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Palin Blasts Emanuel for Calling Dem Idea 'Retarded'

MyOwnDrum said:
I agree with this remark. White Trash is not politically correct. Trailer Trash is more acceptable. It infers that the people are White without coming out and explicitly stating so. ;)
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in this instance, those terms are fungible
i have seen no indication that her following is much other than the inbred segment of the white population
 
justabubba said:
in this instance, those terms are fungible
i have seen no indication that her following is much other than the inbred segment of the white population
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What a ridiculous remark! :rofl Inbred? :rofl Is that all you can come up with?
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
so Michelle obama can be called a "black bitch" and you wouldn't call racism?



This pathological hatred for a former VP canidate is rather odd..... :confused:
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Would depend one who said it, and what the context was. I know, the english language can be pretty tricky..

For example, when Rush said he was just quoting Emanuel, he was, but then later he tripped up people that have a hard time with English when he called a meeting at the Whitehouse between Emanuel and mental disability advocates, a "retard summit". You see, at that point he was no longer quoting Emanuel, but instead he was calling a meeting involving advocates for the mentally disabled, a "retard summit". You see, comprehending the English language at times can be kind of tricky like that. Non-native speakers such as those from New Jersey can have a hard time with it. :)
 
MyOwnDrum said:
I agree. Now, I don't agree with Palin's reaction on this, but it really is absurd the "pathological hatred" for the woman.
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palin is an attention seeker who will peek long before the primaries... The ONLY reason she is relevant at all is this strange infactuation with hating her by the left.


It really is odd, but I guess they had to fill the bush void somehow.
 
MyOwnDrum said:
What a ridiculous remark! :rofl Inbred? :rofl Is that all you can come up with?
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no
here is an earlier post (do you support palin thread) which may have more encompassing descriptions to satisfy your curiousity:
justabubba said:
while i would do palin i would not support her


but she has a charisma which obviously does appeal to the political evangelicals
who else do they have to support these days
what we are finding is that while they are disproportionately loud, her cohort does not make up a significant portion of the American voting population ... maybe 1000 attendees (20 per state) were present at the nashville meeting
that would not warrant the media attention the teabagger event received. only palin's presence generated that press
you can profile her demographic by looking for white, evangelistic Christian, low income, double digit IQ, faux tv watching members of our population who don't own a library card. or just go to your local honky tonk to find them. no surprise why nashville was selected to hold this 'convention'
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MyOwnDrum said:
Sounds like a bunch of pseudo-intellectual nonsense to me, my friend.

White Trash was originally used with another adjective 'Poor', to describe uneducated Southern Hillbilly types, and other poor, white, rural White folk such as those in the movie 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. It's highly classist and generalizes about less educated people of the Southern, White, and Poor variety. It's a slur.
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I was being sarcastic. However, as someone that was raised in Arkansas, the nation's epicenter of white trash, I know white trash when I see it and Sarah Palin is a textbook example of what you get when you take white trash and give them some money, a microphone, and a cult following.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Would depend one who said it, and what the context was. I know, the english language can be pretty tricky..
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ahh so if its rush, its whatever you think it is, but everyone else well..


and no, calling michelle a black bitch is a bigoed comment that should be condemmend...


the term white trash is actually just as bigoted as it is a throwback to southern racism where they considered certain white people, trash like the black peoples of the area in thier minds.



For example, when Rush said he was just quoting Emanuel, he was, but then later he tripped up people that have a hard time with English when he called a meeting at the Whitehouse between Emanuel and mental disability advocates, a "retard summit". You see, at that point he was no longer quoting Emanuel, but instead he was calling a meeting involving advocates for the mentally disabled, a "retard summit". You see, comprehending the English language at times can be kind of tricky like that. Non-native speakers such as those from New Jersey can have a hard time with it. :)
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you don't see that as a cresendo of they hyperbolic exampling of the rhambo gaffe?





i guess the english language is tricky. :ssst:
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
palin is an attention seeker who will peek long before the primaries... The ONLY reason she is relevant at all is this strange infactuation with hating her by the left.


It really is odd, but I guess they had to fill the bush void somehow.
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I agree. She's been smart enough to get the heck out of Alaska and parlay her fame into her next career move into journalism and spouting off her mouth here and there. She enjoys the limelight and is making a good living basking in it.

