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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:11 PM Original message |
Virginia Foxx (R-NC): “Democrats Have A Tar Baby On Their Hands” |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh. My. God. Let's hope she's skewered for this. nt |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. I guess she forgot she wasn't at home with her family. n/t |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is stupidity a prerequisite to be a rethug? Sure seems so. nt |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Yes.. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
60. Most definitely. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. America has far too many rightwingnut idiots on her hands. |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. And Foxx..... |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
75. Too bad it doesn't fit her looks |
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Metta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's all us, lady. Your divisive actions are what creates divisions. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Wow!! |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. I guess I just don't understand the outrage |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Regardless of the origins of tarbaby, it is now, and has long been, |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Exactly |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. that is simply not true |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. WOW!!! Where in the hell do YOU live?!?!?!? I live in the United States of America. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. can you use a dictionary? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I will, after you use some cultural awareness, deal? She might as well said the N word at the least |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #22 |
64. I use the American Heritage Dictionary |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. huh? |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. "some" people might regard it as racist, but only b/c the word was used |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. i don't need a dictionary to know when i've been insulted. nt |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. so if you are white and I say, hey, you mofo snowman, is "snowman" now a banned term? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. You said it wasn't in the dictionary |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. +1. n/t |
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biopowertoday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
57. ummm. thanks, very interesting it is not listed as perjorative. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #57 |
76. If you check #28 you'd see the OED definition which does make the |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. You are simply wrong... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
52. You are so WRONG it's not even funny. n/t |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
66. Many people confuse 'tarbaby' remark with 'tarbrush'. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
79. holy christ your dense |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
80. You are wrong, imma_sinnic. It has INDEED been used as a racial slur. |
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Hellataz (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. That's what I thought she meant, man I hope she gets called out on it! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. Pfft. If only white folks would stick together better - we could deny ANYTHING has a racist history. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. White Power ----in that weird Southern accent. |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I heard that shit right here in NE last summer as I was driving along |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:56 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Yeah, coming from those two towns there's no way you'd hear that crap. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Hahaha, lets lighten up when racial slurs are used |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. apparently, if people "think" it's racist, it is |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Apparently if people have no knowledge.. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
70. A lesson about holes |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Considering the state she comes from and the position she |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #36 |
86. Other descriptive words... |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
123. You are so right ~ she has a lot of nerve |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. It only took 8 responses to find one |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
124. the state of denial. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
77. I guess you've never been insulted based on your race |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
85. the tarbaby didn't look like a white kid...it's not the most offensive thing but |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
105. Here's all the proof you need... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
109. I think there must be a strong regional/cultural element. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #109 |
114. Many black people migrated to the industrial north. Such as |
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tledford (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
120. The story of the tar baby is from "Tales of Uncle Remus" ... |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. I swear, if I was a Northern, Midwestern, or Western Republican I would seriously HATE the south... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. Racism -- oh how very creative can she get? |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. Why do Republicans HATE comedy writers? |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. yes! keep 'em coming, gop. prove to everyone what a farce that black rnc chairman is. nt |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. WOW ..............WTF?!!? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. Where the heck is she from? The 19th Century? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
71. The late Tony Snow |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. In its original meaning... |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. not when it's coming from that old southern belle. nt |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Whoops didn't know it was a woman... nt |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. that doesn't matter--she used it exactly correctly, as you said originally |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:02 AM Response to Reply #44 |
63. I know, just like to be grammatically correct : ) nt |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
87. Ummm...you didn't know |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #87 |
102. I looked at the wrong name! |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Urban Dictionary... |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. urban dictionary as your source... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. are you serious? |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I just read some of the definitions of tar baby on there |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Oh...believe me..I'm not 'pretending' to know.. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #45 |
62. Nevers said it wasn't... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
104. Urban dictionary is the least credible source of information out there. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. I use it often.. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
72. You of all people ought not open your trap when it comes to the definition of racist terms |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. "tar baby" is something akin to "niggardly." |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. and I will continue to use the perfectly fine word "niggardly" |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. What you fail to realize |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. I find this sentence deliciously pithy: |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #50 |
68. *!* |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #43 |
67. If you were educated, you'd understand the concept of perception vs. reality. (nt) |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #43 |
82. why not use niger. Its an actual latin term |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. A very good point... |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. Black woman here who's not too outraged, but |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
40. She brings NC to shame |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
49. No, Virginia..you have |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-01-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
51. Winston Salem can be so proud -- Go Wake |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
58. Mrs Foxx |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
59. I'm confused. What's the issue? Does someone think that's a racist term or something? |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
65. Definition, according to the MSN Encarta Encyclopedia is |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
69. I started this, and I have one bloody question. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. I didn't look it up in the dictionary, I grew up in the most racist part of the South, and I've neve |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. And to follow up my own post, I have now looked it up in the dictionary |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Check response #28 |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Alright, well then you've found it. But I will say that I read the first six entries |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #81 |
88. You're right it is my problem. My problem is I live in a country that disrespects |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. I will now follow you around DU, and the first time you ask an honest question |
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NatBurner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #90 |
96. maybe this will help |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Yeah, I did that. Read the links instead of just looking at the headlines. |
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NatBurner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. if you did that already, then why are you still so confused? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #90 |
100. It's not the ignorace that's the problem |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #88 |
115. DAMN!! I GOT TO DITTO, THAT!!! |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #74 |
84. I have lived in the South too. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #84 |
89. When, where, what era, how was it used? This is really surprising to me |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. No, it's not a recent development. |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. After reading this I turned to my husband and asked, |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #92 |
97. Thanks. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. That doesn't tell me where or when. |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. He says as a substitute for the N-word... |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. In SC. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #93 |
116. Try Kentucky in the 40's and 50's. |
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AyanEva (428 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #74 |
126. *scratches head* |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #73 |
99. I grew up in Florida with relatives in Alabama and never heard it used racially |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #73 |
108. It certainly is not a recent development. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #69 |
110. I don't agree with the premise. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
83. I think that's what Democrats get when they try to be bipartisan--the corruption and bile sticks to |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
103. Anyone not old-enough to recognize the term, |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Yeah, I duped this "proof" myself above... (eom) |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
111. They can't help but step in it evertime they speak!!! |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. You're right b/c their mind set HAS NOT CHANGED!!! |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
112. Damn I'm ashamed this "lady" is from my state. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
113. Is she over 60? |
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FudaFuda (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
118. I'll get pissed over this when Obama's 'special olympics' comment gets the scorn it deserved. n/t |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. Who asked you to get pissed? NOBODY. |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-02-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #118 |
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