NOAA fisheries said that a dead bottlenose dolphin was found on West Mae’s Beach in Cameron Parish, Louisiana with multiple gunshot wounds on March 13.
Huh, TIL. I honestly expected it to be related to a really old racist term and not to French
Coonass, or Coon-ass, is a term for a person of Cajun ethnicity. Some view it as derogatory, however many Cajuns embrace the name. The term is believed to originate from the French word conasse, meaning a fool.
The gave those coonasses guns. First mistake.
Bad response, but not a racial slur - means idiot Cajun.
Restored, but take your downvotes
Less than a year for this site to turn into a shit hole. Well done buddy, you did it.
Just to re-state the comment I replied to for when it’s inevitably gone:
Classy.
Isn’t “Coonass” what Cajun’s call themselves though? Or am I missing something?
No you’re not missing anything, I think people are missing that detail and down voted out of ignorance
Even got removed by a mod lol
I let them know! Sure reads like a spicy comment initially. They can see what they think.
I could tell it isn’t a slur because lemmy.ml didn’t remove it from my view, lol.
Huh, TIL. I honestly expected it to be related to a really old racist term and not to French
Coonass is the name for Cajuns, they call each other that