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2020-06-19 -PC Follies

University of Florida ends 'gator bait' cheer due to its 'horrific historic racist imagery' involving African-American children being used to lure alligators

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Real life being... Too. Damn. Stupid. ...to be a Bee parody. (Today's "Florida Man" category contest winner?)

Posted by magpie 2020-06-19 01:15|| 2020-06-19 01:15|| Front Page Top

#2 jesus christ, I hate the ppl more and more bringing this shit on. And I'm a GA bulldog through an through.

Posted by Chris 2020-06-19 01:24|| 2020-06-19 01:24|| Front Page Top

#3 The greatest racist of them all.

She was released from federal prison on April 22, because of the Wuhan virus scare. She served a little over 2 years of her 5 year sentence for corruption.

Posted by Phusorong Platypus6384 2020-06-19 02:14|| 2020-06-19 02:14|| Front Page Top

#4 If we are banning all insensitive historical references, can we ban mentions of slavery itself?

Posted by Iblis 2020-06-19 11:14|| 2020-06-19 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 'Gator Bait' also used to be in reference to the cute (and willing) young ladies that helped Florida's Athletic Department during High School recruitment events.

Also known as 'Gator Getters'.

But that was a loooong time ago.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-06-19 14:03|| 2020-06-19 14:03|| Front Page Top

#6 I will never forget this horrific Florida Gator imagery with its implication of sub-average black intelligence:

Posted by charger 2020-06-19 14:54|| 2020-06-19 14:54|| Front Page Top

#7 there was a 1973 movie called Gater Bait and a sequel in 1988

both completely forgettable except for the prettiness of the lead actresses

Posted by lord garth 2020-06-19 17:17|| 2020-06-19 17:17|| Front Page Top

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