
But,
If you DON’T say or do something you’re racist.
OR,
If you say or do something you’re racist
But,
If you DON’T say or do something you’re racist.
Whites need to quit using black slang that disparages whites, e.g., Karen etc.
If you need to trash mask wearers then go ahead. Not the issue I’m addressing. But use words that don’t harmonize with those who want to break society with violence.
Join the side you’re on.
You might as well go out and have one if you're going to be blamed and punished.
At that point, you have nothing to lose and all of the fun to gain.
🤪
There is more to the niggardly story. Turns out the manager was gay so he was not fired but transferred.
Got it?
Hetero=fired
Homo=transferred
Conservatives, sanctimonious conservatives, are their own worst enemies
As the old saying goes: May as well be hanged for a goat as for a sheep.
Best thing one can do?
Simply go Gault.
Don’t have anything to do with the moochers.
It’s lots easier than you may think at first it to be.
Becoming happier each day.
“Try going through a check stand with a black cashier”.
And they’ll give you grief?
Why?
pick another line, or another store.
The “DMV Lady” ain’t a myth.
I get imnplied the sarc tag . . .
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