Comments on: About That Graphic… http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:07:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sean http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220192 Sean Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:08:04 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220192 <p>I don’t get it.</p> <p>The reason that blackface was horribly racist is that it mocked people because they were black.</p> <p>It seems like everyone has decided that is just too hard to understand and so the only takeaway they can handle is: blackface = evil. </p> <p>The picture of Joe Lieberman in blackface is making the statement that Lieberman mocks black people. How on Earth does accusing your opponent of lacking respect for black people become a racist statement by the accuser?</p> <p>Full props to Jane and I call bullshit on the concern trolls and politically correct thought police who demanded apologies. Why do we keep letting the Michelle Malkin whackos define the debate??</p> I don’t get it.

The reason that blackface was horribly racist is that it mocked people because they were black.

It seems like everyone has decided that is just too hard to understand and so the only takeaway they can handle is: blackface = evil.

The picture of Joe Lieberman in blackface is making the statement that Lieberman mocks black people. How on Earth does accusing your opponent of lacking respect for black people become a racist statement by the accuser?

Full props to Jane and I call bullshit on the concern trolls and politically correct thought police who demanded apologies. Why do we keep letting the Michelle Malkin whackos define the debate??

]]> By: Eureka Springs, AR http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220185 Eureka Springs, AR Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:03:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220185 <p>Come here Frantic, poor thing, leme give you a hug.</p> Come here Frantic, poor thing, leme give you a hug.

]]> By: Cujo359 http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220176 Cujo359 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:00:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220176 <p>LMFAO @ 7:50 pm (#232) - You don’t know anything about progressives, and I sure wouldn’t take your word about what black people are like, even if you were one.</p> LMFAO @ 7:50 pm (#232) – You don’t know anything about progressives, and I sure wouldn’t take your word about what black people are like, even if you were one.

]]> By: Wilbur http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220165 Wilbur Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:55:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220165 <p>Kaus Watch,</p> <p>Prediction (sort of) When Mickey Kaus writes about this (what do you think, twelve hours?), this story has officially jumped the shark.</p> Kaus Watch,

Prediction (sort of) When Mickey Kaus writes about this (what do you think, twelve hours?), this story has officially jumped the shark.

]]> By: -ck- http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220147 -ck- Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:49:21 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220147 <p>We just have to remember the rules of the game –</p> <p>If a Democrat farts in public, it’s a capital offense — and if they’re lucky they will only be shipped off to Gitmo.</p> <p>If a Republican named Bush steals an election, calls the FBI off bin Laden, ignores warnings of a pending terrorist attack, lies to get us into a quagmire of a war and creates more terrorists in the process, bankrupts the federal government, turns the USA into a pariah nation, Swiftboats all his opponents, and generally disgraces each and every one of us — well, that Republican named Bush is hero, a straight shooter, a poopular preznit, and every thing that went wrong is Bill Clinton’s fault anyway.</p> <p>Got it?</p> We just have to remember the rules of the game –

If a Democrat farts in public, it’s a capital offense — and if they’re lucky they will only be shipped off to Gitmo.

If a Republican named Bush steals an election, calls the FBI off bin Laden, ignores warnings of a pending terrorist attack, lies to get us into a quagmire of a war and creates more terrorists in the process, bankrupts the federal government, turns the USA into a pariah nation, Swiftboats all his opponents, and generally disgraces each and every one of us — well, that Republican named Bush is hero, a straight shooter, a poopular preznit, and every thing that went wrong is Bill Clinton’s fault anyway.

Got it?

]]> By: Mickey http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220141 Mickey Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:47:42 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220141 <p>That picture was a mistake. I’m sorry it happened to you, Jane. In medicine, we call it <em>therapeutic zeal</em> - wanting to help so badly you overdo it and end up making an error. It’s the reason for the Hippocratic Oath, “Do no harm.”</p> <p>Fortunately this one didn’t hurt anything very much. It just gave Michelle Malkin something to crow about - always annoying. But no one who is serious about life reads her anyway.</p> <p>Oh, and it was troll bait of the first magnitude…</p> That picture was a mistake. I’m sorry it happened to you, Jane. In medicine, we call it therapeutic zeal – wanting to help so badly you overdo it and end up making an error. It’s the reason for the Hippocratic Oath, “Do no harm.”

Fortunately this one didn’t hurt anything very much. It just gave Michelle Malkin something to crow about – always annoying. But no one who is serious about life reads her anyway.

Oh, and it was troll bait of the first magnitude…

]]> By: Joe Buck http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220136 Joe Buck Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:45:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220136 <p>I would advise everyone to stay away from blackface (including Steve Gilliard, who sometimes thinks he can get away with it because he’s black). It strongly offends some people (people who are for the most part on our side), gives others an excuse to be pseudo-offended, and gives your opponents a club to beat you up with, so it’s just a bad tactic no matter what your intent. You wind up no longer talking about your target and talking instead about why you aren’t a racist. You can have long discussion threads defending your use of blackface in a political cartoon, but that just prolongs the damage.</p> I would advise everyone to stay away from blackface (including Steve Gilliard, who sometimes thinks he can get away with it because he’s black). It strongly offends some people (people who are for the most part on our side), gives others an excuse to be pseudo-offended, and gives your opponents a club to beat you up with, so it’s just a bad tactic no matter what your intent. You wind up no longer talking about your target and talking instead about why you aren’t a racist. You can have long discussion threads defending your use of blackface in a political cartoon, but that just prolongs the damage.

]]> By: Dogstar http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220123 Dogstar Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:40:11 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220123 <p>Boy, next Wednesday is gonna be a great day…</p> <p>I can’t wait!</p> Boy, next Wednesday is gonna be a great day…

I can’t wait!

]]> By: edison http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220114 edison Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:37:42 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220114 <p>So … who’s this Malkin chick anyway?<br /> Love you, Jane.</p> So … who’s this Malkin chick anyway?
Love you, Jane.

]]> By: Cujo359 http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220100 Cujo359 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:34:13 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/02/about-that-graphic/#comment-220100 <p>I haven’t seen the graphic in question, I’m just going by the descriptions. Unless there’s something besides a picture of Lieberman in blackface to be offended about, I’d pay it no mind. There seems to be no end of people in this world who are in the business of being offended, and there are plenty of folks who are willing to do it for free, too, if it gains them political points.</p> I haven’t seen the graphic in question, I’m just going by the descriptions. Unless there’s something besides a picture of Lieberman in blackface to be offended about, I’d pay it no mind. There seems to be no end of people in this world who are in the business of being offended, and there are plenty of folks who are willing to do it for free, too, if it gains them political points.

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