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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:13 PM
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Racist Obama t-shirt auction(s) on eBay: "I is U president"


http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcausticcasuals

I tried to report this asshole (new seller), but 2 attempts were unsuccessful (form would not submit)- perhaps someone else would have better luck.
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:16 PM
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1. Looks like no one is buying them, 2 have already expired w/o purchase
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 07:54 AM
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33. There's currently two bids on the small size this morning.
Hopefully one from an organization that will win the shirt and make sure EVERYONE in the world knows what this idiot's doing so they can be shamed back under the rock they slithered from.
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:18 PM
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2. Would eBay ban it, is there a policy?
I agree, I'd rather not see these for sale anywhere, but it might not be overt enough for them to call it racist.

Lord, who would wear such a thing, and what crowd does one hang out with in which that shirt would be a point of pride?
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1Hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 06:00 PM
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15. Hmmmm..might be a good time to hit eBay - judge has ordered them to pay $65M for selling fake
designer goods...
eBay fined $65m in battle over fakes - 3 hours ago

A PARIS court has ordered online auction site eBay to pay €40 million ($65.8 million) in damages to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury goods online. ...



http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23950456-5014108,00.html
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:37 PM
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29. well i'm AA and i felt it was racist and offensive so i reported as such hehe. n/t
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 08:53 AM
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39. Good, I did too.
If it isn't their policy, we can help them make it so!
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Window Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:20 PM
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3. That is utterly ignorant.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:21 PM
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4. When you click on "report," you have to go under "additional information"...
and select "hateful,racist" etc.

Here is a direct link to the reporting feature:
http://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ReportItemMember&items=260254981557&seller=causticcasuals&active=1&state=1
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:30 PM
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6. there is no auction number, only a title- very strange.
The form only accepts the auction numbers... strange, no number(?). I checked other auctions, no number (?)

thanks, though.
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:32 PM
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10.  Item number: 260254980378
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:53 PM
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12. thank you- done.
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:53 PM
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13. dupe
Edited on Mon Jun-30-08 05:53 PM by npincus
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:22 PM
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5. Rarely is the question asked, is our presidents learning?
Edited on Mon Jun-30-08 05:22 PM by IanDB1

Rarely is the question asked, is our presidents learning?
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 06:06 PM
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17. those poor monkeys! being compared to that thing...
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 08:12 AM
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35. "I really think that he shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all"
Thank you Charlie Rangel. :patriot:
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:30 PM
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7. But...how stupid would someone have to be to *WEAR* it?
Considering that it won't be well-received outside Klan rallies and other hate gatherings, let some ignoramus be parted with their money and be dumb enough to wear it in the general public.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:43 PM
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11. People wear the Muhammad with a bomb on top t-shirt. n/t
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INDIA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:36 PM
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28. The OP's t-shirt is racist and disgusting targeting an individual.
The Dutch cartoons were a satirical critique of Islam. No comparison. Sorry.

Would you compare the above T-shirt to a t-shirt with the Pornography Virgin Mary art piece from NY a couple years back? Thought so...
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 06:16 AM
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31. My point was that both are likely to get your ass kicked. n/t
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1Hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 06:02 PM
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16. Hmmmmm....maybe someone displaying a Confederate flag in their truck....or wearing a hood....or
Swampwater Watering Hole.....or Joe's Pool Hall......ad nauseum
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:31 PM
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8. I reported it as a listing violation --
but it was a struggle. eBay doesn't make it easy to contact them.


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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:59 PM
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14. I emailed the seller:
"your racist t-shirt sucks. Ebay will throw your ass out shortly."

I selected the "hide email address" option.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 06:11 PM
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18. Wonder if you'll get a response
(I think you can still receive responses with the option you chose.)

I was thinking about e-mailing the seller, too. As a matter of fact, I think I will RIGHT NOW! :hi:
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 06:16 PM
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20. you go, gal!
:hi:

My only thought was in case this is some neo-Nazi extremist shithead, I don't want to be hunted down... so that's why I kept my email snonymous. The seller can send an email to my eBay account, however. I'll post it here if I get one. Whatta shmuck.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 06:23 PM
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21. Done -- I'll post if I get a response, too.
I said I found the item racist and offensive and that I'd alerted ebay.

