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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:37 PM Original message |
A little lesson in racism. Apparently some of y'all don't know what it is |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. How about "Boy, Obama kicked ass in Iowa?" |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Not racist and quite accurate. Congratulations to OBAMA and his supporters |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
180. Elizabeth Edwards just explained to Tweety what racism is. nt |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #180 |
267. Huh? Elizabeth Edwards is racist? |
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DaLittle Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #267 |
327. America Retains its bias to this day and will be communicated to the voters |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
283. or....My boy, Obama kicked ass in Iowa? |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #283 |
285. What about Oh Boy! Obama? |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. You're on fire. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. White people shouldn't be calling black men boys. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I didn't say it was o.k. to call a black man a boy. Did I say that. Hey y'all.. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Oh, I wouldn't say that either. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. So you have a black friend who is male and when he calls you wouldn't say whassup boy? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Point of fact, no. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
153. Shoooot... you should hear Ms. B, my homegurl... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #153 |
171. Intimate relationships |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
59. Anytime you have standards that differ based on race, it is racism. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Sorry, no. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #65 |
160. What about when my black girl friend calls me wigga? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #160 |
165. Is the couch comfortable? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #165 |
170. Haha! No silly... common mistake though... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
208. Incorrect. Ludicrously so. n/t |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #208 |
340. If you treat people differently based on their race, then you are racist. It is that simple. n/t |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #340 |
343. Wow. Wrong twice in a row. |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #343 |
365. Treating people as equal is not clumsy groping. It is the right thing to do. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #365 |
369. Ignoring the possibility of offense is wrong. |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #369 |
371. You are right, hospitals do treat people differently. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #371 |
372. Still oversimplifying, after all that insight? |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #372 |
375. Being wanted to be treated as an equal is neither an oversimplification nor an overcomplication. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #375 |
376. Assuming that everyone else would feel the same is the oversimplification. n/t |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #376 |
378. I never made any such assumption |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #378 |
380. Conflating how you would like to be treated... |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
234. "uppity"...people still say that word? |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #234 |
236. that word was used to demean |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
268. What about the Fat Boys? |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
282. I spent most of my young life in Massachusetts... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #282 |
284. good example |
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demobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #282 |
342. I had something similar to that happen once |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Work it, Baby Love |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Now do one on sexism. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You read my mind. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. What aquart said. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. You are completely and embarrassingly wrong. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. By context. No kidding. But kudos to xultar for moving to |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. What's happening? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. No. It's just that people don't know how to talk about this. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Someone posted that people should know better to use the word BOY when referring to a black man.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
63. And, you're right. It's all about context. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #63 |
100. DING! DING! DING! |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #63 |
161. Sure clue: whispering |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
337. I bend over backwards |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #337 |
339. bwahaha! |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. I am talking to someone who said you can never use the word BOY in a sentence where |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I thought you started a thread on DU. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Oh sweetie. I did..then I thought the whole board could benefit from my wisdom. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Wrong again. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. tee hee hee... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. And? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #48 |
269. "tar baby" is not a racist term at all. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #269 |
377. Neither is the word "boy." |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
101. Not necessarily by intent alone -- racism is often borne by ignorance... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #101 |
117. You are correct. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
200. No I would say it is determined by both.... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
287. True, but a lot of people don't intend to be racist, but their worldview is part of the problem nt |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #287 |
360. Nice photo, Truth Hurts A Lot... Thanks for posting it. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Obama is articulate and pleasant." |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. It's patronizing. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. I disagree |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. And it's generally presumed by racists that black persons are not. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. This is where I don't get it |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Do you think John Edwards is articulate? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
66. would it be different if you compared Edwards to Bush? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Yes, that would be different. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
167. No I don't |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
54. Here is the learning part... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
133. When someone rises above the stereotype it IS a pleasant surprise. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #133 |
140. yikes. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #140 |
144. I am saying anyone who dispels a stereotype has done something worthy of praise. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #144 |
148. Thanks for dispelling the stereotype of white supremacy, Karl. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. ow. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #133 |
