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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 11:07 AM Original message |
When minorities speak out about race, they are deemed racist |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Tancredo -- let's single him out -- disgraced himself with his remarks |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. "His ilk are dying out fast. The sooner the better" |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. As did the criminal G Gordon Liddy. |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. The Reep fringers look so bad that.. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. All they are doing is identifying themselves as the bottom feeders they are. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well, by Nature Bigots would say such a thing |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. But why is race the end all and be all of a person? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Race and gender. |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. But she did NOT say that. Don't let the rightwingers mislead you: |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. And here's my little thread from yesterday: |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. thanks - it is so frustrating that the media have even been able to mislead DUers. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. And there are always a few people who hear what they expect to hear. n/t. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. See how much better it sounded when you said it? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. But you haven't heard it the way she said it. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Here's the quote: |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. No. That's one sentence yanked out of context. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. She didn't say that. This is a recording. n/t |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. So why is she going to acknowledge a "poor choice of words" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Why do you think? Because her WH handlers told her to. ETA: |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Desperate attempts to hold onto the unbridled power they have held for too long. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. But....some of her statements WOULD be considered racist, if |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. She didn't say that. And what she said could not be said |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. We all know what she said. I've got it right. I guess you don't like what she said. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. No, she didn't say that. Go to spooky's Media Matters link |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I did. No link or quote of the statement, that I saw. Just a long blog |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. You read one sentence out of a ten minute speech that the wing nuts took |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
52. Sotomayor's full speech is linked within that story to which I linked. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Here's the quote, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman ... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. See above. My point is made. n/t |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. please see my post #15 for a link showing you are being misled by |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. There's no link to the quote in your link. I'm aware of what she said. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Watch this video of Rick Sanchez, Tancredo and the Media Matters guy. |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
51. It IS linked in the story to which I linked - did you bother to read it? |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Oh dear... |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. {sigh} |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Argh. |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. {Hmmm} |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Maybe there can be a quiz after the reading of the article. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Or maybe Skinner will let us call people out for a fee. |
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AlexanderProgressive (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
49. You took Sotomayor's words out of context |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. That's because those minorities try to make everything about race |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. When the GOP is called on its racism, they scream "playing the race card!" |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. Yes. Cynthia Tucker, African-American columnist for the Atlanta Journal Constitution |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. It all depends on party affiliation. When Clarence Thomas' supporters spoke out about |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yep. As are white folks speaking out in a similar manner in favor of Sotomayor... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. We don't even have to speak up. We're racist by virtue of being. |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. Minorities have to prove racism when it occurs. When |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. Because throwing out that kind of pointless |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. I think sexism plays a role in their attack on Sotomayor as well. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Of course. But the nutwing gets more bang out of racism. n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. They have no high ground to talk about |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yes...I noticed that. |
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