I grew up with the phrase “cotton-pickin'”.
Dad, 80, would constantly tell me to do my “cotton-pickin’ homework”, or “hit the cotton-pickin’ ball”, or get my “cotton-pickin'” chores done.”
As you can see, I remember the association of the term “cotton-pickin'” with my subsequent juvenile failures with fondness. Not.
Which is why I laughed when I read in the Pilot this morning this quote from Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms:
“It’s just the right cotton-pickin’ thing to do,” he said.
Sessoms said this with respect to the African American Round-table he’s creating to discuss race issues out at the beach.
Of course, not surprisingly, the knee-jerk reaction from the left is to alienate the poor guy.
Vivian Paige writes:
“I don’t know the last time I heard anyone use that phrase. I’d be curious to know if it is a regular part of the mayor’s speech.
“In any case, it seems to me that the mayor might want to rethink its use.”
Oh, give me a cotton-pickin’ break.
It’s a stupid phrase meant to prevent said offender from saying something that legitimately offends sensitive ears to “blue” words.
This is not a racist phrase. It’s not meant to be derogatory. It’s not attempting to be inflammatory. It’s a silly little stupid substitute for the seven words the late, great George Carlin said you can’t say on television.
Give it a rest and move onto something important…like a great idea to establish dialog about race. (Something former Mayor Mayera Orbendorf, a Democrat, never did.)
Agenda item one at their first meeting: the use of the term “cotton-pickin'”.
Or maybe they should talk about the overwhelming use of the word “n****r” amongst young, black Americans.
