diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
For me personally Dale, the strange fruit picture would be far more offensive.
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For me personally Dale, the strange fruit picture would be far more offensive.
medusacoils
Mr. Enigma!
What about the word, Cracker? Should we start listing that when we talk about other words like the N-word, F-word, etc? I have heard that one used racially!
Wayne
Wayne
vetusvates
Gamaliel's Principle
For the record, KJUN, I actually thought it was 1/128th or 1/64th,.....but I have been honestly searching for a reference and cannot pinpoint (in the Napoleonic Code) precisely what the One-Drop Rule quantitates to. In the 19th century, "one drop" was about the smallest quantity one could visually measure.
jazzgeek
The Rule Of Thirds.
KJUN
New member
I was thinking 1/32nd or 1/64th. Wanna compromise on 1/64 since we were both thinking that, post it on wikipedia, and claim it is the truth for the rest of the thread? LOL. I know it was some obscenely small amount.
vetusvates
Gamaliel's Principle
Hello!,...........Good Morning America!
And thank you, Janine!
NOTE : I pride myself on not being racist.....especially so because I was raised by and among some of the most racist...to the last detail...racists in the modern world.
That's why I'm offended by the N-word and "lynching". I let it go before, being a southern gentleman, but if we're going to put it under a microscope and inspect it and dissect it....lets get out the history books and linguistics references and do it right.
KJUN
New member
Don't forget "Popcorn." That, I've been told, is an elderly cracker.
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
Regardless of any 'rules' governing colour, Susan stated the president being black was a bonus for wanting him to be lynched.
ForkedTung
Serpent Mound Monk
OH YEAH!,If that were true then the following quote that refers directly to Susan's post, must've been made by someone "asinine and idiotic" then.
They weren't "attempts to change the subject." They were an attempt to lighten the thread ( without insults). It could be considered "arrogant" to second guess my motives.
Never done that, although it certainly doesn't sound like a good idea.
KJUN
New member
Don't make me change that link, too. I can - and then it'll show how wrong you are and how right I am! :devil01:
KJUN
New member
What the heck are you trying to say? Sure, I said "I will say that when the lawmakers break the law, then lynching them may not be a wholly inappropriate action in my opinion." I implied you saying you knew what I was meant was "asinine and idiotic." What does that have to do with me saying that anyone who pledges an oath to uphold the laws and then violates the constitution should be hung, lynched, set to dance, whatever. In my eyes, they are a traitor, and that is what a traitor desrves. The example I used was WHITE guys that should have been hung - in part for shooting a black guy. That supports my statement that the term lynch can imply to any color.
If you can try to put to thoughts together in a logical progression, I'll try to follow you. However, THOSE two particular statements you strung don't have any valid connection as far as I can tell. Please elucidate me.
jazzgeek
The Rule Of Thirds.
Be my guest. We can always trace IP addresses to see from where the edits came. That's the beauty of a well-designed system. There's a reason my s/n ends in "geek".
(Then again, I could argue that what "geek" really means is that I bite the heads off of domestic fowl in a carnival sideshow act....but....that would be backpedaling on my part, wouldn't it?) :grin01:
Dale
vetusvates
Gamaliel's Principle
I know. I was raised that it was 1/128th, or 1/64th. Can you believe that?* An absurdly small amount. Which is what makes "the measuring" itself so offensive.
*And that Jim Crow Laws were just a part of life.
And for the record, I do not like using Wikipedia as a primary reference. I have found two blatant errors in/on it in the past two weeks. And I don't spend a lot of time there. I use it for speed, convenience, and generalities, only. I would encourage anyone to take any given investigation further/deeper.
tricksterpup
I has nuttin to Say.
KJUN
New member
Be my guest. We can always trace IP addresses to see from where the edits came. That's the beauty of a well-designed system. There's a reason my s/n ends in "geek".
Shoot, Dale. You only need to do that if I wasn't admiting I am the one that made the changes. There wouldn't be any FUN in playing the game if I didn't come right out and say that I made the changes. Who cares if I posted it or some other idiot made the chnage. It is still highly composed of unsubstantiated and unsupported statements.
KJUN
New member
If my students cite wikipedia in a report, they are pretty much guanranteed a failing grade. My favorite was when everyone was saying frogs had a 2 chambered heart "because that is what is on wikipedia!"
Wikicrapia!
KJUN
New member
How do you mean the term "brilliant." Here, we tend to read that as "ingenious," but I don't know if the word has a different meaning to you. If that IS how you meant it, why does his color have anything to do with him being a smart choice for president? Wouldn't his actions, policies, and promises be the ONLY factor that would make him a good or bad choice?
jazzgeek
The Rule Of Thirds.
I am offended by that.
That reminds me....there's a Foghorn Leghorn marathon coming up on the Cartoon Network. :grin01:
Dale
vetusvates
Gamaliel's Principle
Janine, I was (with KJUN's input) simply referring/footnoting to the obsolete, absurd, and historical technicalities of what qualified a man to be considered "negro" between 1876 and 1965, and therefore "lynch-able".
Not quite Off-Topic, but a footnote to the insidiousness and recentness of deep serious racism in the US. And how doggone "acceptable" it was.
NOTE : I hope it is obvious that I am using "negro" and "lynch" in a temporal-cultural context, with the utmost respect for the words, and in no derogatory manner.