I just got up from conversation with a couple of older black men, that I said “well I got to go back to work and start cracking the whip.” And it occurred to me then that it was probably a really insensitive stupid thing to say.
Sadly, it hadn’t occurred to me until it’s already said.
What, and I cannot stress this enough, the fuck are you talking about? What does that have to do with anything even remotely related to this conversation?
Well, this all started when you displayed ignorance about animals, which I tried to correct. Then I just followed along with your meanderings. Now l, if you want to back up and explain how I’m wrong about whips being cracked at animals (and people) in the context of getting them to perform work instead of solely to train them, hence the term “cracking the whip” being a euphemism for getting back to work and not solely getting back to training, please do.
If you’d rather ignore the original conversation and instead talk about your reply, please inform me how my pointing out your ignorance of animal husbandry has any bearing on me comparing people to slaves, or how that would be out of context when discussing the phrase “cracking the whip.”
No seriously, you’re fucking with me, right?
The original conversation was about how it’s offensive to compare employees to animals or slaves, so the metaphor is offensive either way, because those are the two situations where one might “crack the whip” as a means of motivation.