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Why Am I Not Surprised That The Rehab PR Firm She's Paying Big Bucks To Chose.... global1 Sep 2013 #1
i guess the public has a really short memory... big_dog Sep 2013 #3
No, the texas public heaven05 Sep 2013 #8
"Just about everyone I know has used the word." IDemo Sep 2013 #2
That Was Just Stupid erpowers Sep 2013 #36
Even today, young African Americans use the "n"-word....fairly often in some groups I might add. FarPoint Sep 2013 #37
Because *some* African Americans use the N Word doesn't excuse racism Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2013 #57
I don't... Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #61
I'm not getting into details. FarPoint Sep 2013 #63
Obviously she doesn't know me tavernier Sep 2013 #52
Just about Supersedeas Sep 2013 #69
She should have just worn this Tshirt, or tattooed in on her head -- Hoyt Sep 2013 #4
My take as a dark brown skinned person in mexico Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #5
welcome to DU grasswire Sep 2013 #6
OK, byrd was not a good example as people here are Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #16
not to gays he didn't dsc Sep 2013 #25
Judging by the defense of alec baldwin Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #29
Yes his Nick name was "Old Sheets" warrant46 Sep 2013 #35
And continued to use the n word, I might add marshall Sep 2013 #39
Says who? White people? Who gets to say when racism has ended and when it Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2013 #56
I didn't say it had ended--you misread my post marshall Sep 2013 #70
Bingo, my point also. Being told by white people when to and when not to think something is racist Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #72
No one can define our perception of our own experience marshall Sep 2013 #74
Exactly.nt Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #75
You ask, where is the hate toward Byrd? Most who tried to tar him as a KKK bigot from the 1940's AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #7
Byrd remade himself tblue Sep 2013 #12
I agree with you and Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #15
You keep throwin' that bait but just can't get a bite, can you? ret5hd Sep 2013 #51
Bait? You must also be a kkk member defender. Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #53
Smear? Stating he was a kkk member (fact) is a smear? Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #13
Calling SPECIAL ATTENTION to his brief involvment 70 years later is a smear. AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #17
Ridiculous. Stating a true fact is NEVER a smear....it's stating a fact. Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #18
I can give you an explanation, and I did. I cannot give you understanding. AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #19
Your explanation only makes YOU feel better, it is not based on fact. Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #20
stating that fact was truth heaven05 Sep 2013 #22
Exactly. I don't understand the "hate" Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #24
Welcome to DU lunatica Sep 2013 #11
It's even worse toward very dark skinned people, worse closer to central mexwhere we live. Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #14
Maybe you were thinking more like Jesse Helms or Strom Thurmond? Rebellious Republican Sep 2013 #21
Yes, i can agree with that. Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #23
The entire "Alec Baldwin homophobe" idea stems cheapdate Sep 2013 #26
You are seriously Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #27
I believe my post clearly identified to whom I was referring. cheapdate Sep 2013 #28
It appears you were calling me Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #30
"It appears you were calling me" cheapdate Sep 2013 #32
Yes, I left out some of what he said. cheapdate Sep 2013 #31
So if someone talks shit about Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #33
Hostility toward a person's sexual orientation is incomprehnsible to me. cheapdate Sep 2013 #34
No amount of provocation deserves Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #54
She was okay in the morning, probably woke up and forgot all about it... snooper2 Sep 2013 #48
Shocking. Alec Baldwin says he'll see you at recess. cheapdate Sep 2013 #50
It won't happen publicly but Alec ChazII Sep 2013 #46
I agree with you 100%, I do not get the defense.nt Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #55
Two instances vs a party that has capitalized on institutional racism for the past 50... tenderfoot Sep 2013 #71
Racism and homophobia is NOT dated. Guaguacoa Sep 2013 #73
Y'all graywarrior Sep 2013 #9
Well, of course people who were going to cheer her would go ... Myrina Sep 2013 #10
more idiotic spin.. sendero Sep 2013 #38
I also dislike the inference that all of us use /have used the N word Skittles Sep 2013 #44
I do not use it now, but I did in the past. RebelOne Sep 2013 #65
well it sounds ike she hadn't gotten past her racism Skittles Sep 2013 #66
I am sure she has as I have after 50 years of living RebelOne Sep 2013 #67
did you actually read the deposition? Skittles Sep 2013 #68
Agreed. That's exactly where I am on this. sybylla Sep 2013 #58
She is disgusting as well as her clueless fans. Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #40
don't forget her disgusting food Skittles Sep 2013 #45
Ugh. My sister in law made one of her recipes once. progressoid Sep 2013 #49
She has been punished enough, IMO. wisteria Sep 2013 #41
And just what is the point that was made? 6000eliot Sep 2013 #43
Exactly! Fringe Sep 2013 #62
The same free-market that brought her up, cast her down. That is not punishment, that is ironic poet LanternWaste Sep 2013 #60
Eastern Texas? Imagine that? gopiscrap Sep 2013 #42
Yeah, Ouston needs more butter and heavy cream dishes! nt Ilsa Sep 2013 #47
"Gimmie an N..." Tom Ripley Sep 2013 #59
Yep PD Turk Sep 2013 #64
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