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  •  Must be. Tempted to put GBCW in the tags. (2+ / 0-)

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    Larry Bailey, spotDawa

    We can joke about it in 2016.  Right now, this is not funny.

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    I wish I was a moron, MY GOD, Perhaps I am!
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    by polecat on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 08:08:59 PM PDT

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    •  I'm not going anywhere. (0+ / 0-)

      And it's not intended as joke.  I'm quite serious.  

      Please explain why it's laughable to you?

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      by spotDawa on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 08:11:01 PM PDT

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      •  slightly sore subject -- and Stewart bombed at (1+ / 0-)

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        the Oscars on this very subject: Gaylord Tittler in his 1944 Presidential Run...

        No, call me an old grandmother if you want, but this is truly tasteless and a bad idea.

        Happy little moron, Lucky little man.
        I wish I was a moron, MY GOD, Perhaps I am!
        -Spike Milligan

        by polecat on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 08:17:58 PM PDT

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        •  Nobody will change their minds (1+ / 0-)

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          There will be no concealing the man's name.  

          Why bother being too concerned about it?  I'm a little disappointed in myself for even caring about that brain damaged talk radio host.  I mean brain damaged for real.  The guy can't speak below a yell.

          "A problem facing any American is a problem facing all Americans." Obama

          by otto on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 08:24:16 PM PDT

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        •  It's a VERY sore subject. (2+ / 0-)

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          Can't think of many more sore.  Immigration may rank up there on that scale.

          I'm not making jokes, and I don't think the recent pattern of taking political cues from comedians is all that useful either.

          Besides, it was a cheap joke from Stewart, relying on the "gay" and "tit" references for a good portion of the comedic effect, such as it was.

          I'm not trying to be funny.  Maybe that's one reason you didn't find it amusing.

          I understand you feel it is tasteless and a bad idea, but you haven't told me why you feel that way. Should we let a beautiful Arabic word and traditional name remain a hateful slur and leave it at that?

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          by spotDawa on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 08:26:12 PM PDT

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          •  No, why don't we go around using it all the time (1+ / 0-)

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            and rub it into the faces of the (supposedly) redeemable independents that we're trying to attract to our cause?

            Heck, lets go get some gasoline while we're at it and a few boxes of matches.

            Happy little moron, Lucky little man.
            I wish I was a moron, MY GOD, Perhaps I am!
            -Spike Milligan

            by polecat on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 08:30:08 PM PDT

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            •  That's substantive! Thank you. (0+ / 0-)

              There is no doubt at all that you could wage a hateful scorched-earth campaign with anti-Islamic sentiment.  That's exactly what you are describing: "rub it into the faces" and let it burn.  But I must point out that this is exactly the right-wing noise machine is doing, and will continue to do.  We need to take this hateful weapon out of their hands and use it to heal.

              The difference is tone and intent; tone conveying intent.  We all know how easy it is to misunderstand irony and sarcasm online (!!!) because we don't have the normal conversations cues -- facial expression, posture, voice modulation that would normally tip us off about the speaker's intent.

              But we can, with patience, overcome the hate.

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              by spotDawa on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 09:12:19 PM PDT

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