monkey

[mordantmonkey]

yeah it could be used in a racist way. but so could "boy".
i've just noticed some people commenting on monkey being a racial slur.

example:

Originally posted by: shuan24

"I'm a pessimist; I was waiting until I got a professional review before I jumped to any conclusions," Villcliff said. "Tim, however, was singing and dancing. He was ranting like a rabid monkey."

what a racist jerk!

how the hell is this racist?!

i made a topic rather than just replying in that post because it was off-topic and i've noticed it in more than one thread.

 

[neovan]

shut up monkey!

 

[mzkhadir]

what does monkey = in racial terms ?

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
yeah it could be used in a racist way. but so could "boy".
i've just noticed some people commenting on monkey being a racial slur.

example:

Originally posted by: shuan24

"I'm a pessimist; I was waiting until I got a professional review before I jumped to any conclusions," Villcliff said. "Tim, however, was singing and dancing. He was ranting like a rabid monkey."

what a racist jerk!

how the hell is this racist?!

i made a topic rather than just replying in that post because it was off-topic and i've noticed it in more than one thread.

He was joking.

 

[shuan24]

i think you need to check your sarcasim meter. Its out of batteries.

 

[slightlyhuman]

stfu you stupid monkey

 

[shuan24]

I am also against the idea that the word "monkey" has any racist connotation to it.

 

[Jzero]

Origin
I apologize on behalf of any monkies who may have been offended.

 

[hevnsnt]

ma ma ma ma monk-key!

 

[sharkeeper]

Anyone that calls me racist for that will get a stern attitude adjustment with a monkey wrench.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
yeah it could be used in a racist way. but so could "boy".
i've just noticed some people commenting on monkey being a racial slur.

example:

Originally posted by: shuan24

"I'm a pessimist; I was waiting until I got a professional review before I jumped to any conclusions," Villcliff said. "Tim, however, was singing and dancing. He was ranting like a rabid monkey."

what a racist jerk!

how the hell is this racist?!

i made a topic rather than just replying in that post because it was off-topic and i've noticed it in more than one thread.

Like "spider" in Syringer threads, calling someone racist when they use the word "monkey" has become popular, because of a thread someone started where they claimed a coworker used the word "monkey" and he was wondering if he should report them to his superiors as racist.

Needless to say, it degenerated into a flamewar.

 

[xospec1alk]

too bad the old thread got locked, t hen you'd have a point of reference

 

[njmodi]

A lot of monkey-business going on on ATOT lately. Truckers buying toys, Paula eyeing contestants.. .what next? overpriced shipping on Ebay.

 

[MisterJackson]

Porch Monkey

 

[Mr N8]

You know what they say. Once you go monkey....er...shut up, Richard.

 

[shuan24]

read this thread noob

"Geico.com so easy, even a caveman can do it."

<caveman> "I take offense to that" </caveman>

 

[vood0g]

it started in a long thread where some guy got all anal over a comment his co-worker made. something along the lines of "jesse jackson, al sharpton and the rest of the monkeys holding pickets."

a debate then started over the usage of the term monkeys.

side 1: monkeys=black folks
side 2: monkeys=dumbasses

 

[MercenaryForHire]

M4H = Monkey

- M4H

 

[QuitBanningMe]

"look at that monkey run"-Howard Cosell

but really as I said in the other thread it is not racist

 

[vood0g]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
M4H = Monkey

- M4H

black or dumbass 😛

 

[Scarpozzi]

Aren't monkeys a different race than humans? 😕

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
too bad the old thread got locked, t hen you'd have a point of reference

Yeah i did a search and got nothing, so i posted.

 

[DougK62]

You must be living in a cave to not know that "monkey" can be used as a racial slur.

 

[vood0g]

well that depends if its a racial slur or not. according to the racist meaning of it, monkeys and black people are the same, or more closely related than other races.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: DougK62
You must be living in a cave to not know that "monkey" can be used as a racial slur.

You mean if I call somebody a niggardly monkey I'm likely to get nasty looks? 😉