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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:14 PM Original message |
When someone says, ""That's mighty white of you", what do they mean? |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. The only people I'v ever heard that from are disgusting racist pigs, |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Does it mean, thats mightly racially superior of you, when it comes from a racist to a racist? |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. I think it's just a racist - to - racist buddy way of affirming their racism |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
90. I've never heard it used that way. In fact, I've only ever heard it used by blacks. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. It sounds different in that light. Ironically, I've only heard it used by whites! |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #90 |
124. Yes. The first time I heard it was a black guy talking to another black guy. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
123. I've only heard it said as sarcasm |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't care for the expression. Whatever it means. nt |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I'm with you, I 'm suspicious of it, but until now never asked about it. |
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secretoftheoldclock (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. It means you are patronizing a Black person |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I could see it meaning, That mightly racially partronizing of you when it involves a person of |
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secretoftheoldclock (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Well, you're apparently from KY, so all bets are off... |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
63. And I would say that you don't understand that phrases are dynamic. |
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secretoftheoldclock (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Doesn't matter. Look at the returns from KY--LMFAO! |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Who knows but it is a damnable racist expression and people who don't know better should be told |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Its does sound racist, but without a good sense of what it means, I'm inclined not not call it that. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
69. Not a good comparison at all. That has to do with word root meanings. This has to do with |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #69 |
99. Urban Dictionary is not a great source for orginal usage |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #99 |
113. "Tar baby" I can see not necessarily being racist but we were talking about "mighty white of you" |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #113 |
114. You're likely correct. OED supports your position |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #113 |
127. Your construction of the saying and its use is incorrect. |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
96. Yes, but I never want to use the word "niggardly." Sounds to |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #96 |
102. stingy or miserly, elshiva. |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #102 |
107. Thanks. Still sounds too much like the other word. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #107 |
116. Yes, I agree. And it's a shame. A few years ago I heard a hilarious sketch by a young |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #116 |
118. Reneged isn't quite as bad in print, but it does sound like |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. I heard it as a thoughtless compliment in the early 50s |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I'm thinking you might be on to something that is being used differently now |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
70. It highlights condescension of the target |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. It is said around here a lot |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Would be the context of its usage? |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
48. for pretty much anything |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
47. I heard it growing up in Texas in the 50s. I've NEVER heard it in CT |
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Saphire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
79. 60 years later, and I STILL hear it in Texas. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Oh my god! |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. There are more eloquent ways of saying exactly the same thing. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. Urban Dictionary isn't the most credible source of such things. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. I agree, but it was UD was just an example of what some people think. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. I assume its the same as |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. "Playing the white man's game" is totally different and unrelated |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. When I heard it as a kid |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Those are the ways I think I've mostly heard it used. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. When I was a kid (60's) there used to be a toothpaste called "Mighty White" |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. that's mighty toothpaste of you. hehe. |
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But.... (656 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wow... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. I think you may be right because I had someone say it to me who I considered more progressive than m |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
86. that's been my understanding of the current use of it. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #86 |
104. If I remember it correctly, we used this in times long ago. |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
87. That's my understanding. But it's white people connoting goodness with "whiteness". |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. But it isn't-- at least not when I've heard it used. |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Um, I think we're saying the same thing. I'm just pointing out that the meaning of the phrase has |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. Growing up in the south, it WAS a slur. Everyone KNEW that "those" people could not |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Interesting, I could see it being used that way . |
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Saphire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
81. The post above said exactly what I hear when someone say that. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. I heard it quite often while I was growing up in the South. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. It used to be a positive sentiment, now it's said sarcstically, usually. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I'll have to look for that Bogart film. thanks. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. I think back then it referred to the "White Man's Burden" |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
64. Correct. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. I use it quite often when appropriate |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I'm sure I've heard it iused in that way too. |
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Candie Date (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. It means ... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Someone else said they remember it from a Bogart film, do you remember a film where it is used? |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I think it's the one where there' s a hurricane |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. "Key Largo"?? |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Key Largo is the one with the hurricane |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. I think that's it. Key Largo. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. It was definitely used in a Dirty Harry movie. He says it sarcastically to a black guy. |
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Candie Date (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. Pretty sure it's... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #31 |
110. the enforcer. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. I've only ever heard it used sarcasticly |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
41. Funny thread... |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. I've never heard that |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. We all learn something new on DU. |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. I've lived all of my life in East Texas, one of the more racist parts of the country, and I've never |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Thank you for your post. |
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LatteLibertine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
45. Origin of the phrase |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I noted that in the OP, but that wiki entry still needs a citation. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
52. Almost always used ironically |
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Misskittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
53. Similar to "(t)hat's very Christian of you." |
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Cosmic Charlie (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
55. the actual saying is, "That's mighty wide of you." as in wide-minded... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. That's the most interesting response so far. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. You have a reliable reference for your assertion? |
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Cosmic Charlie (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. oh, I have no doubts that the bastardization of the original phrase goes back years and years |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. So in other words, it's just your opinion, not a fact you know. |
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Cosmic Charlie (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. no, it's a fact dude. look it up. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Look it up where?? |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #73 |
120. LOL, I did "look it up" |
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Cosmic Charlie (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. frankly, i think you are an asshole for insinuating that |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #121 |
128. I should alert on you, but I prefer |
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MadinMo (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. My dad used to say this and did not mean it in a racist way. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
57. I think it originally meant that the subject was acting like a white person (good) |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #57 |
91. Most commonly today, it means like a white person (as in hypocrite) |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:03 AM Response to Reply #57 |
101. I always think it means "How civilized of you!" |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
58. It was a "mainstream racist" expression up through at least the 1940s |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #58 |
85. also the common phrase "free, white & 21" without a thought for |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #85 |
117. Good catch - yes, very much in that same vein. (nt) |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
60. I occasionally use that phrase in the sense mentioned by the Urban Dictionary |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
61. It means they think you're a troll who mainly posts for attention |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. That's a funny response from someone with your username. |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Your thread is funny too. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
65. i have little perception, if any, of Social Interaction. i never repeat anything i hear, ..>Link>> |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
74. It was said to me once. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. now thats interesting. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
75. I prefer, "Miss Goodie Two-Shoes" instead. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
76. I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that someone who says that is racist. nt. |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
77. I've always heard it said sarcastically - |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
80. I've heard it said in an ironic hipster doofus sort of way. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. ironic doofus sort of way...I like that. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
88. I've only ever heard it used sarcastically. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
93. It's a racial slur. n/t |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
94. Why are you inquiring about an archaic racist expression? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. Honestly, its something I've wondered about for a long time and the phrase recently popped up. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
97. How do you take it when a white person says it to a black person? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #97 |
100. I haven't seen that scenario play out -- have you? |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #100 |
106. Yes I have. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #100 |
109. check out clint eastwood as dirty harry in 'the enforcer' |
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Siyahamba (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
103. See also: "That's so gay." |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
105. This has been covered six ways to Sunday, but where I am in North Carolina it is used |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
108. Oxford English Dictionary |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #108 |
111. Here's the OED entry for White Man (see entry b) |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
112. We say |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
115. I have said it before, but I have always used it sarcastically... |
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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
119. Am I so sheltered to have never heard that phrase before? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
122. It's an insult against the person to whom it is addressed. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #122 |
126. good clear definition |
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123infinity (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-15-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
125. I have heard it many times, also "that's mighty Christian of you" similarly. |
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