(08-30-2018, 12:57 PM)Kane Wrote:

(08-30-2018, 12:50 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Are you really this unaware of the history of this word being used this way and it's racial overtones? 

Interesting. 

Howard Cosell lost his job over it using it in a football broadcast. Though he was MUCH more direct. 

You can elect to turn a blind eye all you like, but if I'm running against a black man in a political race, I'm not going to imply that a vote for my opponent would "monkey it up."  It's just poor judgement given the history of the word's connotation in our society. I'm not demonizing the guy or the word at face value. 

Is it silly?  Yeah, on the surface it is. And, no, of course the word isn't off limits, LOL. But if you're running for public office - you could certainly be smarter about using it than DeSantis was in this instance.

C'mon... I'm well aware of the instances of people using the word monkey to describe black people.
That ISN'T what happened here and that people are trying to link the two isn't even a reach... it's stupid. 
I'm saying if we're going to let people start policing our words THIS much.... it's a serious problem.

I get your point. I got it the third time. I got it from the 6 other people that already made it in this thread. 
 But the bolded statement just shows how out of touch you are with the reality of this. It's not starting to happen - it's been happening for decades. People in the public eye are expected to make wiser decisions with this stuff.  
You can bemoan it all you like and call it stupid till the cows come home. It's not going away.

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