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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/19/2013 5:46:05 PM   
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the NAACP asked Holder to investigate for federal charges.

Interesting that they don't seem to have considered it worth a mention on their website or a press release.

http://www.naacp.org/
http://www.naacp.org/press


Interesting indeed.


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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/19/2013 7:00:58 PM   
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The bottom line is, if it were a white male at the helm there would be no complaints. Call it what it is. Racists who cannot stand to see a black man in office. A diseased mindset.



I don't like him in office because he's stupid.

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/19/2013 7:07:28 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Winterapple
Does the name Abner Louima mean anything to you?


Nope. Nothing at all.

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As I said in my post if he was playing with the lips of the mask that evokes racist imagery to me.


IF?!? I have only heard a retelling of the scene as the videos I've seen on Yahoo don't actually show the clown moving. So, this could have been racist if he played with the lips on the mask?!?

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I don't equate him wearing the mask with blackface but an action like that puts things in choppier waters.


farglebargle brought "blackface" into the thread, even though it was clearly a mask and not blackface. No surprise there.

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How deliberate he was in his actions I don't know. Then add things like saying "Yahoo! We're gonna
smoke Obama! which again might not be explicitly racist but has a cumulative effect. My personal reaction is that it was at
the very least in terribly bad taste.


You do know that the voice you heard wasn't the clown in the mask, right? The banned-for-life rodeo clown in the mask was in the arena, not on a microphone.

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My general view of rodeo clowns is that they are in bad taste enough(and lame enough) without bringing Stepin Fetchit
imagery into their acts.
I think any rodeo clown I've ever seen gave off a vibe of rancor mixed with self loathing. Perhaps that's why Glenn Beck metaphorically identifies as one.
But I can't say that I think this man should be banned forever from performing from state fairs.


Where was the "Stepin Fetchit" imagery? Where? You can bring all that bullshit in, but you'll be called on it. I called out farglebargle for his "blackface" BS. Where was there any "Stepin Fetchit" imagery?


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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/19/2013 7:19:37 PM   
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I'd go to a fair to eat a variety of fried foods on sticks and ride twirly
swirly rides


For me it is fast cars...fast women and cold beer.

I also agree with you...But this man should be able to learn a lesson... then feed his family.

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/19/2013 7:21:00 PM   
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The bottom line is, if it were a white male at the helm there would be no complaints. Call it what it is. Racists who cannot stand to see a black man in office. A diseased mindset.



I don't like him in office because he's stupid.


She thinks Obama gets the most complaints ever- and does not recall Bush being mocked.

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/19/2013 7:21:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Washington Post article mentions the lip thing.
It also quotes the announcers lawyer as saying it was
the clown that was speaking. If the lip thing happened
I have no problem in putting it under the umbrella of
Stepin Fetchit. I was also speaking in a general sense,
broader than this incident as in if a rodeo clown brought
actions into his performance that have racist overtones.

No need to get aggressive, Desi.

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/19/2013 7:24:03 PM   
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Forever is a longtime and seems excessive to me as well.

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/19/2013 9:25:20 PM   
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The bottom line is, if it were a white male at the helm there would be no complaints.



What an amazing and disgusting crock of horseshit! The IRS targeting people based on ideology? A filmmaker locked in prison because he made a movie that was disliked overseas? Chronic unemployment as the new norm? 47 million Americans needing food stamps to feed their families?

If President Obama wasn't black, with a corps of ignorant, loudmouth, vile, shitheads to scream, "racism" at every breath of criticism, he would be making Bush's approval numbers look glowing by comparison.

You sicken me.

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/19/2013 9:27:46 PM   
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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/20/2013 2:44:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		if only the clown had been funnier,all this coulda been avoided.
Please folks, don't enable unfunny clowns


any who,totally unrelated japanese blackface impression of Obama, never made the news or any fuss


maybe cuz it was funny

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/20/2013 5:26:36 AM   
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ORIGINAL: MarieDomina

The bottom line is, if it were a white male at the helm there would be no complaints.



What an amazing and disgusting crock of horseshit! The IRS targeting people based on ideology? A filmmaker locked in prison because he made a movie that was disliked overseas? Chronic unemployment as the new norm? 47 million Americans needing food stamps to feed their families?

If President Obama wasn't black, with a corps of ignorant, loudmouth, vile, shitheads to scream, "racism" at every breath of criticism, he would be making Bush's approval numbers look glowing by comparison.

You sicken me.



Thanks for saving me the keystrokes. What really saddens me is there are people out there who actually believe this bs.

