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B o d i (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:57 PM Original message |
Poll question: Is it still ok to call "Wolf" Blitzer Leslie? How about calling Chris Mathews |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. What is this about? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wait, what? |
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B o d i (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The software ate everything after my quotation marks. I fixed it. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Er, mebbe you should try again |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. How are either of those examples ethnic slurs? Thanks. nt |
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B o d i (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Did I say they were? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Then I think you may be missing a big piece of this discussion. n/t |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. No, YOU'RE missing it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. A person's name can be used as an ethnic slur and has been use as one here. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. That's the most racist thing you could say. Enjoy it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Well, no. And as someone who has a non Western name |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Shame on his parents then, for naming him an "ethnic slur". |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. His parents have nothing to do with how you contextualize his name. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. You're the one who insists his name is an ethnic slur, not me. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. No, I said the way his name was being used here was an ethnic slur. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. "Leslie is the name Blitzer's parents gave him" |
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B o d i (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Ok, maybe I'm wrong on that. It comes up with thousands of hits on Google though. |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. I was going to say that too! U-Boat Commander Leslie Wolf Blitzer! |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. If they aren't, then there's no analogy, and this poll is simply absurdism. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Yes, we know. Insults are only allowable against a white majority person. |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. WTF? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. How do either call undue attention to their ethnicity? |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good idea to take a poll. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. So being asked not to engage in racial or ethnic slurs weighs on you does it? |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That was sarcasm. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Locksteppers? Despite your brave face, it does seem that you feel oppressed |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Oh, you're going to tell me how I feel now. How perfect! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Link: |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Lol! You link to two posts up. Geez. |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. I think you'll see that much of the younger generation will refrain from the Piyush garbage. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. We're not trying to defend anything, we simply don't buy the other side's view. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Just don't call them late for supper. nt |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. No, its racist and childish |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You get to name your dog or your cat - not your neighbor |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Right, so Calling Mr Matthews "tweety" is out of bounds |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. (Is he the chubby blonde guy on M$NBC?) |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. LOL. yeah, thats him |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
52. It should be. Calling him out of his name is inappropriate and |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. We 'must'. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Treat others as you want to be treated. If more of us could do this we would solve most of our probl |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Yeah, I guess I shouldnt disagree with the GOP |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Why don't you ask the Indian-American DUers on this board. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I haven't made fun of anyone for being Indian American |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Yeah. That's the ticket. n/t |
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tangent90 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. Wolf is an idiot but it's his real name. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. "Leslie" Blitzer is an urban legend |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Did his parents want him to grow up and become a Fokker pilot or something? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. No, just a Fokker |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Submarine captain. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. What a bizarre thread. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. "Asshat" is also acceptable for Tweety and Leslie |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
49. Is it okay to call Les Nessman |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. Yes to both. And calling Bush "Chimp" is also fine |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
51. No it's racist |
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B o d i (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 04:56 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. zomg indeed |
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Baikonour (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
56. Let me ask this, and I'm being completely serious. |
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