I saw a news story about political correctness and the re-branding of the iconic 'Eskimo Pie', and I wondered just how much of the metaphorical thread do you pull from an antique rug before it all comes apart?
"The chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar got its name from the indigenous people of the Arctic regions, including northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Siberia.
The ice cream's packaging features a young boy dressed for snowy weather.
Many indigenous people consider Eskimo a derogatory term because non-native colonizers used it to mean "eater of raw meat," connoting barbarism."
Does that mean the Aussie band 'Eskimo Joe' should re-brand their name, too?
Many indigenous people consider Eskimo a derogatory term because non-native colonizers used it to mean "eater of raw meat," connoting barbarism."
"Eater of Raw Meat Joe" maybe?-)
And that Aussies should erase the word "Esky" from their memories of a shamed "racist" past?
Sounds like a slippery slope (is "slope" a racist word that should be banned from the modern vocabulary, too?-) we are all headed down in these PC BS times, I think.
I think people just like throwing "Wobblies" about any old "pie in the sky" topic they can pull from their "pie hole":-P
I guess DustyEsky will have to change their name now too, in these PC extreme Lefty times?-)
Dustyesky Went Viral During the Coronavirus Pandemic?
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| The term "Esky" derives from the word Eskimo. |
Dustyesky Went Viral During the Coronavirus Pandemic?
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| The game is racist because white always moves first?! |
It's a MAD f#ckin' world today in more ways than one, I think.
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| I guess you shouldn't follow white rabbits now, either? |
HEY!?
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