oh hell no: re: "hanko de mayo" and john green

rocketrissa:

mexicanprincessbrienne:
16mmofslut:
omfgcate:
modified-grrrl:
skeeba:
hertelave:
This is the last time that I will mention anything about him on my tumblr, because this time it has gone too far. I will never touch another book by him, and in…

shit not everyone is out to insult other people.

it was a pun.

if it was made to degrade the culture then i would be all up in arms about it but its not, it was a pun. it had barely anything to do with the holiday. there is a such thing has being TOO PC to the point of not doing -anything-.

also why do people always bring up race and oppression? thats not what it was about so why are you trying to make it be (‘it’ being the purpose behind the pun, not the reason behind the celebration)? yes he’s white; that doesnt mean he personally oppressed anyone. in fact, hes american- cinco de mayo is generally regarded as a mexican celebration, but its observed by mexicans and americans alike as it played a part in the american civil war, so wouldnt this, in a small way, also be a part of HIS culture? its a large part of mexican culture, but they do not exclusively OWN the holiday.

Jan 12.2013 | 1178notes -
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