There's no way the Republican leadership will support her future presidential candidacy, however. They aren't total retards...;)
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Would depend one who said it, and what the context was. I know, the english language can be pretty tricky..

For example, when Rush said he was just quoting Emanuel, he was, but then later he tripped up people that have a hard time with English when he called a meeting at the Whitehouse between Emanuel and mental disability advocates, a "retard summit". You see, at that point he was no longer quoting Emanuel, but instead he was calling a meeting involving advocates for the mentally disabled, a "retard summit". You see, comprehending the English language at times can be kind of tricky like that. Non-native speakers such as those from New Jersey can have a hard time with it. :)
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Okay, let me digress with another question. Do you remember the show, "In Living Color?" It introduced Jim Carey and the Wayman brothers. They routinely had a skit on there called "Handyman", which was a spoof about a retarded superhero. Did you find that show offensive to retarded people, or did you merely look the other way and laugh at its satire?
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
you don't see that as a cresendo of they hyperbolic exampling of the rhambo gaffe?





i guess the english language is tricky. :ssst:
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Well obviously with a statement like that, English is tricky for you. :)
 
bicycleman said:
Okay, I read your links, but you provide no proof, other than your bias against Palin that you use to constitute her being white trash.
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The woman owns a hunting rifle, for Christ's sake! What more evidence do ya need!? :2razz:
 
bicycleman said:
Okay, let me digress with another question. Do you remember the show, "In Living Color?" It introduced Jim Carey and the Wayman brothers. They routinely had a skit on there called "Handyman", which was a spoof about a retarded superhero. Did you find that show offensive to retarded people, or did you merely look the other way and laugh at its satire?
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As I have stated time and time again. I don't have any problem with Limbaugh's statements. I think the whole PC thing is ridiculous. I think actions and meaning are far more important. My problem is with Palin constantly whoring her special needs kid out to club her opponents with.
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
I listen to him when I am in the car for entertainment purposes, I understand his hyperobole and the ruckess it causes... There is no lie on my part and you would do well to cease these personal attacks.
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What does your listening habits have to do with the posting of information you KNOW is a lie. El Rushbo was not 'just quoting' Emanuel, he had his very own special retard and retarded riff. His own words, original material, bright and shiny trash talk all his very own.

You continuing to post that El Rusbo was 'just quoting Emanuel' is a lie. :rolleyes:



SouthernDemocrat said:
Would depend one who said it, and what the context was. I know, the english language can be pretty tricky..

For example, when Rush said he was just quoting Emanuel, he was, but then later he tripped up people that have a hard time with English when he called a meeting at the Whitehouse between Emanuel and mental disability advocates, a "retard summit". You see, at that point he was no longer quoting Emanuel, but instead he was calling a meeting involving advocates for the mentally disabled, a "retard summit". You see, comprehending the English language at times can be kind of tricky like that. Non-native speakers such as those from New Jersey can have a hard time with it. :)
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Well said :thumbs:
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
As I have stated time and time again. I don't have any problem with Limbaugh's statements. I think the whole PC thing is ridiculous. I think actions and meaning are far more important. My problem is with Palin constantly whoring her special needs kid out to club her opponents with.
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Or it may mean that she loves her child and doesn't want to hide it in the closet somewhere because of its affliction. The child needs to know that it's loved, not something to be hidden away.
 
jackalope said:
What does your listening habits have to do with the posting of information you KNOW is a lie. El Rushbo was not 'just quoting' Emanuel, he had his very own special retard and retarded riff. His own words, original material, bright and shiny trash talk all his very own.

You continuing to post that El Rusbo was 'just quoting Emanuel' is a lie. :rolleyes:
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Please prove that I know it is a lie. I have explained it numerous times, as one who listens from time to time I make an informed opinion. You are taking him out of context in an effort to slam palin.


There is no lie, and you would do well to be more honest in your posting.
 
jackalope said:
What does your listening habits have to do with the posting of information you KNOW is a lie. El Rushbo was not 'just quoting' Emanuel, he had his very own special retard and retarded riff. His own words, original material, bright and shiny trash talk all his very own.

