Todd ([info]ulvesang) wrote in [info]linguaphiles,
@ 2005-11-28 10:40:00
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Nazis love censorship.
In response to my most comment-prolific post ever, I'm starting a censorship of censorship campaign.

First, I was curious and wanted to discuss what historical/etymological origins these words have:

Aye-tai, kike, wetback, honky, pinko, jigaboo, banjo lips, spic, jap, nip, English wanker, Welsh wanker, Irish wanker, frog, jackamammy, gook, whitey, cracker, sand nigger, carpet pilot, kraut, Aunt Jemima, camel racer, German kindling, canuck, border-jumper, professional childbearer, uncut, paki, Mr. Bojangles, trailer-trash, retard, faggot, leftist cunt, fascist fuck, tree-dweller, hobbit, feminazi, blackhead, chink, blue-eyed devil, gollywog, red, fucking Ami, russkie, and nigger.

Then I was wondering how many people have read George Orwell's 1984, and have heard of Newspeak. Then I was wondering if we could make reading that book a prerequesite to joining this community.

Next, I would like to propose sending all black people to prison, because they are obviously racist-- calling each other "niggah" so frequently. One cannot discriminate any race, group, minority, religion, intelligence level, lifestyle, political affiliation, social status, or class, even their own. But because then there would be a disproportionate amount of black people in prison, we need to imprison one white person for each black person imprisoned. And then do so with every other subgroup: Polynesians, Chinese, Indians, Catholics, atheists, liberals, socialists, nazis, feminists, goths, blonde people, Muslims, Orthodox Jews, Reform Jews, communists, intellectuals, and linguists.

Then, when everyone is in prison, we'll all be equal and not discriminated.

Do not reply to this post because anything you say could be offensive to me!!! I'll sue for discrimination. Even if you call me a genius. I AM OFFENDED BY THAT WORD. I AM NOT A GENIUS. I am a facetious cynic with superhuman cranial capacity and a penchance for making petty mortals feel stupid, because they are yet so stupid that they don't realise it.

Don't call me God: I'm an atheist. I resent that.


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[info]marnanel
2005-11-28 11:11 am UTC (link)
I think you might consider lj-cutting this for those of us who read at work.

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[info]creepa
2005-11-28 11:16 am UTC (link)
Nah, trolls don't need no stinkin' lj-cuts! ;)

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[info]nelis
2005-11-28 11:20 am UTC (link)
+1
just ignore that...

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[info]_koinonia
2005-11-28 11:40 am UTC (link)
slashdot loooooove.

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[info]loomy
2005-11-28 11:22 am UTC (link)
I agree.

I'm quite anti-censorship myself, and actually even understand using such shock value tactics occasionally. But I (and many others) browse my friends list from places where words such as those can easily cause heaps of trouble.

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[info]bekkle
2005-11-28 11:23 am UTC (link)
pfft THAT was inappropriate

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[info]heiregulus
2005-11-28 11:23 am UTC (link)
grok

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[info]mbs_bookworm
2005-11-28 11:28 am UTC (link)
You messed up your first link.

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[info]ein_suender
2005-11-28 11:34 am UTC (link)
My thoughts exactly.

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[info]leex
2005-11-28 11:30 am UTC (link)
Take your masturbation elsewhere, mate.

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[info]disastrouscode
2005-11-28 11:32 am UTC (link)
this post actually made me laugh out loud and almost woke up my housemate.

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[info]tenou_k
2005-11-28 11:32 am UTC (link)
I love that you got sucked in by that that troll and then because your own troll!

The irony is so sweet! Spontaneous diabetes!

It is the laughter!

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[info]ulvesang
2005-11-28 11:38 am UTC (link)
Yeah I am teh iron man! Iron-y!!!

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[info]tenou_k
2005-11-28 11:41 am UTC (link)
lol No, wait, what I love even more is that I'm so fucked up that my comment didn't actually make sense because there's such a disconnect between hands and keyboard.

I am a GOD.

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[info]bugtilaheh
2005-11-28 11:51 am UTC (link)
ugh. dont remind me of being fucked up. i drove home 5 of my drunk friends (i was sober)! two of them threw up in my fucking car! ahhhhh! *screams* KILL TIME. almost 6am. fuck! i'm not going to bed tonight. class at 9. funnnn.

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[info]loudasthesun
2005-11-28 11:38 am UTC (link)
dear whoever-thinks-this-whole-community-is-racist (ROFL [info]anarchys_savior),

1. the "racistness" of "niggah/nigga" is still in dispute, even in america. some people (black and white) think it's racist because it is derived from "nigger," some people (black and white) think it's not racist, but a way to reclaim what was once a hurtful and offensive term.

2. regardless of how PC or how racist it is, BIGFUCKINGSURPRISE, many black americans DO use it, whether you like it or not.

3. [info]ulvesang did not use it himself. he quoted it. quoting a person does not necessarily mean you believe or agree with what the quoted person is saying.

