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Probably all right to smack them with a shovel, but probably not all right to hit them with a spade, which is what a shovel was called when I was growing up.
A chink has described a small tear or hole in something for hundreds of years. A chink in the armor was a weak spot that would be penetrated by a sword.
The holes between logs in a log house were chinks, and filling those holes with mud was chinking.
I saw the headline and didn't think anything of it. I doubt if the writer did either. But then I don't get up each morning and hunt for a reason to be offended. Time to lighten up.
1. I didn't know chink came from the eyes. I thought it was a variation on 'Chinese'.
2. What kind of a braindead asswipe would choose that title and not notice something funny.