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In reply to the discussion: Whether they do it or we do it, it's wrong to use the name of Pocahontas as a joke [View all]MuseRider
(34,104 posts)14. Yes, one would hope
but sometimes I barely recognize this place and the people I am supposedly sided with.
So some dick comedian (yes I know who it is and this is what I think of him and his racist, misogynist, name calling comedy) says something his sophomoric mind thinks is funny and now we have to see it all over the place.
I agree with you and the OP. I am sick of the name calling and sick to death of this particular name caller being thought of as anything other than on "his own side".
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Whether they do it or we do it, it's wrong to use the name of Pocahontas as a joke [View all]
pnwmom
May 2019
OP
Apparently you haven't noticed, but that name is being tossed all over DU right now.
pnwmom
May 2019
#5
How could Pocahontus be considered an "unflattering nickname"? Except by someone
pnwmom
May 2019
#40
Surely It Was Terribly Wrong for Trump, But Throwing It Back In His Fat Face Is Fair Play
DoctorJoJo
May 2019
#17
No, it isn't. It is weaponizing an important Native American figure for our partisan politics
pnwmom
May 2019
#26
I agree. But there were at least three separate OP's on DU today pushing this joke.
pnwmom
May 2019
#30
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dlk
May 2019
#21
Call Trump "Cadet Brokespurs" and offend no one except Trump and his followers.
yellowcanine
May 2019
#31
Agree wholeheartedly and I know better and should have done better in the moment.
Anon-C
May 2019
#36