Rock & Roll and Language (was: 70s crap)

[calbert at pop.tiac.net]

(I swear, I am trying to limit myself to direct comments on P or MD, 
but it just comes out)

I have heard that the word "cracker" is derived from "whip-cracker". 
In that context it is predictable that pea brained southern pols 
should embrace the term, and ironic that the State of Florida should 
deem it "hate speech". 
Of course, such a provenance might take all the fun out of it.
love,
cfa

> Uh, I don't know where the original writer was posting from, but here in
> Florida the word Cracker is generally considered a term of pride among the
> longtime white residents, not an insult. Our own U.S. Sen. Bob Graham went
> around calling himself a "Graham Cracker" a few years ago. Our governor,
> who says cryptic things like "The old he-coon walks before the break of
> dawn" during campaign debates, has bragged that he's bilingual because he
> "speak(s) Cracker."