JoeWeber 2,720 #51 February 5, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, brenthutch said: It was consistent with my original statement “...every African American in Iowa behind him” and there were six behind him. Reading comprehension indeed. BTW it was just a humorous observation, not to be taken literally. It just means Mayor Pete has his eye on South Carolina. Given that there are +100K African Americans in Iowa, and without question you would have guessed more than six, I am quite certain it was a joke. A racist joke. Edited February 5, 2020 by JoeWeber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,363 #52 February 5, 2020 56 minutes ago, JoeWeber said: A racist joke. Hi Joe, It is what racists do. Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #53 February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, JoeWeber said: Given that there are +100K African Americans in Iowa, and without question you would have guessed more than six, I am quite certain it was a joke. A racist joke. It's not racist just because it involves black people. There has been press all week about how the state is not representative because it is not diverse and there are so many white people. He's simply making a statement using hyperbole that there are not many black people. He's also not wrong. There are 6 black people in Iowa. There are also more that 6 black people, but there are 6. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,720 #54 February 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, DJL said: It's not racist just because it involves black people. There has been press all week about how the state is not representative because it is not diverse and there are so many white people. He's simply making a statement using hyperbole that there are not many black people. He's also not wrong. There are 6 black people in Iowa. There are also more that 6 black people, but there are 6. Baloney. I'll give it to him, because I'm in love, that he might not have known it was racist, but racist it was. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #55 February 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, JoeWeber said: Baloney. I'll give it to him, because I'm in love, that he might not have known it was racist, but racist it was. It's not racist. I could hold that picture up in front of any black person I know or don't know and say, "That's a picture of every black man in Iowa, all six" and they would laugh their asses off. It's Ok to find humor and it's not automatically racist if the subject is a person's skin color. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,720 #56 February 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, DJL said: It's not racist. I could hold that picture up in front of any black person I know or don't know and say, "That's a picture of every black man in Iowa, all six" and they would laugh their asses off. It's Ok to find humor and it's not automatically racist if the subject is a person's skin color. And I could describe a situation where you'd get your ass handed back to you but there are enough wormholes in this forum. The existence of innocence and a lack of intent does not mean the absence of racism. That's my point. Nothing more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brenthutch 444 #57 February 6, 2020 There is a big difference between racial and racist. Just ask Dave Chappelle (but don't ask Clayton Bigsby) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 220 #58 February 6, 2020 5 hours ago, DJL said: It's not racist. I could hold that picture up in front of any black person I know or don't know and say, "That's a picture of every black man in Iowa, all six" and they would laugh their asses off. It's Ok to find humor and it's not automatically racist if the subject is a person's skin color. You, Sir, need to get back into lock step! Get back in there!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #59 February 6, 2020 22 hours ago, gowlerk said: I think you are not looking at the whole story and hate Hillary so much that you do not want to believe she could have won without cheating. oh I do think she would have won without cheating. but you are right I do not care for her and that probably does make me tend to believe the worst. But why would these 2 have a reason to call it out if it was not true? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
