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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:28 AM Original message |
if y'all label each and every thing as "racist", then the word loses it meaning... |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, please feel free to interchange "Nazi" for racist about 50% of the time. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
97. Don't forget to mix in a random "fascist" every now and then |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #97 |
105. "bigot" is also a nice change of pace |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
123. Smart people know racists and NAZIs share a common heritage. |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #123 |
144. Especially the actual Nazis that went to work in the National Republican Party |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
164. Don't forget fascist n/t |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
175. You're Xenophobic |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Your post is racist, way to go hitler, don't you have a nazi convention in town to go to? |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. I post on an MSM site everyday & my arguments never include you are against... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. Something I've been arguing for years. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
87. I posted something similar about 6 months back |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
158. I agree with you completely and I'm African American |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #158 |
264. +1. good post. nt |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #158 |
283. Birthers are racist and that's it. For what fucking reason do they not believe |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. When a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. i didn't say it was never appropriate. i was speaking to its overuse... |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. so the episode this week did have a basis in racism and yet you react with this OP? Interesting. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #49 |
84. nobody knows |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #84 |
255. The original post didn't give a context, so the context is now |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
156. The issue is.... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
114. I agree, that is a reasonable conclusion |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #114 |
157. Really? |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
153. But Wilson didn't use the N-word. Therefore ... |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. Same overly simplistic rationale |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. OK, so if one agrees |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Not what I said |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Actually, it is. And I quote: |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. "if *IT* masquerades..." |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Your subject line states: |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. nope, the "it" refers to the statement you made that he posted that agreeing w/ the OP is racist |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. You're not really up for this. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
59. You just keep digging yourself a deeper hole here. |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #59 |
74. Deflection |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #74 |
128. so it really wasn't personal? |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. Grandiose display of stupidity. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #131 |
140. Actually I did not say anything about a dislike for you. |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #140 |
148. You're preference was inferred |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #148 |
172. "false charges of racism can be proved to be false." no, they can't. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #74 |
273. unbelievably abusive. -1. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #50 |
159. The personal attacks don't make your case, mr. leftist. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
277. what drivel. ad hom much? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
37. yep, you see this all the time here. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. That's not what he said. But thanks for proving his point. n/t |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. well ok then... keep on keeping on. fuck me for being overly simplistic. |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Don't cry, 1! |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Your disingenuous interpretation just proves you're not really interested |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Bravo, Dogtown. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. spot on. n/t |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
126. The OP seems familiar |
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hileeopnyn8d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #126 |
127. +1 |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #126 |
135. Very well put, me b zola |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #126 |
139. I concur with your opinion |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:02 AM Response to Reply #126 |
178. It would be nice if you could define racism |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #178 |
204. Confusious says |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #204 |
232. Hey whats with the Confusious joke! ?? |
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NatBurner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
137. boop |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
176. Deleted message |
AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
235. well said. excellent response!! n/t |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
8. and the Civil War wasn't about slavery, but states' rights? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. non seq |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. And Mussolini only wanted the trains to be punctual... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
129. no, the analogous rejoinder is, "and world war II was only about money & power..." |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. I wasn't trying to parrot your meme |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #132 |
138. "It was also a gross over-simplification" could be. only 7 words, you know. |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #138 |
151. A well articulated and copiously cited riposte. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #151 |
154. "centrist" - i don't think so. but thanks for being civil. |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. Meh, only my opinion |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
234. It was more about the preservation of a way of life, i.e. |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. I agree it is used too often. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Agree. Having lived in SC in the early '70s and seen racism at its worst and institutionalized to |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Deleted sub-thread |
paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #32 |
85. how do you know if it's "white people" such as the OP. do you know his/her race? |
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dolphindance (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
142. +1000 (n/t) |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
181. o there's this pharmacy I go to |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #181 |
205. If you think it's only about attitude then there's nothing to say to you. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 04:36 AM Response to Reply #205 |
299. Well you still don't get it |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
63. It's used often because it happens often |
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zinnisking (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. Allen Keyes |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Do you know what the words "useful idiot" mean? After you look it up |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #36 |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #36 |
92. Going out on a limb here and presume you're not familiar with Dale Carnegie |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #92 |
109. I usually give back what I receive. And there's been a hell of a lot of |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
