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"Thuglicans" and the Tea "Federation Party"

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Message 28 of 127 (607805)
03-07-2011 9:06 AM 		Reply to: Message 27 by bluescat48
03-07-2011 4:29 AM

Re: Obama, Beck, and white people
bluescat48 writes:
One thing that gets me is that Obama is referred to as black, whereas he is white, he has more white blood than my children do.
That's the "One drop of blood" theory at work. Historically, blacks were often considered sub-human, and there's a residue of that history in American attitudes. Asians were usually treated as human, though they were subject to discrimination in past times.
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03-07-2011 3:36 PM 		Reply to: Message 32 by Rahvin
03-07-2011 3:04 PM

Re: Hate speech is Fox's forte
Rahvin writes:
Would it truly be so damaging to free speech if a law were drafted that required any program or publication that advertised itself as reporting or commenting on the real-world news of the day be required to make true statements, and let proven, intentional falsehoods be punishable?
Yes, that would be damaging to free speech. For it would end up with the law courts enforcing an official truth. It could result in a de facto theocracy.
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03-08-2011 11:15 AM 		Reply to: Message 42 by NoNukes
03-08-2011 8:32 AM

Re: One drop
NoNukes writes:
It was not just theory, it was the law
Yes, it was. But that was back whenever.
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Right now, the idea is still deeply ingrained in the thinking of many people.
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The younger generation seems to be shaking itself free from this residue of a racist past. But it might take another 50 years before its influence becomes small enough that we can ignore it.
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