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Curious how we got from the subject of Obamaphones to racism. Very typical however since there are people here who are fixated on the topic.

Please drop it already.
 
Lithium381 said:
Can't you look past your own perceived notions(predjudice) of Spidey and take his comments at value? Instead of attacking him, take his comments apart. Why do you have to make a claim of racism as a reason to dismiss his comments? This is the point i was making. Please talk about the topics at hand instead of turning it into a "you're a racist" thread.
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You open up the thread with racism and say, let's forget the racism and a have discussion. Sorry, No. There is no perceived notion here. Spidey is a racist!
 
From the sounds of it Emperus, you're the racist. You're operating under the assumption that Spidey is of a particular race, and therefore MUST be hated. .. . sickening how you're blind to your own racism yet attack others on that basis.
 
xBiffx said:
Curious how we got from the subject of Obamaphones to racism. Very typical however since there are people here who are fixated on the topic.

Please drop it already.
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You are wondering who we got form Obamaphone to racism? I'm sorry my sarcasm detector is broken. Are you serious?

Ask yourself why it's called the Obamaphone when the program began in the 90's and the first free phone (albeit) non-cell phone was given out during the Bush administration.
 
Lithium381 said:
once again, the point is that the left makes race an issue, not the right. their whole defense in pretty much any debate is. . .. .well you're a racist so you're wrong. they never defend the point in question.
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does it need to be pointed out that only a racist would believe that?

so the right doesn't make race an issue which is why the RNC was all white people, gotcha.
 
xBiffx said:
I didn't ask how, or where. I was stating how its curious. Curious that no matter what the topic, it always ends up there.

But thanks for pointing that out for all those who didn't read it the first time.
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I personally don't think the phone program is a big deal, in fact moving from landlines to cheap cell phones seems like a natural progression for things.

As for the woman in the video (and I can only guess the gist from your post of it as I have no sound right now) I would speculate that there are just as many of her type of idiot as there are those that think Obama is some sort of terrorist/secret Muslim/nazi/socialist. It ends up being a wash.
 
Lithium381 said:
From the sounds of it Emperus, you're the racist. You're operating under the assumption that Spidey is of a particular race, and therefore MUST be hated. .. . sickening how you're blind to your own racism yet attack others on that basis.
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Spidey has clearly shown in his history of posting here that he is racist. For all we know he could be like Uncle Ruckus from The Boondocks, some old black man that hates black people. Even if you are of a race, if you hate that race it still makes you racist.

soulcougher73 said:
Technically that isnt racism either. Just a stereotype.
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Believing a racist stereotype is actually racist. Even if the stereotype is positive such as that Asian people are good at math.
 
Wow, a government program that's been in place for over a decade to give $10 disposable cell phones to job seekers is somehow Obama giving free shit to his peeps? Sounds about right.
 
Lithium381 said:
From the sounds of it Emperus, you're the racist. You're operating under the assumption that Spidey is of a particular race, and therefore MUST be hated. .. . sickening how you're blind to your own racism yet attack others on that basis.
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I have already posted the definition of racism. Go read it, read this thread, and think about which statements in this thread fit that definition. I'll come back and give you a quiz in 10 minutes and see if you did the homework.
 
thraashman said:
Believing a racist stereotype is actually racist. Even if the stereotype is positive such as that Asian people are good at math.
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No its not, because a sterotype does not make me think im inherently superior to someone or hate them.

Sterotype: Black people love chicken

Reality: So do most people.

But even if that were true that only black people love chicken that says nothing about me or anyone else hating them for it or feeling superior to them because they love chicken.
 
emperus said:
You are wondering who we got form Obamaphone to racism? I'm sorry my sarcasm detector is broken. Are you serious?

Ask yourself why it's called the Obamaphone when the program began in the 90's and the first free phone (albeit) non-cell phone was given out during the Bush administration.
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Perhaps because the woman in the video used the phrase Obamaphone?

Anyhow, how does what you posted explain or excuse the racism talk?
 
soulcougher73 said:
No its not, because a sterotype does not make me think im inherently superior to someone or hate them.

Sterotype: Black people love chicken

Reality: So do most people.

But even if that were true that only black people love chicken that says nothing about me or anyone else hating them for it or feeling superior to them because they love chicken.
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I hate getting dragged into these semantic type arguments but you forgot about definition 2 of the word racism, posted in this thread, specifically the prejudice part.
 
CrackRabbit said:
As for the woman in the video (and I can only guess the gist from your post of it as I have no sound right now) I would speculate that there are just as many of her type of idiot as there are those that think Obama is some sort of terrorist/secret Muslim/nazi/socialist. It ends up being a wash.
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Probably, but since they aren't voting for the guy their crazy, uneducated view don't much matter. OTOH, crazy and uneducated views are that of some of these people who are voting for the guy.
 
xBiffx said:
Perhaps because the woman in the video used the phrase Obamaphone?

Anyhow, how does what you posted explain or excuse the racism talk?
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I guess my sarcasm meter wasn't broken.

It didn't start with the women, this obamaphone thing has been around a while for a while. Isn't it peculiar that there is talk about an obamahone for welfare recipients, then the false ads about Obama cutting the work requirement for welfare, Obama being the food stamp president, then Romney going on a rant about 47% of the people not being responsible and dependent on the government. Republican race-baiting dog whistle politics at it's best.
 
Doc Savage Fan said:
Or racist? Or both? Let's not limit your choices here.
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No, I attribute the labeling of Obama as a "Food Stamp President" to your standard, run of the mill, lack of intelligence, ignorance, or both. Racism can also be a symptom of the same underlying problem, which is why you probably notice that the two overlap quite often.
 
Doc Savage Fan said:
Sorry...I didn't think it was a tough question. Perhaps he's called the Food Stamp President because food stamp spending has more than doubled during his term.
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But of course, with your stellar intelligence and notable worldliness, you know that that statistic can be explained by the record job losses that occurred just prior to obama taking office as well as during the first year while he was frantically trying to stop the bleeding, right?
 
xBiffx said:
Probably, but since they aren't voting for the guy their crazy, uneducated view don't much matter. OTOH, crazy and uneducated views are that of some of these people who are voting for the guy.
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That is why I said it is a wash.
The people with the opposite crazy views will vote for the "other guy" due to their crazy beliefs.
Doesn't mean either (brands of crazy) are correct.
 
And the liberal racist cries trifecta is complete. Somebody used their code word - dog whistle.

Remember folks, the woman in the video is your typical obama voter. You gotta cancel that free shit army out.
 
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