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On 04 Jul 2025 01:35:20 -0300, Mike Spencer
<mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

> I recall hearing "spade" used to refer to

"Abstract and concrete thinking represent two distinct approaches to
processing information. Concrete thinking focuses on tangible,
real-world details, while abstract thinking delves into concepts,
ideas, and possibilities beyond the immediate physical experience"

Thus, uneducated persons are embedded in concrete thinking, and
educated ones tend to be more in abstract thinking.

 Using Google's Ngram Viewer,
https://books.google.com/ngrams/
a person might be able to decipher when "to call a spade a spade" got
hijacked.

Offhand, it would not surprise me if the negative connotation came
about with Republican's southern strategy "targeting Southern white
voters, particularly from the 1960s onward."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

Perhaps by Rednecks-R- Us "pumping" up their egos, or via political
actors feeding the suckers/losers nonsense.

In short, color via deck of card's spades.