Current Events > Mother Jones editor-in-chief thinks the name 'Tomahawk missiles' is offensive

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https://twitter.com/ClaraJeffery/status/850761684624982016

Offensive to Native Americans, that is. She then proceeded to get ripped to shreds because literally no Native Americans claimed they were offended by the name:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4396512/Editor-slammed-saying-tomahawk-missiles-offensive.html

Jewish commentator, Ben Shapiro, offered a compromise if it would make help make liberal crybabies like her happy:
https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/850945194664935426
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Person says thing
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Ben Shapiro again demonstrating why conservatives should not attempt humor.

but yes, this is silly.
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Hebrew Hammer time lol
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It's a missle, it's supposed to be offensive.

Fuck endless war...OFFENSIVE MISSLE NAMES!!!
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jfc, do these people do any actual work or do they just get offended all day?

lets not even touch that tomahawk missles are 30 years old, where was your incredulity back then?
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spudger posted...

jfc, do these people do any actual work or do they just get offended all day?

lets not even touch that tomahawk missles are 30 years old, where was your incredulity back then?

That is their job. This is literally the only use for a gender studies degree.
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MARKINGRAM22 posted...

That is their job. This is literally the only use for a gender studies degree.

What? There's gender studies degree?
I'm not an American, so this is the first time I hear about that shit.
ROFL.
What the actual fuck.

lilORANG posted...

Ben Shapiro again demonstrating why conservatives should not attempt humor.

but yes, this is silly.

oh come on dude, if you agreed with ben shapiro you would be laughing
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I'm not even sure where to begin to response to this.
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GunmaN1905 posted...

MARKINGRAM22 posted...

That is their job. This is literally the only use for a gender studies degree.

What? There's gender studies degree?
I'm not an American, so this is the first time I hear about that shit.
ROFL.
What the actual fuck.

Woman??
Man!

Trans???

Congrats! heres your degree!
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A tomahawk is a weapon, not sure how naming a type of missile after a weapon is offensive.
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How dare you blow up people with a weapon that appropriates Native American culture. It should NOT be named a Tomahawk missile because that's OFFENSIVE to NATIVES. You need to rename this weapon of war to something less offensive just in case someone being targeted by it is triggered prior to being blown to kingdom come.

It does NOT matter if literally no Native Americans complained about it. I'm going to be outraged on their behalf because my useless PhD in gender studies needs to get me some kind of return.
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Damn_Underscore posted...

if you agreed with ben shapiro you would be laughing

I do seem to agree with ben shapiro on this particular matter >_>
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LightHawKnight posted...

A tomahawk is a weapon, not sure how naming a type of missile after a weapon is offensive.

Because a tomahawk is not a white person's weapon. I know the reasoning is terrible, but that is it.
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Lmfao
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spudger posted...

jfc, do these people do any actual work or do they just get offended all day?

lets not even touch that tomahawk missles are 30 years old, where was your incredulity back then?

Wait until she finds out about the Apache attack helicopter.
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spudger posted...

GunmaN1905 posted...

MARKINGRAM22 posted...

That is their job. This is literally the only use for a gender studies degree.

What? There's gender studies degree?
I'm not an American, so this is the first time I hear about that shit.
ROFL.
What the actual fuck.

Woman??
Man!

Trans???

Congrats! heres your degree!

How long does it take to complete?
2-3 classes and that's it?
Please don't tell me it's 3+ years.

I'm offended that somebody thought and actually took the time to write about "tomahawk" being culturally offensive.
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

spudger posted...

jfc, do these people do any actual work or do they just get offended all day?

lets not even touch that tomahawk missles are 30 years old, where was your incredulity back then?

Wait until she finds out about the Apache attack helicopter.

She wouldn't want to offend the people who sexually identify as them.
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*5 minutes later*

The webserver I'm using is offensive, I must now boycott the internet.

