Racial epithet makes news (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

You wrote "*the* Native Americans" instead of simply "Native Americans."

According to paragraph 3297c of the Code, that's an attempt to distance
yourself from Native Americans.

I think we all know how to respond to that. And don't yell, "Typo!"  Freud
showed precisely what typos mean.

JL

PS: MEANT TO BE IRONIC.

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> This strikes me as too clever by half.
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> No one else is out there scoring points by bad-mouthing the Native
> Americans (at least no one that the head of a major party would want to
> associate himself with), so it really doesn't seem likely that Steele is
> trying to curry favor with the elusive anti-Micmac bloc with the
> comment.
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> > I think one point (among others) has been missed in this thread, to
> > wit: Our
> > modern conservatives don't lose points among their constituents for
> > being
> > (wink, wink) racist/careless in the use of (wink, wink) racist, or
> > possibly
> > racist, remarks. So, those who think Steele stupid are thinking about
> > it
> > from their own point of view of taking offense at what he said and, oh
> > my,
> > how could a public figure be so stupid as to give offense? Well, if
> > that
> > public figure actually gains stature within his constituency, then it
> > was
> > not (necessarily) stupid at all. While the liberal side is running
> > around
> > gnashing teeth and wringing hands, the conservative side is saying
> > something
> > along the lines of "There go the whiners again. Imagine, being upset
> > that he
> > said Injun! Good for Michael!" Even if the guy (wink, wink) apologizes
> > about
> > it after, it's just pro forma throwing of bone to the opposition. If
> > you get
> > my drift...
> > DAD
> >
> > PS: If someone made this point before (i.e. it had not been missed)
> and
> > I in
> > fact missed seeing it, then apologies are proffered. I didn't, after
> > all,
> > ready every single post to the end...
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