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If you are a liberal, you get a pass.
I don’t know if he’s a racist but I do know he is a s**tty actor.
Who cares?
Nah, how about you go ahead and just describe it and we don't give you any hits.
You shouldn’t be driving hits to you blog on FR. The viking kitties will get you.
Wow, blog pimp much?
So what?
I sure hope this turn him into a “has-been”.
Are you the guy I’ve seen on Fox News Redeye? If so, I always thought you were pretty funny on there.
Context and social paradigms.
But, if they don’t like the word or any other words, they should make s list and then no one uses them in any setting but, you can’t.
Because we use words and phrases to not only point out our differences culturally but, also recognize those differences.
That is not to say one person or group is inferrior, dumb or smarter than others.
That too depends on where your standing and the people in your sphere of influence.
For instance; I say “Ancient Chinese Secret, Huh?” And what comes to mind?
It isn’t the iteration in the evolution of that product’s ad campaign “******* take it away”.
No, it’s Calgon detergent raising awareness of their product and tying it’s extraordinary performance with your happiness and using the quality of Chinese Dry Cleaners, delivering a consensus belief and you are compelled to save a little money, do it yourself with Calgon and be happy.
When you go to a sushi bar or chinese restaurant, isn’t rare and odd if you ever see a Mexican cooking the food, much less being a waiter?
Well, there are plenty of jokes about thise two stereotypes which, through humor, recognize people who are, in fact, different from you or me and are culturally a bit distant in some areas.
Does that make anyone a racist for noticing? Because, fir sure, they too see the differences.
Are the Japanese racist? Most of us would say so but, that’s their goofy country.
Is there a difference between asian drivers and American drivers? Yep and jokes abound because it is an observed fact.
Now, is there a difference between drivers from India and Americans? Not much, that I can tell.
The point is, we constantly observe differences which we often verbalize in humor, art and song but, damned few Americans would ever take advantage of another human being or injure anothers dignity and pride for the sole purpose of doing so.
It’s harder and harder to not say it or at least think it.
I have met Kevin Costner twice, once when I was little after his first film “Silverado” was out, he was asking my grandfather for permission to fish on our property, then the second time when he was filming “Mr. Brooks” in Portland. Had a chance to talk with him, he is actually fairly conservative in beliefs but he reminds me of an old school democrat before the liberals took control of the party. I really enjoy his films even Waterworld and the Postman. I wont say he is an amazing actor, but he is actually a decent person that is slowly coming around politically to the right. Mr. Brooks was great, and was loosely based on a Serial killer in Portland, that just happened to be one of my fathers best friends growing up, but Open Range is by far his best work to date.
I read an old dictionary many years ago and I believe the main definition of niger was worker.
Now I see that worker is not even mentioned, so what something means today may be changed from what it was years ago or hundreds or thousands of years ago.
That is why I take no stock in what some religious teacher say about the meaning of words when they are trying to change the scripture.
Thanks for letting us at FR know what you’re up to. Pay no heed to the yapping of the pipsqueaks.
Watch what?
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Don Imus, please pick up the red courtesy phone...
Ask Paula Dean.