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Is the Rev. Al Sharpton a racist?

Is Al Sharpton a racist

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Wake said:
(1) When you start calling me a political hack, insult my intelligence, and whatnot, you're being rude.
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I did not insult your intelligence? I pointed out you are misreading what people said, you were at that point the only one who seemed to have a problem. Yes I think you are a right wing hack, so what?

Wake said:
(2) I KNOW some conservatives do it, but when you see on the media that there's an outrage when 5 white students attack a black student, yet practical silence when 5 black students attack a white student, there IS a major double-standard in this country.
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And you have the right wing media doing much the same, so what? what the media does not make anyone a racist.

Wake said:
(3) Then you had better prove it, because I am not a partisan hack. And no, I'm not going to start a major argument to disprove your stupid accusation, because that would derail this thread.
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I don't have to prove it. You have given us examples and Red has already pointed a few of em out, lol. Anyway you are right, this thread is not about you.

Wake said:
(4) It does happen on both sides of the aisle, but the media doesn't seem to acknowledge that, among other people.
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So what? Haters gonna hate, LMAO!
 
Wake said:
Pardon?

I just said/acknowledged there are conservatives that play the race card as well as liberals.

Did you somehow not hear that?
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And yet the majority of your comments focus on liberals playing the race card and attempt to portray them as doing it more when conservatives do it just as much in the media.

But none of this even matters because as SB said, you couldn't have voted for Cain in the primary because he wasn't running and since not voting him is your "proof", your "proof" is BS.
 
Wake said:
I'm well aware that conservatives do it too.

However, imhfo, liberals do it more often.
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And there's the rub... "In your opinion" so it does not mean much in the grand scheme of things now does it? I know plenty of liberals who will claim in their humble opinion the exact opposite.

Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.
 
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Let's go over this again.

Wake said:
I didn't vote for Herman Cain precisely for doing that.

What might that tell you, TPD?
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As I pointed out, the fact that you did not vote for Herman Cain tells us precisely....NADA. Herman Cain dropped out of the race before the primaries even began. And frankly, his race-card playing was peanuts compared to his idiotic platforms, including "999" and "targeted identification."
 
Blackdog said:
(1) I did not insult your intelligence? I pointed out you are misreading what people said, you were at that point the only one who seemed to have a problem. Yes I think you are a right wing hack, so what?



(2) And you have the right wing media doing much the same, so what? what the media does not make anyone a racist.



(3) I don't have to prove it. You have given us examples and Red has already pointed a few of em out, lol. Anyway you are right, this thread is not about you.
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(1) I'm NOT a right-wing hack. There's already thread I made about leaving the republican party, so enough with that nonsense. Well, you were talking in such a way to make me unsure exactly what you were meaning, and how it related.

(2) It seems to me that more liberals play the race card thatn conservatives. You don't here stories from the right about the NAACP hearing racism in a birthday card, or racism in the thought of "White House," or how the right are racists for not supporting illegal immigration, etc.

(3) I am not a partisan hack.
 
StillBallin75 said:
Let's go over this again.



As I pointed out, the fact that you did not vote for Herman Cain tells us precisely....NADA. Herman Cain dropped out of the race before the primaries even began. And frankly, his race-card playing was peanuts compared to his idiotic platforms, including "999" and "targeted identification."
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I was disinterested in voting for him, or potentially voting for him, because of his racial antics.
 
Neal N. Bloeme said:
I think it was from the same playbook used when Clarance Thomas was nominated. Like Cain said, it can't be proven, but it was in the bag and pulled out when needed. It worked. I think the sex scandal was what did him in, not the fact that he is black and the woman is white.
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Sure. And none of this contradicts the fact that both Cain and Thomas have historically used the race card. Frankly, I believe that even without the sexual allegations his campaign would have faltered sooner or later. The way he was going about his debates, people would have been turned off completely eventually.
 
ThePlayDrive said:
And yet the majority of your comments focus on liberals playing the race card and attempt to portray them as doing it more when conservatives do it just as much in the media.

