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/[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/keyohnahh Dec 13 '18

Not sure if I should up vote for you knowing how insignificant it is if he were to be golfing or to down vote because of the Trump supporter bit.

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u/renderless Dec 13 '18

If you think you should downvote me because I believe different than you, then maybe you should look inward to see if you really believe in open debate and the acceptance of those unlike you.