Comments on: Google Suggest … http://www.miquelon.org/2008/11/10/google-suggest/ Monitoring Anti-French Activity Since 2003 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:36:06 -0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Miquelon http://www.miquelon.org/2008/11/10/google-suggest/comment-page-1/#comment-1578 Miquelon Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:24:27 +0000 http://www.miquelon.org/?p=238#comment-1578 Oddly enough, this Google Suggest seems to have disappeared with a whole slew of other offensive results. More info <a href="http://labs.google.com/suggestfaq.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> ... Oddly enough, this Google Suggest seems to have disappeared with a whole slew of other offensive results.
More info here …

]]> By: Thibault http://www.miquelon.org/2008/11/10/google-suggest/comment-page-1/#comment-1408 Thibault Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:36:58 +0000 http://www.miquelon.org/?p=238#comment-1408 Well, try "Why are Americans..." and see what happens... You'll have millions of hits with "stupid," "obese" etc. Try "Why are Jews..." then you'll have "cheap," "powerful" etc. Even more hits. There are anti-French sentiments across the world, but we're certainly not the most hated. Now, we still have to fight against them. For example, we should ask Yahoo to remove its xenophobic questions on Yahoo answers (and not only the ones against the French, all of them). Well, try “Why are Americans…” and see what happens… You’ll have millions of hits with “stupid,” “obese” etc. Try “Why are Jews…” then you’ll have “cheap,” “powerful” etc. Even more hits.
There are anti-French sentiments across the world, but we’re certainly not the most hated. Now, we still have to fight against them. For example, we should ask Yahoo to remove its xenophobic questions on Yahoo answers (and not only the ones against the French, all of them).

]]> By: Miquelon http://www.miquelon.org/2008/11/10/google-suggest/comment-page-1/#comment-1407 Miquelon Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:54:17 +0000 http://www.miquelon.org/?p=238#comment-1407 Reddit has been burning up with other Google Autofills. Some are truly offensive, the issue here is whether Google is helping solve prejudice by having an open discourse - or are they encouraging the perpetuation of such stereotypes ? Reddit has been burning up with other Google Autofills. Some are truly offensive, the issue here is whether Google is helping solve prejudice by having an open discourse – or are they encouraging the perpetuation of such stereotypes ?

]]> By: Barney hasn't left the building http://www.miquelon.org/2008/11/10/google-suggest/comment-page-1/#comment-1406 Barney hasn't left the building Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:21:46 +0000 http://www.miquelon.org/?p=238#comment-1406 People smelling bad has always been a staple of the truly racist discourse. So have people being cowardly, backstabbing and lazy. Why is it that anti-French slurs <em>particularly</em> are so close to anti-semite and/or anti-black slurs ? Belonging to the mafia for the Italians or being good at math for the Japanese, while offensive, don't really belong in the same category. Those are 2 examples people trying to justify the "stinky" ethnic slur often use as an argument. People smelling bad has always been a staple of the truly racist discourse.
So have people being cowardly, backstabbing and lazy.
Why is it that anti-French slurs particularly are so close to anti-semite and/or anti-black slurs ?

Belonging to the mafia for the Italians or being good at math for the Japanese, while offensive, don’t really belong in the same category.
Those are 2 examples people trying to justify the “stinky” ethnic slur often use as an argument.

]]> By: AndrĂ© Wernesson http://www.miquelon.org/2008/11/10/google-suggest/comment-page-1/#comment-1405 AndrĂ© Wernesson Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:19:19 +0000 http://www.miquelon.org/?p=238#comment-1405 Egads... Egads…

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