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Seems to me that free speech means it is OK to note the fact that the president's kid was wearing a blatantly political statement on (not one, but two) T-shirts and doing it in company with people who take note of such things - not a good thing.

The president's wife routinely dresses, well, a bit ghastly, and that surely should be a fair topic.

The guy walking with her looked like a street thug wannabe although he's probably secret service in his Acme Inc. punk disguise.

The entire Obama / Soterro family seems to believe they have special dispensation to reform world opinion about the USA. Like socialists everywhere, they seem to see society in two levels - an elite that includes them and the unwashed masses that they need to cultivate. I'd bet that there is a heavy load of race hatred in there as well....

But:
Just as Don Imus learned (thinking he was well enough accepted by the masses to get away with borrowing ghetto terms) that some things are simply not allowed.
An Italian can call another a Wop, two Irishmen together are both Micks, I'll refer to myself as a Redneck but humbly request that you do not (unless you is one too).

I'm repeating myself, but if ghetto / trailer trash fits, so be it. On the other hand, trying to use what an outsider perceives as ghetto, or trailer trash, talk, and using it in insults to the individual, is a self inflicted (foot) wound.

It's also pretty lame means of making a point.

Finally, I'd like to thank Mr Thompson for the opportunity to opine.

Just as Don Imus learned ... An Italian can call another a Wop, two Irishmen together are both Micks, I'll refer to myself as a Redneck but humbly request that you do not (unless you is one too)....trying to use what an outsider perceives as ghetto, or trailer trash, talk, and using it in insults to the individual, is a self inflicted (foot) wound.

I totally agree. When I see ebonics on here to insult blacks in public life, it is rarely a witty play on words -- it's usually just clumsy and offensive. I hope everyone will hit the abuse button when you see something that is over the line.

That said, FReep on!