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8. Maybe you were gasping

Wed Oct 5, 2016, 08:42 AM

Oct 2016

I mostly heard giggling.

Regardless of the fact he meant "thing" as "topic", it was still rude, much like McCain pointing at Obama and saying, "that one". It was a weird, dehumanizing moment, in which every black person listening or watching felt a little sting of "that negro over there".

The disregard in his voice is key. "That Mexican Thing", he said, as if to say, "That minor piffle when my running mate slandered a whole ethnic group of people with a broad generalization."

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Pence to Kaine at VP debate: 'You whipped out that Mexican thing again' [View all] EricMaundry Oct 2016 OP

Well, it WAS National Taco Day. Frank Cannon Oct 2016 #1

This is the Mexican Thing Kaine kept whipping: Coyotl Oct 2016 #42

"Trump doesnt say what he means." Yeah, THAT'S a quality... Beartracks Oct 2016 #51

Can't wait for that ad to come out! Coyotl Oct 2016 #66

i know I cant stop the Democratic freight train here but retrowire Oct 2016 #2

Um, no. Your concern that Mr. Pence not be taken out of context completely ignores the reaction of msanthrope Oct 2016 #4

I agree blue cat Oct 2016 #7

Exactly. And they are not happy. Tempest Oct 2016 #54

Neither Trump nor Pence consider POC as "people" BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #5

sigh. big fucking sigh. retrowire Oct 2016 #10

Many of us are FUCKING SICK OF THIS SHIT BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #13

i didnt defend it. retrowire Oct 2016 #16

The fact that you are assigning an "interpretation" BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #18

i assigned that he meant topic retrowire Oct 2016 #21

How the hell do YOU know that he "meant topic"? BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #22

why arent you arguing with nightmaar about this? retrowire Oct 2016 #24

You did not go on to acknowledge the perceived insult BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #27

when did I say he misspoke? retrowire Oct 2016 #29

When you post BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #31

Well said. n/t JTFrog Oct 2016 #67

It's a perfect bookend to trump's "Miss Housekeeping" remark. zonkers Oct 2016 #38

Talk about someone not holding their shit together..... JTFrog Oct 2016 #65

where did I defend it? I'll wait. nt retrowire Oct 2016 #75

I pretend the same thing when I'm dramatically and demonstrably wrong and everyone calls me on it. LanternWaste Oct 2016 #73

You're right retrowire Oct 2016 #76

For shit sakes. That is what he said. Why would you minimize or defend it? lonestarnot Oct 2016 #12

see nightmaar's post #8 retrowire Oct 2016 #14

Zactly. lonestarnot Oct 2016 #15

Latinos WERE gasping. Read it for yourself. Tempest Oct 2016 #59

when did I doubt they were gasping? I'll wait. nt retrowire Oct 2016 #62

Are you serious? You don't get that "that Mexican thing" is a belittling insult to Latinos? brush Oct 2016 #33

see post 8. Nightmaar explained my meaning much better. retrowire Oct 2016 #34

No one thought he was referring to people as things. brush Oct 2016 #36

I've seen it taken that way. nt retrowire Oct 2016 #39

Seems pretty simple awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #81

It doesn't matter what you think. Latinos were offended. Tempest Oct 2016 #61

i never said it wasnt offensive. #barkingupthewrongtree nt retrowire Oct 2016 #63

Mexican "thing" implies that Trump's vlyons Oct 2016 #41

Totally agree. retrowire Oct 2016 #44

yes sarcasm vlyons Oct 2016 #50

^^^ THIS ^^^ Coyotl Oct 2016 #46

It's like saying, "Hey, that's just Donald talking shit, ignore what he says and listen to me." Coyotl Oct 2016 #69

Meanwhile, the MSM and right wingers take Bill Clinton and every other democrat out of context ecstatic Oct 2016 #43

Two wrongs dont make a right. lets be better than that. nt retrowire Oct 2016 #45

exactly treestar Oct 2016 #57

What matters is how Latinos saw it. Tempest Oct 2016 #52

they seem to be on the same page as me retrowire Oct 2016 #60

They're obviously not on the same page as you Tempest Oct 2016 #64

yes i am. retrowire Oct 2016 #68

Use a sledgehammer, it's more effective Tempest Oct 2016 #70

post #18 is someone elses post? retrowire Oct 2016 #71

this is DU and you'd expect a Democratic train treestar Oct 2016 #53

That he is. lets keep the train rolling accurately. nt retrowire Oct 2016 #56

Agreed. Beartracks Oct 2016 #72

However, Eric. . . ProfessorGAC Oct 2016 #3

Excuse me n2doc Oct 2016 #6

Classic line Funtatlaguy Oct 2016 #32

That's what I thought of too! n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #82

Maybe you were gasping knightmaar Oct 2016 #8

THIS. retrowire Oct 2016 #11

You refuse to accept what post #8 actually described as a reason for why people disagree with you BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #17

uhhh retrowire Oct 2016 #19

Claiming something as a "fact" when it is YOUR "opinion" BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #20

from another post retrowire Oct 2016 #23

Pence was asked multiple times to answer the questions on immigration BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #26

Latinos were gasping. Tempest Oct 2016 #58

Some crowds are less mature ... knightmaar Oct 2016 #77

Pence was trying to have a Reagan campaign moment. I hope he keeps on trying. Ironically... marble falls Oct 2016 #9

Not fair! You accurately quoted our candidate! Again! Nitram Oct 2016 #25

New hat Gothmog Oct 2016 #28

LOL geardaddy Oct 2016 #49

Kaine won this debate Jim Dandy Oct 2016 #30

More like going through the litany of garbage that has been tossed out at all of us nolabels Oct 2016 #35

Exactly. I saw it that way last night as well ecstatic Oct 2016 #40

And then Pence proceeded to LIE about what Trump said: ecstatic Oct 2016 #37

Pence was trying to do the Reagan "There you go again...." Jade Fox Oct 2016 #47

Ahh, I love the smell of Mexican things being whipped out in the morning... truthisfreedom Oct 2016 #48

Latinos react. And they're not happy. Tempest Oct 2016 #55

Mexican thing? bucolic_frolic Oct 2016 #74

I have a new line to say to my Mexican-American Husband :) dbackjon Oct 2016 #78

LOL, Your naughty dbackjon.......... Old Vet Oct 2016 #79

Pence revealed himself to be every bit the racist as Trump. nt SunSeeker Oct 2016 #80