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tulsad
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What is your point of posting this? |
This thread has been filled with anger and accusations of racism. Things have finally quieted down; everyone agrees that Vick and dog fighting are wrong - and then someone felt that need to throw in a piece of trashy ghetto slang. My question would be "What was the point of using "dat true," given the heated nature of this thread? "I agree" would have made the point.
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| dithers
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| tulsad wrote: | | resigned wrote: |
What is your point of posting this? |
This thread has been filled with anger and accusations of racism. Things have finally quieted down; everyone agrees that Vick and dog fighting are wrong - and then someone felt that need to throw in a piece of trashy ghetto slang. My question would be "What was the point of using "dat true," given the heated nature of this thread? "I agree" would have made the point. |
You see, SS and PH - the p.c. word police are at it again. They're the very ones who turned this into a heated thread - and are attempting to do so again. They are the race baiters who screamed at every little twist and turn of a word or thought they'd personally decided didn't fit the template of what is acceptable. They are the very ones who are narrow minded and small in their thinking.
Give 'em hell. Ain't no way SS and PH are going down to this kind of attack. Carry on my friends. I shall be lurking and cheering you on from afar.
(Yes, I know I'm supposed to be deactivated but asking is not as easy as getting the mods to grant one's wish.)
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SS said
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The dog advocates estimated that the cost of rehabilitating the pit bulls, paid for by Vick, could surpass $10 million. In addition, the group asked that Vick be fined $250,000, the maximum allowed for his charge to support a public education campaign against dog fighting.
The group also asked Hudson to seize Vick's Surry property and force him to pay $500,000 to transform it into a no-kill shelter for abused and neglected dogs. The public court record does not show any motion by federal prosecutors to seize the property.
In May, a real estate agent who was contacted by a Vick associate said someone had agreed to buy the property, but no deed transfer has been recorded with the county, and the name of the buyer has not been disclosed."
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It has been rumored that the house was purchased by someone
related to/family of Smithfield Hams - I heard this very early on.
Ideally, I would also like to see Vick pay for the rehab & rehoming of every dog seized regardless of the time & money necessary to do so.
If the Surry Cty. home is sold, let him build another. If some of the dogs can't be rehabbed or rehomed, let him build A SANCTUARY where they can live the remainder of their lives in peace, with love.
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| annie13
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:15 pm |
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| dithers wrote: | | tulsad wrote: | | resigned wrote: |
What is your point of posting this? |
This thread has been filled with anger and accusations of racism. Things have finally quieted down; everyone agrees that Vick and dog fighting are wrong - and then someone felt that need to throw in a piece of trashy ghetto slang. My question would be "What was the point of using "dat true," given the heated nature of this thread? "I agree" would have made the point. |
You see, SS and PH - the p.c. word police are at it again. They're the very ones who turned this into a heated thread - and are attempting to do so again. They are the race baiters who screamed at every little twist and turn of a word or thought they'd personally decided didn't fit the template of what is acceptable. They are the very ones who are narrow minded and small in their thinking.
Give 'em hell. Ain't no way SS and PH are going down to this kind of attack. Carry on my friends. I shall be lurking and cheering you on from afar.
(Yes, I know I'm supposed to be deactivated but asking is not as easy as getting the mods to grant one's wish.) |
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:23 pm |
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| tulsad wrote: | | resigned wrote: |
What is your point of posting this? |
This thread has been filled with anger and accusations of racism. Things have finally quieted down; everyone agrees that Vick and dog fighting are wrong - and then someone felt that need to throw in a piece of trashy ghetto slang. My question would be "What was the point of using "dat true," given the heated nature of this thread? "I agree" would have made the point. |
I read those two words and "trashy ghetto slang" never crossed my mind.
Are words race specific now? If I say "wassup"? Does that make me a racist? What about if I say "me and my homey"? If a word or expression originates as a saying primarily by one race if a person of another race finds it amusing, endearing or chooses to adopt it does that automatically imply the person adopting it is a racist? I honestly feeling that you are purposely looking for words or expressions that you perceive to be racist in nature and accusing someone of being a racist for using them.
