House Republican caucus bungles "Communicating with Minorities and Women" meeting

You can't possibly make this up.

Reporters quickly noted that a session for lawmakers called "Discussion on Successful Communication with Minorities and Women" will actually take place in the “Burwell Plantation” room at the resort where the retreat is being held.

It turns out, according to NBC News, the room “is named after the Burwell Family, a wealthy family that owned many slaves in 18th century Southern Virginia.”

The irony of learning how to woo minorities in a room named after slaveholders was not lost on Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR): “I don't pick the rooms we meet in.”

But the missteps didn’t end there.

The New York Times reports the panel discussion on how to communicate with minorities and women included three white lawmakers. Walden had to note that the panel would include several women, whom he identified as “a woman from CNN” and “Sean Duffy’s wife.”

Click to expand...

Ah, I can't wait for the hordes of Rugged Individualists™ questioning why these Goddamn RINOs are even trying to reach out to minorities and women discriminating against white men by having a meeting focusing on minorities and women.

Although, to be honest, even if minorities are beyond their reach, white middle-class women surely aren't. They'd just need to appeal to them in the way Bill Clinton appealed to the "soccer moms" of the 1990s - PORN ON TELEVISION! VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA! etc. Microtargeted 'moral issues' would fit like a hand in a glove with their preexisting Religious Right base.

Moral hysteria moves the white women of this nation like no other phenomenon, and no other group of individuals are as good at exploiting moral hysteria as the Grand Ol' Party.

Einzige said:

You can't possibly make this up.



Ah, I can't wait for the hordes of Rugged Individualists™ questioning why these Goddamn RINOs are even trying to reach out to minorities and women discriminating against white men by having a meeting focusing on minorities and women.

Click to expand...

It was a poor decision, but I mostly attribute this to historical ignorance and pure innocence. On a broader level, however, much of Washington D.C. becomes a problematic symbol for holding political discussions with racial minorities.

Fiddytree said:

It was a poor decision, but I mostly attribute this to historical ignorance and pure innocence.

Click to expand...

Like the vast majority of Republican minority policy, actually.

Einzige said:

You can't possibly make this up.
Ah, I can't wait for the hordes of Rugged Individualists™ questioning why these xxxxxx RINOs are even trying to reach out to minorities and women discriminating against white men by having a meeting focusing on minorities and women.

Click to expand...

Which of those two legislated victim groups are you, the OP? Or is it the third major group?

After so many hate filled, stark raving mad posts, this is an excellent opportunity to determine if you have the courage to be honest.

One could reasonably expect honesty from someone who describes themselves as "Elitist as Hell" couldn't one?

Ray410 said:

Which of those two legislated victim groups are you, the OP? Or is it the third major group?

After so many hate filled, stark raving mad posts, this is an excellent opportunity to determine if you have the courage to be honest.

Click to expand...

I'm a white male. I'm not so lucky to be victimized like, say, a Christian.

Einzige said:

You can't possibly make this up.

Click to expand...

No, what you can't possibly make up is the fact that this is an issue worthy of mention beyond The Onion or a News of the Weird feature.

This is nothing more than an unfortunate coincidence. I'm willing to bet that whoever booked this little soiree just asked for a room big enough for the group scheduled to occupy it, and knew nothing of what room would ultimately be assigned to them -- or what the history of the family name was.

It was probably put together by some staffer, a kid too young to know or care of the particular family names associated with slavery in 18th century America, and it probably cost them their job because of the resulting hysteria.



At any rate, the Republican party knows it needs to figure a number of things out so that they don't get stepped on in the next election. It doesn't surprise me in the least that they're having sit-downs like this.

TacticalEvilDan said:

This is nothing more than an unfortunate coincidence. I'm willing to bet that whoever booked this little soiree just asked for a room big enough for the group scheduled to occupy it, and knew nothing of what room would ultimately be assigned to them -- or what the history of the family name was.

Click to expand...

What it actually indicates is that the staffers for these caucus members ought to be unemployed, as they're apparently incapable of doing the slightest things that Congressional staffers ought to do - like study the symbolic value of historical locations.

Einzige said:

I'm a white male. I'm not so lucky to be victimized like, say, a Christian.

Click to expand...

So it is the third gender. That would account for the pathology of angry superiority.

No one else would have brought up and insulted Christianity.

Ray410 said:

So it is the third gender. That would account for the pathology.

Click to expand...

What "third gender"? Are you hitting on me?

Einzige said:

What "third gender"? Are you hitting on me?

Click to expand...

And there it is for all to see.

