I don't know where you get the racism in that statement
Tom Send a noteboard - 04/06/2013 03:54:30 PM
That particular point is absolutely true. Obama's family supported him materially. I don't believe he ever had to get a job to put himself through college or law school. Moreover, he never worked in a traditional job setting - he went from a political job (community organizer) to a political job (pro bono politicized work briefly at a law firm) to academia (professor) to a political job (Illinois representative, then immediately US Senator for a term, then President).
I don't see any racism in that. I see a resentment of someone who is a bit privileged, perhaps, but not racism.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
/Batshit Insanity: Denizens of this site, I present to you a recent column by Orson Scott Card
- 04/06/2013 07:57:40 AM
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It would probably make for a good book with name changes and set 20 years down the road
- 04/06/2013 12:34:22 PM
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A mix of the batshit crazy and valid criticisms of the inept Obama.
- 04/06/2013 02:50:00 PM
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Re: A mix of the batshit crazy and valid criticisms of the inept Obama.
- 04/06/2013 05:32:08 PM
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It's hard to read this.
- 04/06/2013 03:43:08 PM
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I don't know where you get the racism in that statement
- 04/06/2013 03:54:30 PM
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Oh, he's worked crap jobs too
- 04/06/2013 05:51:39 PM
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I found a full list:
- 04/06/2013 07:47:48 PM
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Basically hes had a couple of part-time summer jobs or internships outside of politics. *NM*
- 04/06/2013 08:04:36 PM
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OK did he ever have to have a real job to suopprt more than his pot habit? *NM*
- 05/06/2013 03:17:26 AM
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I hate playing Devil's Advocate for this guy but that would apply to a lot of college students 
*NM*
- 05/06/2013 04:50:45 AM
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- 05/06/2013 04:50:45 AM
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Nobody complained about this when Paul Ryan was a VP candidate *NM*
- 05/06/2013 02:16:47 AM
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Only black people are lazy bums who don't work. White people focus on their studies. *NM*
- 05/06/2013 05:08:14 AM
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No.
- 05/06/2013 02:40:39 PM
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Depends on whether you think Rush Limbaugh and his ilk are mainstream or not, I guess.
- 05/06/2013 06:00:51 PM
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I thought the "NaPo" part was the more race-tinged part
- 05/06/2013 07:17:16 AM
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Yes. That's clearly a "they're coming for your families, your children..." sort of fear-mongering. *NM*
- 05/06/2013 02:43:41 PM
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