I personally enjoy the differences that each of us are as human beings and our unique heritages, which include many different and varied sayings and expressions over the years. I don't think I would really prefer a generic society devoid of all ethnic and cultural references.
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| tulsad
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:33 pm |
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| dithers wrote: | | tulsad wrote: | | resigned wrote: |
What is your point of posting this? |
This thread has been filled with anger and accusations of racism. Things have finally quieted down; everyone agrees that Vick and dog fighting are wrong - and then someone felt that need to throw in a piece of trashy ghetto slang. My question would be "What was the point of using "dat true," given the heated nature of this thread? "I agree" would have made the point. |
You see, SS and PH - the p.c. word police are at it again. They're the very ones who turned this into a heated thread - and are attempting to do so again. They are the race baiters who screamed at every little twist and turn of a word or thought they'd personally decided didn't fit the template of what is acceptable. They are the very ones who are narrow minded and small in their thinking.
Give 'em hell. Ain't no way SS and PH are going down to this kind of attack. Carry on my friends. I shall be lurking and cheering you on from afar.
(Yes, I know I'm supposed to be deactivated but asking is not as easy as getting the mods to grant one's wish.) |
Dithers - I am not PC; nor am I a "race baiter" - whatever the fuck that is. I am sick of SS and her games. I generally don't give a flying fuck what people say - any type of slang, ghetto or other, is part of most people's everyday vocabulary. Perfect example: "You go, girl" - who among us hasn't used it? But for SS to throw "dat true" into the mix again - after everyone had calmed down - what BS.
Cute turn of phrase you used, Dithers; you are generally more eloquent. I am not trying to take anyone "down," nor am I attacking anyone - I have not directed any of my comments toward PH. I repeat - I have the right to my own opinions without being called names.
As far as your deactivation conundrum, might I suggest that you simply delete the bookmark? Opening a web page is a choice. Really, Dithers, it's not that difflicated.
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:54 pm |
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I read those two words and "trashy ghetto slang" never crossed my mind.
Are words race specific now? If I say "wassup"? Does that make me a racist? What about if I say "me and my homey"? If a word or expression originates as a saying primarily by one race if a person of another race finds it amusing, endearing or chooses to adopt it does that automatically imply the person adopting it is a racist? I honestly feeling that you are purposely looking for words or expressions that you perceive to be racist in nature and accusing someone of being a racist for using them.
I personally enjoy the differences that each of us are as human beings and our unique heritages, which include many different and varied sayings and expressions over the years. I don't think I would really prefer a generic society devoid of all ethnic and cultural references. |
You're right, PH; we all use slang and no one thinks a thing about it. There a lots of phrases in other languages/dialects/whatever that are actually useful or just fun to use in conversation.
Here are some of my resources for slang:
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/dutch-phrases.html
http://www.aussieslang.com/default.asp
http://www.sbjf.org/sbjco/schmaltz/yiddish_phrases.htm 
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:02 pm |
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| resigned wrote: | | tulsad wrote: | | resigned wrote: |
What is your point of posting this? |
This thread has been filled with anger and accusations of racism. Things have finally quieted down; everyone agrees that Vick and dog fighting are wrong - and then someone felt that need to throw in a piece of trashy ghetto slang. My question would be "What was the point of using "dat true," given the heated nature of this thread? "I agree" would have made the point. |
I read those two words and "trashy ghetto slang" never crossed my mind.
Are words race specific now? If I say "wassup"? Does that make me a racist? What about if I say "me and my homey"? If a word or expression originates as a saying primarily by one race if a person of another race finds it amusing, endearing or chooses to adopt it does that automatically imply the person adopting it is a racist? I honestly feeling that you are purposely looking for words or expressions that you perceive to be racist in nature and accusing someone of being a racist for using them.
I personally enjoy the differences that each of us are as human beings and our unique heritages, which include many different and varied sayings and expressions over the years. I don't think I would really prefer a generic society devoid of all ethnic and cultural references. |
WASSUP..... I thought that was a Budweiser term 
The differences that each of us are as human beings and our unique heritages..... I can accept that, but not everyone can.
