When are you all going to agree with me that everyone is racist.
I know it's PC to say this and that, but everyone has some racial
hang up of some kind. It might be as simple as if you are white
you might prefer for your daughter to marry a white person so that
they do not ever get one racial remark.
I know, I know, now you will tell me I am racist.

(04-10-2013 10:15 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  When are you all going to agree with me that everyone is racist.
I know it's PC to say this and that, but everyone has some racial
hang up of some kind. It might be as simple as if you are white
you might prefer for your daughter to marry a white person so that
they do not ever get one racial remark.
I know, I know, now you will tell me I am racist.

I think there is a difference between prejudice and racist.

I think everyone is prejudiced in some way. Its just natural. Racism, to me, implies some type of conscious intent.

WTS, I am not making a value judgement with that last statement on the topic of the thread, only on this tangent.

(04-10-2013 04:32 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(04-10-2013 02:46 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  I'm not saying the guy is racist!

Seriously...

Why do you always get so offended when YOU post something without context and others respond to what you posted? If you understood the original mistake, but laughed at the "cover" instead, why didn't you say so in the first place? Otherwise, the rest of us just have to GUESS at what you things is so damning that requires a response.

Or did you think we just didn't know that there are people in the world who need to go to The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Talk Good and Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too

You titled the thread

Kansas official goes nutjob and titled the link (you had to type this) Kansas Official Drops N-Word, Insists He Isn’t Racist

Exactly what are people supposed to think you meant?

Bottom line... He said something very common amongst people of that generation that meant the same thing as "jury" rigged or whatever anyone else wants to say. That may not have been how it started, but that is what it meant... he then used another word that was (in his day) appropriate. Hell, I'M not sure half the time if it is ok to say Black or do I have to type African-American every time. Is AA offensive? The guy is FAR from smooth.... which is why he is 68 and still a small County Commissioner as opposed to a polished politician.

Whatever

Dude, the title of the link is the title of the story I posted. It's their words, not mine.

Perhaps YOU should get over this obsession of thinking that you need to apply a fine-toothed comb to every ******* post I make in this forum, okay?

(04-10-2013 10:15 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  When are you all going to agree with me that everyone is racist.
I know it's PC to say this and that, but everyone has some racial
hang up of some kind. It might be as simple as if you are white
you might prefer for your daughter to marry a white person so that
they do not ever get one racial remark.
I know, I know, now you will tell me I am racist.

I wouldn't go that far. But I would say most people have preconceived notions based on stereotypes which are often based on some truth.

(04-10-2013 02:46 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Boy...you guys just seem to have this immediate reaction to everything I post don't you?

I'm not saying the guy is racist!

And I'm well aware of the term and I admit I've likely said it in the past myself.

The funny part too me was his thinking that simply building a home for a 'colored' person means you aren't racist. Also that he meant to say 'jury-rigged'. I've never heard that term before I don't believe. We always used 'jerry-rigged' or 'jimmy-rigged'.

I'm sure he has a "black friend" or two as well.

(04-11-2013 10:41 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(04-10-2013 02:46 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Boy...you guys just seem to have this immediate reaction to everything I post don't you?

I'm not saying the guy is racist!

And I'm well aware of the term and I admit I've likely said it in the past myself.

The funny part too me was his thinking that simply building a home for a 'colored' person means you aren't racist. Also that he meant to say 'jury-rigged'. I've never heard that term before I don't believe. We always used 'jerry-rigged' or 'jimmy-rigged'.

I'm sure he has a "black friend" or two as well.

He's probably friends with Carl the exterminator.

If you think about it... it sure appears like the guy intended no harm... He's just an unpolished 68yr old County COmmissioner who was probably elected in a landslide with 200 total votes.

COntrast THAT with those who have turned his clearly unintentional gaffe into an indictment of him and others like him... even if only for entertainment. In public schools, this is called bullying and you would be suspended and perhaps put in jail

(04-11-2013 12:25 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  If you think about it... it sure appears like the guy intended no harm... He's just an unpolished 68yr old County COmmissioner who was probably elected in a landslide with 200 total votes.

COntrast THAT with those who have turned his clearly unintentional gaffe into an indictment of him and others like him... even if only for entertainment. In public schools, this is called bullying and you would be suspended and perhaps put in jail

Your feigned offense proves my point. Thanks, Tom

Not offended in the least. I just laughed my ass off at the sheer stupidity of your comments.

(04-11-2013 08:54 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Perhaps YOU should get over this obsession of thinking that you need to apply a fine-toothed comb to every ******* post I make in this forum, okay?

Says the man doing precisely the same thing to some country county commissioner in Kansas with a population of 55,000 people.