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Bek
2008-04-16 2:20:15 PM  
Can't we just agree that everyone is harping on useless shiat to detract from the total lack of content in any politician's words?
 
Nestea Plunge
2008-04-16 2:24:49 PM  
Let me get back to you on that, macaca.
 
real shaman
2008-04-16 2:29:45 PM  
"Sen. Byrd???? How many former grand viziers of the KKK are there in the US Senate?"
 
Blues_X
2008-04-16 2:30:31 PM  
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CravenMorehead
2008-04-16 2:31:18 PM  
Do we really expect our politicians to be able to speak without ever making a mistake and saying something that can be taken out of context and blown out of proportion?

With virtually every word being recorded we are attempting to hold our politicians to a standard that is far too high. Yes, many most of them are douche bags that deserve to be called out on the crap they say but it's getting a bit ridiculous.
 
KaponoFor3
2008-04-16 2:31:46 PM  
Nestea Plunge: Let me get back to you on that, macaca.

Way to prove submitter's point, genius.
 
UNC_Samurai
2008-04-16 2:34:44 PM  
The bad news is that the reconstituted Solid South under one-party Republican rule has not shaken its old Jim Crow roots.

Right, because North Carolina has a Democratic governor and a Democratic majority in the State Assembly while voting for Republican president and national senators. Oh, and an almost 50-50 split in the House of Representatives. Yep, we're a one-party rule, all right.
 
Nestea Plunge
2008-04-16 2:37:46 PM  
real shaman: "Sen. Byrd???? How many former grand viziers of the KKK are there in the US Senate?"

I'll see you and raise you one Nazi Pope visiting America.
 
Macular Degenerate
2008-04-16 2:39:41 PM  
Part 2 in a series: When a Democrat says something stupid, he's still correct but just chose his words poorly. When a Republican says something stupid, he's proving all Republicans are racist

Truthier words were never spoken
 
lajimi [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-04-16 2:44:25 PM  
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GAT_00
2008-04-16 2:49:49 PM  
I predict this thread will be Freeper-riffic.

Besides, you really shouldn't say racist things about the next President of the United States. I'll bet you'd regret it.
 
robsul82
2008-04-16 2:50:26 PM  
As far as I know, Obama didn't use a racial slur, as did the guy from Kentucky.
 
HulkHands
2008-04-16 2:50:56 PM  
Macular Degenerate: Part 2 in a series: When a Democrat says something stupid, he's still correct but just chose his words poorly. When a Republican says something stupid, he's proving all Republicans are racist

Truthier words were never spoken

Indeed. Full of truthiness
 
CDP [TotalFark]
2008-04-16 2:55:12 PM  
Nestea Plunge: real shaman: "Sen. Byrd???? How many former grand viziers of the KKK are there in the US Senate?"

I'll see you and raise you one Nazi Pope visiting America.

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liberalish
2008-04-16 2:56:23 PM  
CravenMorehead: Do we really expect our politicians to be able to speak without ever making a mistake and saying something that can be taken out of context and blown out of proportion?

With virtually every word being recorded we are attempting to hold our politicians to a standard that is far too high.

True, so i forgive the mispronunciations, juxtapositions, and misidentification that we hear on the Daily Show all the time. But how many times in your daily life do you slip and let out a racially-tinged quip?

I don't think with many of them it's conscious racism, they're just old white men.
 
hillbillypharmacist
2008-04-16 3:02:57 PM  
When a Republican says something stupid, he's proving all Republicans are racist

Since when does 'stupid' mean 'blatantly racist'?

The words 'macaca' and 'boy' aren't a result of poor speechifying. It's speaking quite well, but in a way that reveals something about the speaker.
 
liberalish
2008-04-16 3:03:00 PM  
liberalish: I don't think with many of them it's conscious racism, they're just old white men.

And I am talking about many on both sides of the aisle, but I think the liberal worldview does lend itself to (here you go conservatives) less tolerance of slips that can be clearly understood to show an antiquated racial viewpoint.
 
Lionel Mandrake
2008-04-16 3:03:18 PM  
Wow - TFA didn't come across like that to me at all, subby.
 
Nestea Plunge
2008-04-16 3:08:26 PM  
Here's an example of old white man casual racism:

O'REILLY: That's right. That's right. There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, "M-Fer, I want more iced tea."

WILLIAMS: Please --

O'REILLY: You know, I mean, everybody was -- it was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all.
 
liberalish
2008-04-16 3:15:13 PM  
Nestea Plunge: Here's an example of old white man casual racism:

O'REILLY: That's right. That's right. There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, "M-Fer, I want more iced tea."

