Racial epithet makes news (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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But sometimes a typo is only a cigar . .  .

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> You wrote "*the* Native Americans" instead of simply "Native
> Americans."
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> According to paragraph 3297c of the Code, that's an attempt to
distance
> yourself from Native Americans.
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> I think we all know how to respond to that. And don't yell, "Typo!"
> Freud
> showed precisely what typos mean.
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> JL
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> PS: MEANT TO BE IRONIC.
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> 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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