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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:45 PM Original message |
Obama get's apology for "Tar Baby" remark: |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm surprised he apologized - - his constituents eat this shit up |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. ..."for a term some find offensive" ?? |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. I didn't even know it was a racist term... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Perhaps, though Molly Ivins did as well.... |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I don't know...I suppose some people can create problems where none exist... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The race card is pulled very frequently on DU, usually against fellow members. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. It's not people creating a problem where none exists. It's been used as a slur for decades. |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Well, then, that settles it... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I'm not quite sure what you mean |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Pretty sure he's making the point that the term..... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. It isn't racist unless it is used as a way to describe a Black man! |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. "It isn't racist unless it is used as a way to describe a Black man!" |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The "N" word has no other specific meaning than as a demeaning word for Black people. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. . |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Typical. |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. If he's 'Lamborn' it must mean one of his parents had sex with a sheep, right? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Ewe said it. |
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