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recoveringrepublican (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:35 AM Original message |
Is this a racist comment? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. If instead of aces one were to say a certain suit, I could see that |
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drhilarius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. it's not... |
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recoveringrepublican (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Not a forum, I belong to a local activist group |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Maybe it's a local expression rather than regional or general. n/t |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. It can be, yes... |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 07:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Pink Pistols needs to go National! |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
76. Sounds more like a threat than a |
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Dunvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. I always thought the saying was... |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
77. I verify. |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. It means "a 357 magnum beats 4 aces" I don't understand racists... |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. Nope. It's poker. A gun beats four aces, simple as that... |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. maybe it depends. are you playing cards? n/t |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. I have never heard of such a silly thing... |
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deFaultLine (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 02:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Maybe... |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Just because they are silly to you-- |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. But they're inanimate objects! Last time I checked, a gun was... |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 06:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. ....so if it isn't on google, it doesn't exist? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. "Black as the Ace of spades" is a racial slur. "Four aces" is not. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Anytime you put the words MAGNUM and ACES |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Okay, I'm black and I still don't get it... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Deleted message |
Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Wow! Nice insult there.......since I didn't pass your blackness test |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. But you've still got your membership card, right? |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
65. you have GOT to be kidding! |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. I take it you've never heard Native Americans called |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. so you think the two red aces have to be Native Americans? |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Given I didn't write the e-mail the original poster spoke of |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. oh, and your reply makes me wonder whether you read my post at all |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I apologize for the misunderstanding... |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I checked several search engines, nada. And as someone already pointed out |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. ...You missed the point. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 09:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Perhaps.. |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. Me thinks THOU doth protest too much.... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. The implication is there.. |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Maybe you'd like to share your wonderful crystal ball |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. It's a free... |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Ignore works both ways-- |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
79. Hon... |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Thank you, |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Bliss you have so much understanding in your heart |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Thank you, friend.... |
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anewdeal (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
83. please change your name |
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Spinoza (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
42. But with 6 billion people on the planet, |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
18. No... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Apparently So |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. It would be easier to address statements |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Deleted message |
bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. Ooooooh.... |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. That saying has to do with cheating at poker. Wild West and all that. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
21. No racism there |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. See posts by original poster-- |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I heard once a smith and wesson (sp?) |
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recoveringrepublican (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. I'm not sure if that is the only comment, just the only one I was given |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
23. If you need to disect and have a 30 post thread on it |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. LOL--That's a good point. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Bingo Bliss |
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rpgamerd00d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
28. Ask yourself: "Against which race?" |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. It's anti-African-American AND anti-American Indian AND anti-fighter pilot |
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recoveringrepublican (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
32. crap, didn't mean to start anything |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
33. Never heard that one before |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I lived in the Midwest |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
39. doesn't that mean that if you have a gun, you win. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'd say the person saying this too you is racist. They are confusing |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. I always thought the expression was "A Smith and Wesson beats four aces." |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
52. no , its only racist to those who use that comment for their cause |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
54. Not Racist In The Slightest. 100% Not. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. it's racist against non-magnums |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
55. I know every racist comment there is.... |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
56. Oh, I bet I know what they are talking about. Maybe it was... |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
57. How many pinheads can dance on the head of an angel? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
58. Nothing whatsoever to do with race |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Excellent way of explaining it--thank you. ...as such |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Break it down and make it plain Bliss! |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. ....! |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Bliss, that is exactly why the CONS "won" in 02 and o4 and will |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #67 |
78. If you try hard enough to view it that way |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Wish everything could be about Making PEACE not WAR |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. What in society today is not...? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
61. How old were they? I don't get it at all |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Good point, Truth Hurts... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
66. now, if you'd said a magnum beats four queens... |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. It isn't always literal... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-26-06 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
75. Never heard of it... unless of course, |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
84. There is no way in hell that could be considered racist. |
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