PepperAnn
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Post by PepperAnn on Feb 24, 2017 2:03:44 GMT
I actually never even knew that rhyme used to have a replacement (target) word. I always thought it was tiger. I am apparently not the only one. To me, a portion of racism (NOT ALL but a portion of it) still exists BECAUSE of how incredibly sensitive some people are. Sometimes the racism is not even there and people just place it there. I am not a fan of that word, I think it's horrible and I cringe when I hear or read it. I also don't condone violence (IRL ) But I do think people take offensiveness and politically correctness a bit too far. If you look at this as an example....you can trace almost every saying or tshirt to some form of an -ism... 6 degrees of -isms. lol I agree with this. I never liked n*****. I am mixed but I still find the word offensive and just because you are African American doesn't give you the right to say it either . I don't say it as slang nor do I ever say it. I cringe too when I hear it in music or in movies too. The word in itself is just disgusting. Not even just because of the history behind it. I guess it's just ingrained in my head to be a vile word.
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Post by DragonRacer on Feb 24, 2017 3:10:25 GMT
First of all I am old as dirt and upon reading this article I was scratching my head. I was raised in a small southeast Texas town, the kind ripe for implanting racist dogma in the minds of the young. Until I read the bit where they actually brought up how the "song" was initially sang for the life of me I could not think why catching a tiger by his toe was racist. Sure, I could see the tigers getting upset, but they do not exactly have buying power. The point being, months ago "eeny meeny miney moe" was playing over and over on AMC advertising the season premier. No one said a word about it. For months it has been referred to in articles, memes, other T-shirts and merchandise that has been selling all over the place. Now we have one disgruntled Methodist preacher who stirs up a hornets nest by pointing out something that no one (not even someone as old as myself) remembered. I am pretty damn liberal in my views but I do think that there is a line that can be crossed from being socially aware to just plain damn ridiculous. Either people are too damn sensitive or just looking to stir the shit pot. I was incredibly confused until I read the "alternate lyric". Grew up in the South - heard some pretty god-awful slang used about African-Americans when I was growing up - but literally NEVER heard that lyric. Always ever heard "catch a tiger by his toe". We talking some deep south Bama/Arkansas here or what?
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Post by danae on Feb 24, 2017 3:15:15 GMT
First of all I am old as dirt and upon reading this article I was scratching my head. I was raised in a small southeast Texas town, the kind ripe for implanting racist dogma in the minds of the young. Until I read the bit where they actually brought up how the "song" was initially sang for the life of me I could not think why catching a tiger by his toe was racist. Sure, I could see the tigers getting upset, but they do not exactly have buying power. The point being, months ago "eeny meeny miney moe" was playing over and over on AMC advertising the season premier. No one said a word about it. For months it has been referred to in articles, memes, other T-shirts and merchandise that has been selling all over the place. Now we have one disgruntled Methodist preacher who stirs up a hornets nest by pointing out something that no one (not even someone as old as myself) remembered. I am pretty damn liberal in my views but I do think that there is a line that can be crossed from being socially aware to just plain damn ridiculous. Either people are too damn sensitive or just looking to stir the shit pot. I was incredibly confused until I read the "alternate lyric". Grew up in the South - heard some pretty god-awful slang used about African-Americans when I was growing up - but literally NEVER heard that lyric. Always ever heard "catch a tiger by his toe". We talking some deep south Bama/Arkansas here or what? I grew up in southeast texas, a town that to this day is still an all white population and even I only knew the song with tiger
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Post by DragonRacer on Feb 24, 2017 3:19:24 GMT
First of all I am old as dirt and upon reading this article I was scratching my head. I was raised in a small southeast Texas town, the kind ripe for implanting racist dogma in the minds of the young. Until I read the bit where they actually brought up how the "song" was initially sang for the life of me I could not think why catching a tiger by his toe was racist. Sure, I could see the tigers getting upset, but they do not exactly have buying power. The point being, months ago "eeny meeny miney moe" was playing over and over on AMC advertising the season premier. No one said a word about it. For months it has been referred to in articles, memes, other T-shirts and merchandise that has been selling all over the place. Now we have one disgruntled Methodist preacher who stirs up a hornets nest by pointing out something that no one (not even someone as old as myself) remembered. I am pretty damn liberal in my views but I do think that there is a line that can be crossed from being socially aware to just plain damn ridiculous. Either people are too damn sensitive or just looking to stir the shit pot. I was incredibly confused until I read the "alternate lyric". Grew up in the South - heard some pretty god-awful slang used about African-Americans when I was growing up - but literally NEVER heard that lyric. Always ever heard "catch a tiger by his toe". We talking some deep south Bama/Arkansas here or what? Sorry for any confusion. My first few lines were directed at your quote (building off of it, really, by agreeing I was from the south as well and had never heard that lyric. My last line/question was more of a general musing to all and not directed towards you. Whoops. LOL
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