May. 11th, 2004 13:50
what does it mean?
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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?
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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o i'm finding myself utterly fascinated by the responses to this...
o that i'm horrified by some of the responses to this...
o thinking "right on" to a few of them...
o that my initial response was "hmm, probably attempt at humor", then "whatever". i think if i saw that while driving, i doubt i'd give it more than a second thought than i would to one of those "my other car is a broom" or such stickers.
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