Re: Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding...

> Okay, again, this was written after the short-form certificate had 
> been "verified by independent journalists and vouched for by state
authorities,"
> as stated in the article. That is, *after* the question had been 
> raised and addressed. While I personally wouldn't jump to racism as 
> the cause of continuing clamor, one can't really blame editorialists 
> for speculating
> *anything* at that point.
>
> ***facepalm.

Not being snarky: I don't know what that means. I've seen it before, just
don't know what it's supposed to convey.

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***Means putting your face in your hands in abject frustration.  A
representation of speechlessness.

***In this case I was just amazed at the apparent length you will go to
rationalize this. 

> Jesse.
>
> Jackson.
>
> :^P
>
> ***and....what?  Changes it how?

Jesse Jackson accuses badgers and flower pots and midichlorians of being
racist. Conceding the point, just not sure being accused by him amounts to
much of an insult.

**No but it does make the accusation extremely mainstream.

> For my part, I've not seen anyone accuse anyone of being a racist just 
> for asking the question of whether Obama was born in the U.S.  I
> *have* seen (and you have provided numerous links) of people accusing 
> perpetrators of the *ongoing controversy* racists.
>
> **Wonder if that is really a difference?  Seriously, who cares at 
> which stage they are slurred, a slur is a slur.

You say that as if "slurring" someone is intrinsically wrong.

***How often is " an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo" a good
thing?  More to the point when is a baseless accusation a good idea?  


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