143. LOL |
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justanaveragedude (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #143 |
335. Not defending Bill O', but I have to ask |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #133 |
253. OMFG! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #253 |
258. Don't mind Karl |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
172. No. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #172 |
177. I didn't say "you couldn't" |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #177 |
190. Good grief |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #190 |
193. go for it. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #190 |
195. Mojorabbit, what you're saying is that the experience |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #195 |
196. that's about the long and short of it... see it would be too inconvenient |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #195 |
202. No what I am saying is |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #202 |
210. Do whatever the fuck you want. I don't care. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #210 |
252. I lived a good part of my life |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #252 |
257. I certainly wish you had POSED THAT QUESTION FIRST |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #257 |
259. My definitions |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #210 |
308. Hurt Someone by Calling Them Articulate? |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #308 |
310. there you go again. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #310 |
311. Please Don't Put Quotation Marks Around Words |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #311 |
313. Corrected |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #313 |
314. Right.......... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #314 |
316. can you even acknowledge... that the term |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #316 |
318. Read the Original Post |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #318 |
319. thanks |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #319 |
321. Still Can't Answer? |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #319 |
328. Must Have Hit a Nerve |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #316 |
325. The Experience of Others? |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #313 |
315. Still Waiting |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #315 |
317. I haven't told you anything you can or can not say. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #317 |
320. Sure You Have |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #317 |
324. Was that a Yes or a No? |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #313 |
329. Folks Have Tried to Talk to You Too |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #202 |
217. I will try this one more time, even thought it seems pointless to do so, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #172 |
181. Ooo, aren't you smart! |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #181 |
203. You do not have any idea |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #203 |
216. Must be some "Cherokee" in there somewhere! |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #216 |
254. No |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #54 |
270. Yes. As in "they're good people" |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. DING DING DING! |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
166. I guess that's why I didn't get it... |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
246. More PRE-JUDGING Something Not in Evidence |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
50. Howsabout: "Unlike Bush, Obama is articulate and pleasant"? Clause help me any? |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. I would say that changes the context and how it would be read, but |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #61 |
105. After decades of using my (sometimes very big) mouth, I've never yet been smacked by a freeper |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #105 |
112. hey if you ever get through Indiana |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #112 |
132. If I is passes by, I will looks ye up to lift a frosty |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. That would be a pleasure. |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
52. Oh no, did O'Reilly actually do that? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Yes. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #55 |
99. It was more along the lines of not yelling, screaming, and calling the waiter M-Fer |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
79. Nonsense. There is nothing racist about articulate and pleasent. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #79 |
90. You're NOT listening |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #79 |
145. Do you know what the word "patronizing" means? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #145 |
192. Being patronizing isn't racist. I think you're missing why that phrase is racist. |
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gmudem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
156. No. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #156 |
168. No. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Articulate and plesant assumes that that a black man doesn't have command of |
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WI Independent (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
72. I grew up in the deep south... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:20 PM Original message |
No, but an upstanding society type bigot would. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
80. The biggest problem with "articulate" in reference to Obama is that it's inaccurate. |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #80 |
336. Eloquence is overrated. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
83. It's only assumed if the person doing the assuming is a racist. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. sadly, no. One using code words |
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kitkat65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #83 |
118. Thank you. I was trying to figure out how to state that but you said |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
229. Good Try |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
231. Assumption |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. That one needs some context |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. "He's not like most black people. He can talk and he doesn't pick fights." |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
127. Or, "He's so clean and well-spoken that we can actually let him into the house!" |
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gmudem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
162. Or it could just mean he's articulate |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
237. It's condescending... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #237 |
243. Indeed, |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
294. I'm going to reply a day later... |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. this makes my head hurt |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
85. No, you just need to widen your circle of intimates. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. quick diversion... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #89 |
104. Frohes Neues!!! |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #104 |
116. *blush* |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #85 |
198. This is the best advice in the entire thread! |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, I agree those racist comments are just unacceptable. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'd extend some leeway to anyone over the age of eighty who said |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
191. People over 80 can say whatever the hell they want. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #191 |