Thanks for your considerate post.
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:02 pm |
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| resigned wrote: | | tulsad wrote: | | resigned wrote: |
What is your point of posting this? |
This thread has been filled with anger and accusations of racism. Things have finally quieted down; everyone agrees that Vick and dog fighting are wrong - and then someone felt that need to throw in a piece of trashy ghetto slang. My question would be "What was the point of using "dat true," given the heated nature of this thread? "I agree" would have made the point. |
I read those two words and "trashy ghetto slang" never crossed my mind.
Are words race specific now? If I say "wassup"? Does that make me a racist? What about if I say "me and my homey"? If a word or expression originates as a saying primarily by one race if a person of another race finds it amusing, endearing or chooses to adopt it does that automatically imply the person adopting it is a racist? I honestly feeling that you are purposely looking for words or expressions that you perceive to be racist in nature and accusing someone of being a racist for using them.
I personally enjoy the differences that each of us are as human beings and our unique heritages, which include many different and varied sayings and expressions over the years. I don't think I would really prefer a generic society devoid of all ethnic and cultural references. |
I use "true dat" quite often and never once considered it trashy ghetto slang, LOL. (Although, come to think of it, it might WELL be appropriate on here because Michael Vick is certainly what I consider ghetto trash.)
Here's a search with all the times I've used "true dat" on RU:
http://www.refugeesunleashed.net/search.php?mode=results
A search of my posts on ALL boards I post on would reveal a whole lot more, too.
There was absolutely NO ulterior motive in using that phrase on this particular thread. Zip, nada, zilch.
I think it's a scream that someone would even suggest that.
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:03 pm |
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| tulsad wrote: | | dithers wrote: | | tulsad wrote: | | resigned wrote: |
What is your point of posting this? |
This thread has been filled with anger and accusations of racism. Things have finally quieted down; everyone agrees that Vick and dog fighting are wrong - and then someone felt that need to throw in a piece of trashy ghetto slang. My question would be "What was the point of using "dat true," given the heated nature of this thread? "I agree" would have made the point. |
You see, SS and PH - the p.c. word police are at it again. They're the very ones who turned this into a heated thread - and are attempting to do so again. They are the race baiters who screamed at every little twist and turn of a word or thought they'd personally decided didn't fit the template of what is acceptable. They are the very ones who are narrow minded and small in their thinking.
Give 'em hell. Ain't no way SS and PH are going down to this kind of attack. Carry on my friends. I shall be lurking and cheering you on from afar.
(Yes, I know I'm supposed to be deactivated but asking is not as easy as getting the mods to grant one's wish.) |
Dithers - I am not PC; nor am I a "race baiter" - whatever the fuck that is. I am sick of SS and her games. I generally don't give a flying fuck what people say - any type of slang, ghetto or other, is part of most people's everyday vocabulary. Perfect example: "You go, girl" - who among us hasn't used it? But for SS to throw "dat true" into the mix again - after everyone had calmed down - what BS.
Cute turn of phrase you used, Dithers; you are generally more eloquent. I am not trying to take anyone "down," nor am I attacking anyone - I have not directed any of my comments toward PH. I repeat - I have the right to my own opinions without being called names.
As far as your deactivation conundrum, might I suggest that you simply delete the bookmark? Opening a web page is a choice. Really, Dithers, it's not that difflicated. |
I always wondered what it would be like to use the ignore feature, might be a could time to find out..... 
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:05 pm |
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| tulsad wrote: | | resigned wrote: |
I read those two words and "trashy ghetto slang" never crossed my mind.
Are words race specific now? If I say "wassup"? Does that make me a racist? What about if I say "me and my homey"? If a word or expression originates as a saying primarily by one race if a person of another race finds it amusing, endearing or chooses to adopt it does that automatically imply the person adopting it is a racist? I honestly feeling that you are purposely looking for words or expressions that you perceive to be racist in nature and accusing someone of being a racist for using them.