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/20/2013 7:32:22 AM   
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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

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The bottom line is, if it were a white male at the helm there would be no complaints.



What an amazing and disgusting crock of horseshit! The IRS targeting people based on ideology? A filmmaker locked in prison because he made a movie that was disliked overseas? Chronic unemployment as the new norm? 47 million Americans needing food stamps to feed their families?

If President Obama wasn't black, with a corps of ignorant, loudmouth, vile, shitheads to scream, "racism" at every breath of criticism, he would be making Bush's approval numbers look glowing by comparison.

You sicken me.



Ummm...flagging certain words for extra scrutiny isn`t targeting ideology....Your approval of your party destroying a non-profit over ideology...ACORN...is ..... And let`s us all know about your sincerity concerning our freedoms.....


Your party is so full of race baiting scumbags that you don`t know how to deal......




http://freakoutnation.com/2013/08/20/gop-gov-lepage-obama-hates-white-people-because-he-doesnt-highlight-his-biracial-heritage/


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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/20/2013 7:39:25 AM   
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3054432/posts
It's about a third of the way down.

btw. Wouldn't it be funny as shit if the bull had been named "O'Brahma"?

The only thing that would be cool about this would be if Obama invited the guy to the WH to chill with a beer and laugh about it.

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/20/2013 8:59:35 AM   
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Wouldn't it be funny as shit if the bull had been named "O'Brahma"?

A fine pun, but one that you need to know at least a tiny snippet about foreign (hoch! ptooie!) cultures and (worse still) religions to find funny, I'd have thought.
I'm not saying that anybody at the fair was so ill informed they wouldn't get that reference, but it's a fair bet that'd be the attitude the organisers and ents board who put it together have towards them. That's the nice thing about plain folks if you're an arsehole: condescending to them makes you feel clever and superior, however poorly informed and half educated you happen to be yourself.

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/20/2013 9:08:47 AM   
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Wouldn't it be funny as shit if the bull had been named "O'Brahma"?

A fine pun, but one that you need to know at least a tiny snippet about foreign (hoch! ptooie!) cultures and (worse still) religions to find funny, I'd have thought.
I'm not saying that anybody at the fair was so ill informed they wouldn't get that reference, but it's a fair bet that'd be the attitude the organisers and ents board who put it together have towards them. That's the nice thing about plain folks if you're an arsehole: condescending to them makes you feel clever and superior, however poorly informed and half educated you happen to be yourself.

Or a person could just not be totally ignorant about livestock and be aware that a very common breed of rodeo bull is the Brahma.
If one were to go all foreign culturish, the proper word is "Brahmin"
Of course, all we non ignorant people know that don't we?

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/20/2013 9:31:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'm not sure if the two cattle breeds are connected in any way, but the Brahmah bull is named after the Hindu sacred cow, which is sacred to a God called Brahmah. "Brahmin" is derived from the same root, as obviously high caste people are more Godly than the underclassmen.

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/20/2013 10:15:20 AM   
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I'm not sure if the two cattle breeds are connected in any way, but the Brahmah bull is named after the Hindu sacred cow, which is sacred to a God called Brahmah. "Brahmin" is derived from the same root, as obviously high caste people are more Godly than the underclassmen.

It is the same breed.
In the US, they are a popular rodeo bull because of their size, speed and strength.

The ones who don't make it there are eaten.

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/20/2013 10:23:52 AM   
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Oh For fuck sake

This is still going on?

It was tasteless... sure

It wasnt racist...

Do I care what some two-bit rodeo clown is doing in Whiteville USA?

Nope

The media cares... slow news day

I do find it extremely interesting watching this thread and who is agreeing with whom....

True colors n all that

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/20/2013 10:27:38 AM   
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I'm not sure if the two cattle breeds are connected in any way, but the Brahmah bull is named after the Hindu sacred cow, which is sacred to a God called Brahmah. "Brahmin" is derived from the same root, as obviously high caste people are more Godly than the underclassmen.



Ja, them fuckin Brahmah cows aint a pimple on a real cows ass. I own a herd of Vishnu's and Ganeshes.

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RE: Freaking out over a clown??? - 8/20/2013 10:36:28 AM   
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I'm not sure if the two cattle breeds are connected in any way, but the Brahmah bull is named after the Hindu sacred cow, which is sacred to a God called Brahmah. "Brahmin" is derived from the same root, as obviously high caste people are more Godly than the underclassmen.

It is the same breed.
In the US, they are a popular rodeo bull because of their size, speed and strength.

The ones who don't make it there are eaten.

Much healthier than the situation in India, then.


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