Happy 4th of July Everyone

July 04, 2009

The post below got me a warning over at the Anarchist Black Cat website. For devilment, I reproduce it here:

"'People of colour' is an Americanism, and as with other Americanisms - ass, soccer and using the letter z in spelling organise - should be resisted on those grounds alone."

Posted at 12:59 AM in Politics, Quote of the Day | Permalink

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The problem with anarchist black cat is that it is the opposite extreme of libcom. We need something in between..

Posted by: Sean Matthews | July 04, 2009 at 05:36 PM

'Soccer' isn't an 'Americanism' - it's short for 'Associated', in Belfast there are soccer, gaelic, american and australian football teams. Then there's rugger...

Posted by: Seán McGouran | July 17, 2012 at 04:48 PM

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