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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:31 AM Original message |
does it bug you when Iranians are referred to as "Arabs?" |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Iranians are Persians |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. on second thought, it may have been Fox |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Home run, Absolutely true |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. does it bug you when people are f'ing ignorant? |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I forgot because I have been intentionally "dumbed down" |
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ForeignSpectator (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. "The TV anchorpersons probably being smarter than you"... I mean |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, because they aren't. |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. and it wasn't just the network that it was on |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. They're Aryan |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. thanks, bananas! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. "The TV anchorpersons are probably smarter than I am".... |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. good point! |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm more pissed when they're called Middle Eastern. They have Persian/Arab lineage but are Aryan, |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. When I was young and stupid (before DU) I would have referred them as Arabs |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
14. No, they are not |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
15. Arabs? |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, that, and when they refer to fundamentalists as evangelicals. nt |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
18. American Myopia |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
19. I find it sad mostly |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-20-08 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. even worse when they say: "AYE-rabs". |
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