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John M
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But only to those few who i deemed had earned my most un-decorous behavior
This is where you make a mistake Philo. If others want to follow a thread or discuss a topic that you are polluting with your hate and disgust, then we have to wade through that hate and disgust.
Now me.. I don't mind the occasional fight. Sometimes its needed to clear the air. But the constant hate.. That I get tired of and tired of wading through it. I admit to having spread some of my own, but I am trying to do better and not go at it constantly. I wish you would try to do the same.
Jhedge too.
DT is gone.. Good
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couchmaster
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pdx
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Quoted: "I meant it and stand by it. Either you're blind or you are ignorant. Ever heard of the KKK? This thread appears on Inauguration/MLK Day? The lights are on and everyone can see all around us."
Maybe I am blind. But I notice that you can't find the requested quote. It seems to me that it would be more productive if instead of thinking "Oh, criticism (Ie that in this case his policy's like DT's "National squirrel day" are do nothing) of the President? he's black, ergo, RACIST!!!". You could have better argued that sweeping issues are being fixed that will make our country stronger. Iraq, Afghanistan, health care. Then argue those specifically.
BTW, the President named it "National Day of Hope and Resolve" day. Which is competing against National Squirrel day". http://www.indecisionforever.com/blog/2013/01/21/barack-obama-competes-against-squirrel-appreciation-day
Thought I'd pitch that out there. Maybe that will get twisted by someone too. OMG HE MUST MEAN "Hate a Cracker Day, or F WHITY IN THE a day. Its to compensate for national squirrel day which we all know is nothing but a veiled racist term and reinitializing slavery.
NOT. Get a grip.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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If you are sincere then maybe we have made some progress in this country.
Some of us however, are old enough to have lived through the era of church bombings, police dogs attacking people sitting and singing hymns in the street, Civil rights marchers both black and white being murdered and buried in levies and all white southern juries freeing the killers who sneered at the families of the dead. To some of us, racism is a vivid recollection and we want no part of any hint of it.
Choosing a squirrel as a symbol for a Black president is one step better than a coon but close enough for those of us with memories of that era. There is no doubt in my mind that Donald was making racist slurs and I'm appalled that people got so offended over boobs (a thread that was clearly and honestly labeled) and mostly let slide the one on squirrels.
Donald deserved to be banned for his racism if nothing else.
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Whew! Thank you.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jan writes:
"Choosing a squirrel as a symbol for a Black president is one step better than a coon but close enough for those of us with memories of that era."
What if that exact same squirrel were used to take similar jabs at a white President? Then it wouldn't be a racist attack. Would it?
A quick Google Immages search will turn up a bunch of pictures of the last President and that exact same squirrel looking just as foolish as Obama.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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If the same squirrel image is used on a white president, I would say there would be different connotations depending on what region of the country they come from. If they were from the high western desert, most people including themselves, would likely scratch their heads at the meaning of the reference.
If it was a white southern president then it would definitely be taken by him and everyone in that region as an insult, not to race but to background indicating that the cartoonist thought he was a backward ignorant poor person who had to hunt squirrels as a kid to survive.
Context is everything.
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Come to think about it, some here may wish to minimize or divert what this thread is really intended to be because it exposes them and their heroes as perpetrators. Exposure to and knowledge by enemies is never good. Again, good job!
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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And speaking of context, caricaturing a person for how they act is one thing. Doing so based on how they were born through no fault of their own, is something quite different.
Obama can be criticized for many things, as can any president or person in a position of responsibility, liberals have in fact been some of his harshest critics. When you go after his race, then you're a racist not a political commentator.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Satire is satire. Take or leave it.
The Realist
The “Realist” article was titled “The Parts That Were Left Out of the Kennedy Book.” The “parts” included a scene with soon-to-be-inaugurated President Lyndon Johnson caught buggering the corpse of President Kennedy in its casket by Jackie Kennedy. To be more exact, the article stated that LBJ was humping the bullet-hole wound in JFK’s throat.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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An example that is disgusting and tasteless but not racist.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Kinda fun thinking about ol' Donald lurking away while jerking his chubby and not being able to throw garbage!?!
Lurking and jerking, jerking and lurking....
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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OT you say?
Even Nixon was anti-fire
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Jeez zBrown, I'd almost forgotten about the Berkeley Barb. I used to read it occasionally.
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