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Old 10-28-2010, 10:08 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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White Guilt got him nominated.
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Old 10-28-2010, 10:15 AM
 
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So do you think blacks calling each others N$%% is acceptable?
Yea. Pretty much.

Sorta like Italians calling themselves Dagos or Wops. Mexicans calling themselves Beaners or W**b**ks. Or the Polish calling themselves Po***ks. They're free to do so with impunity and i have no right to complain about it.

Besides, i don't see why what blacks call each other is any of your business anyway since it's clearly not. This is an intra-black issue. I'm sure you have enough to worry about without adding this to it.

When we need your input, we'll let you know. Don't hold your breath waiting for that request.
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:26 AM
 
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Yea. Pretty much.

Sorta like Italians calling themselves Dagos or Wops. Mexicans calling themselves Beaners or W**b**ks. Or the Polish calling themselves Po***ks. They're free to do so with impunity and i have no right to complain about it.

Besides, i don't see why what blacks call each other is any of your business anyway since it's clearly not. This is an intra-black issue. I'm sure you have enough to worry about without adding this to it.

When we need your input, we'll let you know. Don't hold your breath waiting for that request.
Please provide PROOF of Italians, Mexicans or Polish folks calling THEMSELVES such names. I WON'T be holding my breath waiting for a response as we all know none exist.
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:26 AM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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White guilt+ Black unity+ Cult of celebrity= Buyers Remorse.
White guilt + black unity + Cult of Celebrity = DELUSION (Failure to admit Bush screwed up)
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:52 AM
 
Location: Here
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Yea. Pretty much.

Sorta like Italians calling themselves Dagos or Wops. Mexicans calling themselves Beaners or W**b**ks. Or the Polish calling themselves Po***ks. They're free to do so with impunity and i have no right to complain about it.

Besides, i don't see why what blacks call each other is any of your business anyway since it's clearly not. This is an intra-black issue. I'm sure you have enough to worry about without adding this to it.

When we need your input, we'll let you know. Don't hold your breath waiting for that request.
It kind of comes down to, Are blacks, and do most blacks recognize themselves as a cultural demographic? The answer is yes.

I walk into my workplace in the morning and there's my long-time coworker and friend. I say, "Hey asswipe, how's it going?" He smiles and very possibly responds with a similar retort. If a stranger happens to hear me say such a thing he might tell me that such talk is "inappropriate". But of course a stranger does not understand the background meaning. The n-word phenomenon is a little like that X 4,000,000.

The only criticism I can think of is, Would my coworker be better off with some genuinely positive greeting rather than a mock insult? It's possible, but that's not how the American culture functions.
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:58 AM
 
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White guilt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Do you feel that "white guilt" lead to Obama being elected regardless of his limited experience in National politics?
Hell No.

News Flash. His mother is white, he was raised by his white mother/grandparents.
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Old 10-28-2010, 12:20 PM
 
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The only time you hear the "N" word thrown around is amongst your black friends and anytime you listen to a ganster rap song. Blacks calling each other Ni$$& and then complaing anytime some other race does the same thing is the biggest double standard I can think of!
Blacks do NOT have a free pass on the use of the 'n" word....it is just plain wrong to use it whether you're black or white...not ALL blacks use it....But Repukes like Palin think it's great! She cheered on that pig mouth dr. laura......

Do you think it's right to encourage its use?
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Old 10-28-2010, 12:26 PM
 
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No, it was 8 years of Bush and a weak opponent that got Obama elected. Republicans can only blame themselves.
Yeah, I don't think Grandpa did himself any favors when he said he didn't care if we were in Iraq for another 100 years.

And after Bush, yes, anyone with a D would have been elected.

The upside is we finally get to hear the proper pronunciation of nuclear. Well, amongst other things.

I voted for BO and while I am thrilled he did what he could re: healthcare reform, I still see two wars continuing.
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Old 10-28-2010, 12:31 PM
 
Location: EPWV
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Please provide PROOF of Italians, Mexicans or Polish folks calling THEMSELVES such names. I WON'T be holding my breath waiting for a response as we all know none exist.
Well actually I do remember a girl on the bowling team calling another member just that, [this example, "a dumb Pollock"] as well as her husband and then she said that it is ok that she do so since she's one also. Does that count as proof to you? Of course, for you to believe it, you'd really have to be there to have heard it. So, just because you weren't there, doesn't mean it's not being said, right?
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Old 10-28-2010, 12:43 PM
 
Location: South Chicagoland
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The "n-word" is unique word in that it's most commonly uttered by young black men and old white men. There is no other word like it!
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