*resounding applause and standing ovation*
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did she have anything to say about apache, comanche, blackhawk, or chinook helicopters?
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what about the bushmaster brand name isn't that like an australian or african thing
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im sure there are bigger pressing issues than the name of a missile that was intended to kill

silly tweet
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spudger posted...

jfc, do these people do any actual work or do they just get offended all day?

they suck, but at least they do it for a paycheck.

asshurt cemen do it multiple times a day without compensation. and yet they pretend like theyre somehow above letting their emotions run wild.

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https://twitter.com/historyinflicks/status/839732795706593281
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GunmaN1905 posted...

It's a missle, it's supposed to be offensive.

Underrated post
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Megaman50100 posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

A tomahawk is a weapon, not sure how naming a type of missile after a weapon is offensive.

Because a tomahawk is not a white person's weapon. I know the reasoning is terrible, but that is it.

But a tomahawk is basically a hatchet....
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MARKINGRAM22 posted...

spudger posted...

jfc, do these people do any actual work or do they just get offended all day?

lets not even touch that tomahawk missles are 30 years old, where was your incredulity back then?

That is their job. This is literally the only use for a gender studies degree.

Megaman50100 posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

A tomahawk is a weapon, not sure how naming a type of missile after a weapon is offensive.

Because a tomahawk is not a white person's weapon. I know the reasoning is terrible, but that is it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomahawk_(axe)

According to this, the Tomahawk (with the metal head) was invented by white people and was used by both European settlers and navy sailors. The Natives originally used a version with a stone head, but the version that became their primary war weapon was created by the Brits (you could say they culturally appropriated the metal version from the Europeans).
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Excuse me umm...could the name of your instrument of death and destruction be a little ya know...nicer?
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LightHawKnight posted...

A tomahawk is a weapon, not sure how naming a type of missile after a weapon is offensive.

Lol, this.

It's like if we named another missile a Katana missile or a Kukri missile.
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GunmaN1905 posted...

MARKINGRAM22 posted...

That is their job. This is literally the only use for a gender studies degree.

What? There's gender studies degree?
I'm not an American, so this is the first time I hear about that shit.
ROFL.
What the actual fuck.

now you might understand how trump got elected

we have multiple college degrees now that amount to nothing but bitching about non-pc shit.
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I think we should stop fat shaming one of the A-bombs.

yem69420 posted...

now you might understand how trump got elected

we have multiple college degrees now that amount to nothing but bitching about non-pc shit.

the bitching about non-pc shit is pretty deplorable but people who major in that stuff go into things like social work and sociology and public relations and npos so to say that the degrees are useless or pointless is pretty dumb too.

but your attitude is definitely why trump got elected. people are angry and simple and theyre sick of thinking about things too hard. they want an easy, instant answer that helps them vent anger at people they perceive as enemies. that's trump. and it's sad we've reached this point as a country.

Trump got elected because conservatives were tired of generic politicians

Apparently liberals weren't, and look what happened.
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Damn_Underscore posted...

Trump got elected because conservatives were tired of generic politicians

Apparently liberals weren't, and look what happened.

it speaks volumes that liberals are like 'sure, this house isn't the best but at least we have a roof over our heads. we'll make improvements when reasonable ones are available,' whereas conservatives are like 'we hate this house and we have no plans on how to fix it...let's burn it to the ground!"

Damn_Underscore posted...

Trump got elected because conservatives were tired of generic politicians

Apparently liberals weren't, and look what happened.

Anger over this liberal horseshit was definitely a factor in the election. This kind of tweet is just stupid, but the dumb "white privilege" rhetoric that college students (at $60K/year elite schools that their parents were paying for) were spewing at blue-collar whites working grueling manual labor jobs definitely got the voters out. And you can also thank the idiotic Democrats for embracing this failed rhetoric at the DNC.
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MARKINGRAM22 posted...

spudger posted...

jfc, do these people do any actual work or do they just get offended all day?

lets not even touch that tomahawk missles are 30 years old, where was your incredulity back then?

That is their job. This is literally the only use for a gender studies degree.

Agreed.

The best thing about Trump winning was the liberals crying.
All those meltdown videos had me laughing for weeks.

Admiral topic #2664135752158 whining about LIBRULS