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Originally posted by MBF
I don't know what the problem is, I'm white and I grew watermelons several years ago and have eaten lots of watermelons, sometimes several every day. Heck, if I was the president, that's what the lawn would look like. Heck, WHEN I'm president, that's what it WILL look like. People will find racism in anything they want to.
Originally posted by burdman30ott6
Nowhere in any legal document, the US Constition, or any official decree have I ever seen that any American has the "Right to never be offended." It's life, sometimes you run into something which personally offends you, get over it and move on or make a scene and become an ass.
Originally posted by lee anoma
Wonder why he thought she would get a kick out of that?
- Lee
Originally posted by theindependentjournal
This E-Mail on watermelons bothers me on several levels and I hope that the people of that city remove that Mayor at the first opportunity.
Originally posted by AshleyD
reply to post by lee anoma
They did the same thing with Palin by 'white trashifying' the White House:
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Originally posted by OKCBtard
Originally posted by lee anoma
In my opinion this is out of line, and people need to get a grip.
- Lee
Oh wow. Just for the record, my friends and I joke about this kind of stuff all the time. I have seen far worse photo shops of the president with watermelons/fried chikenz/spinning rims/ the whole shabang. Who cares about this story or the pic included in this persons email.
[edit on 26-2-2009 by OKCBtard]
Originally posted by Doom and Gloom
reply to post by OKCBtard
In another thread I just completely disagreed with you. On this subject I absolutely agree with what you say. People take these thing way too far. There is too much media saturation.
Originally posted by Flighty
reply to post by The Last Man on Earth
I sometimes find it almost surreal that America is the home of tv show South Park when I see folks getting upset about this kind of humour.
Makes you wonder how the show even got made...but I digress...apologies.
"People have lost their sense of humour. In former times we constantly made jokes about different races. You can only tell them today with one hand over your mouth or you will be insulted as a racist," the Daily Express quoted him as saying.
"I find that ridiculous. In those earlier days every friendly clique had a 'Sam the Jew' or 'Jose the Mexican' - but we didn't think anything of it or have a racist thought. It was just normal that we made jokes based on our nationality or ethnicity. That was never a problem. I don't want to be politically correct.
We're all spending too much time and energy trying to be politically correct about everything," he added