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1 posted on 07/31/2006 6:33:53 AM PDT by JRochelle
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Larry did not do as well in literature class as he should have.


2 posted on 07/31/2006 6:35:33 AM PDT by muawiyah (-/sarcasm)
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Oh grow a freaking HIDE for gawdsakes!!!!


3 posted on 07/31/2006 6:35:37 AM PDT by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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Needless to say -- would be okay had a democrat said it.
4 posted on 07/31/2006 6:35:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin ("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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What does Calvin Coolidge have to do with this?


5 posted on 07/31/2006 6:36:31 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I've always wanted to be 40 ... and it's as good as I anticipated!)
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Tar baby is offensive because...why, exactly?


7 posted on 07/31/2006 6:37:28 AM PDT by cloud8
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When I hear the words "Tar baby" I immediately think Brer Rabbit.


9 posted on 07/31/2006 6:38:02 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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http://www.mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=mb060727sw

In a related development, Disney Exec Bob Iger decided against releasing Song of the South on DVD.

10 posted on 07/31/2006 6:38:50 AM PDT by sportutegrl (A person is a person, no matter how small. (Dr. Seuss))
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Tar baby can refer to a sticky mess, but it also has been recognized as an epithet to humiliate black people.

It does not! It does not! It does not! It does not!

Maybe if I repeat myself, people will listen.

The important thing about a tar baby is that it is sticky, not that it is black.

Maybe we need to start talking about taffy babies, instead.

12 posted on 07/31/2006 6:38:59 AM PDT by gridlock (The 'Pubbies will pick up two (2) seats in the Senate and four (4) seats in the House in 2006)
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Ignorance equals outrage once again.

A tar baby is simply a sticky trap, it has nothing at all to do with skin color.

Geez! Read a friggin book once in a while!


14 posted on 07/31/2006 6:39:14 AM PDT by American_Centurion (No, I don't trust the government to automatically do the right thing.)
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Tsk, tsk, tsk. "Tar baby" is a slang expression meaning to get stuck in a pit you can't get out of. It has nothing to do with blacks. As a metaphor, it refers to animals that drowned in tar pits thousands of years ago. The idiots of PC should learn a little histoire. As usage goes, its about as offensive a term as niggardly, which of course gets confused with that other word. I don't see where Mitt Romney managed to offend the delicate sensibilities of black Americans. PC politics is all by itself a tar baby to avoid.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

15 posted on 07/31/2006 6:39:22 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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Well, all Bay Staters ought to be offended that Romney's out of state feathering his political nest while folks who are being detoured around the Big Dig debacle are sitting in traffic sucking in exhaust.
17 posted on 07/31/2006 6:39:34 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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http://www.ongoing-tales.com/SERIALS/oldtime/FAIRYTALES/tarbaby.html


19 posted on 07/31/2006 6:40:53 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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It's spelled 'timbre' by the way.

Gee, where's the outrage over the racist cartoons against Condoleeza Rice? Or Michael Steele? Or.... or.... you get my drift.


26 posted on 07/31/2006 6:47:09 AM PDT by SueRae
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"Prominent black Bay Staters are outraged"

Aah, they would prefer a sanitized language? Perhaps they could visit Iran with its elastic loaves instead of Pizza,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1674203/posts

or Malaysia, where "parents are not allowed to name their babies after animals, insects, fruits, vegetables or colours. "

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Sunday/National/20060730075852/Article/index_html


30 posted on 07/31/2006 6:47:47 AM PDT by bwteim (bwteim = Begin With The End In Mind)
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Being offended is sometimes purely a form of aggression. - Mohamed Rosoel

Although Mr. Roesoel was speaking of Muslim outrage at every and all things non-Muslim, I identify this statement as the pluperfect definition of the core of the racist/feminist/homosexual/socialist mindset.

It's an old, worn out cheap trick that few will fall for any longer, the black race pimps better realize that they've been totally upstaged by the insane Muslims. The tigers have turned themselves into butter...'bout damn time!
38 posted on 07/31/2006 6:53:35 AM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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I am sick and tired of loud mouthed "activists" hijacking the American English language. First "gay" was perverted. Then "niggardly" was made a cause celebre and an innocent man fired for his language skills which 'offended' a fund-raising bunch of professional race card players.

I refuse to give up any more of my American linguistic heritage. The PC speech crowd will just have to learn to live with being 'offended'. Personally, I find those oxygen thieves continued existence offensive.

Anybody know how to get a call through to Heaven for a request for some "language traitor" Zots? Mere Viking Kitty efforts are inadequate in this case.


44 posted on 07/31/2006 6:58:45 AM PDT by rissa1312
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Prominent black Bay Staters

When did they get the other one?

48 posted on 07/31/2006 7:00:11 AM PDT by kerryusama04 (Isa 8:20)
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In this line of sensitivity no one would be allowed to use the phase, "It's a cake walk".


54 posted on 07/31/2006 7:04:35 AM PDT by Obadiah (Liberals: Blazingly Stupid!)
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"Tar baby is a totally inappropriate phrase in the 21st century."

55 posted on 07/31/2006 7:04:53 AM PDT by macamadamia
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Coolidge probably never said "nuclear" either. So what?
57 posted on 07/31/2006 7:07:56 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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