at my wedding, the flower girl was my wife’s god daughter, the child of her college room mate and she happened to be black. on our honey moon we went to england to introduce my new wife to my family. We took out a copy of the wedding picture and my 80+ year old grand mother looked at it and declared “Oh! she’s a little colored girl!” we both just cringed.
If you think that is bad, fast forward to 2022 when you could get into all kinds of trouble for using the wrong pronoun for referring to someone. Of course I think the whole “Furry” thing was just a joke to drive the rednecks (am I allowed to say that?) crazy. . . . Mission Accomplished.
The problem with euphemisms is that they wear out and take on the same connotation as the word they were intended to sanitize. It’s like taking a water-soaked sponge out of a bucket of water and replacing it with a brand new one. The water always wins.
Reminds me of something I encountered in the 70’s. The word human contained the work MAN, so in order to find an acceptable name that included both genders, it’s was suggested that we use the term person. My father postulated that that wasn’t acceptable because the word SON, which is clearly masculine. The term ONE resonated across all genders. He suggested that the reference could be huperone. That removed the masculine moniker from the first two words and added the term ONE to cover all. LOL!
Izzy Moreno 23 days ago
“Shaming into enlightenment.” “Let’s agree to what I decide.”
Is that 88 in the middle panel?
I would say nothing changed, but it’s a lie. They got worse, and more hysterical.
“Can’t say this, can’t say that.” “Do what I say, or you’re a Nationalsozialistische.”
Intercourse off.
win.45mag 23 days ago
People of Mango Chutney. Mango chutney is a paint color.
The dude from FL Premium Member 23 days ago
How about just a little girl playing and be done with it
Wizard of Ahz-no relation 22 days ago
at my wedding, the flower girl was my wife’s god daughter, the child of her college room mate and she happened to be black. on our honey moon we went to england to introduce my new wife to my family. We took out a copy of the wedding picture and my 80+ year old grand mother looked at it and declared “Oh! she’s a little colored girl!” we both just cringed.
A Hip loving Canadian... 22 days ago
Once a racist pos, always a racist pos.
Bruce1253 22 days ago
If you think that is bad, fast forward to 2022 when you could get into all kinds of trouble for using the wrong pronoun for referring to someone. Of course I think the whole “Furry” thing was just a joke to drive the rednecks (am I allowed to say that?) crazy. . . . Mission Accomplished.
Bob Blumenfeld 22 days ago
The problem with euphemisms is that they wear out and take on the same connotation as the word they were intended to sanitize. It’s like taking a water-soaked sponge out of a bucket of water and replacing it with a brand new one. The water always wins.
xsintricks 22 days ago
Berke had a Sunday strip on offensive stuff. Still resonates today.
dsatvoinde Premium Member 22 days ago
Reminds me of something I encountered in the 70’s. The word human contained the work MAN, so in order to find an acceptable name that included both genders, it’s was suggested that we use the term person. My father postulated that that wasn’t acceptable because the word SON, which is clearly masculine. The term ONE resonated across all genders. He suggested that the reference could be huperone. That removed the masculine moniker from the first two words and added the term ONE to cover all. LOL!
moondog42 Premium Member 22 days ago
I hate having favorite comics of such a great series, but this is by far my favorite Sunday strip
eddi-TBH 22 days ago
Talk about getting bogged down in the details.
markkahler52 22 days ago
Yep… they’re leaving….
Joel Stein Premium Member 21 days ago
For the same reason you’d say “blonde haired girl” or “Red headed girl”. Variations in color are one of the way we identify people.