You continuing to post that El Rusbo was 'just quoting Emanuel' is a lie. :rolleyes:
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Would you not agree however that there is a large difference between doing something as a parody and in a mocking way (mocking towards Emanuel's callous use of the slur, not mocking towards those the slur refers to) and someone doing it as a legitimate insult?

For example...

If someone states that a bunch of the kids running around their apartment comment are "Acting like a bunch of classless niggers" would you say that's on the same level, and worthy of the same condemnation, as someone who was recalling in a joking manner Chris Rock's famous "I love black people, I hate niggers" rant?

Rham used the word specifically and purposefully as a means of insulting democrats by comparing them to mentally impaired people.

Rush used the word as a parody and mocking of Rham's tasteless use of it, specifically even mentioning that he's doing it because the media would take it out of context and act like its the same as what Rham did if not WORSE than what he did in the way they cover it.

Whether or not what Rush did was wrong or not, I don't see how anyone other than a complete hyper partisan hack would say they're equal in their "wrongness" and that Palin in any way should react the same way to Rush's parody as she did to Rham's actual insulting use of the slur.
 
Zyphlin said:
Would you not agree however that there is a large difference between doing something as a parody and in a mocking way (mocking towards Emanuel's callous use of the slur, not mocking towards those the slur refers to) and someone doing it as a legitimate insult?

For example...

If someone states that a bunch of the kids running around their apartment comment are "Acting like a bunch of classless niggers" would you say that's on the same level, and worthy of the same condemnation, as someone who was recalling in a joking manner Chris Rock's famous "I love black people, I hate niggers" rant?

Rham used the word specifically and purposefully as a means of insulting democrats by comparing them to mentally impaired people.

Rush used the word as a parody and mocking of Rham's tasteless use of it, specifically even mentioning that he's doing it because the media would take it out of context and act like its the same as what Rham did if not WORSE than what he did in the way they cover it.

Whether or not what Rush did was wrong or not, I don't see how anyone other than a complete hyper partisan hack would say they're equal in their "wrongness" and that Palin in any way should react the same way to Rush's parody as she did to Rham's actual insulting use of the slur.
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This..... Hook line and sinker.
 
Zyphlin said:
Would you not agree however that there is a large difference between doing something as a parody and in a mocking way (mocking towards Emanuel's callous use of the slur, not mocking towards those the slur refers to) and someone doing it as a legitimate insult?

For example...

If someone states that a bunch of the kids running around their apartment comment are "Acting like a bunch of classless niggers" would you say that's on the same level, and worthy of the same condemnation, as someone who was recalling in a joking manner Chris Rock's famous "I love black people, I hate niggers" rant?

Rham used the word specifically and purposefully as a means of insulting democrats by comparing them to mentally impaired people.

Rush used the word as a parody and mocking of Rham's tasteless use of it, specifically even mentioning that he's doing it because the media would take it out of context and act like its the same as what Rham did if not WORSE than what he did in the way they cover it.

Whether or not what Rush did was wrong or not, I don't see how anyone other than a complete hyper partisan hack would say they're equal in their "wrongness" and that Palin in any way should react the same way to Rush's parody as she did to Rham's actual insulting use of the slur.
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Would you not agree that someone doing a parody or a satire is not quoting the subject of the parody or satire?

Nigger is not comparable to retarded in any situation.

You're right, Rushbo's was very very very much worse. I don't see how anyone other than a complete hyper partisan hack would think calling ideas and strategies retarded is anything like calling people retards.
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
Please prove that I know it is a lie. I have explained it numerous times, as one who listens from time to time I make an informed opinion. You are taking him out of context in an effort to slam palin.


There is no lie, and you would do well to be more honest in your posting.
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Your presence in this thread, where the comments of El Rushbo are the subject. Unless .... you are commenting about something you actually know nothing about? :ssst:
 
Zyphlin said:
Rush used the word as a parody and mocking of Rham's tasteless use of it, specifically even mentioning that he's doing it because the media would take it out of context and act like its the same as what Rham did if not WORSE than what he did in the way they cover it.
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Reverend_Hellh0und said:
This..... Hook line and sinker.
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Oh. So you DO know that it is a lie to keep repeating that El Rushbo was just quoting Emanuel? :ssst:
 
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Zyphlin makes a good point actually.
 
I suggest you re-read what I highlighted Jack and what I said about rush and hyperbole, and try again. :shrug:
 
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