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Melissa Harris-Perry Has Picture Of Slaves On Her Office Wall

Phys251 said:
Those are examples of your opinion of what "normal people" do. I specifically asked for a definition. Now can you please provide one, so that we don't keep talking past one another?
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Would you think shaming someone for using the phrase "hard worker" and having a picture of slaves on your office wall is normal then?
 
PakPuk said:
Would you think shaming someone for using the phrase "hard worker" and having a picture of slaves on your office wall is normal then?
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I cannot answer your question until at the very least, you actually give a definition of "normal." Your entire arguments hang on this definition.
 
PakPuk said:
Normal people do not police peoples language to shame them.
Normal people don't have pictures of slaves on their office walls.
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Do they have a picture of slavers?

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Phys251 said:
I cannot answer your question until at the very least, you actually give a definition of "normal." Your entire arguments hang on this definition.
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Normal as I said is not trying to henpeck someone for using phrases. A normal person is not putting up pictures of slaves on walls.
 
PakPuk said:
Normal as I said is not trying to henpeck someone for using phrases. A normal person is not putting up pictures of slaves on walls.
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For the fourth time, provide a definition of the word "normal." You seem to be having difficulty doing this simple task, so let me help you:

Normal | Define Normal at Dictionary.com

Whichever definition you select, be prepared to defend it.
 
Phys251 said:
For the fourth time, provide a definition of the word "normal." You seem to be having difficulty doing this simple task, so let me help you:

Normal | Define Normal at Dictionary.com

Whichever definition you select, be prepared to defend it.
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Happy now you googled yourself the definition?

Can we now actually discuss if what she did was normal?
 
PakPuk said:
Happy now you googled yourself the definition?

Can we now actually discuss if what she did was normal?
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Fifth and final try: There are fourteen adjective definitions of "normal" listed there. Can you at least select from that?
 
Phys251 said:
Fifth and final try: There are fourteen adjective definitions of "normal" listed there. Can you at least select from that?
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1. conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
 
PakPuk said:
1. conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
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Finally.

OK. Now, what is the "common type" or "regular"? Are you suggesting she is not normal as a direct result of hanging these photos in her office? If so, prove it.
 
Phys251 said:
Finally.

OK. Now, what is the "common type" or "regular"? Are you suggesting she is not normal as a direct result of hanging these photos in her office? If so, prove it.
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The average/common/regular person who has an office does not hang pictures of slaves on their wall.
The average/common/regular person does not police peoples language when they are speaking.

Now you will want statistics to carry on this ridiculous debate, you know full well there are no statistics on hanging up pictures of slaves on office walls so give up this pathetic debate now.
 
PakPuk said:
The average/common/regular person who has an office does not hang pictures of slaves on their wall.
The average/common/regular person does not police peoples language when they are speaking.
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Ahhhh, so because it's a very slight percentage of people who do so, perhaps infinitesimally greater than zero, that, by the definition you selected, makes Harris-Parry "not normal"?

Now you will want statistics to carry on this ridiculous debate, you know full well there are no statistics on hanging up pictures of slaves on office walls so give up this pathetic debate now.
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There is no need to get upset when you know full and well that the burden of proof is on you. ...you do know this, right?
 
It could be said that normal people don't wave with exuberance a flag that represented traitors of 150 years ago who waged a bloody war on their own country in the name of preserving, protecting and expanding human bondage and white supremacy.

But that's just me.
 
Harris-Perry is being ridiculous as usual.
 
Phys251 said:
Ahhhh, so because it's a very slight percentage of people who do so, perhaps infinitesimally greater than zero, that, by the definition you selected, makes Harris-Parry "not normal"?



There is no need to get upset when you know full and well that the burden of proof is on you. ...you do know this, right?
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So you admit that having a picture of slaves on your wall is not common? As the majority of people do not therefore if you do that is not common?
 
PakPuk said:
So you admit that having a picture of slaves on your wall is not common? As the majority of people do not therefore if you do that is not common?
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Probably not common for all Americans, but in a black household, I assume you would see much more.
 
What a ridiculous argument.

It's not common for "normal" people to hang certain pictures of their ancestral brethren on their wall.

Really?? Is the whole kettle-baked gripe here?

Seriously - and I don't like to use the word much, but it applies - retarded.
 
pbrauer said:
Probably not common for all Americans, but in a black household, I assume you would see much more.
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Have you been in many black households then? Or is 'probably' what you are leading on?

Normal black people don't obsess over slavery.
 
PakPuk said:
Have you been in many black households then? Or is 'probably' what you are leading on?

Normal black people don't obsess over slavery.
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Do you have some thing better to do rather than attack me?
 
PakPuk said:
So you admit that having a picture of slaves on your wall is not common? As the majority of people do not therefore if you do that is not common?
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A majority of people feel no need to comment on the office walls of someone who they only ever see on television.
 
rocket88 said:
A majority of people feel no need to comment on the office walls of someone who they only ever see on television.
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She is the one who said she had it on her office wall not me. She only said it so she could henpeck the guest, I highly doubt she would have it on her wall in reality. Probably just another lie.
 
PakPuk said:
She is the one who said she had it on her office wall not me. She only said it so she could henpeck the guest, I highly doubt she would have it on her wall in reality. Probably just another lie.
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So you think that in all probability, she is "normal," since she probably doesn't have these pictures on the wall?
 
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