09 May 07
Originally posted by AmauroteGreat to see that you're still paying attention 😀 Those inane smilies? 🙄 Whatever do you mean? 😴 😴 😴 ... "silly and pointless"?
And yet you use a class-based pejorative like "redneck" almost reflexively. I'd say you have more to learn about prejudice than anyone else here.
As for satire, you're no more satirical than a kid who can't handle cursive - those inane smileys saturate your every post.
I'm not so certain that true and systemic prejudice is necessarily "taught" any longer as much as it is "learned" through implication and innuendo 😞
09 May 07
Originally posted by AmauroteYou're only as good as your dance partner.
And yet you use a class-based pejorative like "redneck" almost reflexively. I'd say you have more to learn about prejudice than anyone else here.
As for satire, you're no more satirical than a kid who can't handle cursive - those inane smileys saturate your every post.
09 May 07
Frankly, you've backtracked and tripped up so many times here you're actually dancing with yourself: I'm not surprised you're trying to weasel out of facing the ramifications of using a class- and race-tinged pejorative as you did earlier, but you'll have to do a lot better than simply changing the subject and hoping it goes away.
09 May 07
Originally posted by dottewell
I'm sure most people here think of you as the engine of change.
Originally posted by Amaurote
Tonto or Hiawatha?
If I'm not completely mistaken, this is about where you came in, no?
🙄 With a feeble and ancient pun invoking puerile racist stereotypes that subtly belittle First Nations peoples? 🙄
Not exactly the same category as "Thomas - The Little Engine That Could"... But perhaps more revealing of underlying attitudes. 😕
09 May 07
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Originally posted by widgetI'm not Canadian - as I've explained very slowly and using especially small words, that idiom is not in use here, and the joke almost certainly predates it. So your fatuous point falls at the very first hurdle.
Originally posted by dottewell
[b]I'm sure most people here think of you as the engine of change.
Originally posted by Amaurote
Tonto or Hiawatha?
If I'm not completely mistaken, this is about where you came in, no?
🙄 With a feeble and ancient pun invoking puerile racist stereotypes that subtly belittle First Nations s - The Little Engine That Could"... But perhaps more revealing of underlying attitudes. 😕[/b]
"Redneck", however, is everywhere a class- and race-based epithet, designed to sneer and hurt people perceived as social inferiors, and you used it readily, and with evident delight. So you're presumably happy for kids to follow your example and use it, then?
09 May 07
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Originally posted by AmauroteSorry... but who is calling you Canadian? 🙄 I'd like to take exception to that complement, being Canadian myself and having high expectations of my fellow countrymen&women 😛
I'm not Canadian - as I've explained very slowly and using especially small words, that idiom is not in use here, and the joke almost certainly predates it. So your fatuous point falls at the very first hurdle.
"Redneck", however, is everywhere a class- and race-based epithet, designed to sneer and hurt people perceived as social inferiors, ...[text shortened]... ident delight. So you're presumably happy for kids to follow your example and use it, then?
Not sure where you are, my friend, so its difficult for me to know what idioms might be more appropriate...
😉 "In modern usage, redneck predominantly refers to a particular stereotype of whites from the Southern United States. The word can be used either as a pejorative or as a matter of pride, depending on context." ... My italicization. Your call, I'd guess?
09 May 07
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Originally posted by widgetTo begin with, I'm not your friend, so I suggest you drop the faux bonhomme routine - you aren't witty and you're certainly not clever.
Sorry... but who is calling you Canadian? 🙄 I'd like to take exception to that, complement, being Canadian myself and having high expectations of my fellow countrymen&women 😛
Not sure where you are, my friend, so its difficult for me to know what idioms might be more appropriate...
😉 "In modern usage, redneck predominantly refers to a particular s ...[text shortened]... a matter of pride, depending on context.[/i]" ... My italicization. Your call, I'd guess?
If you knew anything at all about pejoratives like that, you'd realize that those subject to them frequently appropriate them as marks of pride: the n-word is a classic example. Or maybe you like to use that one, too; with a logic that lumbering and self-contradictory, nothing would surprise me.
First Nation is a North American term, and not a European term - since you fall on wikipedia so desperately as your first source, I'm sure it'll confirm it for you.
Meanwhile, for those who are wondering what made Mr Emoticon so angry, here's the ancient joke that provoked his awesome, oh-so-consistent wrath (I won't post the fulltext on here, small children might read it and start a race riot):
http://www.uselessgraphics.com/P-T/puns.htm
09 May 07
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Originally posted by AmauroteUseless graphics? 😀 Now "lumbering" is definitely a Canadian practice!
... here's the ancient joke that provoked his awesome, oh-so-consistent wrath (I won't post the fulltext on here, small children might read it and start a race riot):
http://www.uselessgraphics.com/P-T/puns.htm
According to Wiki: "Americans have now started to use the Canadian term "First Nations" in the United States."
"Indigenous Australians" and "Maori Aboriginals" are the terms currently in use in Australasia 😀 Neither is currently perjorative, simply factual.