not_alice:
While I agree with Kimstu’s position on another thread:
I find the logic extremely ironic given this one, s/he is the one of whom it is suggested understands exactly the effect of his/her rhetoric and denies it. It does give me some hope that KimStu DOES indeed understand the point being made though and might be looking for a way to save face. Might that be the case? If so, I am sure it can be arranged
While we are on the topic, this KimStu post that came up in a thread I am reading also seems to indicate that s/he understand full well the power of a misplaced metaphor that is a trope for racism and why it is best avoided:
:eek: To be honest, though, the OP’s gorilla metaphor didn’t ring any bells for me about the old racist “Africans = apes” talk until KneadToKnow brought it up.
However, now that it has been mentioned, I can definitely see why this particular metaphor might be better avoided in this particular circumstance.
Still, I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that the OP didn’t deliberately choose it for the sake of those racist connotations. Sometimes a gorilla is just a gorilla.