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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:33 PM Original message |
Palin attacks Rahm Emanuel for using the word 'retarded' |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, she is attacking the use of derogatory words like "retarded". |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Well, Rahm is derogatory towards liberals. |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. She's a ridiculous hypocrite. |
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shintao (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Talk about a two-face!! |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Levi |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Still using her kids, but by gawd they are off limits to anyone else |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thank you Sara! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. From now on, I'll be sure to use the term Palinesque. |
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Fixed_Based_Operator (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Why doesn't she just go away already!!! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. She can't help it. She's Palinesque, if you know what I mean, |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. She has a mandation. |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. I hate to do this |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. So is there any context in which the word can be used? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Mechanics and doctors can. |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
46. No, that term shouldn't be used. The thing is, EVERYTHING is about |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Now if she'd just stop using Trig as a prop... n/t |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. What a hypocrite! According to Bristol's ex Palin jokingly refers to her child that way... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Levi said she used the word to describe Trig as well |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Thanks for the quote - what a sociopath! nt |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. "No, I don't want the retarded baby--I want the other one," |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. This is a self inflicted wound. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Exactly...the word should not be used...and when it is, nitwits like |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. She is helping Obama with moderates here. Thats funny. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. You're right. The real question is: wittingly or unwittingly? |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. I thought Repukes were supposed to hate politically correct language. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. Rahm Emanuel is disgusting, and I don't care who agrees with me. nt |
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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. As much as I don't like to agree with Palin, Rahm is in the wrong. nt |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. Emmanuel's apology is appropriate - Palin's outrage is |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. Last time I looked, the word 'retarded' is part of the English language and in the dictionary. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. by that standard you could justify just about every ethnic slur plus words like |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I think some have taken 'political correctness' to the extreme. The slur is 'mentally retarded', |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. "Mentally retarded" is a legitimate clinical definition. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yes it is, used by medical and mental health personnel. However, we're talking about the use of the |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. You're suggesting that Rahm meant to call the activists idea "slow" or "delayed"? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I believe Rahm called a strategy 'f....ing retarded' which was using 'retarded' as a verb. In that |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. self delete |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. > I think some have taken 'political correctness' to the extreme.< Oh, do you now. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Yes, I do. I was raised in the '50s and 'mentally retarded' was a polite and medically correct term. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Palin is just an opportunist...tune in tomorrow for the next faux outrage.. |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. So are a few other words... |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Words that have a meaning that aren't a slur can be used. 'Retarded' can refer to things like speed |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. So is the N-word, but it is not socially acceptable to use |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Big difference. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The main difference is that those who are offended by the N word... |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. So do you ever use the words 'crazy' or 'lame' in speech? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Those who are most likely to offended by the N-word vote |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
25. She called President Obama Sambo...“So Sambo beat the bitch!” |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yet again - Sarah will do anything to stay in the spotlight. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. SHE has no business making this criticism. But using the word "retarded" as a derrogatory is sad. |
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