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At Rick Perry’s Texas hunting spot, camp’s old racially charged name lingered

Not particularly interesting. In fact, entirely predictable. Right wing Republicans and racists see nothing wrong with the term 'niggerhead'. Everybody else finds it racist and offensive. What's entertaining about that?

Your comment is indicative of what makes it entertaining. I am a conservative Republican and no a racist. I hate the word that was on the rock. As I said, your comment confirms what I find entertaining.
 
This is the most absurd thing for any honest journalist to ever decide they want to write.

The media is in campaign mode.
 
Still trying to care.

Nope, still don't care. I think I would rather we worry about something substantive. Of all the reasons to condemn Perry, this ain't one of them.
 
Still trying to care.

Nope, still don't care. I think I would rather we worry about something substantive. Of all the reasons to condemn Perry, this ain't one of them.


Rick Perry's answers in 2011 are misleading, in that the dates the offensive name was painted over, and to what extent the offensive name could still be read are not clear. Rick Perry's actions, on his own, seem inadequate to express concern, and personal repsnsibility, for effectively removing the offensive name. Rick Perry could not afford to hire a painter to uses some paint remover? Rick Perry can afford a prt of a lease for a hunting lodge, but cannot afford to buy some paint remover?


"In response to follow-up questions, Perry gave a more detailed account.

“My mother and father went to the lease and painted the rock in either 1983 or 1984,” Perry wrote. “This occurred after I paid a visit to the property with a friend and saw the rock with the offensive word. After my visit I called my folks and mentioned it to them, and they painted it over during their next visit.”



Rick Perry family’s hunting camp still known to many by old racially charged name - The Washington Post


Rick Perry's cover up story is not well detailed and witnesses say the name was visible in 2010.

"As recently as this summer, the slablike rock — lying flat, the name still faintly visible beneath a coat of white paint — remained by the gated entrance to the camp."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...need-to-know/2011/10/03/gIQANl3oIL_story.html


Rick's reply would indicate the rock was turned face lettering down, but it was actually face up. Rick is a lousy cover-up liar, not good presidential qualities. Nixon was a better cover-up liar than Rick.


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I agree, this is going to hurt Herman cain more than perry

that is true. it reinforces his image of a candidate who can't control his mouth; but is now playing into democrat attacks on his fellow republicans - think of it has his newt gingrich "right wing social engineering" moment.
 
I only pointed out that the word "niggerhead" was used for many, many years to describe many, many things. The word "nigger" has become forbidden...a high insult against a group of people who, ironically enough, use essentially the exact same word to address each other in certain circles. The fact is, the Perry's didn't create the word, didn't own the land, didn't name the camp, and have never acted in such a way as to suggest that they utilize that word or condemn blacks in any way.

This entire issue is an overblown reaction to a stupid word, the use and meaning of which is only questionably racist at best. (Do some googling yourself, perhaps?). It isn't as though people are looking at rocks and deeming them inferior because they meet the description applied to a "niggerhead" cropping of rocks.

Sometimes, we go way too far in our efforts to avoid offense. When we're throwing down over terms like "food stamps", "black hole", "black head", "white wash", and any other combination of color-centric word pairings somebody should really halt the discussion for a second so we can re-evaluate how far we're taking things. Do I think it's smart in this day and age to call anything "nigger _______"? No. Do I think that any offense or hatred were meant or displayed in this particular scenario? No.

This is much ado about a non-issue. And here's the unintended consequence people will set into motion: The more you scream about racist intent the more people will find racist intent. You'll encourage anger and hostility to fester and set people off against each other. It perpetuates a cycle of ingnorance and intolerance and lends nothing to the discussion. Instead of jumping to idiotic conclusions and calling somebody a racist maybe we should start having a real discussion.

"Hey Perry, Perry's family. Let's talk about the "Niggerhead" rock. What's up with that?"

Probably a lot more condusive to advancing the discussion than:

"Hey Perry, Perry's family. That rock is racist and you're racists for leaving it there. You're insensitive to racial issues and no self-respecting black person should ever support you."

End the vitriol and hostile rhetoric and be a part of the change you want to see. Pretending to take the moral high road by jumping on the "that's racist" bandwagon is just being part of the problem without providing a solution.

And so now you've googled it too! I'm sure Wikipedia and Google provide you with all the context you need to put a real depth of perspective on racism in this country.
 
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