Re: Ebonic Xmas

On 13 Jan 00, at 12:17, John Cowan wrote:

Roland Hoensch wrote:
> > [I]t is NOT RACIST to judge a word's meanings
> > BASED ON THE COLOR OF THE SPEAKER'S SKIN!
>
> It is sensible, not silly or hate-ridden, to judge a word's meanings
> based on the speaker.
>
What Roland ACTUALLY wrote (to David Bell) was:

> And do enlighten me about this issue of the double standard,
> and how it is NOT RACIST to judge a word's
> meanings BASED ON THE COLOR OF THE SPEAKER'S SKIN!
i.e. The exact OPPOSITE of what John "answered".

Just thought I'd point that out, folks.

(Oh, John, btw, I bear you no personal malice, I
just find your position of clinging to past
intolerances to be indefensibly rascist.)