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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:42 PM Original message |
Is it racist to say that Obama is owned by the establishment? regardless of whether you agree with |
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virtualobserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. inaccurate, but not racist |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, just stupid. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Weird, but maybe not racist... |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Totally false, but not racist. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nope, it's wrong. Hillary is the one that is owned by the Establishment. Obviously. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. How sexist. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I know, I know. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. To be honest |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Put it that way and be more honest. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Very true |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Is it true that Daddy Longlegs are not arachnids? |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Well depends on what you mean by Daddy-Longlegs |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I feel like the ones I mean only have a little button of a body, not segmented. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. I wouldn't call that a racist statement, but it is an erroneous one. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. I wouldn't call that a racist statement, but it is an erroneous one. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. No. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. No more than it is "sexist" to point out that Hillary Clinton voted for the IWR. nt |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. No, it's not racist. |
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sktmax (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. just curious |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. thanks for the replies, and i certainly understand that not everyone will agree with the statement, |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. When you and I pay $3.65 a gallon for gas, we're owned by the |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Damn, |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. LOL! It'll be 4 bucks by Memorial Day, probably. |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's racist to say anything bad about Obama. n/t |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. No it just sounds like a Tit for Tat... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. 1,498,547 establishment masters as of 8pm PST. 1.5 million by midnight! |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. It isn't racist. It is simply wrong, idiotic and has no relation to reality. |
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Splinter Cell (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. What it is... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. No, its an honest argument |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. To say a black man is "owned" by white men (the establishment) is a mistake. |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. don't you think that's a stretch? i wouldn't call it sexist to say Hill was owned by the establishme |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. I would stay away from the word 'owned" that is all I was saying |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. So you're saying that Hillary is submissive to the men (establishment)?? |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. No I am saying she is a member in good standing. not submissive to it |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Depends on how you said it. |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. there was nothing else said IMO that could suggest a racial insult; the whole post said: |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. owned is not the same as *owned*, there's emphasis on ownership in the latter |
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DMorgan (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. Very Racist, and Very untrue.......unless you have examples |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. examples of what? and why isn't it sexist too? i'm not going to "call anyone out" or belabor the |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. Any criticism of Obama is considered racism. |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. to some people i guess, and i try to avoid even the possibilty of making unintentional racial insult |
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slick8790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. Most likely no, it's just stupid. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. Well I don't |
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Umbram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. No, but I think you may be in need of attention. (nt) |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. Of course it's racist. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. it's not racist, because I agree.... |
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