Santorum starts to call President Obama the "n-word"

[Slytovhand]

So where's the outcry against the most blatantly racist statement against the President since Representative Doug Lamborn (R-CO) referred to associating with President Obama as "touching a tar baby"?

ummm... what's so inherently 'blatantly racist' about a 'tar baby' reference??? I mean, sure - if someone wants to play a race card, it's there... but that's really the only way...

Are we getting so ridiculously PC these days, that we're not allowed to reference our fairytales and stories from childhood???

[Andara Bledin]

The phrase "tar baby" is a bit of a tar baby in and of itself. If you don't care about what people might infer from your word choices, or you're just sloppy, then go ahead and use it when referring to people, but don't be surprised when they or others consider it a racial slur of some sort, particularly when the person in question is actually black and you liken associating with him to touching one, making a direct comparison between the two. If you have any modicum of tact, however, you'll choose a different phrase from among the dozens that mean the same thing and save "tar baby" for situations and not people.

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[guywithashovel]

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/socie...ress-niggardly

Senator Sharrod Brown got into a little hot water when he called Congress "niggardly."

[Skunkle]

That one both does and doesn't bother me. "Niggardly" is a real term that isn't a racial slur, and yet there's always the chance that he chose that word because it sounded similar.

[Andara Bledin]

Yeah. Considering that niggardly predates the term nigger by a couple of centuries, I can't see it's use as being worthy of prohibition.

There are plenty of other common terms that are or are very likely racist, such as gypped, jewed, welshed, indian giver... Interestingly enough, these all have similar meanings.

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[SongsOfDragons]

There are plenty of other common terms that are or are very likely racist, such as gypped, jewed, welshed, indian giver... Interestingly enough, these all have similar meanings.

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There's a large semi-main road in Winchester city centre called Jewry Street. It was the old Jewish quarter way back when; now it leads around to the station and has loads of bars and restaurants on it, as well as a massive bank on the corner betwixt it and the High Street.

I like the name, it sounds pretty.

[protege]

Oh well, at least we don't have to worry about "frothy" for awhile. That bastard suspended his campaign for awhile. Good riddance, asshole

[Boozy]

My favourite comment on the topic so far: "I'm sorry, Mr. Santorum, but you'll have to carry your dead presidential campaign to full term."

[macphile]

The only word I can think of is niggardly, but that's not a noun. And it'd still tick people off because they think it's racist. There's the country, Niger, but I think that's a long I, and it'd also be an odd thing to call someone. Perhaps a mispronunciation of Nigel? Or there's...yeah, there's a word that fits pretty well there. Yeah...