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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:02 PM Original message |
M. Bashir not mincing words. "...their issue is with the fact that a black man is living in the WH." |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. k&r |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Did you have to say "calling a spade a spade"? |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Help me out here. Your issue is...? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. "Spade" is one of numerous offensive terms for an African American |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Never knew that. Thank you for the quick explanation. nt |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. from Wiktionary -- |
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Wounded Bear (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. But sometimes a spade is just another kind of shovel.... |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Hmm. I thought it came from "black as the ace of spades". |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I noticed that, too, and cringed a bit. |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. If the insinuation is that I was using it in a racially derogatory manner, I'm being misinterpreted. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I don't think anyone thought that - at least, I didn't. |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Thanks. A few people clearly took offense, but I edited the OP, so hopefully all is good now. ;-) |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. As I mentioned, my comment was meant in jest. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's ok. We're used to it. Thick skinned, double |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Yeah |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. must be a recent spinal injection -- Andrew Brietbart danced on his head not too long ago |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. Call them out |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. If that was Barry Smith and his dad was born in London we wouldn't be having this discussion |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Agreed! They can't deal with the idea that there's a black man in the Oval Office |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-27-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. yup-it always has been-that is the issue for these a-holes |
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