194. the SO of one of my good friends in grad school |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #194 |
197. Years ago, I went to Texas to visit my homie |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #197 |
199. a tiny step in the big picture, but probably |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #197 |
206. That's a very touching story. Thanks for posting it. You can find decency in some places |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #197 |
304. Salin, that is a wonderful and descriptive tale |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #304 |
309. Thanks. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #309 |
333. Also,I don't mean to imply that I "get" the race thing |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
16. Now if I were looking at 2 candidates to support |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. What you miss is ...white folks always call and educated black person articulate... |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
250. that pretty much sums it up... |
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kalibex (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
291. Got it. n/t |
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1awake (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
307. I agree, |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
74. if you choose to use code words (described by various people above) |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. Thanks for that. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. I don't believe in racism in any form. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Heh. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. Another example |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. What Bill Bennett said last night |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. RACIST AS FUCK. He needs an ass whoopin on a gigantic scale... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
184. Bill Bennett is the prototype of a racist... |
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NoBorders (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
220. Cafferty pretty much said the same thing |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #220 |
222. They don't appear to - but like some on this thread, they either |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. What if an elderly African American lady says |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. If she's facing east, she's probably racist. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Not racist. She's tryin to say he's a good boy. To blue hairs any males under 60 are boys |
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shayes51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
204. As a woman over 50, I do not like the term "blue hairs!" |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. One question: Are you black / African American / whatever description you prefer? |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I'm a black woman yes. A home girl. But not an around the way girl. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. Then I agree with your post. Hey, excuse my UTTER ignorance of pop-culture terminology, but |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. A "fast "girl from the neighborhood. A young girl who knows her impact on men |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #75 |
87. Gotcha. Thanks for the information. Christ, I need to get out more, don't I? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
58. But are you as cute as your avatar? |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
76. Hayle no. God I wish though. I use it because I am black. I just assumed that |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #76 |
121. That avatar ain't lyin: your written voice is often as cute as the picture |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Wow, you're the first self-described racist I've ever seen on DU. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. By not presuming to speak for others, I'm racist? OK, then, that's your opinion |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. You decide whether or not to respect an opinion based on skin color. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. No, I don't presume to know what others feel like, since I'm not them. Should I repeat that |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I'll do the repeating: |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Because I defer to the opinions of people who know what they're talking about. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Yep, big problem for me, judging people by skin color. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. I don't judge, I respect their opinions based on their experiences, and do not presume to speak |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. I haven't offered an opinion about you. You said you judge people's opinions by skin color. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #82 |
201. That's totally rediculous |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #77 |
93. pssst, friend, |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #93 |
102. Yeah, I need to invoke Redstone's Rule #3: Never waste your time arguing with someone |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #102 |
125. You have a question? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #125 |
141. When you're in a hole... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #141 |
159. What hole is that? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #159 |
189. I'm a multi-culturist |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #189 |
350. I am addressing it. You're trying not to. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 06:31 AM Response to Reply #350 |
368. Whatever. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #93 |
120. What do you need explained to you? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #57 |
78. Bullshit...that is not what he was saying. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. He said: |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #84 |
97. Is not a black person's opinion on what does/doesn't constitute |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #97 |
106. I know what racism is. This is a clear-as-day case of racism. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #106 |
124. So, okay. Let's say you're an upper-middle-class white kid from a wealthy |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #124 |
129. Holy Moley. What you said: |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #129 |
147. You were doing fine. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #147 |
175. And he or she never will, (doesn't want to, sadly). . . n/t |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #147 |
179. I always appreciate reading a well-crafted turn of phrase...you wrote well. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #124 |
130. You just equivocated consensus and skin color. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #130 |
142. Do you mean "conflated?" |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:50 PM Original message |
I mean equivocated. You have committed a fallacy |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
169. There IS consensus. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #169 |
345. There's consensus that people's opinions |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
235. Uhh, You Don't Know How To Use "Equivocate" Properly |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #235 |
344. Thank you for this opportunity to make you look so silly. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #344 |
351. Umm, No, You Still Don't Know How To Use It Properly |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #351 |
352. Oh, really? |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #352 |
353. Read Your Own Link |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #353 |
354. How would you identify this fallacy? |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #354 |
356. I Identify It As A "Fallacy" That YOU Created Out Of Thin Air To Support YOUR Particular Bullshit |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #356 |
