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133. The middle-east has many caucasians, people that have lived in the region for centuries.

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Thu Sep 5, 2013, 10:11 PM

Sep 2013

Racial identification is such a trap that far too many people fall into it.

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Assad has a white wife [View all] blazeKing Sep 2013 OP

Not white, she's Arab eissa Sep 2013 #1

I look Irish Warpy Sep 2013 #13

Funny you say that... dorkzilla Sep 2013 #60

Paleolinguists have pointed out a lot of similarities Warpy Sep 2013 #113

Arabs are whites. They are Caucasians. n/t totodeinhere Sep 2013 #96

Depends eissa Sep 2013 #102

White is a color. It is not an ethnicity or race. MineralMan Sep 2013 #169

forreal? She looks whiter than most of my white friends blazeKing Sep 2013 #2

You'd be surprised eissa Sep 2013 #4

. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #8

And this matters, WHY? Raine1967 Sep 2013 #41

The middle-east has many caucasians, people that have lived in the region for centuries. bluestate10 Sep 2013 #133

Going out in a blaze of glory? CreekDog Sep 2013 #174

What the fucking hell? El Supremo Sep 2013 #3

Whitey supreme...and blinded by ideological glasses Supersedeas Sep 2013 #9

I'm not sure I understand your post. Could you expound? Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #38

the 9% that support the President's actions Supersedeas Sep 2013 #48

LOL...Wuh? Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #5

You sir/m'am are an idiot. nt Earth_First Sep 2013 #6

^^^ hard to argue cthulu2016 Sep 2013 #54

Astute observation etherealtruth Sep 2013 #65

OFFS. Assad is "white" himself, just not European. Very white. Hekate Sep 2013 #7

He could be Italian, Greek, Spanish. Plenty of Europeans have his coloring. n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #111

True dat. But in his case he's--you know--Syrian. The OP is a bit bizarre.... Hekate Sep 2013 #132

She is Sunni jakeXT Sep 2013 #10

Uh, wut? Cerridwen Sep 2013 #11

. CountAllVotes Sep 2013 #12

Monsters can look like anybody I guess. ananda Sep 2013 #56

I can make no sense, whatsoever, of this OP. nt UtahLib Sep 2013 #14

there's no sense to be made of it. It's just majorly stupid and offensive. cali Sep 2013 #27

But he has white friends, so it's OK. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #35

Seriously, I LOLd so hard that I choked, thanks, I think tnlefty Sep 2013 #137

Blaze could also be a pot smoking reference. Also consider the psychedelic Bob Marley avatar Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #164

so many alibis Supersedeas Sep 2013 #165

I don't even know what that means Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #166

it means all of those things you reference could be possible at the same time Supersedeas Sep 2013 #167

The arrow pointed to/referenced me, ergo me going to college. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #168

No apology necessary...that's my bad. Supersedeas Sep 2013 #170

Ouch Supersedeas Sep 2013 #141

she is Ethnic Arab, and i guess she is White in the same way Assad is White also JI7 Sep 2013 #15

We bombed the Serbs for 78 straight days. I think they are white./nt DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #16

and the Germans as well -- very white - often with blond hair and blue eyes karynnj Sep 2013 #93

If I were you, I'd self-delete this offensive garbage of a post pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #17

Absolutely agree. nt UtahLib Sep 2013 #25

Another member had already alerted and the jury split 3-3 to leave it pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #31

just started to alert it - unbelievable DrDan Sep 2013 #37

My alert msg: pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #42

You nailed it. n/t FSogol Sep 2013 #87

How . why ... ? etherealtruth Sep 2013 #91

more and more. someone called our daughters... bitches in the litter and it was left standing. seabeyond Sep 2013 #99

I know etherealtruth Sep 2013 #101

The job must be overwhelming considering all the ignorant trash and insults that is posted here. lumpy Sep 2013 #116

just hard to believe 3 would support not hiding it - wonder if they even read the post DrDan Sep 2013 #104

