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Racial slur use lands Rep. Buck (D) in hot water (He didn't know that 'wetback' was offensive)
Tennessean ^
| 5/5/04
| By ANITA WADHWANI
Posted on 05/06/2004 11:08:10 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
Edited on 05/07/2004 9:20:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Several incendiary comments by a Midstate legislator about Hispanic workers
(Excerpt) Read more at tennessean.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; frankbuck; pc; slur
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To: Blood of Tyrants
I call for State Rep. Frank Buck to RESIGN from office immediately!!!
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:09:58 AM PDT
by
gipper81
To: Blood of Tyrants
How old IS this guy? I've known that for years!
But what do we expect from an ignorant rat?!
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:10:48 AM PDT
by
SheLion
(Please register to vote! We can't afford to be silent.)
To: SheLion
How old IS this guy?Age: 61
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:12:32 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: Blood of Tyrants
Didn't know it was offensive?? I knew that back in the 3rd grade. Sheesh.
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:13:17 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Liberalism is the end result of too many people peeing in the gene pool.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Heard this on the local news this morning. Funny, they didn't mention his political affiliation.
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:14:53 AM PDT
by
scottinoc
To: Blood of Tyrants
viva los mojados
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:15:12 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: Blood of Tyrants
He's a Democrat?
What's the matter with you guys? Don't you know that makes it all right?
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:15:18 AM PDT
by
Columbine
(Bush '04 - Owens '08)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Didn't Red Foxx as Fred Sanford use the term? Then it should be OK, Right?
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:15:23 AM PDT
by
oyez
(Fortune favors the bold.)
To: reagan_fanatic
But it isn't offensive, unless there is an (R) after your name.
If you are a (D) you can say all kinds of neat stuff, like how a Klansman would have been a great American Leader, during the Civil War era.....
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:15:45 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Frank Buck
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:16:07 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: Blood of Tyrants
My, this is unusual!! As a rule, left wingers never criticize a democrat for some imagined slur.
There is nothing wrong with the term "wetback." It describes an illegal alien who swam across the river to sneak into this country. It is a euphemism. Those who profit from wetbacks' work in this country prefer the euphemisms, "Latin princes," "noble workers from the south," or "brave innocents in an unfriendly land." You use the euphemism you prefer and I'l use theone I prefer. And, I promise that I will not force you to use the biased label that I believe is much more accurate.
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:16:31 AM PDT
by
Tacis
To: Blood of Tyrants
What Buck said was stupid, but the media is playing it up because Buck is actually one of the more conservative Dems in the State House. Notice what this person says...
''We certainly would be glad to meet with him to discuss what is appropriate language when referring to Hispanics and Latinos in the United States.''
If I were Buck, I'd say, "The Constitution grants me the right to use whatever terms I wish. I'd be glad to meet with you to discuss it."
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:16:36 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(My posts are full of ironic sarcasm. Or sarcastic irony. Whatever'll keep you from gettin' PO'd.)
To: gipper81
I call for State Rep. Frank Buck to RESIGN from office immediately!!! Yea, imagine the nerve of this guy. I'll be watching 60 minutes, CBSABCNBCCNN News for the story on all the heat this guy is going to take.
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:16:38 AM PDT
by
BJungNan
To: Blood of Tyrants
I didn't know that word was offensive.
That's great! Can't wait to use that one. If only I were a democrat...
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:16:52 AM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: csvset
Is that a toupe sir? I, for one, was fooled...
They are Goobacks. Sent from the future to take arrr jobzzz.
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:17:22 AM PDT
by
xusafflyer
(Keep paying those taxes California. Mexico thanks you.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
And on South Park they called the illegals from the future "Goobacks." Seems the aliens arrived with a film of bluish goo on them. Heheheheh.
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:17:39 AM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(........"I looked out and saw rifles everywhere. That's when I felt safe." .........)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Other good excuses...
"My family calls them 'wetbacks' not me. "
"I was going to say, 'wet VAC' but some son of a b*tch pushed my lip."
"I actually didn't say 'wetback' before I said it."
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:18:26 AM PDT
by
anonymous_user
(Telling the truth means you never have to change your story.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
''If he's using the term wetback, literally meaning they got wet crossing the Rio Grande, how does he know that they did that?'' Gonzalez said. ''By looking at the color of their skin?'' And this guy is an absolute idiot if he does not know the term wetback comes from illegals crossing the river.
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:19:50 AM PDT
by
BJungNan
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