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    Lots of people used to think calling my ancestors "mackerel snappers" was innocuous. To them it was. To us, it was not. It isn't really up to us to decide how other groups react to the names they are called.

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    I stopped voting years ago... Why bother.


    Show me someone worth voting for and i'll register, until then I refuse to vote just to vote against someone.

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    Except for local level elections I am joining Phillbo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin View Post
    Lots of people used to think calling my ancestors "mackerel snappers" was innocuous. To them it was. To us, it was not. It isn't really up to us to decide how other groups react to the names they are called.
    Who you callin us kemosabe?
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    My family.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin View Post
    ... calling my ancestors "mackerel snappers" was innocuous. To them it was. To us, it was not.
    An interesting term I've never heard before.

    So, I Looked it up: "Mackerel snapper was once a sectarian slur for Catholics, originating in the United States in the 1850s. It referred to the Catholic discipline of Friday abstinence from red meat and poultry, for which fish was substituted."
    - Wikipedia

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