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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: MikeBjerum on March 10, 2014, 08:18:56 AM
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I ask this because of the uproar over a statement made by a Minnesota Representative concerning the NBA. Now, do go off on me without reading my entire message here.
I said it back when the DNC was fighting over whether this nation should be branded racist or sexist. BHO and HRC were fighting their way through the primaries, and I said that we, those who disagreed with the Democrat liberal stance, were being set up to be either sexist or racist. We were in a no win situation regardless of the outcome.
Well, today we have Pres. BHO, and every time we voice our political or moral stance we are labeled racist. Over the weekend Minnesota Rep. Pat Garofalo made a statement concerning the NBA, and with no comment what so ever concerning race, he has been labeled racist.
Read the article, and see the trouble our nation is in. I am not even talking about the government today. I am talking about the idiots who vote and the media who herds them.
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/03/10/minnesota-rep-pat-garofalo-nba-tweet-called-racist-prompts-hundreds-responses/ (http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/03/10/minnesota-rep-pat-garofalo-nba-tweet-called-racist-prompts-hundreds-responses/)
State Rep. Pat Garofalo sent a tweet Sunday that read: "Let's be honest, 70% of teams in NBA could fold tomorrow + nobody would notice a difference w/ possible exception of increase in streetcrime."
The Star Tribune reports (http://strib.mn/1cNB6Ys ) that when asked about the tweet, the Farmington Republican said he was "talking about NBA's high arrest rate and that they are the only major pro league that testing positive for marijuana is not a substance abuse violation."
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As far as the NBA. The shorts got longer, and the tempers got shorter.
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No one wants to be called a racist so it is an effective way to control people.
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No one wants to be called a racist so it is an effective way to control people.
I am a racist. Only I don't care the color of your skin, who you date, what you worship or where you are from. If your a nigger, your a nigger.
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There will always be a few people to damned dumb to find any better reason for hating their neighbors, than skin color, religion, or some other thing.
I find that peoples personalities supply plenty of reason to hate them with out ever considering skin tone.
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Anybody who at anytime recognizes the race of a person or group is racist. Not all racism is bad, because at it most base level it is only a recognition that we are individuals and we are different. However, there was nothing racist in a comment on the proven actions of many members of a given group. I have yet to read or hear that he made a comment based on race. He commented on how this group of athletes has a very high criminal record, and the organization is very lax on its enforcement of ethical codes of life.
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We live in a society so dumbed-down that a public uproar can be caused by using the word niggardly.
Pretty much tells the tale.
I am by no means a genius, but the rampant idiocy makes me smack my head on a regular basis.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_%22niggardly%22
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First, racism - real racism - still exists. We have made much progress since my childhood 50 years ago, but it is still very real - and it infects some people in ALL RACES. The biggest difference is that it is no longer socially acceptable or widespread.
Second, as has been mentioned, pulling the race card is a very effective way to marginalize someone the left does not want the public to listen to. Thankfully, they are over playing it and it is less and less effective. It is also rendered less effective by the ever increasing number of Black and Hispanic conservatives.
Third, the biggest reason that the race card is constantly played is that there are many people invested in the "race problem" continuing to exist. If racism really is getting better, than many people are at risk of loosing political power and others are risk of loosing their living and their lifestyle.
There are some similarities with the war on drugs - millions of people are dependent upon the war on drugs continuing, even it it accomplishes little to no good. The same is true of the "war on racism" - the day it is won, the "soldiers" will be unemployed.
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I'm not a racist, I don't like Biden either.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_%22niggardly%22
The inability of the 'educated' to understand a definition is astounding. Their education must have been niggardly.
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You do realize don't you, that if we deported all Blacks and Japanese most racism still surviving in the US would go with them.
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You do realize don't you, that if we deported all Blacks and Japanese most racism still surviving in the US would go with them.
+ 1,000 !
Minorities are the most racist driven people in the country. Blacks always like to point to people like David Duke, along with how "racist" he is. When was the last time you saw Duke on television, or read a page one story about him in a major newspaper?
