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re: Fort Collins HS bans "Merica Day"
Posted on 2/4/14 at 10:46 am to TDTGodfather
Posted on 2/4/14 at 10:46 am to TDTGodfather
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isn't "'Merica" in itself an insult to americans?
Yes. But tt's Ok to insult Mericans though as long as they don't have a hyphen in front of "American" in their racial description.
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Posted on 2/4/14 at 10:51 am to TDTGodfather
It can be taken that way, but it doesn't have to be I think. It depends on how seriously you take yourself.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 10:53 am to ColoradoAg03
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Fort Collins HS bans "Merica Day"
They should have banned it for wanting to call it 'Merica Day" instead of America Day.
That, and I'll wait to hear what the admins have to say...but if what's reported is true it's absurd.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:00 am to GeauxTigerTM
thanks. ok i guess if i heard a theme was "merica day" i'd show up in a john deere muscle shirt with fried twinkies and call people with dark features "foreigners" and stuff.
i don't really take myself seriously.
my question i guess was more intended to discern what the intent was of the day and whether or not the adults even "got it"
edit: if i was a teacher i'd just show the film "Rocky 4" all day. so many lessons.
i don't really take myself seriously.
my question i guess was more intended to discern what the intent was of the day and whether or not the adults even "got it"
edit: if i was a teacher i'd just show the film "Rocky 4" all day. so many lessons.
This post was edited on 2/4/14 at 11:02 am
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:03 am to JakeTheDog
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Ok to insult Mericans though as long as they don't have a hyphen in front of "American" in their racial description.
The use of this practice to indicate race is beyond stupid.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:04 am to TDTGodfather
Ya you have to consider these are high school juniors coming up with this, so take it as serious as you want, but to a juvenile extent. It's kind of a fad saying it like that instead of "America".
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:07 am to ColoradoAg03
I served 8 years in the army, mostly as a light infantry medic. I considered myself as patriotic as one can be. That being said, I sometimes feel embarrassed to call myself an American, we've become such a cowardly country.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:09 am to ColoradoAg03
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Ya you have to consider these are high school juniors coming up with this, so take it as serious as you want, but to a juvenile extent. It's kind of a fad saying it like that instead of "America".
ok, that's how i took it at first. when you have twin day and pajama day it wouldn't be crazy to have what could be considered a "spoof on america" day but it seems like the admins and such took it as a patriotic day.
i dont' have a problem with either and think the country has gotten a lil too crazy with all the PC'ness lately.
but no one wants to get sued or fired in this economy. so there's that.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:13 am to TDTGodfather
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isn't "'Merica" in itself an insult to americans?
the fat, lazy, entitled, tv watching, geocentric, ignorant, stereotype of americans?
is that the issue? or is it truly a celebration of the country?
i'm not trolling i'm asking seriously, why would they call it "'merica" day?
This is what I was coming to post. Who would seriously be OK with celebrating a meme of themselves
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:14 am to TDTGodfather
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ok i guess if i heard a theme was "merica day" i'd show up in a john deere muscle shirt with fried twinkies and call people with dark features "foreigners" and stuff.
Why the frick would you do that?
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:15 am to ColoradoAg03
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This post was edited on 2/4/14 at 11:17 am
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:16 am to Mohican
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Why the frick would you do that?
The same reason someone would wear Nazi garb and say "its for Germany"
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:16 am to ZereauxSum
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Who would seriously be OK with celebrating a meme of themselves
Because it is funny
Auburn has the Alpha Psi Rodeo each year, and students just dress up as completely redneck as possible because its funny/a fun time.
Its a damn spirit week theme trying to get people to interact and have fun. Banning it is just plane idiotic.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:16 am to ColoradoAg03
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:18 am to ZereauxSum
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Who would seriously be OK with celebrating a meme of themselves
Probably a lot of people. The same people who don't take themselves too seriously. The ones that don't understand when some random person in New York gets offended when a group in New Mexico celebrates "black American" day and someone wears a basketball jersey.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:19 am to TDTGodfather
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my question i guess was more intended to discern what the intent was of the day and whether or not the adults even "got it"
No, I agree. Had the students genuinely wanted it to be some star-bangled day, then why call it 'Merica Day? Not saying they definitely did not, and they were being ironic...but it's a strange thing to say if you're not being ironic.
'Merica Day seems like you're fishing for future internet meme photos.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:19 am to Mohican
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Why the frick would you do that?
bc i can still love my country while mocking all the mockable things about it.
since i have a sense of humor though, i can only speak for myself.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:21 am to GoCrazyAuburn
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Auburn has the Alpha Psi Rodeo each year, and students just dress up as completely redneck as possible because its funny/a fun time.
Yeah but a Rodeo in and of itself isn't a meme. This is more like people dressing up in a darth vader customs to go to Raiders games.
This post was edited on 2/4/14 at 11:23 am
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:22 am to GrammarKnotsi
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The same reason someone would wear Nazi garb and say "its for Germany"
So then the only conclusion we've reached is that we should never ever have a day where we dress up to celebrate a particular country for fear of one person depicting the worst of that particular culture.
I have a feeling though we will still celebrate Mexican culture in Spanish II.
Posted on 2/4/14 at 11:24 am to ZereauxSum
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Yeah but a Rodeo in and of itself isn't a meme. This is more like people dressing up in a darth vader customs to go to Raiders games.
So the issue is that it is a meme? Are you seeing how ridiculous that is?
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