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Puzzledtraveller

(5,937 posts)
5. During the heat of the NSA debate the racism card was being played by some on DU
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 03:21 PM
Sep 2013

I think it had been directed on more than one ocassion at Sibelian if I recall correctly.

LuvNewcastle

(16,844 posts)
7. Are you British? I know prejudice against Indians is a problem over there (some people
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 03:23 PM
Sep 2013

call them Pakis over there), but it isn't really a problem in America. It's nothing compared to the racism against black people, I mean.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
10. If you want to be a racist you're gonna have to do better than that
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 03:34 PM
Sep 2013

Hell, these days it's apparently OK for members of the liberal media to make offensive jokes about the president without being called racists.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
15. Because he has a folksy southern-sounding first name.
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 04:44 PM
Sep 2013

You know, like Billy-Ray or Daisy-Belle.

Robert would sound too stuffy anyway.

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
16. I think Billy-Ray's a really nice name.
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 04:54 PM
Sep 2013

I've never heard it before.

However, it does sound like a kind of cartilaginous fish. Maybe with a beard and horns.
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