In other news, Globe and Mail doesn't realize it's their job to know the meaning of words & phrases:https://twitter.com/gmbutts/status/556521107420086272 …
@benFsinger I think it was the proximity between "tar baby" and Obama that cased the problem.
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@HeerJeet Oh... Didn't read the original. Not good.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@benFsinger I also believe that if the@globeandmail wants to parade itself as being respectable, then they must take the...(1)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@benFsinger ... Of respectability in language and how that language can be interpreted. Using what could be conceived as slurs (2)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@benFsinger sets a time that puts them in the same league as the'rags' they admonish. They can't have it both ways. My two cents.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Interesting little TNR article by black linguist@JohnMcWhorter on U.S. pols who used the term: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/put-differently/93088/tar-baby-racist-slur#primary-form … -
@HeerJeet Rather it's THIS@JohnHMcWhorter! Sorry other John McWhorter.
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