Walking bucket of resentments Allen West is "leaving his job" at wingnut media concern PJ Media after getting shouty at a female staff member and calling her a "Jewish American Princess," according to BuzzFeed. The internal PJ Media email that BuzzFeed got ahold of pretty much has "Comforting euphemism memo" written all over it:
On LonGuyland and in the greater NYC metro region, "J-A-P" is about as outré and derogatory as "Valley Girl" is in SoCal. The two stereotypes share many similarities. They both describe essentially the same phenomenon -- affluent white late-adolescent young women carrying parentally-issued credit cards, and often driving well-equipped current model-year automobiles provided to them by their male parent. (In NY there is also a masculine version of the same term with an identical abbreviation.)
Particularly on Long Island the J-A-P stereotype enjoys almost iconic status and is widely held up by the residents as a signature figure of their region.
The terms are regarded as neither hateful nor necessarily hurtful, but rather as mildly mocking. (And the female term is less pejorative still on LI, where the meaning is more often merely descriptive.) They are mostly confined to the language of young adults and adolescents, though, and are rarely if ever uttered (in public) by adults occupying positions of authority or respect or by parental-type figures.
In and around the NYC metro area, as well as (famously) down on the Jersey shore, the term, "Italian American Princess" is also frequently heard. The term for the male version is different and has become well-known thanks to MTV.
I always thought he was way on the wrong side of the also-not-terribly-fine line between "constitutional conservatism" and "constitutional ignorance".
If you're trying to "spread a message", isn't director of programming at a media company your dream job? I suspect they're not being entirely honest.
His ex-employers must be chargrined to learn that their wingnut media programs were not "on the front lines to expand the message of constitutional conservatism across our country.”
He is stepping down in order to spend more time with his fantasies.
"No, it's the damn JAPs!"
On LonGuyland and in the greater NYC metro region, "J-A-P" is about as outré and derogatory as "Valley Girl" is in SoCal. The two stereotypes share many similarities. They both describe essentially the same phenomenon -- affluent white late-adolescent young women carrying parentally-issued credit cards, and often driving well-equipped current model-year automobiles provided to them by their male parent. (In NY there is also a masculine version of the same term with an identical abbreviation.)
Particularly on Long Island the J-A-P stereotype enjoys almost iconic status and is widely held up by the residents as a signature figure of their region.
The terms are regarded as neither hateful nor necessarily hurtful, but rather as mildly mocking. (And the female term is less pejorative still on LI, where the meaning is more often merely descriptive.) They are mostly confined to the language of young adults and adolescents, though, and are rarely if ever uttered (in public) by adults occupying positions of authority or respect or by parental-type figures.
In and around the NYC metro area, as well as (famously) down on the Jersey shore, the term, "Italian American Princess" is also frequently heard. The term for the male version is different and has become well-known thanks to MTV.
The moron is the one with the gun. Who you just punched in the pants. In Fucking Floriduh.
Don't see that working out well, on average.
If we could arrange for them to run into each other . . .
Bill Clinton.
I hear Business Insider has an opening.
But think of all the assholery he said that <i>didn&#039;t</i> get him fired.
I always thought he was way on the wrong side of the also-not-terribly-fine line between &quot;constitutional conservatism&quot; and &quot;constitutional ignorance&quot;.
Sounds like an opportunity to discover if putting a bullet into someone&#039;s back is &quot;standing your ground&quot;.
Because if the back belongs to a white person, there might be a question.
And the also-not-terribly-fine line between &quot;constitutional conservatism&quot; and rabid gibbering.
If you&#039;re trying to &quot;spread a message&quot;, isn&#039;t director of programming at a media company your dream job? I suspect they&#039;re not being entirely honest.
At least he isn&#039;t going to &quot;spend more time with his family.&quot;
&quot;Whew - we ducked a bullet there!&quot; said Mrs. West. (The West children were still too traumatized to discuss it.)
Allen West canned. Worst prepper food ever.
He seems oblivious to the not-terribly-fine line between &quot;constitutional conservatism&quot; and unconstitutional conservatism.
His ex-employers must be chargrined to learn that their wingnut media programs were not &quot;on the front lines to expand the message of constitutional conservatism across our country.&rdquo;