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Sat Jun-21-08 04:05 PM
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| Is It Better or Worse to Call a White Person the N Word?-The Young Turks |
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Denise Richards released a 3 year old voicemail with Charlie Sheen calling her a bunch of names. He even threw in a racial one...should we let that go?
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| Carnea
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Sat Jun-21-08 04:41 PM
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| 1. Charlie Sheen is Hispanic and a member of a protected class I don't think we |
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Edited on Sat Jun-21-08 04:45 PM by Carnea
should be attacking him for racism.
Edited to add :sarcasm:
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| provis99
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Sat Jun-21-08 06:38 PM
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| 6. would he one of those "technically Hispanic" whites? |
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you know, white as far as society is concerned, and as far as he is concerned, until he gets in trouble, when the Hispanic card is whipped out?
Personally, I think Charlie Sheen is on about the same level as Alec Baldwin, and Denise Richards is his own Kim Basinger.
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| nomorenomore08
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Sat Jun-21-08 05:11 PM
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| 2. A drunk, angry celebrity calling his (now ex-)wife names? This is important news? |
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I mean, I was never under the illusion that Mr. Sheen was a shining beacon of humanity. And people do sometimes say things under duress that they wouldn't think to otherwise.
Personally, the use of "explosive" words (the c-word and the n-word) aside, I think Alec Baldwin's message to his young daughter was actually worse. We're talking about a little girl being called a brat and a pig by her own father.
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| ihavenobias
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Sat Jun-21-08 05:31 PM
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| 3. Important news? No. That's why TYT has a lighter entertainment and absurd news segment in... |
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Edited on Sat Jun-21-08 05:31 PM by ihavenobias
the post game show which takes place *after* the regular 2 hour show that's mostly politics and "important news".
It's very easy to burn out on dissecting oil prices and Iraq and I appreciate the fact that they have a little fun.
All fun and no play makes something or other. Just ask Jack Nicholson in The Shining. ;)
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| nomorenomore08
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Sat Jun-21-08 05:41 PM
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| 4. Yeah, I figured as much. I guess I'm just burnt-out on "celebrity news." |
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Sat Jun-21-08 06:10 PM
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| 5. This is a huge non-story |
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They went through a bitter divorce and are trying to stab each other in the back.
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| Joshua N
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Sat Jun-21-08 10:49 PM
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| 7. Wow. It is not better! |
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In a sense it's worse. To insult a white person by calling her a "n----r" really lets me know what you think about black people and, consequently, me.
It's worse, or at least equally bad. I know it hurt me worse.
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