racial epithet makes news

[Jonathan Lighter]

All that proves is that it might be OK to say "Honest Injun" if you're a
Native American.

But I doubt it.

JL

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I never realised raising two fingers and saying "Scout's honor" was an
> epithet against scouts...
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> On 7/5/2010 10:20 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > CNN reminds us that some time ago Michael Steele, the now-in-hot-water
> > Chairman of the Republican National Committee, concluded an informal
> > statement by saying, "Honest Injun on that."
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> > Acc. to the report, Steele "caught lot of flak for using what is often
> > considered to be - what *is* - a racial epithet."
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> > JL
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