Denigrated? Your mama’s so fat, she’s got her own postal code! Is that denigrating? Against whom? Yo mama? Or against fat people? Neither, as no one is literally so fat that one has one’s own postal code.
Cats are literally never on the menu of Mexican restaurants, and suggesting that they are is a completely ridiculous notion.
I’m ambivalent about some charges of racism. But it’s asininely stupid to assert that ridicule of Mexicans (or Jews or Muslims) is not racist because they’re not “races.”
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You are letting your own bias show. There is nothing inherently wrong with eating a deer versus a cat. It is just the former is perfectly acceptable in U.S. culture while the latter is not.
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Isn’t an accusation, especially if “joking” or untrue, of conduct which is not acceptable in the relevant culture almost a definition of racism?
This, so much. I can’t imagine how his comment could be seen as racist when he very specifically is talking about how much he likes one Mexican restaurant. That’s basically the opposite of saying all Mexicans eat dogs.
Anything can be seen as racist. You just have to squint really hard.
That’s racist.
…if you want to be able to ignore what’s in front of you. Agreed.
No one’s suggesting that Mexican restaurants are listing gatos rellenos and tacos el pusstor on the menu. The suggestion is that shady Mexican restaurants are offering and charging beef, chicken etc and serving up stray cat meat instead.
My cat’s breath smells like Mexican food.
Regards,
Shodan
My cat’s breath smells like Mexicans
My Mexican’s breath smells like cats.
Regards,
Shodan
Unless I totally missed it, I can’t believe we’ve gone four pages and no one has brought this up yet. Cat in the Kettle (parody) - YouTube
Yup. Just like telling a blonde joke is now racist.
What does **octopus **say if you blow in his ear?
“Thanks for the refill!”
What do you get when you offer **octopus **a penny for his thoughts?
Change.
How do you keep octopus busy all day?
Put him in a round room and tell him to sit in the corner.
They really transfer seamlessly, don’t they?
cephalopodist!
Gesundheit.
Nazi!
Yahtzee!
My brother wrote a Yahtzee game for the computer years ago. Freeware. People sent him money. I always wondered if they would, and they did.
Yeah, and like I said upthread, real life Mexicans in Mexico express this same concern.