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Just pointing out the

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 23:49:49 +0000

In reply to I wrote it over ten years ago

Just pointing out the unflattering names for the Indian & the lawman back in the day (a bit of an inside joke to non-Spanish speakers)

I wrote it over ten years ago

Orion — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 23:07:53 +0000

In reply to Better that than "Tonto" or

I wrote it over ten years ago. To be honest, back then I'd been told by a bunch of miserable people that writing was all I was good at, so I was really just saying whatever I could think of because I thought I couldn't do anything else.

I've done all kinds of practical work since then and wonder about stuff like this as much as you do. It's why I lurk on Dag now instead of flooding it with nonsense.

Better that than "Tonto" or

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:38:49 +0000

In reply to Political correctness can go

Better that than "Tonto" or "Qui no sabe"

Political correctness can go

ocean-kat — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:17:21 +0000

In reply to Eleven Years Ago At Dagblog

Political correctness can go pretty off the deep end when taken too seriously but it's seem common decency to use the term "Native American" instead of the ignorance-oozing epithet "Indian."

How many "Native Americans" do you know and did they tell you what they wanted to be called? I"ve spent a lot of time on the res in the Dakotas and most of the Indians I met there called themselves Indians.