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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:09 PM Original message |
While Republicans are mostly racist, can we stop claiming racism at EVERYTHING? |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. McCain is not a racist, but he did decide to use the race card in his campaign. |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Agreed. And when he uses it, we should bash the shit out of him. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's not our tactic. It's the GOP's tactic. They want us to call them Racist. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Ya know what? Innocent and wrongly downtrodden though we are, some things actually ARE our fault |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nobody labels everything they do as racist. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Let's see... |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The Britney/Paris ad WAS racist... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. No, it was not racist |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Britney and Paris have absolutely no connection to Obama. |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's the stupid thing I've ever heard. The ad was meant to showcase him as a celebrity. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Obama has NOTHING to do with Paris or Britney and it is not racist to say so |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. They were labeling him a celebrity. What are Hilton and Spears? CELEBRITIES!! |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. There are a lot of celebrities in the world he has nothing to do with. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I think you are absolutely right. There are some here that called |
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cyndensco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Much of what I have seen that has been called racist here |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 06:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Ab-so-lutely |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Probably not, after all we attribute all that goes wrong to the ever omnipotent Bush. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. good suggestion |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. Of what benefit is the truth? Racism IS an issue. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. The GOP always has a southern strategy. Though McCain may not |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. exactly |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Let's not call it racism then. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Exactly. Why should we be silent? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. you give not a single example of people claiming racism where it doesn't exist |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Look at the GDP front page, smarty pants. There is a thread... |
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kurtboss (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
23. Two Schools of Thought |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
26. It plays their game by calling them racist. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. Your little OP is very offensive to Hungarians everywhere. |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. Amen! |
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