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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:29 AM Original message |
"your boy Obama" |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's not racist, trust me. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. faux outrage. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. You don't see how calling |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. a bit about my history |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think we use the term racist too frequently |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Google sez: |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. What does the Google have to do with it? |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. It means the common usage isn't racist. Perhaps unaware, insensititve... |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I do agree that it may not be racist |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 06:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
64. I agree. And, I feel that if one seeks offense, one is likely to find it. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
53. Oh please....I dare anyone call someone "boy" in a room filled with blacks..... |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 06:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. You stereotype 'blacks' as violent? Why? |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
7. I think I've referred to Richardson |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Professionally offended? That's something else |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. But we cannot apply a standard |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. We will never avoid ALL offenses |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Not arguing that |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. exactly. |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. boy was not used as a derogatory term against whites during slavery |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. so there IS a different standard |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Oops. self delete |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I was once told you have to take a person's back ground into consideration as to not to offend them. |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I appreciate your input, Ethelk2044 |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Again context matters even in that case |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I think you may be looking at this totally from your perspective |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
56. Does anyone call him "my boy Kucinich, Edwards, etc?" "Guy" "Man" would be more common |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Imagine, the debate..... |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Sure. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. A wise man once told me, and I think it's right, |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Very wise words. n/t |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. wise words indeed |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. I think one point in the OP has not been addressed yet. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. Very true. |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. I am not saying you are a racist. However, I will state how African Americans feel when someone |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Very true n/t |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. thou dost protest too much |
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Labors of Hercules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Get over yourselves... |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thank you |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. You seem upset about the wrong part. |
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FlaxieB (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
33. Please read some African American history . |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
34. I think that phrase demeans Obama. He's not a "boy," but a fine strapping young buck. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. If you don't support my candidate, you must be crushed. |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. Consider the source. Personal attacks from that poster against BO critics are par for the course |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 07:21 AM Response to Reply #36 |
66. That's just ridiculous |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. Grow thicker skin. |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. "My boy" and "Your boy" is commonplace now with youth. It has no racial connotation. |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. You wrote all that because one person said, "racist much?" |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. interesting |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Yes, you are oversensitive. |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. You're allowed to do what you like |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. My question was rhetorical if you didn't catch that. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. I disagree with you. The OP raised several very worthy topics for discussion.... |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 06:41 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. thank you |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. Wow! And to think I just thought it was an answer back to Hillary's "I'm your girl |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. excellent point |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I do think it is very cool.We may like some more then others but in then end they are all "our " |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. don't forget, though, |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. oooooH! We scared! And that one man effort is led by Keyes himself! Snark! |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
46. The words used are a recall to other days not so long ago. However, |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
48. Obama's my boy. |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. lol |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
52. My first teaching job was at a public school in the Mississippi Delta |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Well said. |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
55. "Boy" has certain connotations for black Americans |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
58. How do you know the person who responded to you is a Democrat? |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
59. Do you see the irony in your post? |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
62. The hosts of my favorite sports talk show use the term constantly |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
68. Meanwhile, Bush is about to bomb Iran |
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