WILLIAMS: Please --

O'REILLY: You know, I mean, everybody was -- it was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all.

Exactly.

/I forgot about that, one of BO's finest moments. I can't believe he even tied it all together with a bow in the second line.
 
Spanky_McFarksalot
2008-04-16 3:32:03 PM  
The left drinks the same kool-aid the right did with bush. Defend no matter what they say or do.

Same coin, different side.
 
Control_this
2008-04-16 3:33:27 PM  
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The anguish of Political Correctness, where I can't use racial slurs or make fried chicken and watermelon jokes. It's just not fair to my tiny brain. Dammit, that's how I was raised!
 
robsul82
2008-04-16 3:38:20 PM  
All the stories could be getting greenlit. The poll that has Obama up 3 in PA. The gun group that endorsed Obama today. No, let's have another bullshiat argument about HuffPo articles.
 
RocketRod
2008-04-16 3:43:20 PM  
So when is Mel Brooks going to apologize for all the offensive language in "Blazing Saddles"?
 
Dancin_In_Anson
2008-04-16 3:48:02 PM  
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Crazy_horce
2008-04-16 3:48:19 PM  
Sounds to me like Representative Geoff Davis was being an elitist. Why does he paint that the youth of this great nation as knuckle dragging morons incapable of making important decisions.
 
Jon Snow
2008-04-16 3:49:54 PM  
When a Democrat says something stupid, he's still correct but just chose his words poorly.

Just to drive home how retarded this is, let's not forget Bill Clinton catching crap for playing the race card re: Obama's win in South Carolina.
 
madmann
2008-04-16 3:52:46 PM  
Farkin' ridiculous.

The whole country seems to be made up of thin-skinned nancy boys who need their widdle feewings stroked on a daily basis or the go all "nukular". Between them and the "professional victims", it's getting pretty hard to wade through the rising bullshiat.

Like the old Chevy Chase / Richard Pryor SNL sketch... there is NO WAY they would allow that sketch to air now. And the whole point of it IS racism. But God forbid that we actually have a discussion on any issue, especially in a light-hearted way. That would get in the way of the victimology.

If we can't even discuss anything, we're never going to get to the problem-solving portion of the debate. People need to move the fark out of Nerfworld and quit being such a bunch of pansies.
 
coma
2008-04-16 3:56:17 PM  
madmann: blah...

You farking elitist honkeys just don't get it do you?
 
liberalish
2008-04-16 3:58:42 PM  
madmann: Like the old Chevy Chase / Richard Pryor SNL sketch... there is NO WAY they would allow that sketch to air now. And the whole point of it IS racism. But God forbid that we actually have a discussion on any issue, especially in a light-hearted way. That would get in the way of the victimology.

If we can't even discuss anything, we're never going to get to the problem-solving portion of the debate. People need to move the fark out of Nerfworld and quit being such a bunch of pansies.

I almost agree with you. But I don't think we are far enough along the road to have a light hearted discussion at a national level, sure it could be funny, but I don't think it would be very productive. I think we need a serious discussion about race, with honesty about how people really feel any why.
 
for good or for awesome
2008-04-16 4:00:18 PM  
I'm not PC at all but I've always known that calling an adult black man "boy" was pretty much the sames as attractive and successful African-American.
This guy deserves what he gets.
 
liberalish
2008-04-16 4:02:28 PM  
robsul82: All the stories could be getting greenlit. The poll that has Obama up 3 in PA. The gun group that endorsed Obama today. No, let's have another bullshiat argument about HuffPo articles.

links?

also, why is the media not covering Obama's mad 46-year old basketball skills as shown on HBO real sports (is it because maybe they realize it means ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING to the issues? nah, they probably just don't get HBO.)

pick up gave vs. some solders at about the 7:30 mark.
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mediaho
2008-04-16 4:10:42 PM  
It's all stupid, silly shiat.

People are tired, people are losing their homes, their jobs are being shipped overseas, they are one major health problem away from losing everything, and the public doesn't really give two shiats about these verbal gaffs from either side of the aisle. We want to know that tomorrow, our job is going to still be here in the country, that we can feed our family, and that if we get sick, we don't have to lose everything we have worked for to some goddamned insurance company who posts quarterly record-setting profits by denying service to their customers.

This is nothing more than media outlets sniping at each other and looking for something, anything to fill the 23.5 hours of the day that are not newsworthy.
 
liberalish
2008-04-16 4:13:13 PM  
mediaho: It's all stupid, silly shiat.

