In a story out of your family barbecue in Raleigh, NC, your uncle Ralph says he’s “about to ruffle some feathers with this one,” by which he means use indefensible hate speech.
Sources report that by “ruffle some feathers,” Ralph means “hurt and belittle,” and by “this one,” he is referring to an extremely offensive statement about all Korean people specifically.
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After spending much of the afternoon on a diatribe about how cancel culture is “going a little too far,” Ralph brought up the subject unprompted, then leaned in and whispered to you, almost as if he knew that what he was saying isn’t quite illegal but maybe should be.
“Look, I know this is about to yuck some people’s yum,” he then continued, moving to an equally out of pocket statement about “females.” Sources report he seems to have forgotten you are one.
Upon seeing your discomfort, your uncle doubled down, saying he “[understands] it’s the type of thing people are afraid to say these days.”
“Your uncle just isn’t like most people,” says your mom. “He ruffles feathers! He’s racist! Those are interchangeable!”
“Sure, I would say he ruffled some feathers,” says your cool aunt who overheard the whole conversation from the next table over. “In the sense that someone who pisses on you ‘rains on your parade.’”
According to sources close to him, the phrase remains one of your uncle’s favorites, along with “I guess this is taboo to say,” and “I know you’re about to call me racist,” which you are.
At press time, the conservative Supreme Court has decided that “ruffling some feathers” still totally protected as long as you warn people ahead of time.
