Dumbo Don is not racist. It’s just juvenile and unnecessary. Chinese virus isn’t racist either, but it’s unkind. Just like Asian Flu and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. We can all do better. Trashing an Indian man over a term that probably strikes him as correct is ridiculous.
Paul > On Mar 27, 2020, at 6:42 PM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 3/27/2020 4:21 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Of course not. The 25th amendment remedy is almost impossible to enact. >> So “Chinese Virus” ( coming from an Indian who is probably not hyper >> sensitive to terminology) is intolerable but “dumbo don” is okay. How odd. >> Paul > > I'm not seeing anything racist about the term dumbo don. > Having said that, Dumbo, in fantasyland was a cute little elephant with a > good heart and some amazing abilities, so in retrospect I bow to your taking > exception to my using the term, as none of the descriptives that apply to > Dumbo can accurately be used for the Dear Loser of Pennsylvania Avenue.. > > Would you prefer dishonest don?, dickhead don?, the grifter in chief?, the > Oval Office idiot? > > They are all apt and accurate descriptives that carry no racist overtones or > dog whistles. > I will, at your suggestion not refer to him as "dumbo don" again. You are > correct, it isn't accurate. > Please accept my apologies. > > All the best, and I'm glad you are feeling better. > > bill > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
