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[mainiac]

Yes, I think people will read it like that. Hunters are not stupid, they understand how the life cycle of an ecosystem functions and the consequences of both over and under hunting.

Even if the vast majority of hunters are smart all it takes is a few idiots to ruin things.  Here in Maryland the watermen fished the oysters to the brink of extinction before they finally got over their resentment about big guvmint.  The result is that they devastated the population and their livelyhood was gone.  A lot of them saw what was happening and wanted to fix the problem before it was too late but not all of them.

[Darvi]

Relevant.

[Aqizzar]

Relevant.

Not only can you still get the gist of what he's talking about, I recognize that part of the speech.

I still have no fucking idea where Peoria is.

[SalmonGod]

I still have no fucking idea where Peoria is.

It's one of the larger cities in Illinois.  No, I didn't look that up.

[RedKing]

Surprisingly, multiple election projections have moved North Carolina back into the battleground state category. Romney's polling advantage has dropped from a nearly 8-point lead a week or two ago to within MoE. Admittedly, the Obama campaign has been running a radio ad blitz the last week or so. Looks like it might be working.

[nenjin]

I thought Utah was the most conservative?

Let me put it this way. I work for a bunch of guys from Texas who I fly out to run an auction with on regular basis.

We got held up in the air over the airport when we were flying in because a "VIP" was on the runway.

When we were telling those guys about being held up for a VIP, the immediate, unflinching response was "Who, the nigger?"

I'm not going to paint all of Texas with the same brush because of a few people, but it's been many years since passing acquaintances have busted out blatant racism in casual conversation to me. So. God bless the great state of Texas, or something. I can't wait til Latinos become really important again in politics so I can start hearing about "spics" and "wetbacks" and can be like "Oh, you mean my people?"

[scriver]

I thought "spics" were Italians? Or does it cover all latino - no, wait, I get it - hiSPanICS. What does "wetback" even mean, though? That doesn't make sense. That they're supposed to be sweaty?

Also, when those days comes, I look very much forward to you telling us about all the awesomely awkward (for the other guys) conversations

[GlyphGryph]

Wetbacks are like FOBs that had to swim to shore, I think.

Edit: Nope, looked it up. It's a reference to field workers who did, in fact, have sweaty backs from working in the sun all day.

Edit 2: It actually goes back even /further/ as a reference to swimming. It was used against "escaped slaves" then, though. Who knows if it influenced modern usage... wouldn't be super surprising.

[RedKing]

Wetback refers mostly to the fact that the Rio Grande river runs along a large swath of the US-Mexican border. Hence the notion that any illegal immigrants had to swim across the river.

Used to be more true, because the idea of going through the Sonora Desert instead was insane. The slur for Italians was (don't hear it used much anymore) "dago", which is apparently an old slur for Spaniards, being a corruption of "Diego". No idea how that got transferred to Italians.

[nenjin]

Wetback refers mostly to the fact that the Rio Grande river runs along a large swath of the US-Mexican border. Hence the notion that any illegal immigrants had to swim across the river.

Used to be more true, because the idea of going through the Sonora Desert instead was insane. The slur for Italians was (don't hear it used much anymore) "dago", which is apparently an old slur for Spaniards, being a corruption of "Diego". No idea how that got transferred to Italians.

Probably because 'muricans can't be arsed to tell the difference.

[RedKing]

Meh, they're all swarthy southern Mediterranean people. Greeks, Italians, Spanish, Portuguese....same diff.

[Scoops Novel]

If i may ask, what happened next Nenjin?

[RedKing]

I'm going to guess "They pulled out pistols and shot randomly in the air while yelling 'AMERRRRRICA FUCK YEAHHHHH!!!' "

And then shit out red, white and blue eagles.

Spoiler: Meanwhile... (click to show/hide)

[nenjin]

If i may ask, what happened next Nenjin?

Nothing. When you're surrounded by conservative Republicans who obviously have contempt for black people, and you've got to spend the next 2 days with them in a truck probably 1/4 the size of a bedroom, it's generally not the best time to start having arguments about politics and racial epitaphs. This isn't the first time they've uh, let their true colors show. I don't know if it's because they think we agree with them or they simply don't give a fuck about our political leanings vs. theirs....but yeah. This isn't the first time they've thrown the n-word around in my presence or said really hateful, tinfoil hat-wearing Republican shit.

I've grown up around this degree of racism basically my whole life, so I kind of know how to roll with it. It kinda sucks, they're fun guys in general. But their politics remind exactly how far apart we actually are. And in some cases, being on the swarthy side of white myself, makes me wonder what else they say when I'm not around.

[Scoops Novel]

I thought as much. I wish you luck, and better acquaintances. Also, effective law enforcement.