Posted on 07/10/2009 9:53:00 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
The shorts were shorter than I would allow my daughter of the same age to wear.
Calling President Bush a chimp, etc. means nothing because he’s white."
Of course. It depends on WHO is doing the calling!!
Same here. I miss a lot for sure but I rarely see racist posts here.
We disagree on that, of course. It’s your perogative to negate the shorts for your kid and mine to think they’re fine. Just like I recall what was in style back when I was a kid and how parents were fighting it.
Of course :)
We also have to be suspicious of people who, on their profile pages, claim to be “20-year veterans of the U.S. military,” which would make them either very senior NCOs or senior officers...but every one of their posts reads like something a teenager would write. It’s pretty damn obvious that they’re phonies, liberals, and up past their bedtime.
Yes. Let’s talk about the Black Culture today, the one that is promoted by the media. The culture that was once one of the strongest, most family oriented. The one that doesn’t exist today anymore because of all the entitlement. Or would that be racist?
Who exactly is being Anti-black? Stereotypes? LMAO!
That’s allowed/permitted. Same with Redneck.
Ya know, I was born and raised in the city, as diverse as one can be or as diverse a neighborhood can be and I’m so sick of all this PC crap. Personally, I think it’s from people that have no clue what it’s like to live in a freakin’ ghetto, yeah a ghetto. Fortunately, the area in the city I grew up in wasn’t what it’s like today. It was getting there, which is the reason I got out 20 years ago. But it was a ghetto of sorts. And today it’s much worse. And many people got out which is why the city is what it is today. WTH chooses to live like that?
I don’t give a damn if I’m called a racist or anything else...some of us not only lived in the so called ghetto, we were able to WORK our way out of it. And I’m damn tired of paying for those who don’t get up off their asses and work. I don’t give a damn what color/race one is but I know the so called minorities in this Country get a free pass on some things.
I disagree. An 11 yr old is just that, a child. The kid probably has no idea really what it means. Other than what her parents told her and as a parent, I don’t allow anything in this house, on their body, with the peace symbol because of what it meant when I was a kid.
My 11 yr old would like to wear stuff with that on it. She doesn’t understand what it means or what it meant 30-40 yrs ago. We, as her parents, do. And the Obama’s also know. All the blame should be on their shoulders, not this 11 yr old kid who thought her clothes were cool.
An 11 yr old can “choose” to wear anything she wants but it’s up to the parents to allow it.
So we should NEVER joke about race. K. Can we joke about ethnicity? Is that still ok? How about gender? Or ooooh, sexual orientation as it’s now called. Can we joke about those things?
Maybe I should be offended and DEMAND no one ever joke about Italians or Irish again. That means no more mob or food jokes about Italians and no more booze jokes about the Irish.
BS. Free Speech is just that, Free Speech. It applies to all.
Or maybe rather than hit the abuse button, just deal with it? Discuss it like adults?
Well said.
We can’t talk about that stuff. It makes us racists.
RME.
I’m incredibly tired of this BS. When my kids don’t get free money to attend college and C students do because of their race...yeah, we talk about it. When my 11 yr old questions why it’s ok to make jokes about white people, or white girls but not ok to do the same about blacks or black girls....cos that’s considered racist, we talk about it. When it’s ok for a tv show or movie to slam white, straight people, and kids notice this stuff, we talk about this stuff.
When my 11 yr old asks me why it’s ok for blacks to say “white girl” but not ok for whites to say “black girl” or stereotype the black girl...in movies or television...they’re undestanding what’s going on.
So tell me again how difficult it is for blacks in this country, how difficult it is for any minority in this country. At least my kids have the female thing going for them. A white male is basically screwed unless he comes from major money and connections.
and it’s hilarious that Obama is half white, since we don’t hear anything about that.
As for American Jews, I find myself the opposite. Aside from a few Jewish conservatives i know here and in the real world most I know or see in action do not believe in my value system and don't share my world view and are my culture war foes.
But I love Israel and support Israelis and contrary to all that Evangelical gobbledegook and messianic envy, my Christianity has nothing to do with supporting Israel. I was there on business a lot and developed an affinity for them. They are rather reasonable and more like us than their neighbors. Same way I like Leb Christians more than Leb Muzzies.
Funny isn't it?
that makes me a bigot sort of...
that Jewish girl ____ Geller they put on here a lot is cute unless she’s an IMPOSTER!
“without even looking way downthread I am going to guess that we will have by now certain self righteous freepers calling other freepers racist and preening about how much better they are morally now that they have smeared them with the race card.”
Well, now...aren’t you the sage? ;o)
Check out Doe Eyes posts.
“Obama has her out there as a prop...she wore two different peace shirts in several days.”
Yes...that they did.
There is a double standard, ya’ know.
The Obama kids can’t be touched, even if they are props with a political message.
Sarah Palin’s kids are to be trashed throughout the state run media, and the blogosphere, even though there are lies involved.
I agree with part of your post. We have to get past the bs, and that means the silly fights within our own party.
However, you’ve never seen anything as ugly about the Palin kids (or Bush kids) as you’ve seen about Malia? Really?
I’m far more concerned about the divide between conservatives when it comes to religion (have you seen the religion threads?) than I am about half the stuff I see in the political threads. Conservatives eat their own. As nasty as the libs/dems get, they still stick together. Have you seen the so called science threads on here? talk about nasty and so much misinformation.
Pamela Geller is one great patriot, lover of Israel, and a real hottie.
Though, I prefer her brains. ;o)
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