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rpannier

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35. I think the thing is overnblown
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 07:02 AM
Apr 2016

But your attempt to defend HRC and diBlasio by using Obama telling a similar joke is just as ridiculous
Go into an Irish bar and tell the same joke about the Irish that an Irishman/woman has been telling and the time it'll take for you to be knocked on your ass will be measured in nanoseconds with my Irish born ancestors leading the way
Tell a Croat joke, a Japanese joke, a Korean joke, etc in that group and you're not one of them, you'll likely get your butt kicked

Jokes that can be considered derogatory, when told within that particular ethnic, cultural or religious group are acceptable because they are members of the group, there is a shared experience and they're not considered slamming that group (ie no malice with a paint brush)

Why you've chosen to continue a no-win topic that should be laid to rest and move on I don't know
Why you don't seem to get the difference probably explains the former

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Watch Hillary supporters react when Sanders joked about CP time! merrily Apr 2016 #1
Pong...has a way of wafting from one zone to another. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #4
Yep. That's exactly how I found your thread starter. merrily Apr 2016 #6
Thanks for the kick. Pong or not. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #10
Bless your heart. Must be sad to be that eager to have a thread kicked. merrily Apr 2016 #13
Sad? No. But, always glad for an interesting OP to get exposure. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #14
No, the hypocrisy and double standards of your OP are old and played out, not interesting. merrily Apr 2016 #16
Well, you know, we could go on for much longer about the relative Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #17
False equivalency. I referred to the repetition of stench filled hypocrisy and double standards, merrily Apr 2016 #19
My dear, dear Merrily. Please, for your own sake, don't work yourself Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #21
It's cute that you think I have to work myself into a lather to reply to an OP like this one. merrily Apr 2016 #24
No, not prone to projection. Rather the opposite in fact. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #28
Sorry. Self awareness doesn't seem to be your strongest suit. merrily Apr 2016 #31
Merci chérie. Bonne journée à toi et meilleur santé surtout. Bisous. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #32
+1 stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #53
I was enjoying myself. TOO EASY! LOL! Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #56
+1 stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #52
"Livid lather of indignation" pretty much nails it, huh? Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #58
Sounds like a Spiro Agnewism (via William Safire): George II Apr 2016 #74
Sometimes alliteration is the only recourse! I STILL Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #75
As much as I disagreed with his politics, I loved the way he said some things (not the content).... George II Apr 2016 #77
Whatever happend to Safire? Is he among the quick or the dead? He was a genius with words, for sure. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #78
+1 stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #51
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I will give you a kick for every one merrily did.. stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #48
I see It's trying to berniebro you stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #47
Totally amateur effort. They need to go back for remedial lessons. LOL! Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #59
Watch Gandhi tell an Indian joke... tk2kewl Apr 2016 #43
That *cannot* be offensive! Huma Abedin is Indian and Pakistani! merrily Apr 2016 #68
Context is. Because he's Black! Perhaps Hillary should try the words to this song next. highprincipleswork Apr 2016 #2
Thanks for kicking. PBO would be the first to chuckle at the Blasio bit. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #3
In my opinion, political and social inappropriateness all the way. Imagine if Bernie had done it. highprincipleswork Apr 2016 #5
"Imagine if Bernie had done it." Exactly. Hence my reply 1 about the stench ofhttp://www.democraticu merrily Apr 2016 #9
And that means what? merrily Apr 2016 #7
It means if he'd been there, he would've chuckled. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #11
Don't cop out. You assumed his chuckling would have proven some kind of point. merrily Apr 2016 #15
Cop out of what? PBO has a famously great sense of humor. He loves to laugh. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #18
That you are copping out and falsely denying it is obvious to everyone reading the thread. merrily Apr 2016 #20
Ma chèrie, I've denied nothing. What is there to deny? Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #40
Still not funny! Stellar Apr 2016 #8
Just so you know...this video is from 2007. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #45
Thanks for sharing. :) Stellar Apr 2016 #54
Ah, humor...always a very personal perception. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #60
Watch Hillary Clinton Joke about sending our troops to kill and die over a lie Sky Masterson Apr 2016 #12
Those ten pictures! Yet not a peep from the MSM. So much for free speech. Enthusiast Apr 2016 #46
At first, your eagerness to have your thread kicked by posters who were pwning you was merrily Apr 2016 #22
Ha! iwillalwayswonderwhy Apr 2016 #26
Just imagine if she had to face the trolling MannyGoldstein had to face every night. merrily Apr 2016 #27
Thanks, chèrie, for the suggestion. But, you know, I find DU Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #34
I wouldn't call one or two people a swarm, either iwillalwayswonderwhy Apr 2016 #36
Oh brother, a swarm of one? iwillalwayswonderwhy Apr 2016 #23
I love how she makes it seem as though everyone was attacking Obama. LOL! merrily Apr 2016 #29
Swarm made me laugh iwillalwayswonderwhy Apr 2016 #33
One should always extend a helping hand to new arrivals. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #37
Couch potato time? Bad Dog Apr 2016 #25
You must be pretty sore after that ass kicking! Scuba Apr 2016 #30
Well, as bad luck would have it, I'm recouping from a broken hip so, yes, Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #39
Sorry about your medical problems. Scuba Apr 2016 #42
Getting better incrementally, from day to day. Thanks. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #44
I think the thing is overnblown rpannier Apr 2016 #35
Humor IS a very subjective phenomenon. Where some laugh, Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #41
huh, i find it just as offensive! retrowire Apr 2016 #38
Further undercutting Camp Sanders faux outrage Tarc Apr 2016 #55
Always willing to run interference, of which there are some pretty deranged examples in this thread. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #57
He was always and will continue to say funny lines, for those who have never Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #61
Never heard of "roost". Can you give me some more info? Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #62
Sorry type, it is "roast" such as Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #64
Riiight, now I get it. I LOVE all of his Press Correspondents' Dinner gigs. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #65
Like I've said elsewhere, the ridiculous... LAS14 Apr 2016 #63
Such totally hypocritical and ginned up "outrage". Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #67
Based on your OP time, and the the start of the negativity, I guess a NY "minute" is FOUR. George II Apr 2016 #66
Totally neutralizes their manufactured umbrage. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #71
The African American cast member of Hamilton wouldn't have done it if the DeBlasio skit was racist. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #69
Oh, you, don't go bursting the BSers bloated balloon of outrage. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #70
Right. And who better to judge that Sanders supporters, amiright? SunSeeker Apr 2016 #72
Yeah, all of those "Stockholm syndrome" sufferers south of the Mason-Dixon divide. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #73
Kick LAS14 Apr 2016 #76
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