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Now you're posting as if you don't even understand English. You do realize that "monkey" in "monkey this up" is being used as a verb, don't you? It's part of a common expression meaning "to mess up." It doesn't refer to African Americans in the expression. Both black people and white people can monkey something up, but neither one are being called actual monkeys or porch monkeys or any other monkey.

I could tell you that you are working doggedly to make you're point, but you're just ending up being bull-headed. By saying that, I am NOT calling you a dog or a bull. I'm just using common expressions.

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Well, your answers pretty much prove my point, that there is just a desire to play the victim. Sure, if you use monkey bread in a context with bananas while saying you want to make the candidate comfortable, then you have crossed over to racism. But those types of additions were NOT used by DeSantis. To say he was intending that is disingenuous. There are a number of colloquial phrases that use monkey, Besides monkey wrench, there is monkey business, monkey on my back, more fun than a barrel of monkeys. and others. The use of them does not constitute racism.

What year do you think we are when to think that any use of the word monkey has to be racially motivated? I'm glad you see there are more uses of the word shadow that what you used. Sure, you could have used another word, but that doesn't mean you were wrong in your initial usage of it.

It's true that there is much about God that is hidden from us, but fortunately, he has given us His Word so that we can begin to know Him and have a relationship with Him.

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This is it! This is it! Number 25000. Do I get a badge for that?

This one isn't quite it yet.

The press is just stirring up the outrage, and people wonder why conservatives are questioning the biases of the press.

"We hear a lot about the “politics of division” these days. Indeed, that phrase was used in a few quarters as a criticism of DeSantis’s words. But I can think of fewer more “divisive” actions than falsely telling millions of people that the man who may well be their next governor believes that African Americans are monkeys. Those who did so should be ashamed.

Perhaps the best argument against DeSantis is that, as a professional, he should have known better than to have used the word “monkey”—even innocently. But one cannot advance that charge without adding the necessary next clause, which is “. . . given that the press is so wildly irresponsible and will take words out of context in order to gin up outrage.” If politicians ought to be careful because otherwise the press will lie, then the press is rotten to the core. It should not remain a mystery why so many so openly detest it."
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ron-desantis-press-gins-up-outrage-disgraces-itself/

No, it's not. If he were to say that something had put a monkey wrench in the plans, would he be referring to porch monkeys? If he said he had monkey bread for breakfast, would he be referring to porch monkeys? Is he supposed to remove every possible usage of the term "monkey" from his vocabulary out of fear people are going to twist his words in their attempts to claim he is saying something that he never said?


Wait, you say he has a Shadow self? Are making some sort of accusation that he's an occult practioner? Everyone knows that shadows are spirits, so if you use the word "shadow" you must be referring to the occult. (See, a lot of words can have there meanings twisted.)


Well, the placement of the word in the sentence shows that it could easily have been replaced with "mess this up" as the meaning of "monkey this up." There is no reason to assume a racial undertone unless you're looking to play the victim card.

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So, here are the factors I have in mind when deciding whether to keep a book.
1. Do I want to eventually read it?
2. Have I read it already and really enjoyed it?
3. Does it have some information in it that I might eventually use? I preach once every other month at a rest home, so I keep a good many theological books. Also, I love reference books, but I'd never be reading those all the way through.
4. Will it look great on my bookshelves when I have an entire room filled with floor to ceiling bookcases? Yes, I do actually keep books for that reason, but the older I get, the less likely it is that I will ever own a house with such a room.