Police chief won't apologize for calling Obama ....

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hog88 said:
But what could you or anyone else possibly care what this guy thinks of them?

It's a damn shame an old man says stupid shizz and it gets more attention than events that matter.
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We're just having a discussion, making observations and sharing opinions.

Nothing more, nothing less.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
I missed where I said that.
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We may not see eye to eye on this LW (though I think we do a little more than I thought.)I may get crucified for this observation, but I feel like it would be the equivalent of calling GWB a trailer park trash redneck (both tend to bring associations of ignorance, intolerance, and dependence on the taxpayers and uncle Sam in my head.) A slap in the face to someone who, even if we don't agree with their policies or even them as a person, is much much more than that ignorant, uneducated, loudmouth I alluded to regardless of race.

Also inb4 someone makes a joke about the POTUS relying on taxpayers. It's a little different than what I was alluding to
 
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CNCVol88 said:
We may not see eye to eye on this LW (though I think we do a little more than I thought.)I may get crucified for this observation, but I feel like it would be the equivalent of calling GWB a trailer park trash redneck (both tend to bring associations of ignorance, intolerance, and dependence on the taxpayers and uncle Sam in my head.) A slap in the face to someone who, even if we don't agree with their policies or even them as a person, is much much more than that ignorant, uneducated, loudmouth I alluded to regardless of race.

Also inb4 someone makes a joke about the POTUS relying on taxpayers. It's a little different than what I was alluding to
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Trailer trash redneck is not nearly as incendiary as n.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
I missed where I said that.
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"Like it or not, based on our nation's history of racial discrimination, a double standard exists when it comes to white people, especially white men in a position of power, making racially insensitive comments towards blacks...and rarely does it work in reverse.

Not saying it's right, but it is what it is."


Guess you forgot
 
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lawgator1 said:
Trailer trash redneck is not nearly as incendiary as n.
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Yes it can be. If someone called me that I would find it very offensive. I guess blacks calling white people "crackers" is not incendiary as the n word either huh?

Calling a black person the n word is highly offensive and inappropriate. But so is a black person calling a white person a trailer trash redneck or cracker.
 
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Used by Whites, the N-word symbolizes dehumanizing racism in our society. I'm talking about a few hundred years of horrendous cruelty and suffering. Now, you can say it doesn't. I don't care. IT DOES. That is our history which the old White man was conjuring, when he spoke about our Black President.
 
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Vol Main said:
Used by Whites, the N-word symbolizes dehumanizing racism in our society. I'm talking about a few hundred years of horrendous cruelty and suffering. Now, you can say it doesn't. I don't care. IT DOES. That is our history which the old White man was conjuring, when he spoke about our Black President.
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Lol. There should be no disclaimer.
 
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Vol Main said:
Used by Whites, the N-word symbolizes dehumanizing racism in our society. I'm talking about a few hundred years of horrendous cruelty and suffering. Now, you can say it doesn't. I don't care. IT DOES. That is our history which the old White man was conjuring, when he spoke about our Black President.
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And this is why race is still a hot button. We not only allow words to control our emotions, but we also allow such words to have polarizing double standards. If it's good for the geese it's good for the gander.
 
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govols/cc said:
"Like it or not, based on our nation's history of racial discrimination, a double standard exists when it comes to white people, especially white men in a position of power, making racially insensitive comments towards blacks...and rarely does it work in reverse.

Not saying it's right, but it is what it is."


Guess you forgot
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Forgot what....how you completely, intentionally, misrepresented my post?

I didn't forget. :eek:lol:
 
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govols/cc said:
You agree there's a double standard? You believe what happened many YEARS ago is the reasoning blacks think it's justified? You are black?
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I missed where I ever said any double standard is justified, only why this particular double standard exists.

Even went so far to say I didn't think the double standard was right, or I agreed with it.

But sure, you know exactly what I'm thinking. :thumbsup:
 
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CNCVol88 said:
And this is why race is still a hot button. We not only allow words to control our emotions, but we also allow such words to have polarizing double standards. If it's good for the geese it's good for the gander.
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Words have double standards because of the context they're used in and who is delivering them. It's not always oversensitivity.
 
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