orangecrush (21,359 posts)
To the Russian hackers, bots and troll farms
Kamala Harris is going to be the next President.
The brakes will then come off Zelensky, who will kick your rotten beet eating asses all the way to Siberia.
Go **** yourselves along with your boss.
Already getting geared up for the "Russia, Russia, Russia" chant after the election. But, of all the insults that could have been directed towards Russians, calling them beet eaters is about as weak as one can get. And yet, DU'ers manage to be insulted by this "slur" against the beet lovers of the world.
TwilightZone (28,356 posts)
1. "beet-eating"
Weird stereotype, I guess, but you might have just offended California and Minnesota, among others.
And Michigan, another top producer. Don't piss off Michigan, please.
As someone who likes pickled beets, I am deeply offended. Am I considered a "protected class"? Can I file charges for a beet related hate crime?
orangecrush (21,359 posts)
7. I changed it
To rotten beets.
Hopefully I will not offend those who eat rotten beets.
Considering Russian supply issues, it is also probably more accurate.
Sorry, your change from "beet eating asses" to "rotten beet eating asses" doesn't significantly change the context of your hatred of people who like beets. In fact, the term "rotten beet eating asses" could be construed as "rotten asses who eat beets" or "asses who eat rotten beets". I find it far more likely that you think all people that eat beets to be "rotten asses". I'm even more offended by your edit.
electric_blue68 (17,590 posts)
4. You Might Not Know but Ukrainians, and Ukrainian-Americans enjoy borscht: a beet soup...
Half 2nd Gen Ukie-American by my dad's side.
My dad, my sister, and I have gone to Ukrainian-American restaurants. We've had borscht. 👍 🙂
Fellow beet lovers, unite against this injustice. Beetphobia should not be allowed to stand.
orangecrush (21,359 posts)
8. Rotten beets
I changed it to rotten beets.
You can't walk back this insult that easily.
Cne99999 (7 posts)
11. Beet eatin
I'm 1/2 Lithuanian. 1/4 pole and 100% US citizen. Born and raised here. Grandfather was a U.S. surgeon in WWII. Helped with rescuing the survivors of two of the larger concentration Camps. He brought movies back with him showing the horrors. He was half Hungarian. So yes, I'm 1/4 Hungarian. I guess. I love beets. They are a staple of my heritage. All of my heritage fought the Soviet Union in one way or another. My grandmother, Lithuanian, made the best borsch and Šaltibarščiai . I still have some once or twice a month.
You should change your 'stereotype' rhetoric on that simple point.
Not only have you insulted this person's heritage, but you also insulted a WWII veteran who helped liberate the concentration camps. I'm sure, as this person's grandfather fought his way through Germany, the enemy forces joked about his beetcentric diet. Only fascists and Nazis would ever be so insulting towards those of us that like beets.
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