4. i really don't understand at all how anyone could consider [info]ulvesang's post to be racist. how is "Yo, wassup mah niggah?" racist, when it can easily be heard around america? (although it'd most likely be "Yo, wassup niggah?" from my experience)

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[info]leex
2005-11-28 11:45 am UTC (link)
Uh... You're talking about the previous post now, correct? Not this one?

The fact that [info]ulvesang thinks the correct way to express disagreement at a party is to urinate in the fruit punch and randomly kick people's shins loses him any case he might've ahd with me.

Also, he ought to reread 1984. He doesn't seem to have understood the concept of Newspeak the first time 'round.

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[info]ulvesang
2005-11-28 11:50 am UTC (link)
Party??? Where? Time to get da HOE-DOWN GOIN'!!!

But wait... we can't do what we don't have words for. What is this "urinate" you speak of?

I rule.

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[info]loudasthesun
2005-11-28 11:57 am UTC (link)
this particular post and [info]ulvesang's comment to yours (below) is, agreed, quite stupid, but so is the debate in the original post that's chock full of OMGYOUFUCKINGRACIST-witch-hunting-as-a-sport idiocy anyway.

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[info]mbs_bookworm
2005-11-28 11:48 am UTC (link)
how is "Yo, wassup mah niggah?" racist, when it can easily be heard around america?

Bwah? How does "easily heard around America" equate to non-racist?

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[info]loudasthesun
2005-11-28 11:51 am UTC (link)
good call, i noticed that myself right after i posted. perhaps i should have phrased it better.

what i mean is, you (if you were a black person) could say it around america and it wouldn't be considered offensive, as opposed to say, if you yelled at a black person in the streets and called them "NIGGER!" out loud.

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[info]ulvesang
2005-11-28 11:58 am UTC (link)
Shut up, yo cracker

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[info]loudasthesun
2005-11-28 12:00 pm UTC (link)
you're not even making a point anymore.

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[info]ulvesang
2005-11-28 12:02 pm UTC (link)
I'm just trying to be ridiculous. Which is working quite well.

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[info]samoody
2005-11-28 11:47 am UTC (link)
what?

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[info]loki_fledermaus
2005-11-28 11:49 am UTC (link)
You really aren't very bright, are you? I'm offended by your stupidity more than anything. You are stupid to think that making a post like this will make your point. You obviously have no clue how society works, even if this whole post is ironic.
If this is irony, it's pathetic.

See you on LJDrama, which I suppose is what you want.

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[info]ulvesang
2005-11-28 11:51 am UTC (link)
How dare you use stupid in a derogatory term, you fascist racist Klanner.

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[info]loki_fledermaus
2005-11-28 11:54 am UTC (link)
yeah, alright mate, I'm a facist.

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[info]ulvesang
2005-11-28 11:56 am UTC (link)
Don't derogatise fascists like that. You need to spell their name correctly.

YOU FASCIST-HATING FASCIST!!!

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[info]loki_fledermaus
2005-11-28 12:06 pm UTC (link)
Well, I can't spell, does that make me a fascist-hater of correctly spelt words?

There is no part of this that is funny, just thought I'd tell you that.

P.S.
"a facetious cynic with superhuman cranial capacity and a penchance for making petty mortals feel stupid"

makes you sound like a little kid using big words for the first time.

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[info]jkrissw
2005-11-28 12:47 pm UTC (link)
No, he meant "facist". It has something to do with faces, but I'm not sure what.

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[info]loudasthesun
2005-11-28 11:58 am UTC (link)
p.s. what's an aye-tai?

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[info]ulvesang
2005-11-28 12:01 pm UTC (link)
Term for Italians.

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[info]ein_suender
2005-11-28 12:58 pm UTC (link)
I've never heard it before..what's it mean?

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[info]targaff
2005-11-28 01:24 pm UTC (link)
It should be eyetie, I believe, and while it doesn't merit an actual search on my part I strongly suspect its roots would become clear by pronouncing the first syllable of Italian in the same, oh-so-disputed way as Iraq is commonly said in America.

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now i'm fucking offended!
[info]lotophagous
2005-11-28 12:02 pm UTC (link)
you forgot about polacks!

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[info]evilstorm
2005-11-28 12:31 pm UTC (link)
There is mocking of trolls, and then there is just plain unnecessary.

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[info]sparkofcreation
2005-11-28 12:38 pm UTC (link)
Either LJ-cut this or it will be deleted. You have one hour. You are also on warning that one more offensive post will lead to your being banned from this community.

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[info]skittlekicker
2005-11-28 12:44 pm UTC (link)
Posts like the one you linked to are the reason I left this community. Don't you like being made to feel stupid for putting forth a question? People are fucking assholes, and I seriously think there are ones who sit at the computer, rocking back and forth, just WAITING to flip out on a stranger on the internet. It is very malnice.

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