return of "colored"

[Jonathan Lighter]

>Those words really aren't who I am.

Deconstruction and tendentious biblical exegesis say you're wrong.

(*I* don't say you're wrong, but I'm at the mercy of my language.)

JL


On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 3/29/2012 09:49 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >BTW, I've raised my estimation of the cartoon to triple dumb, because it
> >was double dumb from the jump.
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> Quadruple -- Trayvon's name is misspelled.  (Googling, "Treyvon" is
> about 0.1% of "Trayvon" ... although still at about 1
> million.  Apparently college editorial cartoonists can't read, or
> aren't smart enough to know what to read.
>
> If I've offended anyone for an ethnic, racial, or class slur, I
> apologize.
>
> Joel
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