thank you for the opportunity and allowing me to shit on this thread :devious:
TONY206 said:
^^^^It doesn't have a history like the other words but to some people it can feel just as harmful.
@Jae Ill, Yeah I see what you're saying. At first I took it as cracker not ever being degrading or however you want to describe it.
[after a long hiatus being absent from the Gathering, foetwin the historian enters the thread and interjects his thoughts concerning the trivial matter of whether or not the word cracker has any validity in being labled as an ephitet]
In actuality, "cracker" is a term that was coined by the indigenous peoples of this land before it was established as a country. For example, the Cherokee and Creeks used the term to portray the negative image of the sounds that whipped down upon the hinder portions of the cattle which propelled droves of bandwagons navigated by Europeans who encroached upon their sacred homelands. For this reason they were called "crackers." Now, these so called pioneers were not welcomed into the "Indian Territories" becasue they stole crops, land, raped, and killed at will. Wow, it seems as if these "civilized" Europeans were retrograding back into thier days as Cromagnon Neandertals hiding from the sun somewhere in the Caucus Mountains. Furthermore the hate for "crackers" grew even more immense once they started to introduce vices such as rum which inherently led to the loss of identity that made such a great race of people lose their ancient heritage.
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