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20. Macaca ver 2013

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 01:47 PM

Mar 2013

Stand by for the rethuglican idea of an apology " If anyone was offended ... " .

That's the best they can ever do.

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Rep. Young ‘Meant No Disrespect’ By ‘Wetbacks’ Remark [View all] deminks Mar 2013 OP

So, no apology necessary, I guess. Scuba Mar 2013 #1

He meant it just as he said it... pipoman Mar 2013 #2

There are places it wasn't a slur ag_dude Mar 2013 #3

It has ALWAYS been a slur CBGLuthier Mar 2013 #4

Where you live. ag_dude Mar 2013 #5

what region is that? datasuspect Mar 2013 #16

A region where there are lots of bigots? joeybee12 Mar 2013 #19

It is a slur, has always been a slur rurallib Mar 2013 #11

Yeah, and people would have argued pipoman Mar 2013 #9

bullshit datasuspect Mar 2013 #15

ROFLMAO!!! ' I meant no disrespect' bowens43 Mar 2013 #6

Don Young, dumber than a fencepost . . . . hatrack Mar 2013 #7

The point is Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #12

"a term that was commonly used" by racists and bigots. TeamPooka Mar 2013 #14

He should be highly pressured to resign his office immediately. David Zephyr Mar 2013 #17

Macaca ver 2013 lpbk2713 Mar 2013 #20

Except that he wasn't talking about his past state of mind aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2013 #21