149. ok, so let's say i buy into your belief that the school thing, the "liar" thing, the |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
118. Not sure of that |
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zinnisking (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #118 |
134. I agree with you mostly |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #134 |
150. More dismissive bullshit from the newbie apologist. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #118 |
152. Alan Keyes has always been the epitome of the useful idiot |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
15. Yes, I agree. It's just easier for some people to call the Repubes racists than to argue |
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hileeopnyn8d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Really? |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:17 AM Response to Reply #42 |
182. What standards do you use to call someone racist? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. however, NOT calling something racist, when it is, is a worse crime |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
104. +1 n/t |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
206. Unfortunately, it seems as though your attitude on this is in the minority |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
231. +2 here. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
249. that might be true if "calling something racist" actually accomplished something. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #249 |
269. Right ~ they wear the title as a badge of honor |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
17. Amen! |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. If we recognize |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
45. ...and, as the OP suggests, finding "racism" behind every tree is counterproductive. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. why is it always every time every person- what total BS. if this is about strategy and you want |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. No, I'd like people to stop using "racism" as a generic label for things they just don't like. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #53 |
61. but to claim it is used in every instance is nonsense i see loads of oppostion to BO here discussed |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Fair enough. "every instance" is an exaggeration. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. and read his thread! the "every instance" claim is there- id guess 85% of the itme, LOL |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Not to offend, but I think you're missing the point. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #58 |
287. Then confront the leadership for playing to & inciting racism, for pulling the strings |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. Overuse makes it trivial..and the time will come when people will |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #25 |
67. There are no concequesnces now because no one will call it out. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #67 |
247. seems to me there have been dozens of threads calling it out. i've |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #247 |
258. Really if that's the case then why all these bullshit OPs and comments by the |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #258 |
260. i see. unless everyone in the world is united in calling out racism, then |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #260 |
265. You mean like the type of people who claim racism is used for everything |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #265 |
272. no, i mean like when people say "no one calls out racism," then when told |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #272 |
276. On that we agree. There's no point in hell in continuing this discussion. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
26. A good thread for all the deniers to get together. And there's plenty. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Indeed. And they can get together and make up shit about what it means |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. spot on! just because there's deniabilty, doesn't make it plausible folks |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #26 |
86. How assumptions can make a person look foolish |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #86 |
244. Stop making sense. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #86 |
291. Are you seriously trying to pretend that the Republicans are not heavily motivated by racial issues? |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
125. like flies to a pile of shit |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
27. same for facist, police state etc - but DUers are melodramatic to an extreme. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
29. who is y'all mr racist pissing in the wind? |
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ptex (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
30. wow |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
38. Note to all DU'ers who don't get the point- the larger, underlying issue is CLASS |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. but racism itslef is a thouroughly worthy topic, thank you. we do know that... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. I'm pretty sure all DU'ers agree Racism is a worthy topic. But . politicians also use homophobia |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. No all DUers DON'T agree that racism is a worthy topic |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. So you agree it isn't JUST Race and yet you object when someone points that out. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #54 |
62. I object because it only seems to be brought up because they want to deflect |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #62 |
73. exactly! no one claims everything is all about race, but that BS claim is all over this thread..... |
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Lilyeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Umm not all |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #56 |
96. in comparison, they had a point |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #47 |
66. well, you have missed a lot of posts here then. lot's feel its bad strategy to discuss race... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #66 |
75. Are you talking about strategy proposed for Real World or DU'ers not wanting Race talked about here? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. well the aplogists are confused that discussing it here actually means the national discourse.... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #38 |
83. I've noticed that a few of the "race experts" at DU are actually EXTREMELY conservative economically |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #83 |
130. interesting observation. |
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dolphindance (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #83 |
145. Good point, but then as soon as we acheive something, we'll go back into our race camps again. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. "At least you're not a..." is what the Plantation owner told my sharecropper great great grandad. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
44. There seems to be a tendency on DU to see any criticism of Obama as "racist" |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. claiming every person .. is a racist doesn't happen, sorry. and your concern of stategy and how it |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #44 |
121. That's not true |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
52. racist is the new nazi |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
55. Well I'm glad somebody pointed it out |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
57. Tend to agree, but the OP would be stronger with a few examples. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Well I don't know if we're supposed to mention things like this, but |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #71 |
80. your post is totally misleading the bumpersticker thread was about a birther - where BO "was from" |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #80 |
90. Were you there? |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #90 |
197. Birthers are not all racist? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #197 |
219. Neither, I dare say do their apologists |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #90 |
233. "He only said he didn't know where Obama came from. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #71 |
81. Okay. Yet, those claiming "I don't trust Obama" stop there, unable to produce a single reason why. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #81 |
