The Republicans are calling for his head because he's a member of the opposition. If a Republican said something similar, the Democrats would be demanding blood. I think the issue is less with what he said - but just the fact that he said *something* controversial gives his opponents ammo.
I say that they all should resign. Every last one of them.
I say that they all should resign. Every last one of them.
So what EXACTLY is the problem with Reid's comments?
- 12/01/2010 04:11:56 AM
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it wasn't just that he commented on the lack of "dialect"
- 12/01/2010 04:16:27 AM
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Regardless of that, I don't see the ability to use dialect as a racist statement.
- 12/01/2010 04:32:07 AM
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when was the last time you heard a white person speaking ebonics?
- 12/01/2010 01:41:24 PM
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A week or so ago.
- 12/01/2010 08:09:09 PM
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Isn't that the definition of a wigger? A white person who speaks/acts like a black person?
- 12/01/2010 09:49:34 PM
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And the fact that Wigger = White N****r isn't racist at all! *NM*
- 12/01/2010 10:33:04 PM
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I wasn't using the term seriously 9_9
- 13/01/2010 04:26:20 AM
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Mocking white people for "acting like black people" by modifying a slur on blacks... hm... *NM*
- 13/01/2010 06:50:46 AM
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The problem is he's a politician
- 12/01/2010 04:35:51 AM
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You know, what IS a good term for black people these days?
- 12/01/2010 04:36:33 AM
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I just use "black"
- 12/01/2010 02:27:16 PM
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Why is it OK to discriminate on the grounds of language but not race?
- 12/01/2010 08:23:21 AM
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Please tell me you were joking... *NM*
- 12/01/2010 01:29:37 PM
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Your AAE is a language the way that Pig Latin is a language.
- 12/01/2010 06:38:35 PM
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You know, arguing what a language is with a linguist is pretty much set up for failure *NM*
- 12/01/2010 07:58:42 PM
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I recall having a similar discussion on this very topic a few years ago with Tim.
- 12/01/2010 08:10:53 PM
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Re: I recall having a similar discussion on this very topic a few years ago with Tim.
- 12/01/2010 09:06:01 PM
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Maybe, but having knowledge of the topic wasn't one of my advantages in that argument. 
*NM*
- 13/01/2010 03:36:31 AM
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*NM*
- 13/01/2010 03:36:31 AM
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I don't even know where to begin.
- 12/01/2010 09:43:21 PM
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That third point is going a bit far.
- 12/01/2010 10:06:08 PM
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You're right, I was conflating two separate points.
- 12/01/2010 10:14:48 PM
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Well, it still only applies...
- 12/01/2010 10:24:08 PM
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You ascribe too much intelligence to the average American racist 
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- 12/01/2010 10:30:39 PM
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- 12/01/2010 10:30:39 PM
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You're guessing at people's motives and making what appear to be broad, unsupported assertions
- 12/01/2010 11:04:47 PM
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I don't mean they're racist in all respects.
- 13/01/2010 06:52:20 AM
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Your defintion of racism and sexism seems to massively differ from mine
- 13/01/2010 03:37:46 PM
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I had to think about this for a few days, but I've now worked out my answer.
- 16/01/2010 01:59:25 PM
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I had no problems with them. And I don't even like the guy and hope he loses his reelection battle.
- 12/01/2010 03:32:42 PM
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Who seriously uses the term "Negro dialect" anymore?
- 13/01/2010 02:00:15 AM
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It's not the word "Negro" in "Magic Negro" that's the most offensive part. *NM*
- 13/01/2010 09:16:20 AM
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