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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow come I'm not racist if I criticise Bobby Jindahl?
Never got that.
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How come I'm not racist if I criticise Bobby Jindahl? (Original Post)
sibelian
Sep 2013
OP
During the heat of the NSA debate the racism card was being played by some on DU
Puzzledtraveller
Sep 2013
#5
Are you British? I know prejudice against Indians is a problem over there (some people
LuvNewcastle
Sep 2013
#7
Ian David
(69,059 posts)1. Maybe you're just not an it-getter. n/t
Rex
(65,616 posts)2. Why would you be a racist if you ctiticise Bobby Jindahl?
nt.
Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)5. During the heat of the NSA debate the racism card was being played by some on DU
I think it had been directed on more than one ocassion at Sibelian if I recall correctly.
Rex
(65,616 posts)9. Okay thanks, was wondering where this was coming from.
nt.
mwrguy
(3,245 posts)3. Because he's a shitbag who deserves a lot of criticism
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)4. How come I'm not Korean if I like Kimchi?
Never got that.
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Autumn
(45,084 posts)6. Criticizing Bobby Jindahl shows you are smart, not racist.
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)7. Are you British? I know prejudice against Indians is a problem over there (some people
call them Pakis over there), but it isn't really a problem in America. It's nothing compared to the racism against black people, I mean.
RC
(25,592 posts)8. He does not have a (D) by his name.
So that makes it OK.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)10. If you want to be a racist you're gonna have to do better than that
Hell, these days it's apparently OK for members of the liberal media to make offensive jokes about the president without being called racists.
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)11. where is this 'liberal media' of which you speak?
sibelian
(7,804 posts)12. Oh, I know!
I've been looking for some for ages.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)13. Sometimes
the of a phrase is so obvious it doesn't require the thingy.
Good.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)15. Because he has a folksy southern-sounding first name.
You know, like Billy-Ray or Daisy-Belle.
Robert would sound too stuffy anyway.
sibelian
(7,804 posts)16. I think Billy-Ray's a really nice name.
I've never heard it before.
However, it does sound like a kind of cartilaginous fish. Maybe with a beard and horns.
lame54
(35,290 posts)17. Because racists are stupid and criticizing Bobby Jindahl is smart