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Tue May-16-06 04:18 PM
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| 3. I thought he was brought in as . . . |
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Edited on Tue May-16-06 04:18 PM by MrModerate
The media pro, Mr. Smoothie, who would know what to say and how to say it?
And he turns out to be a putz?* Who would have thought such a thing could happen?
(* also a slur, for those who are counting)
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| -Tony Snow uses racial slur on first full press conference day. |
onehandle |
May-16-06 04:15 PM |
#0 |
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I always thought of tar baby as an impossible situation, not racial slur |
MichiganVote |
May-16-06 04:18 PM |
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Here------> |
onehandle |
May-16-06 04:26 PM |
#9 |
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Oops, wrong place n/t |
Jai4WKC08 |
May-16-06 04:42 PM |
#26 |
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There are over 2500 words listed there!!! |
Nederland |
May-17-06 10:43 AM |
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Me, too, |
mycritters2 |
May-16-06 04:28 PM |
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Nope Tar Baby meant an afro-american child as late as the 1970's. |
mrcheerful |
May-16-06 04:30 PM |
#13 |
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Go into a meeting and throw around the term "tar baby". |
onehandle |
May-16-06 04:35 PM |
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But I have used the word around my african american friends and |
MichiganVote |
May-16-06 05:29 PM |
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I am amazed ~ unless they are under the age of 40 years old |
goclark |
May-17-06 10:27 AM |
#84 |
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I'm not interested in PC, just civilized discourse... |
MichiganVote |
May-17-06 04:06 PM |
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It is not civilized discourse to be unaware of the feelings of others |
goclark |
May-17-06 04:29 PM |
#101 |
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You know, you are completely out of line...good luck |
MichiganVote |
May-17-06 04:42 PM |
#102 |
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Where do you live? West Michigan? |
slampoet |
May-17-06 10:51 AM |
#89 |
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My friends are honest with me as am I with them. |
MichiganVote |
May-17-06 04:04 PM |
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They use terms like |
igil |
May-16-06 08:48 PM |
#69 |
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Definitely, I'm 36 years old and I knew it as a racial slur |
ihelpu2see |
May-16-06 10:24 PM |
#74 |
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you're wrong on that one |
Tunkamerica |
May-16-06 05:05 PM |
#39 |
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Sorry, you're wrong |
ProudDad |
May-16-06 11:06 PM |
#75 |
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You have the cart before the horse, it seems. |
igil |
May-16-06 05:07 PM |
#40 |
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Thank you. This has been my understanding of the usage also. |
MichiganVote |
May-16-06 05:31 PM |
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Informative post, thanks n/t |
Steve_DeShazer |
May-16-06 06:09 PM |
#55 |
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Perhaps that accounts for regional differences |
MichiganVote |
May-16-06 05:27 PM |
#46 |
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I've never heard it used OTHER than as a racial slur |
MaineDem |
May-16-06 05:53 PM |
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Same here. |
Hepburn |
May-16-06 08:18 PM |
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Well, then you listen to ignoramuses. It's a literary reference. |
Bucky |
May-17-06 12:28 AM |
#76 |
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Well, Bucky, I think "listening to ignoramuses" is a little harsh |
MaineDem |
May-17-06 10:01 AM |
#80 |
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It's obvious he wasn't using it as a racial slur |
cmkramer |
May-17-06 10:11 AM |
#81 |
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Ditto. These people aren't too bright are they? |
48percenter |
May-17-06 04:26 PM |
#100 |
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Don't blame him. I am sure nobody was ever fired from Faux for using it. |
MidwestTransplant |
May-16-06 04:18 PM |
#2 |
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Ya can count on that. |
Supersedeas |
May-17-06 09:57 AM |
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I thought he was brought in as . . . |
MrModerate |
May-16-06 04:18 PM |
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Yup. This yutz is a putz. |
Infomaniac |
May-16-06 07:01 PM |
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There is no rational reason that phrase should be used. |
KyndCulture |
May-16-06 04:20 PM |
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It's a weird, odd usage |
warrens |
May-16-06 04:57 PM |
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thank the goddess somebody else sees that. |
KyndCulture |
May-16-06 05:27 PM |
#45 |
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I think it was an apt usage |
Geoff R. Casavant |
May-16-06 05:32 PM |
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"hug the tar baby" is odd usage, though |
fishwax |
May-16-06 05:38 PM |
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odd but not unknown. and apparently Snow's usage of choice |
onenote |
May-16-06 05:59 PM |
#53 |
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Or tar pit. |
Infomaniac |
May-16-06 06:57 PM |
#63 |
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So, other than that, he had nothing else worth mentioning? |
Kurovski |
May-16-06 04:20 PM |
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Give me a freakin' break - Snow used the term in the correct context |
GregW |
May-16-06 04:21 PM |
#6 |
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Here's why it was a stupid thing to say |
Bucky |
May-17-06 12:35 AM |
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I do not agree. |
rodeodance |
May-16-06 04:21 PM |
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Either do I. |
fooj |
May-16-06 04:25 PM |
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That's a racial slur? |
DoubleDigitIQ |
May-16-06 04:26 PM |
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numerous opponents of Iraq war revealed as racists |
onenote |
May-16-06 04:26 PM |
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You can put up a thousand links. |
cat_girl25 |
May-16-06 04:33 PM |
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well then, let's be even handed and jump on them all |
onenote |
May-16-06 04:35 PM |
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I don't jump on anyone. |
