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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 10:57 PM Original message |
On world stage, France's role is audience favorite |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. When I was in college, my Landlady told me once that she.... |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 11:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The French are the whores of Europe! |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 05:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. perfectly said! n/t |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I love rednecks...I am one. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. To me "redneck" refers to more than just ethnicity and region |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. My mother was from Arkansas, my father from Texas |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:34 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I don't know what the true origin of the term might be |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. "redneck" comes from the redn skin Scots people tend to get from the sun |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:17 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I don't think anyone knows the origin of the term "redneck" |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. culture and etc |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Personally I have a certain degree of shame from what I saw |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:38 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. but they were mistakes that were also made in the north |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. I'm very sorry you don't see this |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. not going to fight this over again |
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dwightspencer (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. RE:"Personally I have a certain degree of shame from what I saw" |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:04 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. great and thoughtful post, dwight - and welcome to DU |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. Welcome to DU! Glad you're here. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. redneck, hick, hayseed, clodhopper |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. rednecks, hicks, hayseeds, hillbillies are ALL ethnic slurs |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 11:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. oh for pity's sake |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 11:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. there are a number of books on the subject |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:02 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Cracker is okay? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:32 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Cracker is a slur also...I didn't use the word. They did. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:04 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. This is ridiculous |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:41 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Obscure reference? It's the preferred definition of a standard dictionary |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:29 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. See #51 |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:56 AM Response to Reply #33 |
55. I also have a degree in anthropology. |
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pschoeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Sorry Redneck is NOT and ethnic slur |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. That's a cross association - it's not the origin of the term |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:04 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. The American Heritage Dictionary |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. thank you, that was my point |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I guess you have multiple points |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. I thought your point was |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. that's the secondary definition - the inference of culture |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Advice to the U.S. House: You can take your "Freedom Fries" |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Vive la France! nt |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. lol -- way to go! |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. when will we learn that one group of people isn't better than another? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. ANYBODY's Better than a Bushevik! |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Busheviks? Oh, absolutely. Just not all Americans |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Actually they've made many more mistakes than the U.S. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Like that mature bombing of the Rainbow Warrior or the sophisticated |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Trust me on this. I have French family, am indeed a francophone and you |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I have French blood myself. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The issue I brought up is not history, but the people today |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Well, I agree there's no "better" nationality. I deplore ethnocentrism. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. there's an equally important issue at stake, though |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I totally disagree with that point. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. totally disagree with you as well |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You're referring to a handful of extremists, not a government. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. where to begin... |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Frankly, I think your views of the French are completely looney-tunes. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. again, we have a battle of slogan over substance |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:46 AM Response to Reply #53 |
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YapiYapo (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
65. Not very fair |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. Making Hughes French would take one Extreme Makeover. |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Call Home Despot, I mean Home Depot |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. Too bad the mepublicans don't listen to our our oldest and strongest |
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agincourt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. The world knows who Karen Hughes is, |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
36. French food is really good. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
60. I am guessing... |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
61. Freeper heads exploded when the French rejected the EU constitution. |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
62. Let us all learn to speak French , It is the new cool thing to do |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
64. The French were the first to reject that asshole Bush's false plans to |
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