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Reid apologizes for 'no Negro dialect' comment

I assume since you posted a satirical not-true article with the word "satire" highlighted in it the URL that you are trying to be funny. I'd hate to think that you said "here's some honesty for you" while being dishonest, after all.

Satire is an art - anyway........


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Sorry I didn't read all the posts but here's how I see it:

Reid spoke like a 70 year old guy from a Mormon culture would speak; it's more of the language of someone who is kind of clueless as opposed to racist.

After all, if you boil down what he said, it's pretty much "Americans won't elect a dark skinned black man who speaks like Jesse Jackson, but they will elect this guy."

I don't see that as racist. In fact, I agree with it, at least for the present.

To compare him to Trent Lott, who said that if we had a segregationist racist President we wouldn't have all these troubles these days is ridiculous.

And I will be glad when Senator Byrd goes as well.
 
Because Reid's comment was a derogatory that it suggests that a black man that doesn't meet his description is a rarity.

Comment about serving coffee is actually true though he should have said decades and not years.

Well that sounds like cherry picking minor details.

Let's just face it...no Republican or conservative can make these sort of remarks ("poor choice of words"), or anything remotely similar, without the "Justice Brothers" and the rest of the Left labeling them racist.

It is just the way it is.
 
Well that sounds like cherry picking minor details.

Let's just face it...no Republican or conservative can make these sort of remarks ("poor choice of words"), or anything remotely similar, without the "Justice Brothers" and the rest of the Left labeling them racist.

It is just the way it is.

No, It's not cherry picking. It's taking the statements in context. Read Groucho's post above to see the difference in their statements.

Reid's in idiot for saying it, and for many other reasons, but his statements are not on the same scale as Lott's
 
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Sorry I didn't read all the posts but here's how I see it:

Reid spoke like a 70 year old guy from a Mormon culture would speak; it's more of the language of someone who is kind of clueless as opposed to racist.

After all, if you boil down what he said, it's pretty much "Americans won't elect a dark skinned black man who speaks like Jesse Jackson, but they will elect this guy."

I don't see that as racist. In fact, I agree with it, at least for the present.

To compare him to Trent Lott, who said that if we had a segregationist racist President we wouldn't have all these troubles these days is ridiculous.

And I will be glad when Senator Byrd goes as well.

Clearly Senator Reid thinks that white is superior to black. Obama is better than a black without Obama's lighter skin. And non black whiter way of speaking.

Seems we still have a way to go.
 
Well that sounds like cherry picking minor details.

Let's just face it...no Republican or conservative can make these sort of remarks ("poor choice of words"), or anything remotely similar, without the "Justice Brothers" and the rest of the Left labeling them racist.

It is just the way it is.

That's right - especially the Black community - they tried to label Powell and Rice as Uncle Toms - LOL - so far from the truth - but, it turns out that those who thought so are the ones who are the Uncle Toms for Reid.
 
If I say that Americans won't elect a fat white guy who speaks with an Italian accent, is that racist or just acknowledging what is probably true?
 
If I say that Americans won't elect a fat white guy who speaks with an Italian accent, is that racist or just acknowledging what is probably true?

It's racist.
 
If I say that Americans won't elect a fat white guy who speaks with an Italian accent, is that racist or just acknowledging what is probably true?
Bad analogy. There is no fat/white/Italian stereotype.
 
I say it is racist because the majority of Americans do not vote that way - take a look at Arnold Schwarzenegger getting elected as governor of California twice despite the way the liberals and Dems ranked on the way he talked with an accent - ya, Dems and liberals yakking about how he couldn't say California right - the ones who claim to be more tolerant of others than anyone - LOL - they are the worst offenders - and now with Reid's comments being acceptable within their community - shame on them.
 
Bad analogy. There is no fat/white/Italian stereotype.

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Nobody would elect these two.
 
There isn't? Funny, I got the mafia image as soon as I read the line.
Yes, I should have been more precise in my wording.

I meant that it's not a typical stereotype. Nobody is going to point out someone and say "wow! there's a white guy that's actually skinny and speaks well - he'd make a great presidential candidate!"
 
Yes, I should have been more precise in my wording.

I meant that it's not a typical stereotype. Nobody is going to point out someone and say "wow! there's a white guy that's actually skinny and speaks well - he'd make a great presidential candidate!"

To be fair, I doubt people are actually saying lighter skin tone and not using urban vernacular are qualifications for president, just that their opposites are disqualifications based on the electability of someone who displays the opposite characteristics.
 
Yes, I should have been more precise in my wording.

I meant that it's not a typical stereotype. Nobody is going to point out someone and say "wow! there's a white guy that's actually skinny and speaks well - he'd make a great presidential candidate!"

Correct - people vote for the convictions of a person - sad case of late though is Obama - a lot of people voted for him because of his campaign promises - he broke most of his promises to his base and to the moderates who voted him in - that's why he's out in 2012.
 
To be fair, I doubt people are actually saying lighter skin tone and not using urban vernacular are qualifications for president, just that their opposites are disqualifications based on the electability of someone who displays the opposite characteristics.
I could buy that, especially regarding speech, based on Reid's wording "He has no Negro dialect..."
 
Yes, I should have been more precise in my wording.

I meant that it's not a typical stereotype. Nobody is going to point out someone and say "wow! there's a white guy that's actually skinny and speaks well - he'd make a great presidential candidate!"

Thank you for the clarification. To be clear, I think Reid's statement was unintentionally racist, I don't think he intended them that way. There is no uniform black dialect. However, I think stating that a dark skinned black man who spoke in a way that mainstream America found as different would be unelectable is not racist, which was his intent.
 
You gotta admit, those two look a lot alike. :lol:

I had an AT&T tech come out that actually looked EXACTLY like Mario and even was named Mario.

And my camera was broken :2bigcry:
 
I say it is racist because the majority of Americans do not vote that way - take a look at Arnold Schwarzenegger getting elected as governor of California twice despite the way the liberals and Dems ranked on the way he talked with an accent - ya, Dems and liberals yakking about how he couldn't say California right - the ones who claim to be more tolerant of others than anyone - LOL - they are the worst offenders - and now with Reid's comments being acceptable within their community - shame on them.

Now wait a minute.

Disagreeing with the comment and saying it's racist are two different things.

The comment could be completely wrong and not racist after all.
 
Now wait a minute.

Disagreeing with the comment and saying it's racist are two different things.

The comment could be completely wrong and not racist after all.

Whose comment are you talking about?
 
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