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by selimthegrim 2607 days ago
That was racist about a century ago. Now, not so much
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hnbroseph 2607 days ago
it is not now and never was racist, and the expression vastly predates the word "spade" ever being used in a slur sense (by centuries).
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selimthegrim 2606 days ago
/s/was/could have been construed as/
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