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I am not a fan of Fox at all, but I think I have a school girl crush on this Fox reporter. I watched him once smack down Joe the Plumber, but this interview beats all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibsP6XN2dIo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibsP6XN2dIo
A semi-compliment to Fox News? Blasphemy!!
I know! isnt it scary??
its like the world has been turned upside down or something. However, Im assuming Mr. Smith never got the Fox News Employee handbook so he doesnt know any better
its like the world has been turned upside down or something. However, Im assuming Mr. Smith never got the Fox News Employee handbook so he doesnt know any better
They both look scary. Shepard looks like a T-1000. Ralph Nader's right eye twitches so much, I'm afraid he's going to jump out at me and ask if I can spare any change.
Edited, Nov 6th 2008 2:24am by Paskil
Edited, Nov 6th 2008 2:24am by Paskil
Be careful DSD...this is how it starts, innocently enough, when the South starts seeping in...
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― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
Mistress DSD wrote:
However, Im assuming Mr. Smith never got the Fox News Employee handbook so he doesnt know any better
I've never heard of that particular phrase before, is it as negative as they are trying to make out?
It comes from an 1850s book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin about slaves. I don't really get why it's so bad though, "Uncle Tom" is like "slave who helped his fellow slaves and suffered for it" but "uncle Tom for the corporations" seems kind of strange useage. Maybe the meaning has changed a lot.
I think some Americans get touchy if you even mention slavery, the interview seemed way overboard though I did really like his reaction to Joe the Plumber :p
I think some Americans get touchy if you even mention slavery, the interview seemed way overboard though I did really like his reaction to Joe the Plumber :p
From what I understand, an "Uncle Tom" was someone who betrayed his fellow blacks in order to get some benefit for himself. Basically someone who "sells-out", but it's filled with racial tension/hatred, it's a very heavily loaded term to use.
After having seen both his responses to this and to Joe "Obama is the end of Israel" Plumber, I quite like Shepp. He does indignation quite well, at least it feels a bit more genuine and slightly less self-righteous than Olbermann's ranty rants.
After having seen both his responses to this and to Joe "Obama is the end of Israel" Plumber, I quite like Shepp. He does indignation quite well, at least it feels a bit more genuine and slightly less self-righteous than Olbermann's ranty rants.
No. In the book, which I have actually read, Uncle Tom was the definitive "good ******". He loved his white masters even as they beat him and sold off his family. He was one of those annoyingly saintly caricatures that you just love to hate.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, with the best will in the world, presented this servile, crawling slave as an object of pity to the anti-slavery league, and therefore kept him as harmless (neutered) as possible.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, with the best will in the world, presented this servile, crawling slave as an object of pity to the anti-slavery league, and therefore kept him as harmless (neutered) as possible.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Baron von tarv wrote:
I've never heard of that particular phrase before, is it as negative as they are trying to make out?
Don't you recall Mohammed Ali calling Joe Frazier an Uncle Tom? (or reference to it)
It's about as bad an insult in our country from one black person to another.
That said, if Nader had called Obama an UT, that would be outrageous. In reality, he asked if would become one. Edgy, but mountains and molehills etc. Mehh.
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Oh, apologies. I haven't read the book (skimmed the plot on wiki), but yeah, in that case Nader was being a bit of a ******.
(hehe. I can write ****** or **** or ******* and it's the same insult in the end. Equality of insults! Truly segregation is ended.)
(hehe. I can write ****** or **** or ******* and it's the same insult in the end. Equality of insults! Truly segregation is ended.)
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