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   Message 14,631 of 15,187   
   Ubiquitous to All   
   Re: Trademarks   
   23 Oct 21 15:53:24   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.society.liberalism, alt.atheism   
   XPost: alt.politics.democrats.d, talk.politics.guns   
   From: webspermeater@polaris.net   
      
   On 10/23/2021 3:36 PM, #JoeBlows wrote:   
   > On 23 Oct 2021, Rudy Canoza  posted some   
   >   
   >> On 6/26/2020 12:30 PM, David Hartung wrote:   
   >>> This is way down the list of issues, bur [sic] would someone   
   > please   
   >>> explain to me why the Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben trademarks re   
   > [sic]   
   >>> so offensive?   
   >>   
   >> They're offensive because they are both racist caricatures and   
   > lies.   
   >   
   > So is George Washington University, Tuskegee University and Duke.   
      
   No.   
      
   >> engaged in menial work in service to whites.  The Aunt Jemima   
   >> caricature is particularly bad, because she is a happy mammy slave   
   >> lovingly tending to the family and household of her kindly,   
   > benevolent   
   >> owners.  That is lying about the brutality and evil slavery, but   
   > those   
   >> lies are the ones you tell yourself.   
   >   
   > Historical facts are lies to you?   
      
   No.  You, of course, have no historical facts on your side.   
      
   >   
   >> So, the answer to your plaintive bleat is, they are so offensive   
   >> because of 1) racism, and 2) willful lying.   
   >   
   > That's your limited liberal opinion.   
      
   No, those are historical facts.   
      
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