<p>It was obvious from the get-go that Biden was attempting to use the good, old-fashioned term “cleancut,” which happens to fit Obama to a t and has nothing to do with race.</p>
<p>Agreed, consolation. It’s gotten to the point where every time someone opens their mouth, they trip over a rule of political correctness. :(</p>
<p>Biden is more racist. Remember the comments he made about Obama and Asian Indians.</p>
<p>“It was obvious from the get-go that Biden was attempting to use the good, old-fashioned term “cleancut,” which happens to fit Obama to a t and has nothing to do with race.”</p>
<p>It’s also possible that he meant “clean” in the sense of having no scandal attached to him. Regardless, it’s clear that he was not trying to say that Barack showers, unlike the unwashed black masses. It’s also clear that this was a very clumsy thing to say and invited mis-interpretation.</p>
<p>None of these candidates are racist.</p>
<p>“Obama wants to bring us towards what many of these nations are trying to move away from.”</p>
<p>Correct in principle, but it generally looks like this:</p>
<p>
L <-------------------------------------> R
E1 -> E2 O2 <- O1
</p>
<p>Obama wants to move us from O1 to O2. Europe is moving from E1 to E2. O2 is still to the right of E2.</p>
<p>Where is Russia on your graph, vos?</p>
<p>is that what the koolaid is from - I have been wondering that every time I have read it.</p>
<p>I think Russia is undescribable and off the charts (anarchy?) these days! I’d expect the USSR to have been to the left of E1, in theory at least.</p>
<p>vossron, #86: Say, what? You’ve succeeded in making me feel like an ignoramus. :(</p>
<p>I’m not Voss, but IMHO Russia is currently to the right of O1. It’s like the Wild West.</p>
<p>I tend to agree with Hanna about Russia. Nationalistic, a bit paranoid and still apparently influenced in a significant way by the Russian Orthodox Church. Such potential, if only they could keep their tanks inside their own country.</p>
<p>I think your graph probably meets at the ends.</p>
<p>“I think your graph probably meets at the ends.”</p>
<p>Ain’t that the truth? People usually put Stalin on the left and Genghis Khan on the right, but their differences get lost among the similarities. Evil dictatorships are all alike, regardless of the underlying ideology. These graphs need to have several axes to be much help.</p>
<p>I think the libertarians also join the ends.</p>
<p>I’d take an axe to the graph, too! :)</p>
<p>“When it comes to black people, the word “uppity” has often been paired with the “n” word. I’ve never heard “uppity” used to refer to white people, and I grew up in a virtually all white community.”</p>
<p>I too associate the expression “uppity” with a slur towards African-Americans who don’t know their rightful place, though it’s possible that others didn’t associate it with that. I had a friend from a rural area tell me today that she grew up thinking “to jew someone down” was a verb / compliment, not an insult, so maybe it’s the same idea.</p>
<p>I never saw much difference between Hitler and Stalin, btw…or V.I.Lenin, had he lived.</p>
<p>Now Russia is claiming Georgia as within its “sphere of influence” they are privileged to control. Wonder if that includes Finland, Sweden and Norway?</p>
<p>““Uppity” is a classical country or small-town word for “elitist”, which is its big-town equivalent.”</p>
<p>Not in the South it isn’t. It has a very specific meaning: black people who don’t know their place. Your definition might be defensible if, as I said, the politician were from Oregon, but not for a congressman from Georgia.</p>
<p>^The term is not reserved solely for blacks. It can also apply to whites and means someone is presumptuous. Still, anyone from the South worth their salt would know the sensitivity and not use it where it would be interpreted as racist, unless that was the intent.</p>
<p>I like your graph, Vossron, but I don’t think I agree.</p>
<p>^RE: Uppity’s meaning in the South</p>
<p>Sheesh! Do different regions of this country come with their own dictionaries?! I have never heard of such a thing about this word. I am still surfing the net for some neutral information on the linguistics of the south. </p>
<p>Anyway…once you know a word or phrase is hurtful, don’t use it. Of course, I always believe that everyone should be given the benefit of the doubt.</p>