Anybody know what that "cracker" thread in GD is about?

[prolesunited]

I'm afraid to look, but it's up to a flaming 481 posts. :scared:

[name not needed]

1. The most pressing issue of the day: Ritz vs. Saltines

[prolesunited]

3. What's there to debate?

It's clearly Ritz, with its buttery-rich goodness.

[realisticphish]

7. saltines, man

they rule

ritz are for losers


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[KitchenWitch]

2. ..

It appears to be a debate over which is worse, the N word or Cracker as far as racist slurs go.

[Cadence]

4. Oh boy. Yep that explains

why the post count is that high.

[Misunderestimator]

5. Yeah it's about a bunch of silly

white people pretending that cracker is as bad a slur on white people as n***** is on black people... And really, pretty much, that is the sum of it. :eyes:

[KittyWampus]

6. Dog, I've Been Wondering The Same Thing... And Yet Haven't Felt

up to opening the damn thing...

:D

[prolesunited]

9. Me, too

That's why I posted this thread. Beats the alternative. :-)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. My imitation of that thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2660639

[Solon]

10. Yep, didn't understand that thread at all...

I'm a white guy, never even heard the word cracker used that way ever, from anyone, white, black or otherwise. I've heard of 'honky', 'redneck', and a few other slurs, but those come from white mouths to other whites they don't like. :shrug:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. It's about those evil black racists in the south that hurl racial epithets

at white kids.

Do you have any idea how many times that poor damaged kid will be called a cracker by the time they hit 20?

[realisticphish]

12. just pointing out the obvious

that if we DISCUSS the issue HERE, we're no better than them :shrug:

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat