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[Xenus]

both sides are right and wrong.

USArmy dun fuct up by stretching out the phrase (Chink 'yada yada yada' in the Armor). If they left the phrase intact then no problemo but chopping it up the way they did makes it awkward and seemingly offensive to those too lazy to read the sentence in it's entirety.

USArmy should've known better

Not really the person writing the phrase phrased it awkwardly yes. But still there is no way to take that phrase as racist without trying purposely to read racism into it and even then it makes no logical sense.

Read it like this ("Racist term for chinese person" yada yada yada in the Armor.) Does that make any sense to anyone?

 

[masud]

There will probably more replies in this thread than there are people upset about this on Twitter. "Random handful of people upset about something they are factually incorrect about." How is that a news story? How does that warrant further (or any) discussion?

 

[Thug Waffle]

i just ate a cracker

wow, racist scumbag!

both sides are right and wrong.

USArmy dun fuct up by stretching out the phrase (Chink 'yada yada yada' in the Armor). If they left the phrase intact then no problemo but chopping it up the way they did makes it awkward and seemingly offensive to those too lazy to read the sentence in it's entirety.

USArmy should've known better

i wish i could agree with this. sure the post could have been phrased differently, but it's not that confusing or awkward a sentence at all. stupid and/or oversensitive individuals have nobody to blame but themselves for their misinterpretation

 

[Tesseract]

This generation of wet blanket millenials with their trigger warnings and going out of the way to be offended by ANYTHING will be the death of us all I reckon one day.

you just triggered me

 

[Romez]

If the linked article was talking about something to do with an Asian country I could see the problem.

The structure of the sentence in the tweet is kind of weird but yeah this is a non story, clearly didn't mean the slur.

 

[Bunta]

There's nothing wrong with their sentence. Chink is a word and doesn't have to be exclusively used in the phrase to make sense.

 

[Halvie]

pretty sure i have had enough of everything being racist

christ

 

[Infinite]

Is a twitter "backlash" actually news worthy though? Should I expect my woman crush Wednesday tweet to be featured on the news too?

 

[nynt9]

There's nothing wrong with their sentence. Chink is a word and doesn't have to be exclusively used in the phrase to make sense.

This. And the sentence phrasing isn't wrong either.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

They should have never deleted the tweet.

 

[Windam]

People just wanna complain about everything, huh?

 

[Indrid Cold1]

you just triggered me

 

[mm04]

People nowadays are just finding anything to be mad about. This was not racist. And the term chink as a racist slur has been around for ages. Hell, I was called chink by others when I was young (I'm Filipino btw) and that was well over 30 years ago.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

i suppose using the word "niggardly" is racist too now?

Was just thinking that. Except this is even dumber since "chink in the armor" is far more commonly used.

Talking about 'niggardly', George RR Martin likes to use that word so much in GoT. I've seen it atleast 20+ times.

 

[hiphoptherobot]

I don't understand the mindset of people that get off on being offended. There are plenty of offensive tweets out there but this is certainly not one of them. I find it hard to believe that anyone could legitimately find that tweet racist. Some people just want drama and/or retweets...

 

[sooperkool]

Wording could be better, but the intent wasn't racist. And yes, "chink(s)" is also (rarely now) used as a derogatory term to those of Chinese descent.

How could the wording be better?

A 600 year old and commonly accepted phrase is used exactly as intended and in the proper context.

Your suggestion is almost as bad as the outrage.

 

[Suikoguy]

Chink in the Armor as used here? Not racist at all.

Chink in the Armor headline to an ESPN article about Jeremy Lin? Yup, kinda racist.

It is amusing how we have two perfect real life examples of when it's OK, and not OK.

Does not take a college grad to figure out the difference either.

 

[Daemul]

People are so fucking stupid, it's unreal.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Pure silliness.

 

[Xenus]

People nowadays are just finding anything to be mad about. This was not racist. And the term chink as a racist slur has been around for ages. Hell, I was called chink by others when I was young (I'm Filipino btw) and that was well over 30 years ago.

Pretty much essentially take the sentence and replace it with synonyms.

A crack/weakness/vulnerability in the armor or a racial term for Chinese people in the armor.
Take your context clues and it's obviously 1. Anyone who tries to argue it's number 2 is either doesn't know the meaning of the word\stupid\willfully ignorant\or just trying to cause controversy.

