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[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the… non-WASPs knew their place. They loved it too in fact!

(I’m paraphrasing some actual things that actual people have actually said about the good old days (but I can’t remember their actual euphemisms (dysphemisms) for non-WASPs))

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ones I grew up around called them heathens.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

It never occurred to me that I should be grateful to have heard “heathen” used only by history professors and sarcasts.