[Coco] CoCo Discrimination

[Alex Evans]

Never heard them referred to as Commies, but then again, the 80s were very
much the cold war. When driving around West Texas, I was surprised to find
a place called Commies Tacos in San Saba and still find it strange that the
Republican party tolerates the association with the color red.

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019, 12:57 RETRO Innovations <go4retro at go4retro.com> wrote:

> On 7/19/2019 7:55 AM, Alex Evans wrote:
> > Discrimination from the people who had Crapples or Commode Doors, or
> > didn't get that the PC in IBM PC stood for Piece of Crap? Plenty of
> > that kind of thinking to go around.
>
> My apologies for weighing so late, as I initially thought the post was
> an attempt at humor.  I always thought the current TRS80 crowd was
> comfortable with the "Trash80" moniker.  Perhaps not. I'm also a
> Commodore enthusiast, and the lot of us are extremely comfortable with
> being referred to as "Commies" (though, I can appreciate someone who
> lived during the McCarthy era might get triggered). My issues with
> "Commode Door" have nothing to do with the "smack talk" component, but
> rather the fact it doesn't flow well off the tongue.  Insults, real or
> in jest, land so much better if they flow.
>
> Jim
>
>
> --
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
>