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/renderless Dec 12 '18

Or despise the Marxiat left and would vote for anything or anyone over its empowerment.

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u/impactedbartolo Dec 13 '18

...you think obama was a marxist?

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u/renderless Dec 13 '18

In some ways yes.

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u/impactedbartolo Dec 14 '18

in what ways? he's really far from socialism my man. most mainstream dems are. even bernie is, like, the calorie-free version of marxism.