"your fear makes you think of the racial connotation before the...

  1. greenhart
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    10/08/11
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    "your fear makes you think of the racial connotation before the traditional meaning."

    Huh? I was just agreeing that it was an amusingly unfortunate turn of phrase, given the meaning of "spade" used in the 60s and 70s. As far as I know, it was never used as en epithet, and used freely by the "spades" themselves.
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