DU juries are like the Wild West pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #110

I have yet to see a post by this one that isn't flamebait. nolabear Sep 2013 #136

I recently suggested that the poster chose that username... pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #138

this thread just seems kind of fucked up JI7 Sep 2013 #18

dafuq did I just read? nt Union Scribe Sep 2013 #19

+1 Hissyspit Sep 2013 #171

Assad's wife was born in London, her parents are Shia Muslims from Aleppo, Syria. bluestate10 Sep 2013 #20

Close, Homs and not Aleppo, Sunni and not Shia jakeXT Sep 2013 #32

So, Assad is Alawhite too! dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #68

I am curious... DURHAM D Sep 2013 #73

the poster added a letter Alawite/Alawhite jakeXT Sep 2013 #94

Because he and his wife are Al-white dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #95

She was making a joke. I got it. nt bluestate10 Sep 2013 #125

Alawhite! bravenak Sep 2013 #89

Thread-winner, hands down. I'm in awe of your punning skills - nt HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #120

aww.......shucky durn...weren't nothing... dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #145

Nice catch, dixiegrrrrl! pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #147

Thanks for the corrections. nt bluestate10 Sep 2013 #124

Many Hispanics ARE white. AND black. And ASIAN! MADem Sep 2013 #162

What the fuck? nt msanthrope Sep 2013 #21

+1 bunnies Sep 2013 #29

BTW...I have a Syrian friend Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #22

What the hell? Arab people are considered caucasians by many. Assad has blue eyes. David__77 Sep 2013 #23

Makes one wonder what 'color' Adam and Eve were. lumpy Sep 2013 #112

jaysus. hate to break this to you but Assad is a blue eyed fair complected white man cali Sep 2013 #24

but that kind of defeats the theory that Republicans are supporting Supersedeas Sep 2013 #142

Some arabs are white, some are brown, some are black. CJCRANE Sep 2013 #26

FFS Starry Messenger Sep 2013 #28

The Syrian crisis has shown a propensity for generating idiocy. rug Sep 2013 #30

+ A brazillion! pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #39

oh fuckin bullshit. try a little harder to pull something out of ..... seabeyond Sep 2013 #33

What does it matter what color she is? hrmjustin Sep 2013 #34

Bringing up skin color for any reason is wrong. Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #36

bizarre OP quinnox Sep 2013 #40

Par for the course here, I believe. nt pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #43

how so? Supersedeas Sep 2013 #51

Not the first bizarre post pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #103

there's lots of masquerading going on these days Supersedeas Sep 2013 #117

And you thought I was being cryptic pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #118

Nah, straight as you could be about it Supersedeas Sep 2013 #128

I heartily concur. I want to say it's racist, but that seems to dignify it with HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #121

strange days...nt Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #44

Holy shit you don't get out much do you? giftedgirl77 Sep 2013 #45

I really have no problem with this post eissa Sep 2013 #46

Your other right. Cerridwen Sep 2013 #47

Exactly, asking what her race has to do with it is or what's the point completely ignores the ProSense Sep 2013 #49

This is where you get to learn why I Cerridwen Sep 2013 #52

You know what? ProSense Sep 2013 #58

omc was allowed to teach a lot Cerridwen Sep 2013 #61

"Your comment lacks class" RetroLounge Sep 2013 #98

Holy hell. bunnies Sep 2013 #79

+1000 RetroLounge Sep 2013 #97

+1 leftstreet Sep 2013 #72

You really should delete this OP. UtahLib Sep 2013 #50

Wow alcibiades_mystery Sep 2013 #53

whiteness is conditional and can be revoked BOG PERSON Sep 2013 #55

Nice. n/t leeroysphitz Sep 2013 #57

oh no! not a white-on-white marriage! what a scandal! kwassa Sep 2013 #59

I am opposed to this type of union! etherealtruth Sep 2013 #64

Oh for Pete's sake etherealtruth Sep 2013 #62

This post is so crazy it sounds trollish. blm Sep 2013 #63

OP will be "blazing" out shortly, I suspect. LAGC Sep 2013 #156

What do you mean, "ish"? pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #158

