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RE: Republicans Lack Of Self Control
August 29, 2018 at 4:51 pm
(August 29, 2018 at 4:36 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: (August 29, 2018 at 3:17 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Just ONE day after getting the nod to be the Republican candidate for governor of Florida, he (don't recall his name) urged people not to vote for his black Democratic rival so they don't 'monkey this up'. Not 'screw this up. Not 'mess', 'muck', or 'louse' this up. 'Monkey'. About a black candidate.
Really? One day and can't wait to go racist.
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Some cry racists at everything and try to make everyone a racists . Frankly, I'm getting a little desensitized to it. In the context, there doesn't appear to be any racists intent. Unless it's blatant or repeated, I prefer to give him a little charity in the matter. This dog whistle crap seems to be getting more and more out of hand.
Ok, that's not unreasonable. On rethinking, I suppose it's possible that 'monkey things up' is an expression with which I'm unfamiliar. I'm willing to chalk this one up to insensitivity as opposed to racism.
I'll give Mr. DeSantis a pass until he refers to his opponent as 'that spear-chucking jungle bunny'.
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RE: Republicans Lack Of Self Control
August 29, 2018 at 4:51 pm
(August 29, 2018 at 4:48 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote: (August 29, 2018 at 4:45 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: "Was that racist or a figment of speech............." JFC, why does anyone watch this SHIT!
And who the fuck is that guy?
He is the GOP's nominee for the governor's race in Florida.
Not him, the idiot interviewing.
Don't make me come over there.
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RE: Republicans Lack Of Self Control
August 29, 2018 at 4:54 pm
(August 29, 2018 at 4:51 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: (August 29, 2018 at 4:48 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote: He is the GOP's nominee for the governor's race in Florida.
Not him, the idiot interviewing.
Don't make me come over there.
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RE: Republicans Lack Of Self Control
August 29, 2018 at 5:54 pm
Quote:Frankly, I'm getting a little desensitized to it.
Yeah.... so are these guys.
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RE: Republicans Lack Of Self Control
August 29, 2018 at 6:16 pm
I’ve never heard of “monkey things up”. Is that a phrase that people use?
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RE: Republicans Lack Of Self Control
August 29, 2018 at 6:21 pm
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In Florida, you mean? Yeah, sure......some people™, anyway. 
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RE: Republicans Lack Of Self Control
August 29, 2018 at 7:28 pm
(August 29, 2018 at 4:51 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (August 29, 2018 at 4:36 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Some cry racists at everything and try to make everyone a racists . Frankly, I'm getting a little desensitized to it. In the context, there doesn't appear to be any racists intent. Unless it's blatant or repeated, I prefer to give him a little charity in the matter. This dog whistle crap seems to be getting more and more out of hand.
Ok, that's not unreasonable. On rethinking, I suppose it's possible that 'monkey things up' is an expression with which I'm unfamiliar. I'm willing to chalk this one up to insensitivity as opposed to racism.
I'll give Mr. DeSantis a pass until he refers to his opponent as 'that spear-chucking jungle bunny'.
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I don’t even think it’s insensitive. I don’t think that we need to remove these words from the laungauge, nor do non racist think that much of them. Unless it’s clearly racist in context, I don’t think that non racist even think like that. I don’t really consider, that I should change the way I am, and how I talk, because I’m around someone who is a different race. It just doesn’t register that much.
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RE: Republicans Lack Of Self Control
August 29, 2018 at 7:29 pm
Que the chorus, only a racist thinks that racist dog whistles are racist.
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RE: Republicans Lack Of Self Control
August 29, 2018 at 7:35 pm
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2018 at 7:36 pm by Fireball.)
"Monkeying around" is a phrase from my childhood. Used by white people to white people, dads to kids, and so on. I wouldn't use any "monkey" reference when talking to or about a person of color, myself, though. It could be, as we see here, taken as prejudicial/racial in nature. One of my friends told me that the difference between the south and other areas is that the people in the south (if they are racist) are up front about it, and elsewhere they're more subtle. Mostly.
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RE: Republicans Lack Of Self Control
August 29, 2018 at 7:35 pm
(August 29, 2018 at 4:36 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: (August 29, 2018 at 3:17 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Just ONE day after getting the nod to be the Republican candidate for governor of Florida, he (don't recall his name) urged people not to vote for his black Democratic rival so they don't 'monkey this up'. Not 'screw this up. Not 'mess', 'muck', or 'louse' this up. 'Monkey'. About a black candidate.
Really? One day and can't wait to go racist.
Boru
Some cry racists at everything and try to make everyone a racists . Frankly, I'm getting a little desensitized to it. In the context, there doesn't appear to be any racists intent. Unless it's blatant or repeated, I prefer to give him a little charity in the matter. This dog whistle crap seems to be getting more and more out of hand.
Whether the comment had an underlying racist motive or not, it was clearly racially insensitive considering the number of racists that make the black/monkey comparison on a regular basis.
Is it too much to ask from our political candidates that they think, just a little, before they speak?
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