TO: DU bigot-defense brigade. SUBJ: Your mascot needs you!!!

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http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/02/11/kristol-says-obama-would-be-a-pro-slavery-kinda-guy/

"KRISTOL: We’re electing a war president in 2008. If I can go back to Obama and Lincoln for just one second, Lincoln’s “house divided” speech in 1858 was a speech saying we cannot live as a house divided on slavery. And he implicitly says we’ll have to fight a civil war if necessary on this.

Obama’s speech is a “can’t we get along” speech — sort of the opposite of Lincoln. He would have been with Stephen Douglas in 1858. Let’s paper over these differences, rise above politics and all get along. That’s not Giuliani’s mode. And I think in a war context, social conservatives want to win the war against Islamic jihadism. (h/t TP for the transcript)"


It looks bad, bigot-defense brigade! Bill Kristol needs your help! Characterizing a black American man as pro-slavery is bound to lead to all sorts of melodramatic overhyping of an already-oversensitve negroid population.

It's up to you to stem the tidal wave bigot-defenders! Only you can come up with an explanation of why calling black Americans pro-slavery ISN'T racist.

It should go without saying that you (all) have my complete faith - your abilities in this area are the stuff of legend.

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Who the hell is defending Bill Kristol on DU?

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sarcastic reply to a questioning post about a sarcastic post. I agree, it wasn't needed in OP.

Could you give an example of the "DU bigot brigade" or are you just making stuff up? :shrug:
DU now has a "bigot brigade" and is full of idiots, huh?
I think someone needs a hug. :hug: Bad day?

Lots of posts accusing and insulting about color, sexual orientation, sex, etc etc etc. Worse than the shopping cart wars. Who can define whether something is insulting, those in or having the characteristic being insulted or those not? Who accepts others feeling insulted? Free speech or not? Laugh at me or with me? It's been something recently. Many Duers need hugs.

who pissed in this guy's Wheaties? :shrug: I don't know if this is supposed to be sarcasm :sarcasm: an attempt at humor :rofl: or dead serious. :grr:
Emoticons do help occasionally.

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remember, minorities do NOT define bigotry.

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That way you'll know how to feel about it.

that folks will surely be put in their place. Not that anyone at Du is that obnoxious, or anything...

Never happen.

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but who wouLd start such a poLL? :think:

It's obvious. Just like one gender is inherently superior to the other in defining sexism.

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just as straight people are in a better position to define homophobia. the target minorities are just too....emotional.

pretend how crafty you are? Please point me to a thread where the brigade defends Kristol....there should be multiple DUer's defending Kristol as a one or two oddball posters don't make a brigade.

:rofl: Good user name, old and in the way

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sad but true.

in a sorta sad form of funny... the post (per the series of threads defending the right to insult/offend/and feel oppressed by those who call out on the insults) - or the lack of recognition in the responses to the gist of the OP.

Hey BlooInBloo - I 'hear' ya - and get it - and would bet that if this were a democrat who had made Kristol's ridiculous comment -that the very type of thread you are suggesting would already have been offered up in the forum. while the majority might express outrage - there would be some vocal pitbulls defending the speaker with some contorted explanation of why it wasn't really a racist comment.

it's the first thing I thought of when I read your post.

I would also venture to bet that some who would jump in to defend, would have elsewhere been on the "I'm offended" side on a different thread/topic. I have been a little jarred (though sadly not suprised) to see someone somewhere go off on the right to be unPC on topic a and then go off on others for being offensive on topic b. As if it only matters on their area of offense.

Or am I the only one to notice that little trend. :shrug:

... is the gay/black thing, in both directions.

and agreed most glaringly - but some other places as well. Sometimes more subtle - like -- let's forget the offensive thing and go off on a dismissive side tangent like... is satire necessarily funny?

Odd place this place.

By the way - wish I had your way with blunt irony - good op!

in the Articulate/Snickers dust-ups. Many of the umbraged people on those threads have been pretty inconsiderate of the feelings of others when it comes to different issues. I guess it really does depend on whose ox is being gored.

to claim they are oppressed by the sensitivities of others. It's been kinda fatiguing lately, eh?

:rofl: :spank:

or just one opportunistic Uncle Tom?

I'm shakin :scared: :eyes:

your earlier post and this one... serious or sarcastic. This time I cant tell the difference cuz the 'oh my' meter hit full tilt with the Uncle Tom statement.

the one line outrageous sarcastic comment

It's easy and fun, stirs up sh*t with minimum effort. Lord knows my last journal post did not get any responses.

Flamebait.