I personally enjoy the differences that each of us are as human beings and our unique heritages, which include many different and varied sayings and expressions over the years. I don't think I would really prefer a generic society devoid of all ethnic and cultural references. |
You're right, PH; we all use slang and no one thinks a thing about it. There a lots of phrases in other languages/dialects/whatever that are actually useful or just fun to use in conversation.
Here are some of my resources for slang:
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/dutch-phrases.html
http://www.aussieslang.com/default.asp
http://www.sbjf.org/sbjco/schmaltz/yiddish_phrases.htm |
My resources are what I have heard other people use and I liked it and I in turn have then have used it. I've never thought to look up a slang word or saying to fit into a conversation, but on the other hand I have looked up slang words and sayings to see what they mean.
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| SavannahStar
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:10 pm |
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| juno1 wrote: | SS said
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The dog advocates estimated that the cost of rehabilitating the pit bulls, paid for by Vick, could surpass $10 million. In addition, the group asked that Vick be fined $250,000, the maximum allowed for his charge to support a public education campaign against dog fighting.
The group also asked Hudson to seize Vick's Surry property and force him to pay $500,000 to transform it into a no-kill shelter for abused and neglected dogs. The public court record does not show any motion by federal prosecutors to seize the property.
In May, a real estate agent who was contacted by a Vick associate said someone had agreed to buy the property, but no deed transfer has been recorded with the county, and the name of the buyer has not been disclosed."
YES!
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Hi.
It has been rumored that the house was purchased by someone
related to/family of Smithfield Hams - I heard this very early on.
Ideally, I would also like to see Vick pay for the rehab & rehoming of every dog seized regardless of the time & money necessary to do so.
If the Surry Cty. home is sold, let him build another. If some of the dogs can't be rehabbed or rehomed, let him build A SANCTUARY where they can live the remainder of their lives in peace, with love. |
It would truly be wonderful, juno.
You have compassion and a good heart.
For the pits 
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| SavannahStar
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| dithers wrote: | You see, SS and PH - the p.c. word police are at it again. They're the very ones who turned this into a heated thread - and are attempting to do so again. They are the race baiters who screamed at every little twist and turn of a word or thought they'd personally decided didn't fit the template of what is acceptable. They are the very ones who are narrow minded and small in their thinking.
Give 'em hell. Ain't no way SS and PH are going down to this kind of attack. Carry on my friends. I shall be lurking and cheering you on from afar.
(Yes, I know I'm supposed to be deactivated but asking is not as easy as getting the mods to grant one's wish.) |
I remember reading of others having that problem, getting deactivated at their own request!
I'm glad you're still with us.
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:20 pm |
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| annie13 wrote: |
WASSUP..... I thought that was a Budweiser term
The differences that each of us are as human beings and our unique heritages..... I can accept that, but not everyone can.
Thanks for your considerate post. |
I guess from my experience, I am more concerned with the malice and hate directed towards individuals, the crimes that are hate-related, and civil rights injustices .......than words that may or may not be misconstrued. It's not quite that simplistic, but I hope you do understand where I am coming from at least. I am trying to understand too.
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| tulsad
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| resigned wrote: | | My resources are what I have heard other people use and I liked it and I in turn have then have used it. I've never thought to look up a slang word or saying to fit into a conversation, but on the other hand I have looked up slang words and sayings to see what they mean. |
My resources are the same for the most part!! I have the Dutch link because of Hannie's "Double Dutch" language school; I use the phrases when I (try to) talk there. I have the Aussie link because of Rolls and Fraze - I love their hysterical comments and it's fun to try to make sense out of the land of Oz slang. I love Yiddish because it's so expressive; I can't remember all the words that I'd like, so I keep the link. I don't look up words to fit into a conversation per se; I have conversations here that I try to find words that I can have fun with.
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| tulsad
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I use "true dat" quite often and never once considered it trashy ghetto slang, LOL. (Although, come to think of it, it might WELL be appropriate on here because Michael Vick is certainly what I consider ghetto trash.)
Here's a search with all the times I've used "true dat" on RU:
http://www.refugeesunleashed.net/search.php?mode=results
A search of my posts on ALL boards I post on would reveal a whole lot more, too.