This is a truly horrible post. Wow. Damn. Why is this thread not locked? Solly Mack Sep 2013 #66

Your post has FAIL written all over it fujiyama Sep 2013 #67

Racebaiter. kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #69

some one alerted MIRT right? irisblue Sep 2013 #70

I sent a TOS question to the Admin. DURHAM D Sep 2013 #71

MIRT can't PPR a member with that many posts pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #92

How are things at Glenn Beckkk's blaze site? xfundy Sep 2013 #74

Excuse me? Iggo Sep 2013 #75

does anyone have results of the jury vote on this ? JI7 Sep 2013 #76

3-3. bunnies Sep 2013 #82

I wasn't on the jury. If I was, I would have voted to leave it. bluestate10 Sep 2013 #130

Could be. bunnies Sep 2013 #131

You'd leave it? Really? pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #139

Every village has one ... etherealtruth Sep 2013 #77

I have a red Ford Escape lpbk2713 Sep 2013 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author warrprayer Sep 2013 #80

She's had some high profile spreads in Vogue magazine BainsBane Sep 2013 #81

I have a white ass. Throd Sep 2013 #83

Me, too... Iggo Sep 2013 #127

Considering that Assad isn't being targeted, this is completely irrelevent. brooklynite Sep 2013 #84

Easily the worst thread in a forum full of damn good contenders for that title on a daily basis Number23 Sep 2013 #85

odd post, however carlin was correct noiretextatique Sep 2013 #86

You are wrong about the media. Yesterday or day before CNN was talking about her Tx4obama Sep 2013 #88

My BFF is Turkish and Persian. bravenak Sep 2013 #90

WTF? MineralMan Sep 2013 #100

I agree with you warrant46 Sep 2013 #107

hooked Supersedeas Sep 2013 #135

+1 n/t trackfan Sep 2013 #154

This may actually be the stupidest OP I've seen here this week. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #105

That's a funny way to write the headline Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2013 #106

Assad has a white wife. Bloody hell, that post is unbelieveable. lumpy Sep 2013 #108

this post didn't go over well here at DU Enrique Sep 2013 #109

Oh, snap! pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #153

Omg go back to freeperville with this racist crap Drew Richards Sep 2013 #114

... SidDithers Sep 2013 #115

Assad has a white wife. George W. Bush has a good heart. Cruise missiles aren't war. WilliamPitt Sep 2013 #119

Noone is "white"and everyone should know that. Coyotl Sep 2013 #122

Dumb post. Texasgal Sep 2013 #123

Still? BeyondGeography Sep 2013 #126

'K lunasun Sep 2013 #129

And you appear to be a flamer and nothing more. nolabear Sep 2013 #134

smh/nt DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #140

Pssst... cherokeeprogressive Sep 2013 #143

Original OP Jury results: Raine1967 Sep 2013 #144

Actually, I'm glad the post was left standing . . . markpkessinger Sep 2013 #149

Thankyou, Raine pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #152

'Basically the 9% is a bunch of old white males' markiv Sep 2013 #146

Huh? Blue_In_AK Sep 2013 #148

You made a fool of yourself donheld Sep 2013 #150

And what a lucky woman she is, to have landed a man who looks like he's swallowing his lower jaw Scootaloo Sep 2013 #151

This is racist drivel. Jamastiene Sep 2013 #155

Dafuq does that have to do with anything? bobclark86 Sep 2013 #157

Assad is also white. NutmegYankee Sep 2013 #159

Wtf ? iamthebandfanman Sep 2013 #160

and ? dipsydoodle Sep 2013 #161

Ahh, this is insane. a la izquierda Sep 2013 #163

onion? annabanana Sep 2013 #172

I don't care what color she 'looks'. How does she feel about her husband gassing innocents? n/t Avalux Sep 2013 #173