May. 11th, 2004 13:50
what does it mean?
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cosPlease comment on this post before you read anyone else's comments.
This weekend, I saw a bumper sticker that said,
Straight, White, English-Speaking
Proud American
For a moment, I was offended ... then I started thinking of several different possible intentions, meanings, and contexts for this slogan. After a bit of confusion, I settled on curiosity. What does it mean? What did the people who sold it intend for it to convey, and what did the person who put it on their car intend to say by it? I can think of several different possibilities or nuances, and maybe there are more.
So tell me, what do you read in this bumper sticker slogan? And if, like me, you see several possibilities, which one came first, before you thought about it?
This weekend, I saw a bumper sticker that said,
Proud American
For a moment, I was offended ... then I started thinking of several different possible intentions, meanings, and contexts for this slogan. After a bit of confusion, I settled on curiosity. What does it mean? What did the people who sold it intend for it to convey, and what did the person who put it on their car intend to say by it? I can think of several different possibilities or nuances, and maybe there are more.
So tell me, what do you read in this bumper sticker slogan? And if, like me, you see several possibilities, which one came first, before you thought about it?
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Think about what you are saying there.
So Gay pride is O K and diverse, but straight pride is not????
wow
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i did not say that. cos asked for our interpretations of the bumper sticker, and that was my first thought.
my interpretation of it is that it's implied that the owner of the bumper sticker believes other americans should also be straight, white, and english speaking.