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7. I just watched the video segment

Sun Jun 24, 2018, 05:56 PM

Jun 2018

Payne's over-reacted. Bossie wasn't slurring anyone. He was using an expression that my father used on us when we asked for money and permission to do something he didn't like, as in "You're out of your cotton pickin' mind if you think I'm gonna let you use my car to take your dumbass friends out on a goddam beer run." "Cotton pickin'" was supposed to replace "goddam", but my father never missed a justifiable chance to cuss.

Now if Bossie had addressed Payne -- or any black man or woman -- as a "cotton picker", he'd be outing himself as a racist fool, no question about it. But he didn't. He blurted out a familiar expression. Payne took umbrage because, well, maybe Bossie deserves umbrage. But, IMHO, it was a misdirected and overly dramatic reaction.

Am I missing something here?

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Trump ally apologises for 'cotton-picking' comment about black strategist [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2018 OP

It's all out in the open now BumRushDaShow Jun 2018 #1

apology not accepted jpak Jun 2018 #2

Nor should it be. He owes all of us a WAY bigger apology than that. calimary Jun 2018 #20

Going from dog whistles to full throated barks. bearsfootball516 Jun 2018 #3

Bossie appears to be from Boston, where I doubt "cotton-picking" is a common phrase flibbitygiblets Jun 2018 #4

Ah. It's a common phrase in the South towards anyone of any color catrose Jun 2018 #28

Born and raised in Roxbury, a part of Boston, back in the 40s. Cold War Spook Jun 2018 #36

For the first time since Trump was elected... flotsam Jun 2018 #5

True, it could be a mistake. Why, I remember the last time I said that about someone -- LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2018 #8

I've never even heard a Southerner say that. And that guy was from Massachusetts. flibbitygiblets Jun 2018 #16

Ya'll jist wait a gol-dawn-cottin-pickin-minit ThoughtCriminal Jun 2018 #10

GOP turd meant it as a racist insult to the black panelist, no question. appalachiablue Jun 2018 #26

Same here. Raised in south Louisiana. It's an old expression not intended to be racial. Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #30

Gay. Grew up in the North. teenagebambam Jun 2018 #27

Yeah, it's an old expression. It's in some books, movies, cartoons. Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #31

I'm inclined to say it, now and again. Chemisse Jun 2018 #37

It may have been inadvertent but Payne's reaction belies your assumption Kind of Blue Jun 2018 #33

I've Never Used RobinA Jun 2018 #35

Cold, bold, racist, bigoted. Bossie 'cotton picking,' Lewandowski 'womp, womp' appalachiablue Jun 2018 #6

I just watched the video segment RVN VET71 Jun 2018 #7

Heard it my whole life. Had it tossed at me my whole life too. 7962 Jun 2018 #12

So many intelligent people were able to live their entire lives without saying it, ever. Judi Lynn Jun 2018 #19

Sure. A lot of people also go their entire lives without cursing too. 7962 Jun 2018 #23

+1. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #32

Back in the day when Eney Meney Miney Moe angstlessk Jun 2018 #17

And just because you daddy did it don't make it wrong. Igel Jun 2018 #24

The "catch a bleep by the toes" was wrong I don't care who said it or when RVN VET71 Jun 2018 #39

Inadvertent Trumpdumper Jun 2018 #9

This is my exact experience Momgonepostal Jun 2018 #25

But this was a calculated dog whistle for FOX ears Snellius Jun 2018 #38

My grandparents were itinerant cotton pickers thbobby Jun 2018 #11

If he wasn't a lunatic (dolt45 supporter) I would give him a pass. Scruffy1 Jun 2018 #13

Those subtle race-hate-bait dog whistle words don't go so unheard any more. Snellius Jun 2018 #14

It is crystal clear what he meant. Chrystal clear. TTheStruggleisReal Jun 2018 #15

How could anyone NOT be aware of the connection between cotton and slavery? Judi Lynn Jun 2018 #18

+1000 and thank you for taking the time to compile all that information. Kind of Blue Jun 2018 #34

David Bossie. sandensea Jun 2018 #21

Oh, yes, he is, beyond all doubt. Pure evil. Judi Lynn Jun 2018 #22

From Msnbc Gothmog Jun 2018 #29