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Old 06-20-2020, 01:48 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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After all this racial name calling, I FINALLY came up with a positive solution so no one will ever be offended by anything.
Just call everything "IT".

Problem solved.
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Old 06-20-2020, 04:06 PM
 
Location: USA
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Oh, man, at this rate, no more White Russians for me.
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Old 06-20-2020, 04:08 PM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Oh, man, at this rate, no more White Russians for me.
Or Black Russians, or Shirley Temple's (Black).......
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Old 06-20-2020, 04:09 PM
 
Location: Suburb of Chicago
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Oh, man, at this rate, no more White Russians for me.
Sticking to Black Russians?


Maybe Quaker Oats should change the name to Black LIFE Matters Cereal.
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Old 06-20-2020, 04:15 PM
 
Location: USA
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Well...
I imagine Wild Turkey is on the hit list, as well.
I mean, we can't, in good conscience, negatively stereotype turkeys, you know...
Sigh.
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Old 06-20-2020, 10:11 PM
 
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What about KFC? The face of white man on its logo looks like a rasism too and can be derigatory for all europeoid people in the world.
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Old 06-20-2020, 10:20 PM
 
Location: Here
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/eskimo-...ys-11592603310


Will the madness never end? :sma ck:

This liberal madness to force, change, and destroy must be vanquished. How does your society let this insanity happen? Can you not control and remove this diabolical obscenity?
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Old 06-20-2020, 11:00 PM
 
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Pretty much any company whose name is decades old that pinpoints a group of people will be changed.
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Old 06-20-2020, 11:13 PM
 
Location: Here
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Pretty much any company whose name is decades old that pinpoints a group of people will be changed.
Not necessarily.

By what criteria would be the reason to change a name? Offensive to some group, if so, who? Why are they offended so easily by tradition and normalcy?
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Old 06-20-2020, 11:37 PM
 
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More product names that companies better be wary of in the future:

- Airheads candy. Offensive to intellectually challenged individuals
- Nerds candy. Offensive to socially awkward people.
- Now, how the hell did the social justice warriors overlook this one:

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