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"...hug the tarbaby.." jackreade 05/17/06
    Yesterday in his first press conference, Tony Snow used the word "tarbaby" **TWICE**...he's "not going to hug the tarbaby". Well, well well, how interesting that he would dig up a pejorative work for dark-skinned people, a word that sent a shiver through me---tarbaby has the same code meaning as the word n*gg*r has overt offensive meaning. It is that offensive. He used it twice.

    But, ya know, I(jack) was "born and bred in a briar patch"* and I'll never stop fighting against racists, OF ANY KIND, by gum.

    jack




    *Credit to Uncle Remus stories, where tarbaby comes from, too.

      Clarification/Follow-up by tomder55 on 05/18/06 2:26 pm:
      I got a friend in Florida I call 'cracker '

      Clarification/Follow-up by tomder55 on 05/18/06 7:07 pm:
      choux jack

      I expect that if Tony Snow went to Chicago and shouted 'Hi tarbaby 'he would receive the reaction he deserves . That is not the case here and all you are doing is implying a racist motive where there is none .

      Clarification/Follow-up by jackreade on 05/18/06 7:10 pm:
      Don't play dumb.

      We agree to disagree....

      Clarification/Follow-up by Itsdb on 05/18/06 7:34 pm:
      Come on jack, how am I supposed to be outraged at Snow when you won't answer my questions?

      Do you feel the same when the term is used in the exact same manner by liberals?

      Does it only become offensive when used by a conservative?

      What is your definition of racism?

      How does it apply to the situation at hand?

 
Summary of Answers Received Answered On Answered By Average Rating
1. Jack, From the American Heritage Dictionary: tar baby ...
 05/17/06 ETWolverineAbove Average Answer
2. Hello jack, "Tarbaby" is a word that brings memories...
 05/17/06 powderpuffExcellent or Above Average Answer
3. i have a hard time having any bad thoughts about the word ta...
 05/17/06 sissypantsAbove Average Answer
4. I have been waiting for someone to see the "tarbaby" r...
 05/18/06 jocaseAbove Average Answer
5. yeah popularized by that racist Walt Disney in the racist fi...
 05/18/06 tomder55Average Answer
6. Well now jack, what is the point of injecting racism where t...
 05/18/06 ItsdbAbove Average Answer
7. Sounds like another intentional misinterpretation to play th...
 05/18/06 drgadePoor or Incomplete Answer
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