But none of this even matters because as SB said, you couldn't have voted for Cain in the primary because he wasn't running and since not voting him is your "proof", your "proof" is BS.
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Wouldn't have potentially voted for Cain because of it.

I think more liberals play the race card than conservatives.
 
Wake said:
(1) I'm NOT a right-wing hack. There's already thread I made about leaving the republican party, so enough with that nonsense. Well, you were talking in such a way to make me unsure exactly what you were meaning, and how it related.

(2) It seems to me that more liberals play the race card thatn conservatives. You don't here stories from the right about the NAACP hearing racism in a birthday card, or racism in the thought of "White House," or how the right are racists for not supporting illegal immigration, etc.

(3) I am not a partisan hack.
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I'm not accusing you of being a hack here and I disagree with Blackdog that you're a hack, but leaving the Republican Party does not make you a non-hack, and being a Republican does not automatically make you a hack either.
 
StillBallin75 said:
I'm not accusing you of being a hack here and I disagree with Blackdog that you're a hack, but leaving the Republican Party does not make you a non-hack, and being a Republican does not automatically make you a hack either.
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When people accuse me of being a hack, I'm going to respond to it. I've been objective on my views from gay marriage to abortion. If someone is accused of something, give that person a chance to respond.

I'm not a hack, neither right nor left. There. Done. If people want to take this further they know where to post it.
 
samsmart said:
I think that if you're going to ask a question for us to opine on you should list why you're asking that question.
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That is not a rquirement for posting a poll.............
 
Wake said:
When people accuse me of being a hack, I'm going to respond to it. I've been objective on my views from gay marriage to abortion. If someone is accused of something, give that person a chance to respond.

I'm not a hack, neither right nor left. There. Done. If people want to take this further they know where to post it.
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Well, let's not go too far.
 
Wake said:
When people accuse me of being a hack, I'm going to respond to it. I've been objective on my views from gay marriage to abortion. If someone is accused of something, give that person a chance to respond.

I'm not a hack, neither right nor left. There. Done. If people want to take this further they know where to post it.
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Was merely pointing out a flaw in your logic.
 
StillBallin75 said:
Was merely pointing out a flaw in your logic.
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There are right-wing hacks and left-wing hacks, and undoubtedly hacks from socialism and communism to capitalism and fascism.

A partisan hack is one who doesn't consider both sides of the issue, and stubbornly clings to most of one side. That makes me no partisan hack.
 
Limbaugh is a choir boy compared to Sharpton.......You don't see him rushing to a place where and incident happened and stirring up the pot......And don't say he has a radio show to do it.......So does Sharpton.....
 
No, he's not a rascist, but wherever there is a pimple of racism, he will develop it into an exploding volcano of racist vitriol and black on white animosity. Must make his mother proud. Don't you think?
 
Wake said:
Wouldn't have potentially voted for Cain because of it.

I think more liberals play the race card than conservatives.
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Conservatives play the race card race card. Any time race is mentioned as a factor in anything, you can count on conservatives playing the race card race card.
 
Wiggen said:
Conservatives play the race card race card. Any time race is mentioned as a factor in anything, you can count on conservatives playing the race card race card.
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I think you meant the race card card. I mentioned this above already.
 
Wiggen said:
Conservatives play the race card race card. Any time race is mentioned as a factor in anything, you can count on conservatives playing the race card race card.
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And then you see liberals like yourself playing the race card card card, and so forth. :coffeepap:mrgreen:
 
Funny how Chris Rock the Comedian and few other black people I know(yes they say they are black and not African American)say Sharpton and Jackson are prejudice. Racists!
 
MMC said:
Funny how Chris Rock the Comedian and few other black people I know(yes they say they are black and not African American)say Sharpton and Jackson are prejudice. Racists!
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Reminded me of this:



start at about 3:20 for the Al Sharpton part, or watch the whole clip for the context.
 
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