There was absolutely NO ulterior motive in using that phrase on this particular thread. Zip, nada, zilch.
I think it's a scream that someone would even suggest that. |
If you'll read my other comments you'll see that I really have no problem with anyone using "true dat" - it was the context in which you used it that I thought was inappropriate.
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This entire discussion has spiralled into personal bashing, insults, derailing, baiting 
Which part of this a moderated forum are people having difficulty with?
This is not a low mod forum like the rest of RU is ....
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| resigned wrote: | | annie13 wrote: |
WASSUP..... I thought that was a Budweiser term
The differences that each of us are as human beings and our unique heritages..... I can accept that, but not everyone can.
Thanks for your considerate post. |
I guess from my experience, I am more concerned with the malice and hate directed towards individuals, the crimes that are hate-related, and civil rights injustices .......than words that may or may not be misconstrued. It's not quite that simplistic, but I hope you do understand where I am coming from at least. I am trying to understand too. |
I do understand Pat, I just tried a little humor that obviously went flat, like a day old mug of beer.
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| annie13 wrote: |
WASSUP..... I thought that was a Budweiser term
The differences that each of us are as human beings and our unique heritages..... I can accept that, but not everyone can.
Thanks for your considerate post. |
I agree, Annie; PH did a good job of putting things together. Thanks, PH. 
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| annie13 wrote: | | resigned wrote: | | annie13 wrote: |
WASSUP..... I thought that was a Budweiser term
The differences that each of us are as human beings and our unique heritages..... I can accept that, but not everyone can.
Thanks for your considerate post. |
I guess from my experience, I am more concerned with the malice and hate directed towards individuals, the crimes that are hate-related, and civil rights injustices .......than words that may or may not be misconstrued. It's not quite that simplistic, but I hope you do understand where I am coming from at least. I am trying to understand too. |
I do understand Pat, I just tried a little humor that obviously went flat, like a day old mug of beer. |
Or a water bra that met with  
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| resigned wrote: | | annie13 wrote: |
WASSUP..... I thought that was a Budweiser term
The differences that each of us are as human beings and our unique heritages..... I can accept that, but not everyone can.
Thanks for your considerate post. |
I guess from my experience, I am more concerned with the malice and hate directed towards individuals, the crimes that are hate-related, and civil rights injustices .......than words that may or may not be misconstrued. It's not quite that simplistic, but I hope you do understand where I am coming from at least. I am trying to understand too. |
True dat.
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Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:29 pm |
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| dithers wrote: | | tulsad wrote: | | resigned wrote: |
What is your point of posting this? |
This thread has been filled with anger and accusations of racism. Things have finally quieted down; everyone agrees that Vick and dog fighting are wrong - and then someone felt that need to throw in a piece of trashy ghetto slang. My question would be "What was the point of using "dat true," given the heated nature of this thread? "I agree" would have made the point. |
You see, SS and PH - the p.c. word police are at it again. They're the very ones who turned this into a heated thread - and are attempting to do so again. They are the race baiters who screamed at every little twist and turn of a word or thought they'd personally decided didn't fit the template of what is acceptable. They are the very ones who are narrow minded and small in their thinking.
Give 'em hell. Ain't no way SS and PH are going down to this kind of attack. Carry on my friends. I shall be lurking and cheering you on from afar.
(Yes, I know I'm supposed to be deactivated but asking is not as easy as getting the mods to grant one's wish.) |
Yes you did, and no I won't and I explained why. You offer a lot to this board even if i disagree with you on almost every case  and issue except animals.
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| Fashionista wrote: | This entire discussion has spiralled into personal bashing, insults, derailing, baiting
Which part of this a moderated forum are people having difficulty with?
This is not a low mod forum like the rest of RU is .... |
Fash, you are absolutely correct, and if this forum continues as it is with person bashing and insults it will be closed.
As it is, there are a couple of ppl who will be getting time outs and more will come.
THINK ABOUT THE FORUM... difficult topics. It is there so ppl can discuss issues that are very touchy and difficult WITHOUT baiting, hating, bashing etc.
