[ExI] order of the arrow

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 12/07/2020 22:30, Spike wrote:
> Question please: if it is cultural appropriation (the newest form of 
> bad behavior) to do anything with Native American anything, to imitate 
> minority fashions, to emulate certain cultural oddities such as rap 
> and hip hop, can someone please explain to me how it isn’t cultural 
> appropriation to learn a foreign language?

Au contraire, it /is/ 'cultural appropriation' to learn a foreign 
language. How could it not be? I'd suggest that the people who harp on 
about this new sin, stop wearing trousers immediately, and apologise for 
their trouser-wearing in the most abject fashion, but, well, why feed 
the trolls? The whole concept is ludicrous.

-- 
Ben Zaiboc

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