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To: RDTF
I listened to Moore's whole tedious tirade, but I didn't hear anything that I'd call "mocking" of a name.

I mean, Moore pronounced Gupta like "Goopta" -- but isn't that pretty close to the way it really should be pronounced?

Much as I detest Moore, I think somebody's overreacted here.

But my computer audio did hiccup a few times with the sound, so maybe I missed it.

Best thing is Lou Dobbs's comment at the end.

18 posted on 07/09/2007 5:17:30 PM PDT by shhrubbery! (Max Boot: Joe Wilson has sold more whoppers than Burger King)
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To: shhrubbery!
but I didn't hear anything that I'd call "mocking" of a name.... Much as I detest Moore, I think somebody's overreacted here.

Agree...this is a non issue.

27 posted on 07/09/2007 5:49:57 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: shhrubbery!
I mean, Moore pronounced Gupta like "Goopta" -- but isn't that pretty close to the way it really should be pronounced?

You need to go back to the video tape.

At the end of the clip Moore very deliberately and with animated facial expression mocks and exaggerates Gupta's name. He was clearly attempting to do a piece of Indian dialect shtick.

There was nothing subtle about this racist slur.

39 posted on 07/09/2007 6:32:13 PM PDT by SergeiRachmaninov
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To: shhrubbery!
I think the yelping of the name at the end of the interview is what they are referring to.

This MSM created monster is now turning on them, if they dare to question.

Wolf has to grovel and eat dirt and thank Michael. It's a beautiful thing to see.

43 posted on 07/09/2007 6:41:36 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: shhrubbery!
I listened to Moore's whole tedious tirade, but I didn't hear anything that I'd call "mocking" of a name.

Same here. I watched it all the way to the end. He didn't misprounounce the name. He emphasized it back to Blitzer because Blitzer kept using the name over and over and over.

Moore is an idiot. But he wasn't mocking Dr. Gupta.

49 posted on 07/09/2007 6:59:34 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (http://wardsmythe.com / Script Frenzy 2007 - WINNER!!!)
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To: shhrubbery!
I didn't hear anything that I'd call "mocking" of a name.

It's near the end where he says the name in an exaggerated tone. But it's not clear he's being disdainful of Gupta's ethnic heritage or just the Dr. himself.

74 posted on 07/09/2007 10:45:36 PM PDT by edsheppa
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