Democrats in Disarray

[pointman]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

Obama had a chance of winning because he was both "light-skinned" and didn't speak with a "negro dialect."

Judging a person's abilities by their racial physical characterics is racist.

the first line is handicapping.

the second line is a non-sequitur. he wasn't judging ability to do a job. only chances to get a job.

"The "N" word he used is offensive to many African-Americans and alone is considered racist. His comments seem to fit the definition to me and many others."

the "n" word is negro? why is it an official classification on the 2010 census form? someone needs to clue in the united negro college fund.

negro! negro! negro!

funny. no asterisks. your substitution of "n-word" for "negro" doesn't actually turn it into anything more than an antiquated term. harry reid's old. who knew?

please keep pounding away at something that even fox will discard next week for the next conservative flavor of the day. good luck.

It must have taken a lot of thought at such an intelligent response. You may need rest.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by pointman

It must have taken a lot of thought at such an intelligent response. You may need rest.

i'm good. keep posting knee jerk right wing nonsense. i can always pick it up in the morning if i get tired.

[brianwspencer]

This is a particularly thoughtful, academic look at the linguistics behind this.

So, basically, hi i'm god, read it and appreciate the analysis.

Pointman, say it's stupid without reading it critically, and we'll be all caught up.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/john-mcwhort...og-our-own-eye

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

This is a particularly thoughtful, academic look at the linguistics behind this.

So, basically, hi i'm god, read it and appreciate the analysis.

Pointman, say it's stupid without reading it critically, and we'll be all caught up.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/john-mcwhort...og-our-own-eye

article reminds me of people hearing that southern drawl and automatically assuming the speaker is less than intelligent, and knows how to skin and cook raccoons.

maybe reid could have spoken better, but if anyone takes a moment and a deep breath, and then reads his comments-then they might not have such a knee-jerk 'rush and fox said it's racist so it must be' reaction. this somewhat reminds me of when that fellow (a council member i think) used the word niggardly and got lambasted for it. demands for apology ensued-for what?! apparently for him using a word that some were unfamiliar with, and didn't understand...

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Danzig

article reminds me of people hearing that southern drawl and automatically assuming the speaker is less than intelligent, and knows how to skin and cook raccoons.

maybe reid could have spoken better, but if anyone takes a moment and a deep breath, and then reads his comments-then they might not have such a knee-jerk 'rush and fox said it's racist so it must be' reaction. this somewhat reminds me of when that fellow (a council member i think) used the word niggardly and got lambasted for it. demands for apology ensued-for what?! apparently for him using a word that some were unfamiliar with, and didn't understand...

So true. And seriously, I have no problem admitting that before I took lots of linguistics courses in college, I'd have felt the same day, and did about accents and dialects.

Reid used the term "Negro dialect," when he could've said "the dialect known as African-American English." BFD, same thing, and from a linguist's POV, it's not a judgmental thing, it's just another dialect.