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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:45 PM Original message |
Is Reverend Wright a bigot? |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, but why is he back in the news? n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Doesn't politico have a reputation for doing this sort of thing? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. So does Rev. Wright. He's stuck his head in front of the camera every chance he's gotten. nt |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. I didn't think so before...I saw him as classist (proletariat supporter). |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
88. Vaberella |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:30 AM Response to Reply #88 |
105. more apologist crap. sorry to see it. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. Lot of people using selective defense re: Wright |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #88 |
109. So if you are complaining about one African American... |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #109 |
115. The "n-word" is a racist slur. "Jew" is not. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, and I'm hardly surprised that he's anti-Semitic, |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. VERY true. Farrakhan really fueld anti-Semitism in the black community. |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. he's anti white period. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Really.. |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Farrakan? Really??? |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
80. Seems to me the previous poster was referring to Farrakhan, you to Wright. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
99. I doubt Louis Farrakhan has any white or Jewish members in Nation of Islam |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Some more bullshit.. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. I don't think he meant to imply that the entire black community |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
62. nope. no different standard for me. Clearly YOU have a different standard |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. not to be startin' rumors or anything |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. "The attitude of many is that an oppressed person cannot be a racist or a bigot" |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. just ask lu palmer |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. and he wonders why Obama separated himself from him |
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960 (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. think about that one. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
79. Of dozens of tapes sent to them by a certain campaign |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
159. yeah, every sermon, every sunday was about the crap fox pushes.. |
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960 (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #159 |
168. Oprah quit the chuch years ago because of his idiocy. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. That comment was. Whether everything else about him is, I can't say. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Yours is a pretty balanced and reasonable post, I think. |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
54. "God damn America" is very offensive to me. nt |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Then this country must have been very good to you. Be glad about that. |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Oh please. I don't blame every bad thing that happens to me on America. Obama doesn't either. nt |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. exactly! nt |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. I was raised by a single mom in abject poverty. Exactly is exactly wrong. nt |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Your point being that everyone should love America from birth...? |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. God damn America is offensive to me. That's much different than loving America |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Oh yeah he's a bigot...only a bigot would make a comment like that |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yes. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. Discussion of racism and bigotry of all forms are long overdue... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think his long track record of such language says he is. nt |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. Of course he is! And he has been for many, many years. nt |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, and it bothered me that Obama belonged to that church |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. I agree... clearly a bigot... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes... he is. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. No. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. His rhetoric doesnt lead you to believe he just may be anti-semetic? |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. No. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Them black people won't let me near him... |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. He teaches love and togetherness for the races... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Yeah, I get it... |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. And I guess now ,,, |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Apparently you can see through the "internets" and judge my disposition... |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
92. Nah. Just can't see how you're managing to call it "love" |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Sure. He also thinks there's a "Jew" conspiracy to keep him away from Obama. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. no, he clearly does not. people who teach love, don't use bigoted hateful language, genius. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
69. If someone said that (and it was true), it would come across as bad sarcasm |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
59. "yes some normal people say things like that everyday" |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:17 AM Response to Reply #30 |
98. "Normal" people do NOT talk like this every day |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
153. LOLZ |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
175. If anyone said that in front of me I might punch them in the ear |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
84. "Them Jews" |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
124. His excuse is that he meant "the Zionists." |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #84 |
176. "Them Blacks" would be acceptable then |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. "Them Jews won't let me near him" is not "giving facts about what has gone on." nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. So if someone said "Them Gays are keeping the President from having |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
72. If he said "the gays" or "the blacks" or "the women" or "the men" |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #72 |
89. So, you think Obama's inner circle is controlled by the Jews? nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:29 AM Response to Reply #89 |
101. hard to see that the poster meant it any other way. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #89 |
117. I have no idea who is or isn't |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. There's a difference between "some people doing X are Jews" and "the Jews do X." |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:27 AM Response to Reply #72 |
100. let me give you a primer. blaming nefarious acts on someone's ethnicity |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. By the headline, I thought maybe he'd been taken out of context, but |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. Oh, what a day this has been.... |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. No kidding... n/t |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes n/t |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yes. References to so called "Jewish conspiracies" are bigoted |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
32. and yet, he never walked into a building and shot anybody |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Oh, is this the standard to compare? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. gosh, David Duke never walked into a building and shot anyone either. |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. You're right. I was wrong to say that. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hey, Rev: I've got news for you |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes n/t |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
40. Hasn't he considered the posibility that Obama doesn't want to see him? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. With an ego the size of Chicago... |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
52. The man likes the sound of his voice a little too much, me thinks. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
71. I would have thought you would have liked to have dug the knife in as it were. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. I think that Wright is a bigot, and furthermore, doesn't particularly care for white people either. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Based on what? |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. I think that he has a chip on his shoulder the size of a boulder. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. And you base this idea of him having "a chip on his shoulder" on what? |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #87 |
110. The Clinton campaign did not dredge this up. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #110 |
148. I like people who speak the truth.. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #148 |
178. In studying Medieval History I can appreciate some of the good things |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #178 |
185. Can you feel the love.. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #83 |
143. Thanks for posting this... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:38 AM Response to Reply #71 |
97. of course it's bigotry. What if Axelrod and Emanuel were gay |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #71 |
177. Because Emanuel and Axelrod's defining characteristic is their Ethnic Group/Religion |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #71 |
