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Canadian_moderate (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:18 AM Original message |
In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial slur? |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe we should start using "Crawfordian" as a slur too. n/t |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not around here. |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Google it |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Yank" and "Cowboy" have always been slurs in some other countries |
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Canadian_moderate (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:45 AM Original message |
Yes, Canada certainly has them too |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. I suspect what they are hearing is a small group of loud-mouthed idiots |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. Personally, I blame Canada. n/t |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. "Personally, I blame Canada." - umm, that be the land, the government or the people? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. All of the above |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. It was a joke from "South Park", my friend... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. I've heard it before in NE USA and I understand there to be an element of wry humor to the choice |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Yes, I was thinking of South Park |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:45 AM Original message |
the title to the article |
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Island Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've lived in the South all of my life |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. I've never heard of this |
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Canadian_moderate (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It's not aimed at Canadians |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Again, that's not |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I don't know....see my post #18... |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. People from Canadia are their own race now? |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Of course...here the declaration... |
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Canadian_moderate (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Pretty sad, isn't it... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Oh yeah |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. News to me... |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. *snort* YOU just stop it!!!! |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. No. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Totally agree |
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Canadian_moderate (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. They are government officials after all |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've lived in Memphis for 18 years and have never heard that |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm too mad about the Montel thing to read through this again, but Canadian... |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. It is used as a code |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. I've heard it |
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walnutpie (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. I've never heard it used as a replacement or slur |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Why? |
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walnutpie (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Well... |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I didn't know that. |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. I have not heard anyone use that term in this area of the |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. What a strange story |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. I've never heard this here in NC but then again, I avoid people I know to be bigots. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. Its not even a real country, is it? |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. In the excellent satirical film "C.S.A., The Confederate States of America", which |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. That's probably where the inspiration came from |
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class2068 (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'm sorry... |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. HEY! Welcome to DU! |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. Personally. I'm proud that the US is about to elect its first Canadian President. |
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pbca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. That would have been Gravel |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
40. I've lived in the US South all my life and |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. It comes from the same place it's always come from-ignorance |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. This story is a side-effect of a big Houston/Harris County scandal... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. Urban Dictionary has 33 entries for "Canadian". |
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