Yeah, there's no way anybody who thinks a t-shirt like that is cool should have OUR e-mail addresses!
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DeadElephant_ORG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 05:32 PM
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9. How intelligent does a black man have to be for a racist NOT to call him stupid?


And how much smarter is Obama than the producer and seller of that shirt?
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 07:45 PM
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24. The smarter any target of hatred is, the more hated they are...
I know the question is rhetorical, but I'm sad to say that it's the smartest black men that are the scariest to racists.
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SOS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 06:13 PM
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19. Frankly, I don't even get it
Is the idiot who sells these rags implying that Obama can't spell?
Obama was the editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Obama is one hell of a lot smarter than the imbecile who sells the shirts.
Or perhaps this is a right-wingers attempt at spelling?
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 06:24 PM
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22. It doesn't matter if Obama is highly intelligent, highly educated,
and smarter that the t-shirt-selling POS. He's Black.
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SOS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 06:55 PM
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23. Reminds me of an old George Carlin line:
"Have you ever noticed that the Klan has never produced any great composers?"
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newmajority Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 03:18 PM
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44. "Dixie" and "Dueling Banjos" were fairly big hits in their day.
Dunno if they'll hold up as long as Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart though. :rofl:
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pettypace Donating Member (695 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 07:53 PM
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25. I've heard plenty of ebonics
But that sequence is cartoonishly inane - not worth even paying attention to.
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 08:01 PM
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26. I reported it. Don't know why it wouldn't work for you.
At least they don't seem to be getting any bids.
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 09:14 AM
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40. I succeeded finally
and also emailed the seller (posted it on this thread). If the auctions are still up by the end of the day then SHAME on eBay.
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 09:26 PM
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27. kick!
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marle35 Donating Member (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-30-08 10:25 PM
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30. What else could it be?
I have reported to eBay 4 of that person's items. I usually see ambiguity, but in this case, I don't see any other motivation.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 06:39 AM
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32. I reported all his listings. Hope they'll throw his ass off ebay. nt
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 08:09 AM
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34. Me too.
What an ass.
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 08:14 AM
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36. wow, one of them is going to sell
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comtec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 08:19 AM
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37. done
reported for whatever that's worth.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 08:29 AM
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38. kickety
:kick:
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 02:29 PM
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41. Here's an ebay listing that compares Obama to Hitler.
I, of course, reported it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Help-us-before-obama-DESTROYS-our-Health-Care-system_W0QQitemZ270250960715QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3179QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 03:06 PM
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42. I wrote this "question" to the asshole:
Edited on Tue Jul-01-08 03:09 PM by npincus
You are NUTS. I lived in Japan for 2 years and socialized medicine is the GREATEST. My boyfriend spent 2 weeks in the hospital, had a series of invasive tests (he had colon infection)- came out fine with a bill of less than $200. I had an emergency wisdom tooth extraction; that with a follow-up visit cost me about $30. Will socialized medicine cause your fine education to fly out of your head? I suppose you think only SOME folks deserve healthcare (those with the means) while the rest can just visit a hospital emergency room for the kind of care others can afford. Some doctor you are. Perhaps you are more worried about your WALLET; judging from your action price that about sums it up! Another selfish Republican... best of luck trying to save the haves and have-mores from sitting in a waiting room with the rest of us scum. Your auction is childish and silly. Spare us. And may eBay cancel your membership PRONTO.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 03:17 PM
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43. Good Lord
They are just crawling out of the woodwork aren't they? They can't help themselves. :crazy:
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newmajority Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 03:21 PM
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45. What a fucking JOKE that asshole is!
Complains about "socialized" medicine, and then he wants someone to pay for his fucking education???

Hey "doctor"? Do you own a mirror?? Use it, and see a fucking HYPOCRITE.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-01-08 04:31 PM
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46. SUCCESS
It's gone now.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-02-08 06:14 AM
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47. I just checked, too. I wanted to see if he had the cajones to post
the remarks sent by DUers. Now . . . on to the guy with the "Blackamoor" figurine. I guess, to him, "they" all look alike.
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-02-08 08:47 AM
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48. The seller is GONE!!
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