Only incredibly insecure and historically uninformed people could turn that ancient gag into a slur

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ebnelson — 11/23/2003 10:50:17 AM (archived)

That is an old old country joke, only fresh because so few of us have much to do with outhouses.
Only people as sheltered from reality as those criticizing this could possibly find offense.
Ed

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Sometimes an outhouse is just an outhouse... - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2003 6:33:40 PM
- If I had just stumbled on it - FrankC - 11/25/2003 3:48:53 AM
- Only incredibly insecure and historically uninformed people could turn that ancient gag into a slur - ebnelson - 11/23/2003 10:50:17 AM
- Now, this is how it's done - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2003 7:35:35 AM
  - Did you notice, of all the cartoonists interviewed in the article you cited, Trudeau is the only one who refused to play the analysis game? - Mary ANne - 11/23/2003 3:43:06 PM
    - Did you notice I never accused Trudeau of being "cryptic." Just a bigot. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2003 5:37:38 PM
      - I didn't say you did. - Mary Anne - 11/24/2003 5:08:49 AM
        
        So... - Tom Brosz - 11/24/2003 5:28:13 AM
        
        Unless I have missed something, you are not a satirist. - Mary Anne - 11/24/2003 1:41:06 PM
        
        re: satirist - Tom Brosz - 11/24/2003 6:12:17 PM
  - Or maybe Aaron McGruder - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2003 7:53:28 AM
    - Have you ever considered... - Fox - 11/23/2003 5:12:00 PM
      - Nice try. - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2003 6:03:36 PM
        
        Well, I suppose - FrankC - 11/25/2003 3:37:01 AM
    - The fundamental weakness of the left - ebnelson - 11/23/2003 10:53:22 AM
      - You never know - SteveS - 11/23/2003 3:48:13 PM
        
        PC - ebnelson - 11/23/2003 6:28:06 PM
- ...except when it's not. - Robert - 11/21/2003 10:53:57 PM
- re: Sometimes an outhouse is just an outhouse... - SteveS - 11/21/2003 9:50:42 PM

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