[169711] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Warren Bailey)
Wed Mar 12 15:51:32 2014
From: Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com>
To: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:50:25 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CAP-guGW=VtZtLhaZDid_802ncjNigRaEvFm3Nfyqe-XPfiuRSA@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
So like.. Nerds have a sense of humor all the sudden?? Did I miss a
slashdot post or something?
;)
(and I used nerd lovingly..)
On 3/12/14, 12:48 PM, "William Herrin" <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
>On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Warren Bailey
><wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com> wrote:
>> Being caucasian myself, I am inherently aware of the terminology
>> "cracker". How a joke relating to catching crackers with "cheese" was
>> translated into a racial slur is completely beyond my comprehension.
>
>Hi Warren,
>
>Were you not aware that in the U.S., every statement you could
>possibly make as well as no statement at all is racist, sexist or in
>some other way impugns anyone wishing to take offense?
>
>The retort, "That's racist!" is made tongue in cheek. Similar to
>Freud's phallic symbols, it's offered in response to the use of any
>word or phrase which has the slightest connection in any context to
>racism. Which is most of them.
>
>If I said, "The snow is falling, covering the dirty city in a layer of
>pristine white," it would be perfectly normal for someone to jokingly
>return, "That's racist!" By describing the *city* as *dirty* and then
>changed not just to *white* but *pristine* white I practically begged
>for it.
>
>When someone says something that actually is racist, we have a whole
>different vocabulary for expressing disgust.
>
>Regards,
>Bill Herrin
>
>
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