jenmito
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:21 PM
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I couldn't believe the BS I heard on "The Beltway Boys" on Faux |
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I had to e-mail them:
It was unbelievable that both Mort Kondracke and Fred Barnes wouldn't know what "macaca" means and what's worse, that they'd say George Allen didn't know what it means. Barnes claimed he asked around and nobody knew what it meant and of course Kondracke agreed, yet later said Allen said it in front of an otherwise all white audience to a dark-skinned person, which was a foolish thing to do (paraphrasing here). If he didn't know what the word meant how would he know to say THAT? By now ANYONE involved in politics knows that "macaca" is a French Tunisian racial slur for dark skinned person meaning "monkey." And George Allen most certainly DOES know what it means because his mother is French Tunisian! I guess you like keeping your regular viewers as uninformed as possible. Fair and balanced? Don't make me laugh.
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(Once in awhile I watch Faux to see the latest spin they put on things. It makes me see how their "fans" continue to support Repubs.)
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:26 PM
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1. Well, I didn't know what macaca meant but |
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I know what macaque means, and I know what caca means. But the real point is that if I don't know what macaca means then I ain't gonna use it.
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:33 PM
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If he didn't know what it meant, he's an idiot for using it. If he did know, he's a racist. So, we know Allen is either an idiot or a racist. I'm betting that he's both.
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jenmito
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:34 PM
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4. True. And Allen KNEW what it meant. |
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:30 PM
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2. I thought it was sitcoms or other types of programs... |
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...where you got paid the big bucks to get up in front of the camera and pretend you are stupid? I mean, the whole POINT...at least, by implication and inference...about news programs was about being INFORMED? :wtf:
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:35 PM
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5. How could a person use a word if they didn't know what it meant? |
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Edited on Sun Aug-20-06 12:35 PM by terrya
If that were the case, George Allen must be more ignorant than I thought.
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jenmito
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:48 PM
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It makes NO sense. And especially for him to say "Macaca or whatever his name is" shows he KNEW it was an insult. Then to say it AGAIN and say "Welcome to America" shows he knows it's a racial slur. And what are the chances that his mother is French Tunisian and it's a French Tunisian slur?
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Sun Aug-20-06 02:23 PM
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18. lol ask GW. He does it all the time! |
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:39 PM
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6. If Allen didn't know --- |
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He was attempting to make the young man the butt of a joke. Allen's tenor in the video of the incident was one of derision,
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:43 PM
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7. That does not surprise me |
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Edited on Sun Aug-20-06 12:46 PM by MATTMAN
Fox news is full of Bullshit.
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jenmito
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:51 PM
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For BOTH of these guys to pretend they haven't heard what "macaca" means seems even more unbelievable than the BS they USUALLY say.
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Sun Aug-20-06 01:24 PM
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13. You don't have to know what it means |
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I did not know what the word meant but when I heard Allen say it I assumed it was a racist comment.
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Sun Aug-20-06 01:28 PM
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14. Yes, when others hear someone say it... |
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they can imply or even know it means SOMETHING racist. But for the person who SAID it to not know what it means? I don't buy that he could USE the word without knowing what it means.
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Sun Aug-20-06 01:36 PM
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16. I think it has been proven already |
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that Allen knew what the word meant but Fox News loves beating around the bush for the republicans.
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:44 PM
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How is this particular B.S. different from the norm on that show?
:shrug:
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:52 PM
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12. As I said in another response... |
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Edited on Sun Aug-20-06 12:53 PM by jenmito
For BOTH of these guys to pretend they haven't heard what "macaca" means (after days of everyone talking about it in the news) seems even more unbelievable than the BS they USUALLY say.
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Sun Aug-20-06 12:50 PM
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10. Even if we give him the complete benefit of the doubt |
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let's say he didn't know what macaca means. Why would he say it? It's not a name. It's not a word. Why would he say that? He had to know what it means!
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Sun Aug-20-06 01:31 PM
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15. Theyre "Boys" all right. |
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Edited on Sun Aug-20-06 01:32 PM by threadkillaz
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Sun Aug-20-06 02:35 PM
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19. He knew what it meant. |
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The Rethugs are just trying to muddy the water as usual. One aspect of the incident that they can't muddy is Allen saying, "Welcome to America" to someone who was born and raised in Virginia. That part of it, which is just as blatantly racist rarely gets mentioned in the corporate media.
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Sun Aug-20-06 02:55 PM
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Edited on Sun Aug-20-06 02:55 PM by jenmito
The fact that he called him "macaca" along with saying "Welcome to America" put the macaca comment in context. And that should've been talked about in the MSM.
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