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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Bobby" Jindal Wishes he was White
i saw him on wolf blitzer's show earlier today . he was in london spewing some shit about shariah law and the same crap the fox news guy said about places being off limits to non muslims.
but anytime he was asked about specific areas he was never able to name them.
then he went into some crap about being american, assimilation and other shit. and how we shouldn't have hyphens with american. and speak english and other shit . i wonder if he sees changing his name to bobby as assimilation.
it reminds me of kids who want to be liked by the popular kids . Jindal wants to be seen as equal to the conservative whites in america and he is trying to appeal to them.
except when talking about hyphenated americans he also brought up how we shouldn't be irish americans in addition to african american and others.
but the conservatives in the US don't have a problem with Irish Americans or even using the term. their problem with certain people is they aren't white . how many times have they actually complained about things like people saying they are irish american ? or speaking german ? no, it's always complaints about the dark people .
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Allowing the rest of us to live in peace. Maybe he is auditioning to replace Huckabee.
calimary
(81,220 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 20, 2015, 04:29 AM - Edit history (1)
bobby jindal was trying to scrub some of the brown off his skin by what he said about no-go zones in Britain and elsewhere in Europe - something even Pox Noise had to apologize for airing! I also noticed that the video clip of the Pox apology was delivered by a brunette woman. Where are all the blondes? Wonder why they didn't trot out one of their many blonde bimbos who seem to proliferate over there.
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Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)a person who follows Islam is "Muslim."
"Islamic" is reserved for culture, government, etc.
Just say, "a moderate Muslim talking head..."
Thanks!
calimary
(81,220 posts)Stellar
(5,644 posts)Do they give themselves an American sounding name to fit in?
He has postulated that to a believing Muslim, the perception may be that 'burning the Koran is much worse than burning the Bible, because the koran is directly from God, while the Bible isn't.'[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Ghosh
dballance
(5,756 posts)Iggo
(47,550 posts)That's why.
Iggo
(47,550 posts)...but they're never going to see him as they see each other.
To them, he will always be "less than."
JI7
(89,247 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)... he is a "success", and he owes that success to his assimilation.
Do you really think he would be a Republican governor had he held on to any scrap of his ethnic heritage?
JI7
(89,247 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)Yes, it's racist. Mr. Jindal works very hard not to see that.