93. there are lots of people I neither like, nor trust, and yet I can't say why |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. One word: context. nt |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #94 |
100. Yeah, context, as in... |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #100 |
106. Why the 'tude? I replied to you in good faith. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #106 |
163. Well, I guess I misunderstood your intent |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #163 |
168. I thought I gave a reasoned, multi-paragraph explanation, but I could be wrong. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. Like I said...it's not my job to try and make heads or tails of what you said |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #169 |
170. I answered you with reasonableness, and you answered w/rudeness. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #170 |
199. Why are you insistent upon carrying this on? |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #199 |
200. You replied to me, and when I reply to you, I'm being "insistent"? |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
68. There's decades of time & energy already spent in framing *white people*... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
69. And the racism defenders and enablers proudly march on. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:17 AM Response to Reply #69 |
195. I knew I could count on you to show up |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
70. Crying racism all the time hurst the Democrat's cause |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #70 |
236. The problem with your theory is the obvious omission of |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
72. You got that right, bub. nt |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
77. Agreed, for a handful of DU posters. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
79. Yes |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
82. i think it's absurd too |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
88. I think some people are really shitty at detecting racism....especially people who complain about |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Nah. They're deliberately covering for it. |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #88 |
108. And just because someone sees it in every sentence doesn't mean it is. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #88 |
115. They see it but they don't care because it doesn't affect them. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
89. be careful that piss doesn't fly back on you |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #89 |
98. Yeah, because, like there are absolutely NO black Republicans anywhere in the US... |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #98 |
103. i'll give you the same advice i gave the OP |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #103 |
162. Obscure "advice" never makes up for discussion |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #98 |
124. Black Republicans are very few |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #124 |
165. Yeah, see there's the thing... |
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babythunder (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:28 AM Response to Reply #165 |
196. Let me guess |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #196 |
203. Call me crazy, but I like to think I'm giving people the benefit of the doubt |
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babythunder (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #203 |
217. You do realize |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #165 |
228. It isn't a complete double standard though |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #165 |
237. Not a double standard. Those few blacks are more like |
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babythunder (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #237 |
242. Bingo! |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #89 |
102. Sorry but that kind of broadbrush is just nutz. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #102 |
107. i just got back from Brush Expo '09 |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #107 |
110. Bovine excrement. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #110 |
112. the truth hurts when there isn't a sheet to hide behind. |
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Pangolin2 (560 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #112 |
117. I won't name names but I have been told point-blank by 3 different DUers that |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #117 |
120. i'm not accusing you personally |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
95. probably that last option you gave |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
99. Agree 100% |
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crazyjoe (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
101. I agree %100, great post |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
111. Yeah, we just may inspire a Redneck Rampage. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
113. I do think that's true |
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hileeopnyn8d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
116. Borrowing your phrasing |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #116 |
119. +1 |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #116 |
133. Well said. Racism is becoming more visible and virulent in this country right now. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
122. racist is the new nazi? As if its some kind of a joke. |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
136. No you are not the only one. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #136 |
218. Unfortunately, that type of offensiveness is rather wide spread and |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
141. I would posit to you, that if you hesitate to call something racist |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:02 AM Response to Reply #141 |
179. because merely mouthing the magic word "racist" vaporizes racism? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #179 |
220. So now calling out racism makes it worse? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
143. Yep, the "R" word has been flung around DU like dog shit ever since the primaries. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #143 |
146. Deleted sub-thread |
Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #143 |
167. Jesus Christ. You sound like every teabirther I argue with on facebook. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #167 |
171. I hope not. n/t |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
160. But IT IS RACISM |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:21 AM Response to Reply #160 |
184. You're on the wrong page. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
161. ...see thread here... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
166. Not everyone who opposes Obama is a racist but everyone who's a Birther is. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #166 |
174. and? that opinion & 5 cents gets you exactly where, politically? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:02 AM Response to Reply #174 |
177. Always the ray of sunshine, Hannah. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:04 AM Response to Reply #177 |
180. doesn't answer the question, forkboy. just more of the usual ad hom from your contingent. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:24 AM Response to Reply #180 |
185. Your "question" was just mean spirited nonsense at someone stating an opinion. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:13 AM Response to Reply #185 |
187. this is a discussion board, forkboy. i'm discussing, & the question is a serious one. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:25 AM Response to Reply #187 |
189. Why does an opinion have to get you somewhere? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:34 AM Response to Reply #189 |
190. it's not just an opinion; it's the stale, useless strategy of the democratic party. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:03 AM Response to Reply #190 |
193. No, it's just an opinion. The poster isn't setting Democratic strategy. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #193 |
213. lol. i'm speaking *my* mind, fork. bugger off. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #213 |
243. Looks like you're shit out of luck. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:50 AM Response to Reply #187 |
192. If the teabaggers are racist to a man, so what? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:04 AM Response to Reply #192 |
