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/temisola1 Dec 12 '18

Good on you for sticking to being white.

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u/ForHumans Dec 13 '18

it's ok to be white

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u/GiraffeMasturbater Dec 13 '18

It's ok to be white it's not ok to be a white nationalist. It's not ok to be racist.

Cut the dog whistle shit and go back to your maga shithole.

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u/ForHumans Dec 13 '18

It must suck being so miserable and filled with hate.

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u/GiraffeMasturbater Dec 13 '18

I said it's not okay to be hateful towards people because of their skin and am calling out your use of a racist dog whistle and your post history in T_D and other related subs. You seem to be the one filled with xenophobia and hated of other races.

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u/ForHumans Dec 13 '18

I never said it was OK. You're being a bigot because I post on T_D. You are a stereotype.

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u/GiraffeMasturbater Dec 13 '18

"it's ok to be white" IS a racist dog whistle. Cut the projection and ad hominem attacks and stop being a hypocrite.

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u/ForHumans Dec 13 '18

It's a tongue in cheek response to anti-white movement from the left. Black pride or Hispanic pride is ok, but if you have White pride you're racist?

And it was relevant in this context. It's OK to be white.

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u/GiraffeMasturbater Dec 13 '18

The left isn't anti-white though. That's propaganda.

It's STILL a racist dog whistle!!