cat_girl25 |
May-16-06 04:57 PM |
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Wow, aren't YOU a buzzkill! LOL!!!! nt |
Inland |
May-16-06 04:37 PM |
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Again: Go into a meeting and throw around the term "tar baby". |
onehandle |
May-16-06 04:49 PM |
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okay, so its alright for liberals, and news persons, and congresspersons |
onenote |
May-16-06 04:52 PM |
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I have and I still have a job |
Nederland |
May-17-06 10:36 AM |
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Very Nice |
Nederland |
May-17-06 10:34 AM |
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Because nobody thinks Snow was actually making a slur, I pronounce BS |
Inland |
May-16-06 04:34 PM |
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He should have known better. |
onehandle |
May-16-06 04:36 PM |
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Oh, this sort of hyperventilation only makes DU, not Snow, look bad. |
Inland |
May-16-06 04:40 PM |
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nah, its all about games |
onenote |
May-16-06 04:37 PM |
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Yeah, but the attack on Hillary made some sense, in that it was |
Inland |
May-16-06 04:54 PM |
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exactly |
onenote |
May-16-06 04:56 PM |
#33 |
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Obviously not. |
acmejack |
May-16-06 04:38 PM |
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Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby |
William Seger |
May-16-06 04:35 PM |
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That's where I know it from |
mycritters2 |
May-16-06 04:57 PM |
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Indeed they did! |
acmejack |
May-16-06 04:36 PM |
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Snow, just a chip off his old boss: |
partylessinOhio |
May-16-06 04:38 PM |
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Shows how tone-deaf to racism Snow and his ilk are |
Jai4WKC08 |
May-16-06 04:44 PM |
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so huffington and kunstler (among others) are all tone deaf racists? |
onenote |
May-16-06 04:47 PM |
#28 |
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Maybe, maybe not. |
Jai4WKC08 |
May-16-06 05:00 PM |
#37 |
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Thank you for your wisdom and understanding |
goclark |
May-17-06 10:20 AM |
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Well... |
William Seger |
May-16-06 05:03 PM |
#38 |
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same here in nc n/t |
Tunkamerica |
May-16-06 05:09 PM |
#41 |
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Eh... maybe you're right |
Jai4WKC08 |
May-16-06 06:31 PM |
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the term IS a racial slur. |
quantessd |
May-16-06 04:50 PM |
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No problem. |
igil |
May-16-06 05:11 PM |
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Good grief! Nobody here's read "Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby?" |
Jacobin |
May-16-06 05:16 PM |
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THIS is the story of Brer Rabbit and TarBaby and where term comes from |
Jacobin |
May-16-06 05:25 PM |
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So what? I support freedom of speech. |
Warner2008 |
May-16-06 05:49 PM |
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Oh, for God's sake.... |
choie |
May-16-06 06:01 PM |
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Double dog dare you to use "hug the tar baby" in a sentence, with the same |
mtnester |
May-16-06 06:10 PM |
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The hell? What kind of a dare is that?? |
choie |
May-16-06 06:31 PM |
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Name calling is always a good way to deal with any situation or discussion |
mtnester |
May-16-06 09:08 PM |
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I grew up in a steel town in the mid-West and... |
Hepburn |
May-16-06 08:23 PM |
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Huckleberry Finn used the "N word" but that doesn't mean it is ok |
yellowcanine |
May-17-06 10:30 AM |
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i find it offensive when it`s aimed at black children |
madrchsod |
May-16-06 06:10 PM |
#56 |
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Meh |
bonemachine |
May-16-06 06:42 PM |
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I was raised in the Old South, |
bvar22 |
May-16-06 06:50 PM |
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Please, he wasn't using it in a racial way |
IronLionZion |
May-16-06 06:51 PM |
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This is an odd one, alright. |
tinfoilinfor2005 |
May-16-06 08:14 PM |
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OK |
IronLionZion |
May-16-06 09:04 PM |
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And I'm willing to give even Mr. Snow the benefit of the doubt. |
tinfoilinfor2005 |
May-16-06 09:55 PM |
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YUCK. |
BlueIris |
May-16-06 08:17 PM |
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Snow is the gift who keeps on giving |
electron_blue |
May-16-06 09:08 PM |
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Telling...and hilarious.... |
MrBenchley |
May-17-06 06:23 AM |
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It is from Uncle Remus but it does have racist overtones as well. So a |
yellowcanine |
May-17-06 10:18 AM |
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I gave up the use of that phrase a long time ago .. |
votesomemore |
May-17-06 11:00 AM |
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I hate the lying POS, but this is not an ethnic slur |
leftofthedial |
May-17-06 11:12 AM |
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It's both. |
onehandle |
May-17-06 01:14 PM |
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so if he said, "call a spade a spade" |
leftofthedial |
May-17-06 01:19 PM |
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This is the Press Secretary of the White House. |
onehandle |
May-17-06 01:23 PM |
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I'm sure there will be lies and gaffes aplenty |
leftofthedial |
May-17-06 01:38 PM |
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Just because many don't use it as a racial slur |
Radio_Guy |
May-17-06 01:27 PM |
#95 |
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which is why context matters |
onenote |
May-17-06 01:36 PM |
#96 |
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I only knew the Michelle Shocked reference |
app_farmer_rb |
May-17-06 05:10 PM |
#103 |
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