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Proud2BAmurkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:13 PM Original message |
Why do Obamistas think "shuck and jive" is a slur but "si se puede" isn't? |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow, you just won't let it rest, will you? |
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Proud2BAmurkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. "If you don't know I'm not going to tell you"? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
57. Seems less like a serious question and more like a "gotcha" question |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Amen -- what an UTTERLY spurious equivalence!!!!! nt |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sí se puede |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Si se puede means "Yes we can" |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I don't get it either. Should we thank him for playing "Really Bad Analogies" ? n/t |
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Proud2BAmurkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. and shuck and jive is an expression used primarily by blacks to mean "slick" |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Unless Obama used "si se puede" to attack Richardson, the analogy is meaningless. n/t |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. He was talking to union members, and this phrase has a history with organized labor |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. maybe a daily "lamest anti-Obama protestation" award should be given out at DU... nt |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. OK -- here's the fallacy .... |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Earlier on this thread, I had likened that phrase to an Amos and Andy style stereotype, |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
53. shuck and jive means slick? That's a new one for me |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Yes, he or she can. Or the generic 'one' can. Or even "It's possible" in a loose meaning. Not 'we' |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. ... or the slang expression "Way" (as in SNL's Aurora Ill routine) nt |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Consider the source of the OP |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. all it takes is a little imagination -- not to mention patriotism! nt |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. He's quoting Cesar Chavez |
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RoveRage (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
60. I thought it meant, "yes you can". |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. because rational thought is a sign of intelligence? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Toda Su Base Es Pertenece A Nosotros! n/t |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. ROFLMAO |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. Joke, right? |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. shuck and jive by itself isnt a slur. But using the phrase to diss a black politician... is |
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Proud2BAmurkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. So African Ameircan slang can only be used by African Americans? bwaa |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The left wing and their political correctness. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. "left wing and Their Political correctness" |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. spare us your insincere apologist banter, for race baiting |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. oh... and yes, the power of words has everything to do with context |
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knowledgeispwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Nice strawman |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Gotta admit, my Aussie partner thought so, too |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
56. Okay, but Cuomo didn't use it to diss a black politician. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. If he hadn't all ready, this poster just jumped the shark. |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You comments are more of a reason to abstain should... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Obama supporters speak of inclusion but.. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. You know not what you say.... |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Here is another WONDERFUL illustration of some trends at DU I've been noting ... |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. Si se puede isn't a slur! |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. This has to be the dumbest OP in DU history. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. While the OP rates pretty high on the OMFWTF-scale, it is hardly the DUMBEST post EVER on DU. |
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PresidentObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Fine, it's on the list of dumbest posts. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. LOL! |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. Obamistas? What are you, about 12 years old? |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. "Yes, we can!" |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. Quoting Cesar Chavez. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I never marched with Cesar Chavez, |
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Barb in Atl (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. Two part response... |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. For the second day in a row, P2BA, today's WORST PERSON IN THE WOOOOORRRLLLDDDD!!!! |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. YUP |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. You've out done yourself |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. You didn't see this one then: |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. You know, that's the second Freemason thread I've seen lately |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
36. Wow. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
50. Put down the bong, dude. |
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Bishop Rook (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
54. Five words |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
55. Maybe because we don't speak Spanish and haven't a clue what it means? nt |
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TerwilligeRedux (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
58. How is "Yes, We Can" a slur? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
59. I'll take Inapt Analogies for $500, Alex! nt |
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