To: SmithL
No fan of McCain.
But it is ridiculous to pop someone for the use of "tar baby" as racial esp. when it is provided in context like it is here.
8 posted on
03/16/2007 1:37:44 PM PDT by
Condor 63
To: Condor 63
But it is ridiculous to pop someone for the use of "tar baby" as racial esp. when it is provided in context like it is here
I think it is ridiculous to apologize. He said nothing "racial" and had no reason to give in to the PC crowd. Shows weakness.
31 posted on
03/16/2007 1:48:45 PM PDT by
Republican Red
(Chris Matthews would put on diapers and drive 900 miles to abduct Cheney.)
To: Condor 63
You see, it's 2007, context doesn't matter. He should've said "tar pit" and obviously missed when Romney called the Big Dig a "tar baby" and got in some trouble.
I've never heard of the phrase "tar baby" outside of the Br'er Rabbit story.
No clue how it was (if ever?) applied to blacks and thus became one of an endless list of "offensive" terms regardless of use and context.
46 posted on
03/16/2007 2:02:30 PM PDT by
newzjunkey
(Avg price, REGULAR gas, $3.16/gallon in San Diego.)
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