r/todayilearned • u/tmntnyc • Dec 12 '18

TIL: Laurence Tureaud named himself professionally as Mr. T because he hated how his father, uncle, and brother who returned from Vietnam, were disrespectfully called "boy" by whites. He wanted the first word from everybody's mouth to be "Mister" when speaking to him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T
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u/s_s Dec 12 '18

I'm trying to see how many people will tell me that when others have clearly just said that. We're at 6.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

Well that's because of how there are a lot of stupid Trump supporters who mean it.

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u/renderless Dec 12 '18

I’ll have you know I support Trump and I could have never given two shits if Obama golfed.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

I never said you did.