John Boehner chastises Alaska Republican for ' s' slur
NO RACIST!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013...- s-slurHouse speaker John Boehner has admonished a senior Republican colleague over the use of a racial slur to describe Hispanic immigrants.
Boehner joined other Republicans in demanding a full apology of Alaska representative Don Young, who drew widespread condemnation for calling Hispanics " s" in a radio interview.
Young, who has represented Alaska's at-large district in the House since 1973, said he meant "no disrespect" by the comment.
Boehner described Young's remarks as "offensive and beneath the dignity of the office he holds". He added: "I don't care why he said it; there's no excuse and it warrants an immediate apology."
The Democrat minority leader of the House, Nancy Pelosi, also called for a full apology over the "deeply offensive" remarks.
The phrase " " is regarded as an offensive slur. It was originally used to describe Mexican immigrants who entered the US by crossing the Rio Grande.
Young, speaking on KRBD radio, was discussing how the mechanisation of farming practices had led to fewer jobs. He said: "My father had a ranch – we used to have 50 to 60 s to pick tomatoes. It takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It's all done by machine."
In a statement released on Thursday, Young said he had used the term innocently, and meant no harm by it.
Young, 79, said the phrase was one he "commonly used during my days growing up on a farm in central California". But he accepted that the term was "not used in the same way nowadays and I meant no disrespect".
But in a tweet, Pelosi dismissed Young's apparent defence that the term has become more offensive with time.
"Congressman Young should fully apologise for deeply offensive comments that were not appropriate in his youth or now," she said.
Young's comments come at a sensitive time for the Republicans, with many in the party looking to soften its line on immigration following November's election loss.
A record number of Hispanics voted, making up 10% of the overall electorate, according to the Pew Research Center. Of those, 71% favoured Barack Obama over Republican rival Mitt Romney.
American Crossroads – the conservative Super Pac backed by former George W Bush adviser Karl Rove – recently launched a fighting fund to counter "undisciplined" primary candidates from the fringe of the party.
It comes after a brace of high-profile Senate seat defeats in November where Republican faced a backlash over comments on rape and abortion.
Meanwhile, a Michigan member of the Republican National Committee (RNC) was under increasing pressure on Friday to resign over an anti-gay diatribe posted on Facebook.
Dave Agema, who served as a state congressman from 2007 until late last year, put up an excerpt of an article led Everyone Should Know These Statistics On sexuals.
Among other phobic slurs, the article describes sexuality as a "filthy lifestyle", adding that gay and lesbian people have an agenda of turning people against Christianity.
It also claims that many gay people admit to being paedophiles.
A group of 21 Michigan Republicans have since called the paper "deplorable". Agema also appeared to receive a rebuke from RNC chairman Reince Priebus.
Priebus said that although the party's position on gay marriage – an issue that this week went before the supreme court – is clear, "all human beings deserve to be treated with dignity and respect."
Despite increasing pressure over the article posted on his Facebook page, Agema told the Associated Press that he will "absolutely not" resign from the RNC.
they're all hyprocrites. boehner talks just as much trash & slur about the minor races in his own life as well, he just watches his words well when he makes a public statement. a democrat would grab every straw and use it as a weapon to attack the republicans any chance he gets, same applies to republicans.
So his father employed illegals? LOL typical GOP.
Times have changed. 60 years ago, the term was common, and a way to describe someone else rather than being a slur.
Hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
LOL Wild Cobra's Republican ass always in here to defend his party.
Simply the truth. Times have changed, and old habits change hard.
most of US society has progressed. Racist, white-supremacist right-wingers "conserve" and promote the ugliness of the past
Did you guys see how old this guy is? Racist or not, people talked that way even when I was young. It was just accepted.
most of US society has progressed. Racist, white-supremacist right-wingers "conserve" and promote the ugliness of the past
LOL...
Whatever.
How many old people do you know? Have they all changed their speaking style to keep up with the times?
The two of you are closed minded idiots.
What if the reason he gave is the truth? I agree, it sounds bad, and maybe he is a racist. But to base your assessment and not give the benefit of doubt...
Bad form...
LOL Mr Shoot Mexicans at the Border isn't pissed about his family hiring illegals.
seems somewhat topical
No defending that
They aren't s, they are river n!ggers
I guess there is racism around we should be concerned about. At east your stupidity has bounds smaller than WC. However, I await your next "race card" post.
Stupidity huh...
I guess there is racism around we should be concerned about. At east your stupidity has bounds smaller than WC. However, I await your next "race card" post.
You define it as giving someone the benefit of doubt? I did say: "I agree, it sounds bad, and maybe he is a racist."
I'm just not going to jump to such a conclusion based on one stupid statement. I'm sure he knows better as a public speaker, and this is probably a first time slip. Still, such language used to be so common, that non-racist people used it too.
Step outside that small box you live in Manny. Stop jumping to unwarranted conclusions.
Wild Cobra's posts are almost always full of hilarity; the only time they are not is when he tries to be funny.
Yeah, we shouldn't expect our elected officials to be "with the times" and all that nonsense... It's not like they're in charge of legislation that affects us today.
I guess there is racism around we should be concerned about. At east your stupidity has bounds smaller than WC. However, I await your next "race card" post.
Meh, there is real racism out there (the OP is good example). Mostly, there is crying wolf.
pinche mojado
In 1965 was a term used commonly by whites and hispanics. It was illegal immigrant specific and not anti-hispanic in general.
In the 50's the INS used " " as an official term.
And we need to consider how old this guy is.
He was a young man back then.
Hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
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