357. Oh, I get it. You don't know what a fallacy is either. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #357 |
359. LOL! Why Don't You Put Up Another Webpage About It |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #359 |
362. I don't think there are very many people who need my help |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #362 |
363. Oh Man, You Are Killin' Me! |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #363 |
364. Okay, just try to make sense for a moment. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #364 |
374. Only You |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #130 |
154. When you're in a hole... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. Afraid to say something that's not as stupid as hell? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #130 |
174. So, let me ask you |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #174 |
346. This has nothing to with with "equally valid" takes on racism, |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #84 |
98. Uh...yeah, so? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #98 |
115. So racism |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #78 |
96. Hey, if someone objects to me deferring to someone's preferred description of their ethnicity, |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #96 |
107. No problem, dude. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #57 |
188. That's not what he's doing at all. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #188 |
348. Nope. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #348 |
361. You can't possibly be this stupid. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
109. Good lord, how is anything he had to say racist? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #109 |
126. Hey, I'm SO RACIST that I married a woman who's half African! That oughta prove |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #126 |
134. YES!! |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #126 |
349. Some of your best friends are black. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #109 |
139. Nope, not based on hearsay. Based on skin color. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #139 |
164. Look, if xultar's skin color was any shade of brown or black and she got |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. Some of my best friends are Muslim |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. I've dated the UN, Black, White, Jewish, Muslim, Asian...I'm the UN of Love! |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #67 |
88. Hell, me too. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Ohhh you know it! Poor fuckers are missin some good lovin. I forgot my Latino fling too! |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #94 |
111. As a latino, let me just salute you on including us is your flings. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
70. I Suspect You Need a Lesson on What Constitutes Racism |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #70 |
81. He is my Boy. Hillary is my Girl. Edwards is my Boy. I guess since I'm black I can say it |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #81 |
108. Talk about Racism |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #108 |
173. Is she wrong? |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #173 |
207. Of Course She is Wrong - That Was My Point |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #207 |
213. You are ALSO being insensitive and dismissive. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #213 |
322. Talk about Insensitive and Dismissive |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #81 |
114. Too Bad You Can't Call Someone Black......... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #114 |
215. Talk about Besserwisserei. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #215 |
223. Talk about Silly |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #223 |
228. Vielleicht dörflich? Es ist mir würstchen. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #228 |
230. Of Course It Is |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #230 |
232. Tschüß!!! |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #232 |
242. Indeed |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #81 |
137. I Don't Think You Have to be Black or White to Know |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #81 |
297. How Are You Doing on Figuring Out My Race From a Message Board? |
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fuzzy otter pop (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
73. out standing post.... |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #73 |
91. It isn't. It is simplistic. But it opens the discussion. I'll get into intent later. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #91 |
113. Hey, do me a favor: When you "get into intent," could you do it in a new thread? |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
92. In my experience, it's not even the words as much as how they are expressed. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. I agree. This is the 101 class. We'll get into intent in 201 and expression in 301. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:32 PM Original message |
and EVERYONE should take those classes |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
149. A had a black man unsolicited come up to me to bash Jews. I told him I was married to a Jew. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #149 |
158. a friend owned a sportswear store... |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #149 |
163. LOL! |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #149 |
186. I was getting all nostalgic today... |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #149 |
255. Hahahahaha... |
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kalibex (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #149 |
292. That generalized human weakness... |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #149 |
323. Starting with a Mirror on You |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #95 |
122. X, You're SUCH a fricken PIP!!! |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
103. Error: you've already recommended (you know the drill) /nt |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
110. I think I got it |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
119. Pardon my ignorance |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #119 |
136. Some words just gyrate the whine hormones of a few losers... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #136 |
146. or recall the times where the phrase was used to demean |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #119 |
138. Because some have moved on and obviously - some have not |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
123. great discussion opener |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
128. Sorry, I think you're nutz. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #128 |
150. I am. Good observation. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #150 |
152. I was kidding, but you really are pleasant and articulate. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #152 |
176. BUHWAWAWA! |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #176 |
209. What---------S/He's Not a Racist? |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #209 |
212. Nah just funny as fuck. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #212 |
224. More evidence you are very pleasant and articulate. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
131. Thanks for a note of sanity. Speaking of notes ...... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
155. Voting for someone or not voting for some one because of race is racist. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #155 |
187. Hey, I'd vote for Obama PARTIALLY because of his race. And I'd vote for Hillary PARTIALLY |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #187 |
290. So be it, then. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
178. GREAT thread, X.... |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #178 |
182. Thanks. Just ytryin to keep it lively. |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #182 |
