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Friday, August 28th, 2009 10:52 am
oh god, please be kidding
Picked this up off my flist yesterday and skimmed, but really didn't get a chance to truly take in the sheer mind-boggling....okay, I have to stop there and just link.
From Crooks and Liars (and everywhere else in the world): KS Republican Lynn Jenkins Says GOP Struggling To Find "Great White Hope" To Take On Obama
Literally, even.
Context for the phrase "great white hope".
Okay, besides everything being wrong with this, this is what is getting to me. There are times you could possibly get away with using a culturally questionable phrase out of context because it's just that damn obscure. I'm not going to claim when or how; I am just saying, I'm sure there are times, because there are a thousand monkeys typing Shakespeare and I have a prednisone headache.
However. I had no fucking clue where the phrase "great white hope" came from before wikipedia yesterday; I didn't need to. When people around me used it, it was in context with racist remarks, and weirdly, that kind of thing sticks with you later with this aura of "skanky phrase, do not use" and added auto-flinch. Continuing to claim ignorance does not excuse you; it just makes me think you have some kind of brain injury that is causing you to forget like, where you were born. And it doesn't help you were using it in reference to people on the melanin-deprived side of the rainbow, kay?
Great white hope. Really?
From Crooks and Liars (and everywhere else in the world): KS Republican Lynn Jenkins Says GOP Struggling To Find "Great White Hope" To Take On Obama
Literally, even.
U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins offered encouragement to conservatives at a town hall forum that the Republican Party would embrace a "great white hope" capable of thwarting the political agenda endorsed by Democrats who control Congress and President Barack Obama.
In response to inquiries by The Topeka Capital-Journal, a Jenkins spokeswoman said Wednesday the congresswoman wanted to apologize for her word choice and to emphasize she had no intention of expressing herself in an offensive manner.
Context for the phrase "great white hope".
Okay, besides everything being wrong with this, this is what is getting to me. There are times you could possibly get away with using a culturally questionable phrase out of context because it's just that damn obscure. I'm not going to claim when or how; I am just saying, I'm sure there are times, because there are a thousand monkeys typing Shakespeare and I have a prednisone headache.
However. I had no fucking clue where the phrase "great white hope" came from before wikipedia yesterday; I didn't need to. When people around me used it, it was in context with racist remarks, and weirdly, that kind of thing sticks with you later with this aura of "skanky phrase, do not use" and added auto-flinch. Continuing to claim ignorance does not excuse you; it just makes me think you have some kind of brain injury that is causing you to forget like, where you were born. And it doesn't help you were using it in reference to people on the melanin-deprived side of the rainbow, kay?
Great white hope. Really?
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From:Oh god I hate you. I AM TRYING TO DRINK TEA HERE!
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From:O___o
Even without a context that's one of those phrases you hear and your reaction should be 'hell no'.
Then, she's a Republican. She's probably one of those who told Americans lies about the British healthcare system. So I'm hardly surprised...
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From:This, times ten.
Then, she's a Republican. She's probably one of those who told Americans lies about the British healthcare system. So I'm hardly surprised...
I'm more surprised there aren't better excuses yet, tbh.
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From:*still staring blankly at excuses*
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From:Whew. I feel better. EVERYTHING IS OKAY NOW!
(That...actually hurt me to write. I feel there might be brain bleeding.)
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From:I mean, if WE said the Republicans were looking for a "great white hope" we'd be accusing them of being racists. How on EARTH is them affirming it NOT...?
Or did you mean that they were claiming it WASN'T racist out of context? Because that's just... incorrect to the point of me not even thinking that was what you were saying. (Obviously you agree with me, I'm just being baffled over here)
What the flaming fuck?
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From:*surreptitiously wipes ears*
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From:Thanks so much for the heads up!
From:Um, my commentary is for the faint of heart. lol
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From:So basically, the white society needs to win against the better, more talented black boxer? Ummmmmm.
Strom Thurmond, who never renounced segregation, has only been out of office 7 years, and that's just one example. The republican party's record isn't exactly pristine on the issue of race.
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From:But really??? She said that???? About taking on Obama with a Great White Hope???
I can't believe that .... oh, wait, she's a Republican conservative. Never mind.
*sigh*
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From:God, I hate people, because I bet you dollars to donuts any MSM who cover this will take her faux-pology as if it meant something other than bupkis.
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From:"The most egregious question: 'It has been suggested that the government could use voter registration to determine a person's political affiliation, prompting fears that GOP voters might be discriminated against for medical treatment in a Democrat-imposed health care rationing system. Does this possibility concern you?'"
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From:*head desk*
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From:Now I wonder if anyone in the family knows. Mom's side uses it quite often -- sarcastically.
"Ooh, he must be the great white hope!" == Wow, he sucks.
"They need to find the great white hope for this job." == They've set the standards too high for anyone to meet.
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From:I believe Jon Stewart said on the Daily Show a few weeks ago that it was astonishing that Obama hadn't impeached the American people yet. No one should have to deal with that sort of blind stupidity. My hat is off to him for not strangling anyone yet, no matter how much he must want to.
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