Einzige said:

What it actually indicates is that the staffers for these caucus members ought to be unemployed, as they're apparently incapable of doing the slightest things that Congressional staffers ought to do - like study the symbolic value of historical locations.

Click to expand...

No, what this article and this thread indicate is how absurd American politics have become. I would not expect anyone to know the history behind the name of that room unless they were a student or teacher of the relevant subject. The fact that you do is a complete and total joke.

Einzige said:

Although, to be honest, even if minorities are beyond their reach, white middle-class women surely aren't. They'd just need to appeal to them in the way Bill Clinton appealed to the "soccer moms" of the 1990s - PORN ON TELEVISION! VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA! etc. Microtargeted 'moral issues' would fit like a hand in a glove with their preexisting Religious Right base.

Moral hysteria moves the white women of this nation like no other phenomenon, and no other group of individuals are as good at exploiting moral hysteria as the Grand Ol' Party.

Click to expand...

I bet GOP strategists have binders filled with women and pornography.

Have to wonder if they have a rock there that they call niggerhead.

Ray410 said:

So it is the third gender. That would account for the pathology of angry superiority.

No one else would have brought up and insulted Christianity.

Click to expand...

You're suggesting he is not explicitly male or female (like the berdache?), because he has the audacity to correctly perceive a symbolical and linguistic problem (the latter being the biggest problem) for a Republican trying to woo said minorities?

Fiddytree said:

You're suggesting he is not explicitly male or female (like the berdache?), because he has the audacity to correctly perceive a symbolical and linguistic problem (the latter being the biggest problem) for a Republican trying to woo said minorities?

Click to expand...

No, that is incorrect. Ezig posts vile hatred and rage against the United States all day, every day. Everything and everyone are rotten. It is important to illustrate that he is not motivated by an honest sense of altruism in resolving political issues that may play out unfairly in some cases. His is the pathological hatred and superiority of the homosexual pathology, attached to issues that others are kind enough to respond to with sincerity and honesty. Nothing will mitigate the internal hate, the urge to destroy, certainly not honest political discussion. His continual vile smears of all institutions and matters that constitute the United States, is extremely offensive.

Ray410 said:

No, that is incorrect. Ezig posts vile hatred and rage against the United States all day, every day. Everything and everyone are rotten. It is important to illustrate that he is not motivated by an honest sense of altruism in resolving political issues that may play out unfairly in some cases. His is the pathological hatred and superiority of the homosexual pathology, attached to issues that others are kind enough to respond to with sincerity and honesty. Nothing will mitigate the internal hate, the urge to destroy, certainly not honest political discussion. His continual vile smears of all institutions and matters that constitute the United States, is extremely offensive.

Click to expand...

No, he hasn't. I have seen his posts since he first started here, and seeing as how you haven't, I am more intrigued by this conclusion which you had derived only in this thread. He has mostly been concerned with developing a correct party platform for Republicans or Libertarians with his political tendencies. Now, if a lot of things can be levied at him, it would usually only be that at times he may misinterpret platforms or their historical developments. That's it. I have seen almost nothing that is a vile hatred of this country. To say he is against this country is not only incorrect, but it's also fairly insulting to him and to the rest of us who have to read your post.

Secondly, I have seen nothing here that demonstrates the superior nature of homosexuality. The only one who brought that up is you, in your wild chase to find something that motivates his posting. The only thing I have ever seen the man suggest is that the Party needs to accept homosexuality; not as a superior orientation, but as an orientation that deserves respect. Now, while you disagree, and I stand on the opposite end of you on this matter, what is profoundly insulting is your vile rhetoric against homosexuals and then your attempt to say that he is one. If he is a homosexual, that is his business to know and his business to share at his will.

Stay on topic and stop making a fool of this place.

Wow, thank you, Fiddytree. You put more effort into defending me than I would have.

Seriously, man. Much appreciated.

TacticalEvilDan said:

No, what this article and this thread indicate is how absurd American politics have become. I would not expect anyone to know the history behind the name of that room unless they were a student or teacher of the relevant subject. The fact that you do is a complete and total joke.

Click to expand...

Well, the word "plantation" might have at least raised an eyebrow, seeing as though that word carries strong connection with slavery. (yes, obviously, merely being a plantation doesn't automatically mean slaves worked it, but that is the first thing most people think about when hearing it)

It's a face-palm moment, to be sure. As is the fact that the GOP has to hold meetings on communicating with minorities. Because how do you talk to these people, right? :lamo

But hey, they're trying. At least they're trying.