# Is mackerel snapper hate speech?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mackerel-snapper-hate-speech/609783>\
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**Created:** [January 17, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mackerel-snapper-hate-speech/609783 "2012-01-17T11:31:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mackerel-snapper-hate-speech/609783/41 "2012-01-23T02:15:15Z")

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> [@Shodan](#):
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> [There apparently isn’t any punch line.](http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/stout/articles.htm)

Oh, a green golf ball joke.

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mackerel-snapper-hate-speech/609783/42 "2012-01-23T03:00:59Z")

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We should have a contest:

Who can come up with the cleverest punch line for “What’s the difference between a Catholic and a river that runs uphill?”?

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**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mackerel-snapper-hate-speech/609783/43 "2012-01-23T04:33:04Z")

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> [@Gagundathar](#):
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> Look, I am a white guy. About as white as it gets (except perhaps that 1/16th part Cherokee… but let’s not get into that).  
> I don’t care if you call me a ‘honkie’ or a ‘cracker’, or gosh… what other things … I forget  
> .  
> .  
> .  
> . \<snip\>
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> The second thing is “how can I help them.”  
> I usually can’t, but that is how I am wired.
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> Y’all probably think I am freaking crazy.  
> But, honestly, I love humans. I am a human, after all.
> 
> Thanks for reading.

you are welcome. You have no idea what I’m thinking, but you could be on the right track. Your second thing “how can I help them” was actually the first thing I thought when reading your post.

The second was “I wonder when Forrest Gump joined the board?” 😃

Just kidding. Glad you are a human, too.

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**Author:** ![Napkin\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8dc957/32.png) [@Napkin\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napkin_Sandwich)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mackerel-snapper-hate-speech/609783/44 "2012-01-23T10:19:38Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Boguns?  
> Buleh?  
> Ditchpig?
> 
> These are nonsensical.  
> And, I’ll bet you none of you have ever heard these used as pejorative terms used for white people.

Actually, in Australia, Bogan is primarily a slur against lower class white people, so, yeah. And we used ditchpig a lot in highschool, but not with the meaning on that list - it was more aimed at someone so gross they looked like they’d rolled into a ditch.

So, you lose your bet.

Wait, wait wait. Source material for you! [http://thingsboganslike.com/](http://thingsboganslike.com/)

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