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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians #161278 08/01/06 07:04 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I would consider "tar-baby" to be offensive because, except in the Uncle Remus story, I have only heard it used as a racial slur. After decades of it's being used to offend I am surprised that an American politician would expect it to be taken any other way. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "Racially charged" words and politicians Jon 07/31/06 05:01 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians of troy 07/31/06 10:17 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians themilum 07/31/06 11:00 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians of troy 08/01/06 02:21 AM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians themilum 08/01/06 09:46 AM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Faldage 08/01/06 09:54 AM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians tsuwm 08/01/06 10:53 AM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Myridon 08/01/06 03:15 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Jon 08/01/06 04:31 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians themilum 08/01/06 05:48 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians dalehileman 08/01/06 06:04 PM The true experience of a language takes place TEd Remington 08/01/06 07:04 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Zed 08/01/06 07:04 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians themilum 08/01/06 07:23 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Zed 08/01/06 10:44 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians themilum 08/02/06 12:05 AM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians tsuwm 08/02/06 04:14 AM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Jon 08/02/06 02:25 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians tsuwm 08/02/06 02:43 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Alex Williams 08/02/06 04:54 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians TEd Remington 08/03/06 12:18 AM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians belligerentyouth 08/03/06 08:39 AM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Jon 08/01/06 07:42 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians TheFallibleFiend 08/01/06 08:06 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Buffalo Shrdlu 08/03/06 12:37 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians themilum 08/03/06 09:39 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Buffalo Shrdlu 08/04/06 12:18 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians themilum 08/04/06 01:32 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Buffalo Shrdlu 08/04/06 05:04 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Faldage 08/05/06 11:46 AM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians djs 08/05/06 06:42 PM Re: "Racially charged" words and politicians Jackie 08/07/06 03:30 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 907 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 28 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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