re re Re: re Re: re Re: SLSL language

Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Sat Mar 15 16:33:13 CST 2003


On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 16:48, pynchonoid wrote:
> calbert at hslboxmaster.com:
> [snip a fine post, more insightful and sensitive than
> anything Malign has written in this thread]
> 
> Malign's characterization of Black English -- a
> language which has produced much beautiful literature,
> and which is the native tongue of millions of
> Americans -- as "mangled" and "aberrant" remains
> harsh, demeaning, subjective, racist, an excellent
> example of hate speech, and of a piece with the
> neo-fascist sensibility so frequently expressed in
> this forum in recent weeks. 

Not to mention Holocaust denial.


>  In my opinion. Please
> feel free to disagree.


Why bother.

P.




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