Comments on: Hysteria Overload

By: larry d.

larry d. — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:50:19 +0000

Try to follow along, walt.

By: walter

walter — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:53:10 +0000

larry sez…." As I've pointed out elsewhere, putting words in other people's mouths then attacking those words is just one of the strategies that has led to your Crisis of Credibility."

then goes on and sez……"Using your interpretive methods, it should be equally as clear to you that Dodd advocated secession and slavery while Reid thinks darker skinned African Americans have smaller craniums and weaker brains."

larry….nicely done

By: walter

walter — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:23:32 +0000

King sez…."Lott even said that's not what he meant."

so Lott didn't lose his leadership position because of his comments……right?

By: Da King

Da King — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:00:10 +0000

And walter, the fact that Trent Lott lost his leadership position, while Harry Reid didn't, is THE POINT. That's the double standard.

By: Da King

Da King — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:58:35 +0000

Ditto for you, Rev.

I'm not here to defend Trent Lott. I just said he didn't explicitly mention either segregation or race. Harry Reid DID explicity use racial language.

Thus, the question remains, why do you defend Harry Reid for his explicitly racist remarks, while you castigate Lott for his non-explicit remarks ????? That makes no sense to me.

By: Da King

Da King — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:53:05 +0000

walter,
Is it even possible for you to respond to what I actually said, as opposed to your reinvention of what I said ?

By: larry d.

larry d. — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:15:02 +0000

So it looks like Lott didn't say anything about segregation, just as King said, Reverend. Using your interpretive methods, it should be equally as clear to you that Dodd advocated secession and slavery while Reid thinks darker skinned African Americans have smaller craniums and weaker brains.

You have to ask yourself one question: Was the South more racist under Democratic leadership or under its current Republican leadership?

By: The Reverend

The Reverend — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:51:05 +0000

Lott's words…

"When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over the years, either."

Thurmond ran for president as a Segregationist. "We" voted for him….which means Trent-boy too.

There's no question about Lott's meaning here. Everyone but wingers understand what happened.

"all these problems"……what do you think Trent-boy was referring to? Affirmative action, dealing with equal rights…..what?

Southern strategy at it's finest. Never mention the words, black, race, equal rights….no, no…..they have perfected the art of baiting those white supremacy thinkers out there…..and still be, you know, politically correct….in a cynical, devilish kind of way.

By: walter

walter — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:16:21 +0000

King sez….Rev, Lott did not say we'd be better off with segregation. He didn't even mention the word, nor did he mention race. His comments were taken that way, but how do you know that's what he was talking about ???? Lott even said that's not what he meant.

larry, could you paraphrase that for me?

By: larry d.

larry d. — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:56:40 +0000

I didn't make any kind of judgment on the "racist" character of any of the remarks, walt. As I've pointed out elsewhere, putting words in other people's mouths then attacking those words is just one of the strategies that has led to your Crisis of Credibility.