POLL: White people. Are you offended by the word 'Cracker'?

[dxkj]

Since some people voted yes, so you guys shouldnt use that word at all, and you should be banned if you do.

 

[kage69]

No, but then again, us crackers weren't brutally oppressed and enslaved for 200 years by people calling us crackers.

Hate to break it to you, but slavery wasn't restricted to blacks. Slavery knows no color bounds. My Scottish ancestors were forced off their land by the English and forced into slave labor in Patagonia. The Jews were used as slaves many times throughout history. The indigenous peoples of Africa, North and South America, and the Pacific Rim had slavery long before European explorers showed up. I'm pretty sure the corresponding labels/racial slurs were there as well, the only difference being they weren't perpetuated by those they applied to.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: kage69

No, but then again, us crackers weren't brutally oppressed and enslaved for 200 years by people calling us crackers.

Hate to break it to you, but slavery wasn't restricted to blacks. Slavery knows no color bounds. My Scottish ancestors were forced off their land by the English and forced into slave labor in Patagonia. The Jews were used as slaves many times throughout history. The indigenous peoples of Africa, North and South America, and the Pacific Rim had slavery long before European explorers showed up. I'm pretty sure the corresponding labels/racial slurs were there as well, the only difference being they weren't perpetuated by those they applied to.

slavery wasn't restricted to cracker Southern good old boys as well...Some brothers kept them some slaves as well.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: JC
I've never heard 'cracker' used as a slur, so no.

Same here


Ausm

 

[TheLidlessEye]

No. Just makes me hungry

 

[Horsep0wer]

i voted for "All non-whites should band together and come up with a more offensive word." cracker is dumb.

 

[Curly01]

Yes. Just the other day, while I was shopping in the grocery store an old lady came up to me and asked where are the crackers? I kicked the sh!t out of her. Damn racists.

 

[Megatomic]

Nah, I'm not offended by it. For two reasons:

1) I use it myself with much creativity.

2) How badly do rich people feel when some poor person calls them moneybags?

Maybe I should have voted for all non-whites to band together to form a new word, cracker as a derogatory insult is just pathetic.