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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:05 PM Original message |
The privilege afforded wealthy white men like Charlie Sheen ... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Mel Gibson is toast |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. that *show* of his was nothing more than a half hour of penis jokes |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. SO glad I don't watch TV |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Don't overestimate the length of the penis-joke show. More like 22 minutes. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. i thought it kinda cute the first year... then it morphed to what you said. saw the kid included |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The Drew Carey show went that way...kinda cute at 1st, then sexual inuendo took over |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. yup. same thing happened. a little and tasteful, cute. vulgar and insulting, not so much. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. yup, very vulgar & insulting, especially with respect to the woman with the extreme makeup |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Counterpoints: Lil' Wayne, Michael Vick, Kobe... |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Exaaaaactly.... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. thread title wasn't necessary my opinion. Throwing it out for discussion. I'd forgotten about |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. didn't 2 of these 3 go to jail? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I was reacting to the contrast implicit in"Their careers have all suffered, and understandably so." |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Michael Vick. Disgusting!!! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. He's lucky that his life and livelihood don't turn on my forgiveness. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Vick actually went to jail for about 18 months. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Considering what he did, that simply wasn't enough. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Can you tell me what job you would allow him to have? |
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nessa (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Torturing dogs or abusing women ... |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. So surprised that you didn't get an answer to this excellent question |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. What? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. I realize this may come as a shocker to some but |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. He isn't even Charlie Sheen. His real name is Carlos Estevez. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. One can be Hispanic/Latino and also be white. Racially, Hispanics/Latinos encompass a wide... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. If you look white you get treated as white... |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. And in the case of Charlie Sheen, he is "fully white", that is, racially 100% white. eom |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. Charlie Sheen is a stage name, he was born Carlos Estevez. So that begs the question of whether... |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. you are confusing ethnicity with race. Sheen's grandfather came from Spain/Cuba... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. nytimes has failed to recognize that Charlie Sheen is handling this very differently than the others |
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fittosurvive (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. I don't understand the fascination with his whiteness. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. Why are we even talking about this? For the love of ... |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. If you've got enough money race doesn't matter, especially |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. really? everyone i know thinks he's a crazy douchebag and a jerk. |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. Wealthy white man? |
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