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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 05:54 AM Original message |
NPR Sacks Juan Williams for "I get worried when I see Muslims on a plane" remarks on Fox |
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condoleeza (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. "I mean, look, Bill, I'm not a bigot." |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. Why Do I Have A Feeling This Is Going To Be The Topic Du Jour For The Next Week And One Half? |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 06:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. all they need now is another one of those perfectly time OBL Tape Releases |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
4. It seems that being a sycophant has caught up to him. |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. Good! K&R, nt. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. Now if he had said a catholic priest around my kid makes me nervous, he would be a hero here |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. Would it be acceptable for an NPR report to say: I feel nervous when I see a black man walking down |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 06:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Race is not a choice, religion is |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yep...race, gender, sexuality are taboo subjects, but religion is fair game... |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Bull crap. |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Bull crap right back at you. |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I meant bull crap to the notion of Juan's bigotry being based on a "choice." |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Why shouldn't religion be fair game? |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Not at FAUX |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. Good, but NPR still sucks. |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
12. That's a start. Next they should get rid of Cokie Roberts and ... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. This is what it took??!?!?!? |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. NPR is defining their version of free speech. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Free speech? |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Thanks for pointing that out. (But don't expect that it'll make |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. OMG. Do you really think |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. You are free to not know what you are talking about |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. What a lame response. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Free speech does not mean you are immune from consequences |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. Took long enough |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. Usually any sentence that begins with I am not a bigot/racist/sexist/homophobe etc.... |
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mrs_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. well. it's a start. |
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kcks (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
24. So much |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Go piss off your employer, publicly, on your day off. |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. Offensive stereotyping yes, but it is free speech. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
27. faux loves conservative black people |
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athenasatanjesus (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yet the pretend this guy is a liberal. nt |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. Best news I have heard in a long time.... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. Apparently, people are more comfy saying what they really think now. |
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