 

[sk3]

This reminds me of overzealous profanity filters. I'll take "Therapists" for 200, Alex.

 

[K.Sabot]

Man I love twitter.

This reminds me of overzealous profanity filters. I'll take "Therapists" for 200, Alex.

Getting double bans in old chatrooms for saying Assassin. TWO ASSES. There were even old MMOs with Assassin classes that you couldn't say its name without the censor coming in.

 

[S-Wind]

Good.

Progress is being made, albeit super slowly...

 

[Morrigan Stark]

This reminds me of the people who allegedly got offended by the terms "master/slave" for computer hard drives. xD

 

[sk3]

This reminds me of the people who allegedly got offended by the terms "master/slave" for computer hard drives. xD

Yep. https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692

 

[reptilescorpio]

"Mother faces racism backlash after claiming to make house spick-and-span"

LOL I could see that as a Clickhole headline easily

 

[Booshka]

This reminds me of the people who allegedly got offended by the terms "master/slave" for computer hard drives. xD

Gave me an idea for an Onion Article Title. "Allegedly Offended Twitter Users in an uproar over latest US Army Tweet."

 

[Kinyou]

there's more idiots on twitter than people on earth

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Yep. https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692

Holy fuuuuuuuck man.

Sometimes context should trump feelings.

 

[davepoobond]

Good.

Progress is being made, albeit super slowly...

Progress towards censorship?

 

[Popnbake]

Is this real life?

Sadly, yes it is.

 

[zeemumu]

When do I get to sue the vet for using the term bitch in reference to a female dog?

 

[ZeroGravity]

Welcome to your politically correct future.

 

[Xenus]

"Mother faces racism backlash after claiming to make house spick-and-span"

Lol a forum filter got me on that one once. I was like why was spick censored... I had to look it up to know it was a used as a racist term in certain contexts.

 

[HK-47]

Good.

Progress is being made, albeit super slowly...

You are gonna have to explain this to me.

 

[terrisus]

Ummmmmmm.

Doesn't that just mean like a flaw or weakness? My oh my...

Seriously, unless it was accompanied by an image implying/indicating it meant a person, it's obviously that's the definition they meant, which is a perfectly legitimate use of the word.

 

[kiunchbb]

I guess this is why we don't need government censoring, we are doing it ourselves.

 

[leakey]

First thing that came to my mind. Kenny Powers sure has a way with words.

 

[Jak140]

Ugh. There are a many real issues Asians face, among them unequal and stereotypical media representation, but this Suey Park level bullshit is not one of them. Crying wolf is not a good way to get people on our side.

 

[terrisus]

This reminds me of the people who allegedly got offended by the terms "master/slave" for computer hard drives. xD

You know what's fun?

Explaining the terminology for different connections

Spoiler

(male/female)

to people >.>

 

[jim-jam bongs]

This is hilarious. They could have phrased it in a completely unambiguous fashion, but anyone who is familiar with the idiom would have no trouble comprehending the original tweet. Looks like a case of people misunderstanding something then trying to blame the messenger out of embarrassment.

 

[pokeystaples]

Jeremy Lin, we need you.

First thing that came to mind. Lol.

 

[AlexBasch]

Good.

Progress is being made, albeit super slowly...

What the hell are you talking about.

You know what's fun?

Explaining the terminology for different connections

Spoiler

(male/female)

to people >.>

Yeah, either it's a stupid giggle or "huhhhh?" when I ask for stuff at some electronic stores.

Apparently the right term is A-B or whatever. Just give me the damn cable.

 

[Shake Appeal]

I've just been triggered by the US Army's terrible sentence construction.

 

[Siegcram]

Good.

Progress is being made, albeit super slowly...

Huh? The progress on the front of being offended at perfectly fine phrases? Doesn't seem particularly desirable.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

It's amazing how many people seem to go out of their way to find things to get offended over.

 

[Tesseract]

wireless goes both ways

 

[The Boat]

Reminds me of a Scrubs episode.

 

[Africanus]

I'm going to report my Spanish teacher if he uses negro as a descriptor.

 

[terrisus]

wireless goes both ways

Hot.

I'm going to report my Spanish teacher if he uses negro as a descriptor.

The sad thing?
I wouldn't be surprised if someone did that, and it went somewhere.