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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:32 PM Original message |
Am I being overly sensitive ..... ? |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think it's their way |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. no. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. yah, maybe |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, you're being overly sensitive. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Clinton was "privileged"??? |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. it's called "white privilege." |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. He was 'white trash'. That's what his mother was called in DC. Hence the coded language whenBroder |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. white "trash" is higher on the scale... |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Actually you are wrong |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. (on edit) you said.... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I'm no fan of Clinton, but you are absolutely right... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. How was Barack's family wealthy? |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. Try this: go look up "comparatively" in the dictionary. n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Bubba came from a lower income background. nt |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. but Bubba was still "white." |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. They're weasel weenies - |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Totally OT... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't find it racist as much as classist |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. if one doesn't belong to... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Oh, I spot it just often enough I don't have to |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. that's a start... |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. ABSOLUTELY |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Some of these feelings are so ingrained that people don't realize it |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. lol That whole thing with white people and the word n*gger never ceases to amuse me |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Well, both his parents had graduate degrees, so that makes him entitled, actually. |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. lol. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I'm done reading you because you can't spell 'privilege'. nt |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Ha! |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. Captain, you have filled this site with your "pearls" before, but this one |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. Steve Martin in "The Jerk" - "My story? Okay. I was born a poor black child." |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. And white athletes work hard, but black athletes are "gifted" |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. someone else... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. That's the subject of a LOT of discussion in athletics, especially with the simultaneous rise |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. lmao. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think it's his poll numbers more than his race |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. I think you're right. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. Probably afraid of the public backlash if they jump right in and criticize |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Correct. The press has been criticized for treating Jesse Jackson like a legitimate |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. Jackson's campaign was pretty legitimate |
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Mr. Ected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. They Know If They Pummel Him In the Introduction |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. I agree. It's racist, and it's an expression of guilt. |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. lol. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think it's more from them being careful criticizing a popular President. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. They ran with a "Clinton is a goofy hillbilly redneck from podunk Arkansas" |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. I think it is a little bit of "all of the above" |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. Stinky, my dear friend |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. Well, there's definitely a reason we didn't say these things about Bush. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Actually, on paper, he *did* have a great story |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. You read it right. |
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