# Finally, alcoholics get the respect they deserve! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-alcoholics-get-the-respect-they-deserve/1004469 "2024-07-19T18:38:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-alcoholics-get-the-respect-they-deserve/1004469/21 "2024-07-20T00:41:07Z")
It starts with the bears. But this will escalate to other animals. Do we want to live in a country where a horse can’t walk into a bar? A grasshopper? A duck? A baby seal? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-alcoholics-get-the-respect-they-deserve/1004469/22 "2024-07-20T00:43:01Z")
It would be a humorless society indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-alcoholics-get-the-respect-they-deserve/1004469/23 "2024-07-20T00:54:08Z")
Given the article linked in the OP was pretty bogus, I’m wondering if Disney at any point seriously claimed that the ~~slut~~ slur was ever used against alcoholics, because that would be a truly weak claim. **Of course** it’s an anti-Black slur, and **of course** Disney is not going to be too worried about what the Alcoholic-American Community thinks in any case. I’m just shocked that a character by that name existed in the Year Of Our Lord 2024; first I’d heard of it. Good riddance. Now, I have heard of an old Disney character whose name really was a slur against alcoholics as well as the Irish – “[Blossom-Nose Murphy](https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Blossom_Nose_Murphy),” from [America Sings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Sings), which closed down in the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-alcoholics-get-the-respect-they-deserve/1004469/24 "2024-07-20T19:00:14Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Was “Liver Lips” really so well-known that it wasn’t sufficient just to change the name? Does he even need a name? Judging by the Country Bear-related merchandise available over the years, yes, Liver Lips was one of the more popular and well-known characters in the show. Only Big Al, who sang “Blood on the Saddle,” would have been more popular, I’d guess. Liver Lips sang a Tex Ritter song: “My Woman Ain’t Pretty (But She Don’t Swear None)”. Liver Lips was not, by appearance or vocal qualities, ‘coded black’. None of the characters in the show were, which is, sadly, vintage Disney. Anyway, this thread has educated me about racist slang–pretty horrifying, but knowing is better than not knowing. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-alcoholics-get-the-respect-they-deserve/1004469/25 "2024-07-20T19:15:40Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Liver Lips sang a Tex Ritter song: “My Woman Ain’t Pretty (But She Don’t Swear None)”. Apparently he used to be a McGraw instead of a McGrowl. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DS7wE0S31eQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Liver Lips Country Bear Jamboree Magic Kingdom 2003") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS7wE0S31eQ) And could this be his politely-spoken woman in the blue shirt? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yhZqpQKzBN8/hqdefault.jpg "2024 Meeting Meet & Greet Country Bears Liver Lips McGrowl in The Magic Kingdom at Disney World") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhZqpQKzBN8) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-alcoholics-get-the-respect-they-deserve/1004469/26 "2024-07-20T19:21:03Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Apparently he used to be a McGraw instead of a McGrowl. That does seem to be what the 2003 recording said. (The person wearing the bear costume in the second clip did a great job–very chipper and expressive despite what had to be extreme heat inside that costume!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-alcoholics-get-the-respect-they-deserve/1004469.md?page=1)