On October 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm, Dimsdale said: #826843

Can a president be criticized for reasons other than racism?

Any President can be criticized for any reason. And, should you want to critize a President for being racist, that is OK, too. As long as you have the facts to back up your criticisms.

That is the real question, and the point of this thread.

Maybe, though you came late to the party. Besides there is no rule or requirement to follow the thread. People take tangents all the time.

That being said, my initial post addressed the sign in the picture being held by the woman.

What do you think? Do you believe there is a media outlet, of any type, that will characterize her sign as racist? Should you find a media outlet suggesting that, please post it.

On October 19th, 2009 at 11:32 pm, SHoward said: #826899

What you wrote was unclear, and can in fact be taken either way

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Hardly, you were the only one who had difficulty understanding it, evidenced by the lack of additional comments on that specific line from my post.

(In simpler terms: it could be taken the way you say you meant it, or the way I parsed it.)

I never said what I meant by the statement. The statement speaks for itself. I said you should re-read it. And, obviously you did, and now understand it.

I chose to parse it to make fun of you, being the master of the obvious that you are.

I have no problem being made fun of or being corrected. I do have a problem with insults and perjoratives. Nothing obvious in your comment suggested it was funny. I, also, kind of have a problem with those who do not respond to direct questions with direct answers.

Read the above paragraph SLOWLY. Re-read it outloud. Then take a long hard look at all of your posts, and you will find that about all you do is word polution (poluting blogs with meaningless streams of words).

WOW! Have I gotten that much under your skin that you have to reference my other posts? You know them, don’t you. And, yet you respond to my ‘pollution.’ You must really like me and my pollution. LOL.

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By the right, left, or center?

Lefties always cry, well you do it to. No, we call out our corruption. And didn’t your mommy ever ask you, if everyone was jumping off of a bridge, would you do it too? Sheesh, liberals are pieces of work. At least I get a laugh, it reminds me of playground arguments in the 6th grade.

When have you ever heard the US government boasting they are in control of the media?

BINGO!!! Liberals, that is the true crux of the convo there. Focus on that for a while rather than the duck and cover. Also, hasn’t liberals coming in here accusing “strawman” arguments been used to death yet? Can’t you find something else? There are too many dead horses around here.

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On October 19th, 2009 at 7:23 pm, zyzzyg said:

I’ll break it down for you, zero.

What you wrote was unclear, and can in fact be taken either way. (In simpler terms: it could be taken the way you say you meant it, or the way I parsed it.) I chose to parse it to make fun of you, being the master of the obvious that you are.

Read the above paragraph SLOWLY. Re-read it outloud. Then take a long hard look at all of your posts, and you will find that about all you do is word polution (poluting blogs with meaningless streams of words).

On October 19th, 2009 at 4:31 pm, zyzzyg said:

(snip)

Agreed, ‘Minions’ is not racist. Can a person be offended for reasons other than racism?

Can a president be criticized for reasons other than racism?

That is the real question, and the point of this thread.

On October 19th, 2009 at 4:23 pm, zyzzyg said:

Huh?

No one is denying that there are subtle forms of racism. And, not every form of protest, or sign, is racist.

Are you suggesting that no matter the sign (what it says) and form of protest, it is racist? Or, at least subliminally so?

Nope. What he’s saying is that the MSM reports or comments about tea party signs in such a way that most everyone reading or listening to the MSM is encouraged to believe that the tea party protesters are all racists. You may disagree, but, if you read the drivel that passes for comments on HuffPo and DailyKos, you’ll see most of the posters accusing tea party protesters of being racists.

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On October 19th, 2009 at 5:02 pm, SHoward said: #826747

Please tell me, what is “unhelpful” about winning an argument on the facts, and not “exaggerations for effect?”

Or was that tongue-in-cheak and sarcasm?

Try re-reading what I wrote. Read it slowly and out loud.

It is called reading comprehension.