Manufactured outrage.
Stupid choice of words... meaningless in the big picture.
... ‘Touching A Tar Baby’
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/20...ng-a-tar-baby/
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So, go ahead, deny global warming, deny US poverty exists, and deny you're racists. We know you mean to tell ALL LIES ALL THE TIME![]()
Manufactured outrage.
Stupid choice of words... meaningless in the big picture.
outraged? I yawn.
This racist is rousing the rabble racists in his base.
I agree.
these idiots are such racists, they find racism anywhere.
definition: Tar Baby:
tar baby
n.
A situation or problem from which it is virtually impossible to disentangle oneself.
Like in black surgeon offices?
I'm of the opinion that this story is more likely the result of (very) poor word choice than overt racism, but I don't know that Song of the South makes a very convincing argument for lib over-reaction. The character of Uncle Remus, and the southern slave dialect in which the stories were originally published, is pretty explicitly connected to the archetypes of minstrelsy and the cartoons widely circulated in the post-Reconstruction era that were intended to depict former slaves as happy, docile, dimwitted, and generally in need of white folks' control.
"Tar Baby" does have some racial background to it but did he mean it as a racist remark?..... I dunno lol. See my point is that these people needs to study the "forbidden words" handbook because quite simply, we will never know what his true intentions were. Negative thoughts overpowers the good.
It's you and those who agree with quota's who are the racists. Not me. You believe a black person needs help to achieve.
The PC manual is ever growing. Just when you think you know it, it changes again.
I say PC. Just say what's on your mind.
Def. not a good strategy. You know what? I'm just gonna go ahead and think that he is a racist asshole so he lost my vote forever.
Lol @ boutons' hair on fire.
Lol @ fake outrage.
Lol @ Thinkprogress .borg
boutons is racist.
http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_18598273Lamborn's office said Monday the third-term congressman intended to say the president's policies have created an economic "quagmire" for the nation and not the more offensive term.
From a strictly personal viewpoint, I have only ever heard the term "tar baby" used a racial epitaph.
Never as an allusion to "sticky situations".
He wrote a letter to tar baby saying was sorry for calling Barry a tar baby.
definition: Racist:
Racist.
noun
A person (usually black but sometimes hispanic) who takes offense when a white guy calls somebody a tar baby or a maccaca.
example: Can you believe those racist black people got mad and offended when I called that dark fellow a tar baby?
The majority of black people don't need help so you don't need to worry.
What does quotas have to do with 'intelligent people avoid black surgeons'?
have you been to the hood? Go check it out and come back.
That's right, continue to take my statement out of context, even though I have explained it countless times. You want to debate the issue, be honest about or be called a slanderer. If you are incapable of being honest, then you are a simple low life.
Yes, I've been there often. If these assholes actually had some real dignity, maybe they could also have enough responsibility to make something of themselves. I used to date a Black chick from "The Hood."
I'm pretty sure I didn't miss any context. Are you one of those intelligent people you talked about?
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