what does it mean?

[cos]

Please 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?

Comments

Re: prejudices and reactions in reflectionprejudices and reactions in reflection

[soulchanger.livejournal.com]

"because you prefer to wallow in outrage."

Far be it from me to deny others their learning experiences. Are you aware that when you state as fact your opinion about what others are thinking you are being an obnoxious jerk? Did you know that no one will respond well to such provocation? Because I think that you can really learn from this thread that if you start out by telling other people what they are thinking you put them on the defensive and they are less likely to listen to what you are saying and more likely to take offense.

Since you were ignorant of that fact, however, I am going to now stop being outraged by your rudeness and lack of etiquette and open up my mind to the lesson here. So tell me - what is it that I can learn about myself from my reaction to the responses to this bumper sticker?