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60. Distorting, wrong-naming is the ultimate "dis"

Reply to Odin2005 (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 06:15 PM

Jan 2013

Slaves were forced to accept names their master gave them

Eliss island employees routinely "Americanized" immigrants who dared not gripe about it, since any complaint could have made them "ineligible"

Bullies in school taunt their targets with derisive nicknames

Republicans are usually lacking in conversational skills and grammatical knowledge, but they excel in dog-whistle usage and the renaming-game...i.e. DemocRAT...Clear Skies..Clean Coal...No Child Left Behind.,. etc

A person's name is the first thing they are given when they are born, and by the time they reach school age they and only they, should have the choice of being called what they wish to be called.. Another person who deliberately calls them a name they do NOT want to be called, is disrespecting their very person-hood.

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Why do wing-nuts always call the president "Barry"? [View all] Odin2005 Jan 2013 OP

it's because they think they are clever on one level datasuspect Jan 2013 #1

I want to know more about name magic siligut Jan 2013 #10

I think he's talking about primitive superstitions about names. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #14

Interesting, thanks. siligut Jan 2013 #22

or similarly, the idea of speaking something into existence datasuspect Jan 2013 #35

That explains a lot about my own stalkers MrScorpio Jan 2013 #85

"name magic" ---- +100 Taverner Jan 2013 #43

It's just a juvenile insult sharp_stick Jan 2013 #2

I'm sure it's meant to demean him Flashmann Jan 2013 #3

Not only wing-nuts do that... SidDithers Jan 2013 #4

I'm from the extreme radical left and.. ananda Jan 2013 #19

Good. But they're certainly out there... SidDithers Jan 2013 #25

There are other people from the left pnwmom Jan 2013 #72

Oh, they are wing-nuts too. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #32

I have too.. I totally thought of those Cha Jan 2013 #66

I deal with very left leaning people all the time G_j Jan 2013 #86

Barry as a name maryland native Jan 2013 #5

So I should have called Bush: President Numbnuts? skip fox Jan 2013 #55

Eh. I still call W "W" gollygee Jan 2013 #6

I always called him DUHbya Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2013 #65

Because they're fucking pigs Zoeisright Jan 2013 #7

I think it was a childhood nickname. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #8

Oh, yes, the "Barry Soetoro" nonsense. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #16

Yep, birther bullshit. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #23

He was called 'Barry' as a kid, by choice. Once he was an adult he preferred 'Barack.' onehandle Jan 2013 #9

Thanks for that, onehandle. It's like a lot of kids who Cha Jan 2013 #69

Thanks for clarifying it ... n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #76

Specifically, "Barry Soetoro". It's an attempt to cast suspicion on his time in Indonesia. Recursion Jan 2013 #11

I have never heard that Barry means anything racial. siligut Jan 2013 #12

It's an attempt to quesiton his identity RomneyLies Jan 2013 #13

No, its an attempt to make him seem less than *American* ... Myrina Jan 2013 #21

No. My cousin's name is Barry. Nothing to do with nationality. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #80

I don't mean "Barry" ... Myrina Jan 2013 #87

They're unable to speak.. one_voice Jan 2013 #15

"a way of calling a black man 'boy'" YES. Lex Jan 2013 #17

I see "Zero" more than Barry on right wing stuff Glitterati Jan 2013 #18

There's a racial motive too. Archae Jan 2013 #20

"Shrub" "Boner" earthside Jan 2013 #24

I think Barry is better than "Bam" which is the nickname of choice no_hypocrisy Jan 2013 #26

Not just wing nuts KamaAina Jan 2013 #27

It's how he was called ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #28

"Dookie-breath"? Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #30

Yeah ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #34

I remember a former classmate with the same issue. First thing in the morning was a real test.... Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #49

I suspect that it was ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #51

It's really shocking to think that a teenager would have severe decay and/or gum disease, but I'm... Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #53

Not in the neighborhood I grew up in ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #58

Well, their job is done then. You've now publicly acknowledged their idiocy, and allowed it to.... Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #29

Sounds less corny, same intent, as "boy." nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #31

I'm not one to talk on this; I called Mitch McConnell "McTurtle". CheapShotArtist Jan 2013 #33

How is calling in President Obama "Barry"... PurpleEngineer Jan 2013 #36

More like calling W "Junior" rurallib Jan 2013 #44

Correct, although I've seen people go one step further Dubya, calling him "Dumbya". whathehell Jan 2013 #77

"Dubya" isn't a dog whistle. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #81

"Dubya" is how President Bush pronounced his own middle initial. (nt) Heidi Jan 2013 #88

This type of thing has been going on a long time apparently. trackfan Jan 2013 #37

Instead of letting it get on your nerves... GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #38

they think it is condascending nt d_r Jan 2013 #39

took me awhile for me to figure out "Peebo" riverwalker Jan 2013 #40

No biggie, I call all of them shitstains. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #41

It's a birther meme. nt hack89 Jan 2013 #42

Because they can't get "President Obama" MineralMan Jan 2013 #45

It's the another "the President is a foreigner" lie intaglio Jan 2013 #46

Dems called Bush; Shrub, W, Chimp Johonny Jan 2013 #47

IMO it is an informal way to insult him. Rex Jan 2013 #48

Obama used to go by that name when he was young and it is NoMoreWarNow Jan 2013 #50

They do it to be disrespectful and piss off people who voted for him. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #52

Then they are succeeding in their objective. WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #54

Because it's childish. CommoFreq Jan 2013 #56

The same reason they refer to our party as the "Democrat" party. City Lights Jan 2013 #57

It's disrespectful, because that's how they mean it. immoderate Jan 2013 #59

Distorting, wrong-naming is the ultimate "dis" SoCalDem Jan 2013 #60

barry stklurker Jan 2013 #61

bush was just plain ol' Cha Jan 2013 #62

At one point one RW told me that "Barry" was apparently embarrassed by his roots. Sheepshank Jan 2013 #63

They probably didn't like it when I called dubya tavernier Jan 2013 #64

Damn close!!! RKP5637 Jan 2013 #78

If I can call W, Dubya and all the other names I called him... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #67

To dis him, they would say the N word if they could and of course they do when left to their own!!! winstars Jan 2013 #68

They're just being juvenile. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #70

They think it's some sort of insult, like "Democrat Party". Morans. catbyte Jan 2013 #71

Why did we call Bush "Chimpy"? MrSlayer Jan 2013 #73

Even when he pisses me off... bobclark86 Jan 2013 #74

It started as a birther conspiracy theory. Bradical79 Jan 2013 #75

they believe they are showing disrespect riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #79

Well I still call Bush the second "chimp" because he Raine Jan 2013 #82

I find that very demeaning arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #83

LOL yeah you're right about that, Chimps are also very smart. nt Raine Jan 2013 #84

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mommy, it followed me home, can I keep it? uppityperson May 2016 #90