Originally posted by: Lemon law
Originally posted by: Carbo
preslove, as you start with the personal attacks now, it's obvious you've been outed. You're a racist. A closet racist, but a racist.
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I don't know if we can per say chalk it off to racism. But there is something dehumanizing not to be called by your given name. In war we called Germans Jerries, we had a pile of uncomplimentary names for Vietnamese, don't get me started reciting all the various names
Muslims have been called, and the moderators on this forum have had the good sense to ban many of them. But if any major candidate in the 08 primaries was tarred with unpleasant names, IMHO, it had to be Hillary Clinton. We had many using Swillery, Billary,
and the Hildabeast to mention a few.
But if we can get the clue that the poster is not happy with a given person if they call John McCain McSame or McLame, at least it was somewhat clever play on words the first few times, and by now, its gotten to the point its no longer clever, original, and now lets face the facts, its become totally unoriginal.
But in terms of Barak Obama, its far harder to give equal time to equivalent McSame users. Its not that the name Obama is totally lacking in dehumanizing name opportunity, its a matter that the dehumanizing names often used are so polarizing and inaccurate. And posters seeking to dehumanize Obama often get tempted to either compare Obama to the first name of Ossama Bin Laden or to equate the middle name of Hussein with Saddam Hussein.
As it is, both McCain and Obama are already in hot water, not for their own Christian religious views, but over the Christian hate speech of their supporters. And we all hope that our next President will be able to reach out and talk to friend and foe alike, and be a uniter and not a divider.