People are tired, people are losing their homes, their jobs are being shipped overseas, they are one major health problem away from losing everything, and the public doesn't really give two shiats about these verbal gaffs from either side of the aisle. We want to know that tomorrow, our job is going to still be here in the country, that we can feed our family, and that if we get sick, we don't have to lose everything we have worked for to some goddamned insurance company who posts quarterly record-setting profits by denying service to their customers.

This is nothing more than media outlets sniping at each other and looking for something, anything to fill the 23.5 hours of the day that are not newsworthy.

So which is it then for you, guns or god?
 
Crazy_horce
2008-04-16 4:14:44 PM  
So which is it then for you, guns or god?

I'm going with guns, at least they're real.
 
mediaho
2008-04-16 4:17:42 PM  
liberalish: So which is it then for you, guns or god?

Atheist NRA member. I have no home.
 
DamnYankees
2008-04-16 4:18:12 PM  
Calling a black guy "that boy" is not just choosing words badly.
 
Now That's What I Call a Taco!
2008-04-16 4:18:58 PM  
Good to see the Freeper mods are all on the same shift today. Or maybe it's just a bet- "how many blatant flamewars can we troll these people into on a single day? Let's find out!"
 
moops
2008-04-16 4:20:02 PM  
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mediaho
2008-04-16 4:20:45 PM  
Oh, and I don't own any firearms. I just support the NRA and ACLU for the same reason. It would just be nice to have one group devoted to protecting all of our constitutional rights so I don't have to send two membership dues.

In short, no God nor guns for me, but I respect your right to either or both. Whatever floats your boat and doesn't sink mine.
 
kuhns_m
2008-04-16 4:21:12 PM  
Did Obama say anything about it? No.
Nice try though.
 
liberalish
2008-04-16 4:21:20 PM  
mediaho: liberalish: So which is it then for you, guns or god?

Atheist NRA member. I have no home.

But you have some great quips in your profile, which is nice.
 
robsul82
2008-04-16 4:21:22 PM  
liberalish: robsul82: All the stories could be getting greenlit. The poll that has Obama up 3 in PA. The gun group that endorsed Obama today. No, let's have another bullshiat argument about HuffPo articles.

links?

also, why is the media not covering Obama's mad 46-year old basketball skills as shown on HBO real sports (is it because maybe they realize it means ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING to the issues? nah, they probably just don't get HBO.)

pick up gave vs. some solders at about the 7:30 mark.
linky poo (new window)

American Hunters and Shooters Association endorses Obama (new window)

PPP - Obama up 3 in PA (new window)
 
NYZooMan
2008-04-16 4:21:36 PM  
Being the youngest candidate running for the Presidency this time around, the use of 'boy' seems quite fitting to use.

That and the fact that he's black.
 
Hang On Voltaire
2008-04-16 4:23:00 PM  
Now That's What I Call a Taco!: Good to see the Freeper mods are all on the same shift today. Or maybe it's just a bet- "how many blatant flamewars can we troll these people into on a single day? Let's find out!"

I guess anyday that there aren't three C&L and/or Think Progress links is a freeper day
 
Dubya's_Coke_Dealer
2008-04-16 4:23:57 PM  
for good or for awesome: I'm not PC at all but I've always known that calling an adult black man "boy" was pretty much the sames as attractive and successful African-American.
This guy deserves what he gets.

yup. If you ain't learned that lesson by 2008, you might be a redneck racist dumbass.
 
HotWingConspiracy
2008-04-16 4:23:58 PM  
But the truly offensive and, yes, "elitist," statement came from Davis when he said: "I'm going to tell you something. That boy's finger does not need to be on the button."

No, no. Davis has actually gone peacenik and wants to dismantle our nuke program. That's the ticket.
 
liberalish
2008-04-16 4:25:17 PM  
HotWingConspiracy: But the truly offensive and, yes, "elitist," statement came from Davis when he said: "I'm going to tell you something. That boy's finger does not need to be on the button."

No, no. Davis has actually gone peacenik and wants to dismantle our nuke program. That's the ticket.

I disagree. He is vehemently anti-button.
 
ilambiquated
2008-04-16 4:27:53 PM  
hillbillypharmacist: When a Republican says something stupid, he's proving all Republicans are racist

Since when does 'stupid' mean 'blatantly racist'?

The words 'macaca' and 'boy' aren't a result of poor speechifying. It's speaking quite well, but in a way that reveals something about the speaker.

This.
 
barcaboy
2008-04-16 4:28:36 PM  
Using the word "boy" to refer to a 46-year-old black man can certainly be construed as racist.
 
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