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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:16 AM Original message |
I think I just heard another bigoted comment/stereotyping on NBC. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. I heard it too but don't look at it being a slur at all. IMHO, it wasn't funny but |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The reason I did see it that way is because there was |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
32. why? isn't Mohammed a common name in the Middle East? I just googled the name and found |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. Racism is a slur on a race, what you are talking about here is bigotry |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You are correct about the terms. I will edit. |
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Saturday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I believe you're right but bigotry should not be tolerated either IMO. n/t |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Thank you for clarifying that term |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Except that their is only one race, the human race. There are different ethnicities though |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. self delete -dupe |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
41. Racism works fine. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. You just have to be contrary. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 01:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. No he doesn't. |
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Saturday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's just as racist as the comment Imus made BUT |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I filled out a media incident report form on the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committeewebsite. |
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mduffy31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Which is kind of ironic |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. What was demeaning with what he said? |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 07:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. How common or appropriate is it to associate Mickey Mouse with Mohammed.... |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Where did I say it was the norm |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I don't think highlighting other questionable comments is an |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I guess the efficacy can be subjective |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. That's not the only double-standard to question...so far. |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Very true, there are many double standards |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yep. And Roker was at the center of that. |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Lighten up on Al |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Actually, is it up to you? |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. That's my opinion |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. You're right. I'm always amazed at what people get upset about. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Mohammed is a name ONLY associated with the Prophet? Jesus is a fairly common Latino name |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
21. It's the kind of thing Hannity and them would say. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. As an Irish descendent, I'm outraged at the term MICKey |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Now THAT was funny. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. Al is black, so he's allowed to say things like that |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. Do we still support free speech or not? |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
29. Mickey Mohammad? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. Roker butchered the joke. He SHOULD have said something like 'Mohammed Mouse' |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. Yawn- more outrage |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Eh, if we can use this to some advantage, let's use it. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I guess I have just grown a really thick skin |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. The good ol' NY Post |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Agreed! |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Read my other posts and you'll understand why I brought this up. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
33. Hey, Al, don't be shy. |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I bet you couldn't wait to show off your "wit" and disguise it as outrage. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
34. Dunno. Tasteless, perhaps. If it were Tel Aviv, would he say "Moses Mouse"?? |
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