There is a reason they are difficult topics. Act like adults and discuss them maturely or you will not be posting. Right now i its not set up as "user group" so i will have to deactivate you for the whole board for 2 days.
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| dithers wrote: | | Need2Know wrote: | Too many think too highly of themselves and talk down to others as if their opinions were the only ones that mattered. Whether she wants to deny it until the end of time, dithers started this thread with a racist overtone about Michael Vick and then mentioned how Whoopi was justifying his behavior based on the fact that they are both black.
What is racism? My own definition would be the separation or classification of individuals based on color or ethnicity for the building up of self. It is a belief or concept that inherent differences between people, in particular those upon which the concept of race is based, significantly influence cultural or individual achievement or potential, and may involve the idea that one's self-identified race or ethnic group or others' race or ethnic group is superior.
Like I already said to dithers, I could be wrong about what she wrote or how I perceived it, but that is my opinion and her recent statements only back that up even more.
You want to keep being divisive and justifying ANY type class separation or even hate, go right ahead, but don't act as if we who differ in our opinions are somehow wrong when we don't like what we read or hear.
SS - your love of Pit Bulls is extreme and possibly obsessive in my opinon and that possible obsession seems to be clouding the debate that is ongoing in here, but hey, that's just you. I personally think they are dangerous animals and I would not let my daughters anywhere near them. There are plenty of statistics available for my feelings about this. Is that directly related to how people have treated and raised them, very possibly so, but the fact still remains that I would not want one near me and in my county, they are outlawed.
That has nothing to do with my opinion and the fact that the torture and cruel treatment of animals, Pit Bulls included, is criminal and disgusting behavior, no matter what color of skin the person partaking in it has.
This thread began with skin color; if it would have started as a simple attack on Whoopie Goldberg for somehow defending Vick for what he did, we would not be here 10 pages later, would we?
Also, talking down to people and somehow thinking you place yourself above others intellectually does nothing to further mutual respect and the furthering of exchanges of posititive ideas and opinion. |
Take a look in the mirror.
I will not be bullied by anyone who believes they have written the book on what constitutes racism and then place themselves high up there on the mountain and turn around and accuse me of being such. You're all full of crap if that's what you believe and frankly I'm pretty tired of YOU acting as if you can brand me as intolerant and racist because of the Whoopi thing. As I pointed out many pages ago it was YOU who brought race into this and not me. And big deal - even if I did - THAT DOES NOT MAKE ME A RACIST.
If I had said something like all miniorities are inferior animals and deserve to be hung or otherwise disposed of that would make me a racist. And I didn't say that and I would never say or even think that. My entire family is a V8 of ethnicities. But that's right - you all have me branded as such an angry person anyway. I probably hate my entire family too.
You don't know anymore than I do what Whoopi meant so who the 'F' are you to make the final determination on that matter. Even if you are right and I am wrong - if that was the way I interpreted her remarks then it simply makes me wrong . It DOES NOT MAKE ME A RACIST!
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I agree Dithers. It was just a debate, and should not have turned into a racist issue. Even if some wanted to make it an issue, it shouldn't have been done with such piety! Nobody deserves that shit. There are too many ways to debate racism in the world today, it's everywhere, in both small and large measures. Nobody has the "corner" on it, we are an evolving world. It's true that Blacks are as racist as any other ethnicity. So what is the big deal in discussing Blacks as a race. Call a spade a spade! Oops did I just post that! BTW, I know that Blacks are African-Americans before anyone jumps on that possible Non-PC word.
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| annie13
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Need2Know wrote:
Why didn't you just slam her for what she said, why bring race and racial slangs into it? Who cares what color Vick or Goldberg are? All this does is compound problems, don't you see that? They are both people, plain and simple. Some with more sense then others, but people all the same.
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Why? Because I've heard this argument made over and over again in recent days from various media sources - which is where I assumed she's coming from - and the argument has been that it is something that is okay in the BLACK culture. Not southern culture.
The way I read the above it sure looks like dithers knew she was talking about race !
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