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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:47 PM Original message |
Is it racism or is it really xenophobia? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wait a sec my dog wandered and I need to go whistle her in. |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Americans didn't vote for Powell or Rice. I think it's definitely racism, but ... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. fine, except that Muslim isn't a race |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Gee, that's why I said Arab/Muslim. I didn't say that Islam was a race. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. So you're just being purposefully obtuse? |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I tend to go with the OP more I think |
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Median Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Xenophobia - Foreigness - Also Allays Republican Fears of Latino Immigrants |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. it's both |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Aw jeez, here we go again. What is it with people in this country? |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. While I agree with you |
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onetiredmom (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. I agree. And thank you for saying this. |
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TooRaLoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Both. nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. Barack Obama is neither Arab, nor Muslim, nor Kenyan. |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. 6 of one, half-dozen of the other... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. racism thinly disguised as xenophobia? |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Exactly. |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's racism, it's xenophobia... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. Racism couched in xenophobia, shrouded in bigotry, nestled in hatred. n/t |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
18. Both. |
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onetiredmom (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. I thought this was an interesting column about the election and race |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Same difference. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. Is it racism/xenophobia on whose part? |
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onetiredmom (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. So are you saying |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I'm not saying racism is the only factor. |
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elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. Its racsim. Period. Obama is running for the TOP job. To be the LEADER ... |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. No the difference is Obama is not republican |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. is there some reason |
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elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. No reason, I suppose. 30% Xenophobia, 70% racism |
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