189. I think the difference between the comment and being a ego centric person is |
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Milspec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
53. Yes and in a word... |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. Probably and I suspect insane to boot.eom |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
60. Yes. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yep, his bigotry takes a fairly succinct path. |
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rollin74 (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
65. yes |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
66. He's a bigoted, insane gasbag unworthy of attention, from the media or anyone else. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
68. How about he was speaking in an off handed manner |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
70. He's not a racist. He just has a different |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #70 |
93. What if we replaced Jew with, say, your own ethnic group |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:30 AM Response to Reply #70 |
102. yep. joking is a great excuse. old age is a great excuse. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
126. He's joking! He's old! It's harmless sarcasm! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #126 |
149. too bad that there are people right here in River City that believe that crap. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
74. Reverend Wright is political poison... and he made it all happen all by himself |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
190. He had a lot of help, but I don't believe his last contribution to society will be this |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #190 |
191. I wouldn't put the discussion of white privilege in the same category of |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
78. Yes...nt |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
82. Of course he is. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
85. Yup. |
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ddiver (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
90. Yes, thank God Obama walked away from him. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
91. You don't have to replace Jew with anything else |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #91 |
179. You do have to replace it for people who agree with Wright n/t |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
94. It never ceases to bemuse me to find the vigorous discussion of racism around here |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:36 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. It never ceases to amaze me that some people want to excuse outright |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #96 |
116. We don't discuss white racism in this board. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. That's a pretty flagrant lie. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #120 |
158. No you think we discuss racism. We do not. |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #94 |
192. I think it is the same problem. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #192 |
194. I never said anything about what Wright said one way or the other. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
95. He's not a bigot. He's just anti-Semitic |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
103. sooo - the day after an antisemitic white supremacist attacks the Holocaust Museum |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:22 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. no. this was published the before the attack when Wright made the comments. |
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solstice (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
107. Sounds like it. And how could Obama not KNOW that when he was OBAMA'Spastor? |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #107 |
113. who cares? I don't. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #107 |
114. What's a Spastor? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #107 |
122. *Ahem* Welcome to DU |
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firedupdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #107 |
160. Have you ever been to his church? How do you know what his |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #160 |
180. Assuming that Wright showed up yesterday and said this |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
108. Yes, I think he is. He follows the Louis Farrakhan way of thinking. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #108 |
145. So they all think alike like republiCONS huh.. |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
111. Who cares? |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
112. maybe...but here's the deal |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
118. Is there actually a recording of him saying this? |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
121. Yes. How can his comment be interpreted otherwise? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
123. Update: Wright said that he meant Zionists, not all Jews, and that he misspoke |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. That makes things worse, not better. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. You are making a connection that doesn't exist. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. Deleted message |
Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. You are the one making connections to water down what Wright has said |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #130 |
136. Here is a definition of Zionist |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. what does AIPAC have to do with wright's idiot accusation that |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #137 |
144. What hole? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. Deleted message |
Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #147 |
155. Exactly |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #136 |
151. Of course it would. However, |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #151 |
164. Prove that Wright has a history of anti-Semitism. |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:02 AM Response to Reply #164 |
183. Oh Brother! |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #127 |
132. Wright did not say, "pro-Israel lobbyists have undue influence on policy matters." |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. I disagree. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. lol this is getting funnier and funnier. love how many angels you |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #138 |
141. You haven't rebutted a point I've made, so far. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #141 |
146. I certainly have. Denying that FACT is just bizarre. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #146 |
166. uh, no, you haven't done any such thing. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #135 |
152. Oh, okay. So the pro-Israel Jews only control Obama's access regarding Rev. Wright. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #152 |
165. what absurdity? |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #125 |
193. I generally open your threads, but you connected some things that are not related here |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. oh please. whata slimy,slimy statement. his dig at Hillary |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #123 |
134. Still bashing Hillary? |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #134 |
169. Which parts of that were incorrect? |
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AJH032 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #123 |
171. deleted |
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JayMusgrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
131. Is Wright referring th Axelrod, and Emanuel? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. No. He's now claimed he meant to say "Zionists." |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
139. Many people his age, say things like that. Haven't we all cringed when an older |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Is that your dog? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Nope.. just an internet pooch that made me laugh, when I saw it |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #142 |
150. OK, he just looks so adorable with his face covered in snow. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #139 |
154. Yeah, it's true that it's no longer acceptable to complain about the Jews controlling everything. nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #154 |
156. Never SAID that, now did I? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. He just said he meant to say "Zionists" instead of "Them Jews"... |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
161. Does I care? |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
162. Rahm Emanuel is one Jew. Who are the others? |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
163. I've defended nearly everything 'controversial' from Wright in the past. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
167. Yes he is. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
170. In the classical sense, yes. I think in expressing his heart for Palestine, |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #170 |
181. "classical sense"? REALLY? He wasn't talking about Israel.. he was talking about JEWS |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:07 AM Response to Reply #181 |
184. the Word Sphincter Police has arrived ! |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #184 |
186. My, my, my...you seem to be proud of your ignorance and anti-semitism... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #186 |
187. Your ignorant and divisive anti-Palestine POV is duly noted. |
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AJH032 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
172. Jesus Christ was a Jew |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
173. Computer says yes |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #173 |
174. LOL. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
182. Yes he is a bigot, someone get that man a pitcher of STFU |
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genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
188. Up until "the Jews" comment I would have said no. Now I have to say yes to a prejudice |
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