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As to the rest of what you've said, it's an interesting argument, but I have to ultimately say this: I don't think Bugs Bunny or his writers were intentionally being racist when they used the term 'ultramaroon' or 'cotton pickin'.

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In the words of Bugs Bunny, "what an ultramaroon."

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Hey, somebody has to put the "ultra" in ultramaroon.

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Hitchens is always hilarious, as when he dismembered that ultramaroon Galloway in their debate, and although I disagree with Hitch's atheism, I am with him on this one.

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Not to speak up in defense of Magnificent Sven who can doubtless speak for himself but I'd always understood that the term 'maroon', when Bugs used it, was a mispronunciation of 'moron', so his usage of 'ultramaroon' was just a sort of odd pun on 'ultramarine', with 'moron' thrown in.

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Sorry this is cotton pickin ridiculous and anyone who tries to tell me that ultramaroon is a racist word is just stupid.

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For myself, I have never had the vaguest clue 'maroon' or 'ultramaroon' or 'cotton pickin' were racially derived, and while I certainly respect your scholarship, I like the phrase, I like the pop culture reference, and I enjoy being colorful in my speech and writing.

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