Question
Why does Gacy keep calling the detective a Polack? I thought he was Polish.
share'Polak' is a derogatory term for a person of Polish descent. Like calling an Irish person a 'mick'. Or Canadian a 'Canuck'.
shareI know but I thought Gacy himself was Polish, at least the real one was.
shareYou're right, according to Wikipeda he was of Polish and Danish heritage. Maybe he considered himself so American that he felt secure insulting someone with an obviously foreign surname.
shareProbably projection to some degree. I'd be willing to bet Gacy was probably somewhat ashamed of his family background, and apparently he hated his father when growing up--understandable, in a sense, since I've read Gacy suffered abuse as a kid.
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