185. And look what you've done, young lady! |
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B2G (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
183. my thoughts |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
205. Its a GOP dream come true |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #205 |
214. Obama isn't playing the race card. His supporters are playing it for him. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #205 |
218. From one who believes dicussing race is "divisive." |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #218 |
266. Welcome to DU |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #266 |
338. Exercising what you consider your white privilege, I see... |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #205 |
227. Oh........Knock it Off |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #227 |
265. Exactly, |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #265 |
271. Agree |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
211. The Last Thing Saying "Obama Is Articulate And Pleasant" Is, Is Racist |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #211 |
219. have you read the thread? |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #219 |
226. Demeaning Connotations? |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #226 |
241. well... gee, thanks |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #241 |
244. Does that Make Me a Racist Too? |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #244 |
249. No offense taken, |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #249 |
272. Now It's Time for Me to Question Your Sincerity |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #219 |
240. Sorry, But There's No Way We're Agreeing Here. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #240 |
248. Its always harmless. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #248 |
256. Of Course People Are Free To Voice Whatever Opinion They'd Like. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:27 AM Original message |
Racism is to Deny Calling an Articulate Person......... Articulate |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
275. now is that a twirling top of reasoning. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #275 |
278. You Speak in Tongues Using Outdated Code Words |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #278 |
280. a couple of things... |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #280 |
289. Topsy Turvey Indeed |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #211 |
225. AGREE COMPLETELY |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
221. I'm acquainted with a lot of history about racism and race politics as you are, xultar. |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
233. This has been a fascinating thread |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #233 |
238. That's a good question, and I'd be interested in her answer. I, for example, DETEST the |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #238 |
251. It's a not so subtle way of keeping people separate, I think |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
239. What purpose does this serve? |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #239 |
260. ah, hell... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #260 |
263. I believe that you are absolutely right, though I wish you weren't. |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
245. What the heck is this? |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
247. Yepsen: "Edwards Emerged As the Evening's Most Effective and Articulate Challenger to Clinton." |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
261. Great thread. |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
262. Been a long day for me |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #262 |
273. Hmmm... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #262 |
274. I believe there was a thread around here where a Clinton aide |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #274 |
276. and one on the "articulate and pleasant" comment by Cafferty describing |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #276 |
277. That's right. I forgot about that one. Thanks, salin. n/t |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #274 |
281. Thanks! |
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txwhitedove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
264. K&R. Great thread and debate. You’re a sharp, funny lady... |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
279. xultar, this is one of my favorite DU posts in a long long time... |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #279 |
286. Well with your 301 suggestion...I have to say that DNA doesn't impact race as much |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #286 |
288. It's about time. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #286 |
298. You Can Start by Thinking Articulate Means One is Well Spoken |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #298 |
301. You might start by educating yourself on the tropes of racism. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #301 |
302. Educate Yourself |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #302 |
303. Criminal? Oh, my. |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #303 |
305. Here's My Context: |
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fightthegoodfightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #303 |
306. You Might Start by Re-Reading the Original Post |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #302 |
370. I imagine it is quite... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #279 |
293. I agree. Great thread and beautiful handling. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
295. Here's one for ya... |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
296. Can I ask why you reposted this? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #296 |
299. reposted? |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #299 |
326. Maybe I'm thinking of a different thread. n/t |
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Turn CO Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
300. Grammar police: |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
312. The simple way to find if you're a racist. |
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insanad (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
330. Pastey white country hick with no sense of right or wrong |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
331. This is a very long, stupid thread |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #331 |
381. You might want to read it again for content. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
332. OK, xultar. I think I've got your message boiled down to it's essence |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
334. Thank you for condescending to teach us poor stupid white folk. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
341. why did Obama's own Senate campaign flyers boast that he was "articulate"? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
347. i love articulate. i use the word often. a lot with my oldest, cause he is so damn articulate |
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M0rpheus (264 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #347 |
366. You'd be a lot more sensitive if you understood the connotation the word has... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
355. Obama just flew in from Iowa, and boy are his arms tired |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
358. "Obama is articulate and pleasant"... Why is this racist? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
367. now wait a second xultar |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-07-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
373. Xultar has raised SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
379. How about "What's that damn darkie doing runnin' for president anyway?" |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-08-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
382. Depends on who's saying what |
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