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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:38 AM Original message |
HORRIBLE MARKETING CAMPAIGN BY OBVIOUSLY RACIST PAINT MANUFACTURER!!11! |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. If they'd just given us that |
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datopbanana (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
51. They could have just used LIME GREEN or BLUE or something and avoided any confusion. |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think they have any idea how many people actually fear that. n/t |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Why should anyone care about a bunch of imbeciles? |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. As a black person I actually get kind of tired of the whole Paint |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Nope |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. thank you...i was going back to edit...i'm not cranky...just sick of |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. yeah, I found it in (at best) poor taste. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I don't find it funny either |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. It's not funny...... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. It's the kind of OP I'd expect to read on FR |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. PUHLEEZE |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Well, to say I was "kind of tired" of it would be a polite way of putting it. |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. okay..you got me...I was trying to skirt around my disgust... n/t |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #43 |
68. I'm still party'n like it's 1999! And I won't let ignorant shit bother me. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
45. Same here - I find it not funny and racist |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
50. They didn't paint it to match the colors of other presidents |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #50 |
78. Bush's WH should have been painted over in Camo-green w/matching netting... |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
52. I know you were pissed off at Ludacris for making that song, "Paint the WH Black" |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
55. As a white person, i was sick of that months ago when I first heard that suggestion. nt |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
86. As an Anglo I was slightly stunned that anyone would think it was a good idea. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. hmmm |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Who would it offend? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Black People moving into the White House, so perhaps it should be painted Black..... |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Wow. Sometimes things aren't that serious. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You edited in the article nearly 10 mins after posting the picture. |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I thought the picture was obvious |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Think about it...why not change the colors to reflect maybe the |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. So then why isn't it pink? Or purple? NT |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
56. Did anyone call for a "Black House" when Clinton was elected? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. I agree. Black is the color of mourning, and we should be celebrating! |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I think you misjudged your audience |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. If SNL had done a skit on this, would you find it offensive? |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. yes n/t |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. other than Tina Fey I haven't found SNL funny in years |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Yes, that would have been cute. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
67. Exactly--and a tad patriotic too, even if by accident. But nope--they went for shock value. nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
66. Yes, indeed. nt |
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Tutonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. Well now lets think....of an Oriental won the presidency they could |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I don't think people refer to Asians as Orientals anymore |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
63. I find it very offensive. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
65. Me, for one. nt |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. Love your little Obama Pie |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. Uh, no. Not so much. n/t |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. Wow. You guys are really uptight, huh? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Your OP is as racist as the FR bumper stickers about it being a "white" house |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Perhaps you should read all of the response on your thread...... |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Really, FrenchieCat? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Your name is appropriate..... you have the racial sensibilities of someone from a "red" state. |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Well, I think you're perhaps too sensitive regarding the issue of race |
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illuminaughty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
54. Hey, before I read it, all I saw was chocolate |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
40. If the new President was gay, would you paint the White House pink? |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. You guys are getting OUTFUCKINGRAGEOUS |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Yeah ... that's a real mystery, ain't it? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks! n/t |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
69. Perhaps a little Wiki reading on the Holocaust and the meaning of the pink triangle |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
64. Yes, racism makes us uptight. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
24. I think it honors the fact that Obama used "race" as his SOLE talking point.. |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. You know, when I looked at this picture, I didn't take that view |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I love ya kid .....but it's a picture of a BLACK WHITE HOUSE!!! |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. lol yes, I recognized the house being black |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #39 |
81. I'm confused... |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. It's probably good that you didn't have that view...maybe you haven' |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
31. It takes a special marketing genius to do a literal rendering of a moldy forwarded wingnut email |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
47. Like that new look, white is a really boring color. |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
49. Looks like a lot of photoshopped crap I've seen Freepers do |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
53. If they're advertising the damned paint |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
57. Yeah.... |
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rch35 (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
58. everyone needs to just loosen up. its not racist, its just a bad joke nt |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
61. Redstate. I don't know what your original title was, but... |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #61 |
84. You need to wake up. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
62. Racist? No. Offensive? No. Ill-conceived anyway? You betcha... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #62 |
76. How many houses have you seen that are painted black? |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
88. None, none at all. Well, as long as you don't count these... |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. ...or these... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
70. What is with the racist paint companies? Here's another: |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
71. If they think making the White House look like someone puked on it |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
72. It doesnt get much more tasteless than this. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
73. Read the copy--the creator goty the idea in a "flash' when he knew Obama was elected. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
74. So, are black houses common? I've never seen one |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. In Guilford, CT, there is a house known as the Black House |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
75. We'll know the ad campaign worked when we start seeing houses painted black |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
77. ha ha! Good job on the title change redstate! NT |
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Zombie2 (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
79. not funn.... |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
82. What a pig. |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
83. Horrible and Racist, Not Funny or Creative. eom |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
85. Canadian ad agency -- that may account for some of the lack of sensitivity. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
87. It's ridiculous. |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
90. offensive as hell. |
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