is it racist to say Indian Summer?
A little warning from your friendly neighberhood S.Vincent that the end summer is near. For the students, teachers, and parents out there it may appear that it is already over because school is back in session. A tragedy of a corrupt system!
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I have lobbied for several years for a social revoloution in regards to the perception that summer is over when classes start. I feel this illusion of the end of summer fun and the start of fall misery is an unfair principle put in place by the un-bearable "education and family" facists who believe their lives, which revolve around being in a prison of commitment and ideals, should apply to all of humanity. Well, I have got news for you facists; the calender, earth, God, and weather all say summer isn't over till the 23rd of September. Therefore, there is still plenty of time to have fun in the nice weather, go on a vacation, sit in the park eating delicious sandwiches, drive with the top down, watch baseball during the day, wear flip flops, and not give a general damn. Personally, I have a problem with anyone who thinks they are holier than thou, but whose life goals only really apply September to May. If their ideals held any real substance, they would be working on them full time, but thats another complaint for another day.
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So.....get out there and live it up for another 3 weeks. "Summer isn't over till its over, ya miserable facists!" I'm not entirely sure why the term "Indian Summer" is applied to summer weather that lasts into the fall, but I like to think it's because the Native Americans were intuitive enough to know that summer was over when it stopped being hot outside, rather than when some jerk-off told them summer was over.
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This post written while listening to: Stereophonics "Dakota"
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I have lobbied for several years for a social revoloution in regards to the perception that summer is over when classes start. I feel this illusion of the end of summer fun and the start of fall misery is an unfair principle put in place by the un-bearable "education and family" facists who believe their lives, which revolve around being in a prison of commitment and ideals, should apply to all of humanity. Well, I have got news for you facists; the calender, earth, God, and weather all say summer isn't over till the 23rd of September. Therefore, there is still plenty of time to have fun in the nice weather, go on a vacation, sit in the park eating delicious sandwiches, drive with the top down, watch baseball during the day, wear flip flops, and not give a general damn. Personally, I have a problem with anyone who thinks they are holier than thou, but whose life goals only really apply September to May. If their ideals held any real substance, they would be working on them full time, but thats another complaint for another day.
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So.....get out there and live it up for another 3 weeks. "Summer isn't over till its over, ya miserable facists!" I'm not entirely sure why the term "Indian Summer" is applied to summer weather that lasts into the fall, but I like to think it's because the Native Americans were intuitive enough to know that summer was over when it stopped being hot outside, rather than when some jerk-off told them summer was over.
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This message brought to you by supporters of S.Vincent for Emperor '08
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This post written while listening to: Stereophonics "Dakota"
3 comments:
"indian summer" is racist.
an "indian giver" is someone who gives you something and then takes it back. it originates from indians not leaving the land that they sold for blankets infected with syphilis.
so an "indian summer" is where autumn is "given" and then taken back.
"Indian" Summer was coined to describe a false sense of summer, occurring in Autumn. Therefore, "Indian" equals "false" or "phony". Related terms are "Indian giver" and "Indian corn".
the explanation I heard was that unusually warm weather extending into September/October increased the chances of attacks by Native Americans during those months, hence the term "Indian Summer".
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