Comments on: Social A's: How Do I Deal With These Crazy Racists?

By: etsryan

etsryan — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:48:20 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwyYXBoV3jc&feature=related

part two is more silly

By: etsryan

etsryan — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:28:06 +0000

here's a sample

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-vhue5VlNs

By: etsryan

etsryan — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:24:25 +0000

woah i thought i was on some other news/pol website for a minute. whew.

i have issues with the DFL platform…i'm not saying i'm gung ho GOP either.

i'm leaving it at that.

i can tell i may not be in the majority where certain viewpoints are and I can tell when I am among friends/like mindeds and when I am not.

Meanwhile, anyone care for 'something completely different'? like…

hmmm…

http://www.peopleofwalmart.com

susan boyle
amy winehouse
nevermind the buzzcocks

huh?

need food.
and. sleep.
and. funds.

Risen Lord Jesus' Peace!
e.t./sue > *:D (: +

By: Tulletilsynet

Tulletilsynet — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:16:24 +0000

Ounces of comments are more than enough.

By: tfey_hawbz

tfey_hawbz — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:19:02 +0000

I "like" this.

By: DorothyMantooth

DorothyMantooth — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:51:56 +0000

Also ironic (?) is the fact that there are maybe 5 total minutes of commercials during the entire show, thanks to "sponsorships" or whatnot.

By: DorothyMantooth

DorothyMantooth — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:49:26 +0000

Abe, I'd have exactly the same outrage for someone comparing Bush (or really, anyone save, like, Pol Pot or Idi Amin or something) to Hitler.

If I'm being honest, though, I do think the comparison to Obama is a bit more galling.

By: MikeGilmoreJr

MikeGilmoreJr — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:58:34 +0000

This is not about Idaho miss. What does this rant even have to do with helping Teachable Moments? I think a more appropriate response would have been along the lines of "Yes, there are a lot of backward folk in Idaho. You can do your part and politely let her know she is being terrible. No need to be friendly-niceties are not for the preaching stupid." Thank you.

By: spanish bombs

spanish bombs — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:31:31 +0000

I am beginning to think that The Awl has made an editorial decision that all criticism of Obama is equivalent to racism.

I am very liberal, btw, and think that he has done as well a job as can reasonably be expected, given the unfortunate circumstances (eg financial crisis, Iraq – [oh, actually has done a shitty job on this re: not starting stupid new wars in Afghanistan], skin color).

By: kitten_witawip

kitten_witawip — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:10:52 +0000

I da ho? No, you da ho!

By: Bittersweet

Bittersweet — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:09:11 +0000

Tulletilsynet, it's something to consider. Remembering you're not quite anonymous is a decent way of keeping yourself from flaming off and typing something that will come back to bite you in the ass later.

Can you tell I'm a moderate who works for a Big 4 accounting firm? ;-)

By: FlipperBaby

FlipperBaby — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:13:47 +0000

It's properly "the War of Northern Aggression."

By: HeyThatsMyBike

HeyThatsMyBike — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:57:46 +0000

Idaho also has a gigantic Mormon population. It's the other white meat.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:48:13 +0000

It's my advice column so actually, I do get to award and deny virtue stickers to people based on whatever crazy criteria I want. And if you don't like it, you can leave tons of comments!

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:46:44 +0000

I WISH I KNEWWWWWWWWW

By: Tulletilsynet

Tulletilsynet — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:04:40 +0000

I believe the thinking went something like this (just guessing):

Racists hate on black people, our President is a black people, therefore somebody who hates on Obama is a racist, especially because they are ignorant and can't spell and are from Idaho where everybody is so damned racist.

You can call undistributed middle on that, if you're picky, or question-begging. But statistically the maker of the argument may be on fairly firm ground.

By: Tulletilsynet

Tulletilsynet — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:57:09 +0000

It's true this is a right-wing strategy, but it's not a new right-wing strategy. You kind of have to blame the original Nazis themselves for creating the confusion, since "socialist" and "workers" are what the S and A in NSDAP stand for. A Nazi is a nationalist socialist. State welfare for Aryans.

By: kitten_witawip

kitten_witawip — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:08:01 +0000

Too bad, a feral Nazi movie would rake in the big bucks.

By: Lionel Mandrake

Lionel Mandrake — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:38:03 +0000

Or whether you call it the "Civil War" or the "War Between the States". The former being those who wanted to end slavery and, you know, won. The latter being the ignorant, podunk losers.

By: ToWi

ToWi — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:36:32 +0000

That comment her friend posted wasn't about race at all… just because you dont agree with some one or their view point doe not make them a racist.

By: Abe Sauer

Abe Sauer — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:02:38 +0000

ALSO: I think the rush to condemn is paralleled in the headline which, in typical dismissive "east coast liberal" style assumes she's a racist.

By: Abe Sauer

Abe Sauer — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:52:51 +0000

I loved Will Arnet in this otherwise forgettable Will Farrel movie.

By: mathnet

mathnet — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:17:12 +0000

STRONGLY IRONIC

By: kitten_witawip

kitten_witawip — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:03:37 +0000

Did you know that the arch duck Franz Ferdinand's assassination started WWI. Eva Herzagova was in favor of national health care and shot him. After that war ended bread was really expensive. Hilter developed penis envy so people would work out and march in tight pants.

By: Abe Sauer

Abe Sauer — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:49:56 +0000

Ha! This assumes a public high school history education goes deep enough to examine how Hitler came to power and that it doesn't cover WWII in a 3 days focusing on Pearl Harbor, D Day and what the "Axis" was.