what does it mean?

[cos]

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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?

Comments

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

I think I remember some buttons at this past Arisia: "Straight, Monogamous, Vanilla."

A somewhat less inflamatory version of that is "Straight but not narrow", which I really like and identify with.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i've used "i'm mostly straight but not narrow" for a bit... don't have a button though. i loved the original phrase for years. have used it.

it's generally been received with humor and acceptance, particularly say, when i'm being hit on, but am not interested in that given trait.

any given person can't be all things for all people. there's almost no point trying to. it'll drive you insane, in a bad way.

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