194. Ignoring racism would be fresh strategy though. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #192 |
240. Better yet, 'indifference' gets you nowhere. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #192 |
248. the hidden assumption in your post is that "calling out" examples of racism ends them. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #248 |
256. Ignoring racism is accepting it. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #256 |
259. again, you assume too much. in this case, that if one doesn't cry "racism", one must necessarily |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #259 |
261. "Crying?" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #261 |
266. "cry" = "call out". perhaps you're unfamiliar with the usage, e.g. "cry 'havoc'!" once again, your |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #187 |
209. What's the political/social gain from ignoring the racism of the Birthers? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #209 |
214. I asked you first, kitty. still awaiting yours. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #214 |
224. I'm allowed to assume whatever I want and in this case I'm assuming correctly. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #224 |
252. their "legitimate" interest is they're citizens & are allowed to make the case he was born in a ufo |
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babythunder (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #187 |
225. You identify for their movement for what |
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hileeopnyn8d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #187 |
226. You see no value in recognizing |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #187 |
229. Spoken as someone who has never experienced it. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #229 |
245. you don't know jack about who i am or what i have or haven't experienced. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #245 |
254. You don't know jack about a hell of a lot if you think the answer to |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #254 |
257. another thing i never said: "the answer to racism is ignoring it." |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #257 |
270. You're the one who said that pointing it out makes it worse. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #270 |
274. your first link goes to this post, the one you just responded to: |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #274 |
280. No shit. I just quoted your own words what could you possibly say to refute |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #280 |
282. here's what's right on my screen. there's nothing to refute. it doesn't say what you say it does. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #282 |
286. You can deliberately copy and paste the wrong shit it doesn't change |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #286 |
289. i posted the comments you linked me to. it's not my fault you didn't post these: |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #289 |
293. I quoted what I wanted to point out. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #293 |
295. yes, linking to specific posts can be tricky. maybe you should have remembered |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #245 |
285. Identity politics is neither regressive or progressive. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #174 |
208. Then what the fuck are you doing on a message board, Hannah? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #208 |
215. beside the point, kitty. the "racism" meme is coming not only from you, |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #215 |
227. You disagree that Birthers are racist? |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #215 |
238. +1000 |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
173. At least yer spellin' "y'all" co-reckly. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:19 AM Response to Reply #173 |
183. Spelling, the last gasp of a dying argument. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
186. If I label every piece of crisp, round, red fruit with white interior an apple, does the word apple |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:18 AM Response to Reply #186 |
188. the inadequacy of the comparison is obvious to anyone with functioning brain cells. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #186 |
201. If it were anything other than an apple, then yes, it would lose its meaning |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
191. You are correct. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
198. Thanks Mom |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
202. Since you give no examples to make your point, it's impossible to agree or disagree with you |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
207. I never even thought about it--until my president was black. Suddenly racism |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
210. You pissed against the wind. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
211. How would the word lose its meaning? |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
212. Freud said that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar (or was that Woody Allen?) |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
216. Look at the makeup of the GOP and tell me the party isn't racist at its core. |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #216 |
222. Because of the color of their skin? n/t |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #222 |
223. Because people of "other" skin colors aren't welcome there. Otherwise |
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trocar (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
221. I've noticed |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
230. I'm sorry, but are you the arbiter of all things racist or not? Because most of this shit is racist. |
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The Fountainhead (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #230 |
239. Standard OP |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #239 |
241. I'm sure the lily-white nature of today's rally was entirely coincidental. n/t |
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billh58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #230 |
250. You are, |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
246. hmmm... so, in the end, it looks like there will never be any resolution to the differences... |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #246 |
251. The hyperbole of your OP probably wasnt conducive to serious debate. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #251 |
262. so you don't actually read posts here, huh? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
253. From now on, only white people get to decide what is actually racist |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #253 |
263. that's pretty funny. since i am african-american. but... keep on with your ignorance... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #263 |
268. i didn't refer to your race |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #268 |
271. of course you didn't, creek. that was my, and only my, misunderstanding... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #271 |
292. ok :) |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
267. Deleted message |
Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #267 |
275. "When you can't find an intelligent to add..." |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #267 |
278. Your granite slab is on its way |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #278 |
284. Deleted message |
SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #284 |
290. I'll go you one better and tell you something psychic |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #267 |
279. "You liberals" |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #267 |
281. ... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-12-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
288. How about labeling racism as racist. Will that be acceptable? n/t |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #288 |
294. I suspect it is not hence this rather obnoxious OP. n/t |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 04:39 AM Response to Reply #288 |
300. have you not read all my posts in this thread? did i not say that? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
296. Wipers and danglers for racist have to invent excuses to protect |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #296 |
297. Tell it, Kentucky. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
298. BUT - sometimes a CIGAR is a CIGAR!!! |
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