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SweetSewerRat t1_j6y9zwg wrote

Sorry man maybe I'm dumb, but what do you mean?

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ActionFalcon t1_j6yb4ff wrote

The Cobra Scare of 1953.

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nickcash t1_j70ea04 wrote

My favorite part is the city hiring an Indian snake charmer. It's that kind of quaint folksy racism you just don't see anymore.

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lochlainn t1_j70z3r1 wrote

Well, I mean they have a point. An Indian snake charmer mostly likely would have more experience with cobras than any other Indian in the US in the 1950's.

I'd also bet that whatever circus he was performing at was perpetually raising the Indian demographic of most of the midwest to a non-zero number just by him being there.

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