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09 Jan 2011, 10:18 pm

I thought we could get this word out of our language. Hell, even saying it should make you feel dirty. But, man those pilgrims were racist. Exhibit:

That's Plymouth,MA It's on Map 92 in the Meg Maps Cape Cod Atlas. I doubt Meg Maps even exists anymore, but still, I mean the official name of the pond is Negro Pond according to the USGS.

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09 Jan 2011, 10:35 pm

Lovely.

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09 Jan 2011, 10:52 pm

That doesn't really surprise me because the N-word was an acceptable word for a surprisingly long time in the English language and was even used as a brand name for household items. For example, there used to be a brand of soap called N-word soap. You can Google it if you don't believe me.

It makes me sad to think that racial equality in America became the norm only within the last couple of decades.

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09 Jan 2011, 10:54 pm

We need homosexual equality still, and then transsexual equality.

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09 Jan 2011, 10:55 pm

Steampunk wrote:

We need homosexual equality still, and then transsexual equality.

That's one of the Creedonian Party's biggest points.

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09 Jan 2011, 10:59 pm

Yeah and? Like it or not, it's part of our history and it will show up in older documents. try to just keep it in that historical context. If the official name is Negro Pond, it's hard to tell if it's just taken from the Spanish word for black or it had something to do with imported African slaves. Yeah, teh Pilgrims were bigots. Most English and other European people of that time were.

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09 Jan 2011, 10:59 pm

Ackman wrote:

Steampunk wrote:

We need homosexual equality still, and then transsexual equality.

That's one of the Creedonian Party's biggest points.

Interesting.

Mercurial wrote:

I highly doubt it would be taken from Spanish at that time. Perhaps the Latin root word for black: niger.

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09 Jan 2011, 11:12 pm

Steampunk wrote:

Ackman wrote:

Steampunk wrote:

We need homosexual equality still, and then transsexual equality.

That's one of the Creedonian Party's biggest points.

Interesting.

Mercurial wrote:

I highly doubt it would be taken from Spanish at that time. Perhaps the Latin root word for black: niger.

We're also for the equality of people on the autistic spectrum

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09 Jan 2011, 11:13 pm

Haha. Am I being recruited?

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09 Jan 2011, 11:15 pm

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Haha. Am I being recruited?

Send me a PM.

Anyways, I've been past that pond hundreds of times. I had a friend who lived off of Snake Hill Road.

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10 Jan 2011, 5:27 am

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transsexual equality.

Thank you thank you thank you.

I am sick of transgender people being ignored.

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10 Jan 2011, 6:06 am

We need rights for homosexuals.

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10 Jan 2011, 6:35 am

PanoramaIsland wrote:

Steampunk wrote:

transsexual equality.

Thank you thank you thank you.

I am sick of transgender people being ignored.

Me too.

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10 Jan 2011, 11:15 am

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We need rights for homosexuals.

In Ireland homosexuality is basically regarded as a normal variation (by most, anyway), although there are a few legal issues. Most people I know are voting for David Norris, an openly gay presidential candidate. Transsexuals, however, seem to be regarded as the scum of the earth. Ah, someday everyone will stop hating the gays and the blacks and instead start hating the dirty-ignorant-sub-eighty IQ'd trash that compensates for there absolute inadequacy by destroying the lives of everyone around them :roll:

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10 Jan 2011, 10:28 pm

I think the words originally meant something else than they do now. I don't see where the pilgrims landed on Fraggle rock on that map :lol:

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