splatterbabble - 2010-02-09
I can just imagine that there's still people that think:
Downt chew no that Prezidunt Jigaboo is wantin' tuh make th' white man his slaves? FoxNews is sayin' Soshul... uh... Soshulism is slavruh, an this here is turnin inta Soshulism. He wants tuh take away muh guns, take away muh tubbaccer, an take away muh Christmas!
etc.
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Camonk - 2010-02-09
I love you, Gibbsy.
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Urkel Forever - 2010-02-09
To be fair, he didn't let her finish the question: "What is the President's thought about slavery especially since...he is black?"
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positively - 2010-02-09 Spastic, we're all impressed that you know so much about Africa, but you're ignoring the fact that the cultural implications of "blackness" and "whiteness" have nothing to do with genealogy or geographics. I know people who are Phillipean yet have to simultaneously negotiate distinct public identities as "the asian" and "the latino" depending on what environment they're in.
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Urkel Forever - 2010-02-09 I don't believe any of the things that Spastic Pretentious PC man swooped down from his Eternal Tower of Defending the Oppressed Peoples of the World from the Dreaded Colonialists to ascribe to me.
The joke actually was just that I can't imagine how she intended to complete that question and sound any better. I've been lurking this page forever, and I've always noted the forum enforcers of things they heard in Anthropology 101.
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Spastic Avenger - 2010-02-09 Phalsebob spotted my totally dumb mistake.
Urkel, you wouldn't hear this in Anthro 101. It would at least be in 102. 101 is usually about the Pacific and exchange mechanisms in the Kula ring.
chortle chortle chortle.
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Spastic Avenger - 2010-02-09 I reread your comment, and I concur that I am an idiot. This is also confirmed by the post at the bottom of this page.
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phalsebob - 2010-02-09 It's ok. It's hard around here to know if someone is playing along with a joke or just being a tool.
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Spastic Avenger - 2010-02-10 I just spotted something; nobody from Urkel onwards noticed we would have learned this in ETHNOLOGY 101.
I'm going to kick myself.
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positively - 2010-02-09
I hate Robert Gibbs. He's a shallow, smug prick. The question was asked by a progressive black reporter and was trying to call attention to the fact that Obama is in a unique position to be the first American president to publicly apologize for slavery on behalf of the American people. Gibbs ducked it and laughed at her.
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Smellvin - 2010-02-09 I find it odd that people can apologize for things that not only did they not do, but their ancestors weren't even in the same hemisphere at the same time as said goings-on. Nevertheless, if it makes people happy at zero cost, he should probably do it.
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phalsebob - 2010-02-09 Dear Slaves,
Sorry.
Cherio!
Barack Obama.
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Chibisuke - 2010-02-09 I hope we get a jewish president soon, so he can apologize for the holocaust.
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Richmond - 2010-02-09 Or Angela Merkel.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/18/germany.israel/
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boner - 2010-02-09
THANKS, SLAVES
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THA SUGAH RAIN - 2010-02-09
Im just happy "are you fucking kidding me?" is a linked tag now.
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yeahjim - 2010-02-09
Maybe we can just get a few public positions in place that are responsible (24-7) for apologizing to affected parties in the case of every major tragedy throughout recorded history? This sounds like a cool project for the UN.
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Tuan Jim - 2010-02-09
Who is this reporter? I remember we've had a few other youtube videos up of Gibb Vs. this reporter.
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Spastic Avenger - 2010-02-09
OH SHIT I JUST REREAD YOUR COMMENT. OOPS.
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Rodents of Unusual Size - 2010-02-10
He and Alex Trebek need to get together and just laugh at people.
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MissLadyArtemis - 2012-08-13
Good Mithras, I love PoeTV.
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