Now, ask yourself the same question about Sharpton and Jackson. Without them continually living off the race card, they would both starve in a month.
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If you want to talk about racism you should include Mexicans, my son married a girl whose family decided to embrace their culture. Grandma is a coyote who runs a safe house for illegals and all the relatives shun my son because he works for U.S. Customs even though Obama has a no deportation policy.
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Mort, I wouldn't really call that "Racism".
You can't expect the moonshiners to embrace a "revenuer".
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Mort and Tom touch on an important fact. It is possible to have disagreements and not get along and for it to have nothing to do with race. I don't care if Pres. BHO is black, white, yellow or red - Stupid is stupid, and he qualifies. He could be a pasty white Swede, and I would still think he doesn't have the mental capacity to blow his nose alone. The same can be said for sexism: Sec. HRC does not have the mental capacity to know when to call for protection when U.S. Government workers stationed in an unfriendly foreign land call for protection. I don't care what your gender or sexual preference is - She is an idiot!
On that final note may I state the following:
Sec. HRC gives blondes a bad name >:(
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Mort and Tom touch on an important fact. It is possible to have disagreements and not get along and for it to have nothing to do with race. I don't care if Pres. BHO is black, white, yellow or red - Stupid is stupid, and he qualifies. He could be a pasty white Swede, and I would still think he doesn't have the mental capacity to blow his nose alone. The same can be said for sexism: Sec. HRC does not have the mental capacity to know when to call for protection when U.S. Government workers stationed in an unfriendly foreign land call for protection. I don't care what your gender or sexual preference is - She is an idiot!
On that final note may I state the following:
Sec. HRC gives blondes a bad name >:(
All true, and I couldn't agree more. But the liberal media has used false "racism" and "sexism" as effective weapons to silence conservatives who disagree with either BHO or HRC's political policies, or else point out there outright stupidity. All one has to do is look at the beating George W. Bush took from the mainstream media. Hussein could get caught masturbating in front of school children, and the MSM would either downplay it, or else simply ignore it.
If HRC is the next Democratic candidate, watch how they'll advance the "War On Women", if any Republican is overly critical of her past performance.
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All true, and I couldn't agree more. But the liberal media has used false "racism" and "sexism" as effective weapons to silence conservatives who disagree with either BHO or HRC's political policies, or else point out there outright stupidity. All one has to do is look at the beating George W. Bush took from the mainstream media. Hussein could get caught masturbating in front of school children, and the MSM would either downplay it, or else simply ignore it.
If HRC is the next Democratic candidate, watch how they'll advance the "War On Women", if any Republican is overly critical of her past performance.
Or praise him for stepping up to teach alternative sex ed to our youth.
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The same can be said for sexism: Sec. HRC does not have the mental capacity to know when to call for protection when U.S. Government workers stationed in an unfriendly foreign land call for protection. I don't care what your gender or sexual preference is - She is an idiot!
On that final note may I state the following:
Sec. HRC gives blondes a bad name >:(
I have to disagree with you here. Benghazi aside, I don't think she's stupid. I think she knows exactly what she's doing, which is absolutely frightening.
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I have to disagree with you here. Benghazi aside, I don't think she's stupid. I think she knows exactly what she's doing, which is absolutely frightening.
The one question I have concerning her connections and power is how did she stay alive through her flu bug and head injury when she was supposed to testify???
Many people disappear and/or die in that situation.
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I will warn against thinking BHO is stupid or even misguided once again.
He knows exactly what he wants to accomplish and where he wants America to be heading and he is doing an admirable job at achieving those goals.
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Close Solus. However, it is the puppet masters who have a goal and a plan. Pres. BHO is just along for the ride.
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He might be getting his orders from higher up, but I have no doubts he wants anything less than they do.
And giving orders is the easy part, as I'm sure you know.
Getting the job done to the utmost is where the talent lies an that is exactly what he is doing.
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You guys are forgetting one thing - only white people can be racist. If you don't believe me ask Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. And only men can be sexist. Everyone knows that.