MineralMan (65,775 posts)I have no problem with that but I assume they are just talking about paper money because at least 2 different females have been on our coins.
Putting women's faces on US Currency? President Obama wants it.
Here's my suggestion of a subject for the first bill, perhaps the $10 bill, complete with an image suitable for use as an etching. The subject? Harriet Tubman, someone whose name is known for her work in the area of human rights. I think she'd be a great first choice.
MineralMan (65,775 posts)
14. Yes. That a sarcastic Kardashian joke was one of the
first replies to a serious proposal bothers me, too.
Too bad. But there are also serious replies.
I started a new thread to give the subject another chance, and began with an actual suggestion of a person to honor to help get it off on a good start.
Response to NM_Birder (Reply #1)
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 12:19 PM
Star Member KitSileya (2,316 posts)
21. Is that an ableist slur you're using?
If so, I'd recommend you edit your post.
Response to KitSileya (Reply #21)
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 12:26 PM
NM_Birder (874 posts)
27. LOL. you guys are too sensitive..... Harriet Beecher Stowe
was my "serious" suggestion.
No it was not an "ableist" slur, but Jesus Christ that was a good try LOL ! Unless you count stupidity, vanity, selfishness and ignorance as a disability.........
Response to NM_Birder (Reply #27)
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 12:38 PM
Star Member KitSileya (2,316 posts)
39. The slur 'mongo' is well-known in the English language, is it not? Uhhh...no.
And did you not mean it as a put-down of current American society, saying that Americans are too stupid to agree with the President, and that a 'mongo' would be a more fitting choice to represent said stupid people?
No, I think I read you correctly. And I think those of us that try to make it socially unacceptable to use slurs, such as those used against people with Down's Syndrome, would agree that you have shown your true colors.
Response to KitSileya (Reply #39)
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 12:42 PM
Star Member MineralMan (65,775 posts)
41. It's not, really. Even Urban Dictionary
doesn't list the meaning you infer. The word "mongo" is generally used as an adjective meaning "very large." The meaning provide isn't really in common use at all, as far as I know.
Response to MineralMan (Reply #41)
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 01:00 PM
Star Member KitSileya (2,316 posts)
59. It can also be a shortened form of 'mongoloid'
Which was a derogatory term used for people with Down's syndrome. In the context, I did not read it as 'very large the Kardashian', but as a reference to intelligence, and hence read it as the slur.
Response to KitSileya (Reply #59)
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 01:01 PM
Star Member MineralMan (65,775 posts)
62. I know what you meant. But it's not in common use that
way in the United States. It's really not.
Response to MineralMan (Reply #62)
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 01:09 PM
Star Member KitSileya (2,316 posts)
70. Then I guess my international background has misled me.
Speaking 4 languages, and working on the fifth, a bit of bleed-off is to be expected.
However, I believe I reacted appropriately, by asking instead of alerting. It is not over-sensitivity to be aware of words that are slurs, even if it is in comparable languages.
Response to KitSileya (Reply #70)
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 01:11 PM
Star Member MineralMan (65,775 posts)
71. While that is a secondary meaning, I don't think I've ever
heard or seen the word used that way. So, no, it's not in common use, as you suggested.
BainsBane (27,801 posts)
13. One thread on this proposal has been defiled
And that the second must be as well shows just how much resentment there is toward something so basic.
Putting women's faces on US Currency? President Obama wants it.
So, I have a bunch of Susan B Anthony dollars, are they misprinted or something? Maybe the meant Shawn B Anthony? I remember they came out in the late 70's. I thought it was so cool women were finally being recognized. I was a rabid feminist then because I think we were having all kinds of rallies for the Equal Rights Amendment.
Cindie
I see the word Mongo and I think:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/thundley4/mongo_zps554a8521.jpg)
Obama would probably pick the ugliest transsexual he could find to put on a bill.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Not Moo-Chelle! :runaway:YES....and guess what's on the reverse side?
YES....and guess what's on the reverse side?
Kankles? :puke:HINT....the bill isn't wide enough.
HINT....the bill isn't wide enough.
This is an Obama idea I think I can get behind...
Whaddaya think?
(http://www.papermag.com/uploaded_images/QueenElizabethII_3_jpg.jpg) (http://texasgopvote.com/sites/default/files/margaret-thatcher-photo.jpg)
I could stand to put these two faces on my currency. :-) :fuelfire:
I could live with this one.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/thundley4/Nancy_Reagan_zps4a6c892a.jpg)
I'm sure all DUmmies would refuse that money.
That's a good one. I think this one belongs there as well...
(http://i.huffpost.com/gen/192439/thumbs/r-LAURA-BUSH-large570.jpg)
That would work. I would suggest Barbara Bush, but some people might confuse her with George Washington. :-)
That's a joke.
I don't know what the DUmmies are bitching about.Nadin is on the C-Note? (falls over)(http://pixelsordeath.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/100-dollar-bill-benjamin-franklin.gif)
Their resident Ben Franklin impersonator is already on the C-note and the half dollar!(http://cointrackers.com/img/coins/1949-d-ben-franklin-half-dollar.png)
I see the word Mongo and I think:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v675/thundley4/mongo_zps554a8521.jpg)
Maybe he has this in mind...(http://members.socket.net/~mcruzan/images/Moose89.jpg)
So does that mean that the currency with women on it will be worth less than currency with the men on it?
:whistling: