[Vision2020] [Vision2020 liberals, courts, and Tony (was Pledge)

[Saundra Lund]

With respect to "tar baby," Gary Crabtree wrote:
"The warm fuzzy appreciation for diversity expressed by...?"

Ah, yes -- selective quoting is so useful, particularly if no one catches on
;-)

More *complete* info from the Wikipedia article Gary quoted:
"The Tar-Baby was a doll made of tar and turpentine, used to entrap Bre'r
Rabbit in the second of the Uncle Remus stories. The more that Bre'r Rabbit
fought the Tar-Baby, trying to get free, the more stuck he got.

Thus, a "tar baby" is metaphorically any "sticky situation"[1] that is only
aggravated by efforts to solve it.

Over the years, the term has also acquired a negative connotation as a
derogatory term for African Americans."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_baby

So, unlike the racial epitaph used Tony Simpson, tar baby has valid and
"acceptable non-slur use."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs#T
It's not a term I would use particularly because of the potential for
confusion and exploitation, but I'm not John Kerry or Molly Ivins . . . nor
am I Tony Snow or Mitt Romney.  Nor am I Doug Farris, who used the term
recently here on V2020 in a manner consistent with the valid non-slur use.

Sorry to burst your bubble, Gary.  Actually, I'm not -- selective quoting in
an attempt to make an invalid point is one of my pet peeves.


Back to Shoveling Snow,
Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
- Edmund Burke

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-----Original Message-----
From: g. crabtree [mailto:jampot at adelphia.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:36 AM
To: Tom Hansen; 'Tony'; 'Saundra Lund'
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>From Wikipedia:

John F. Kerry, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, speaking of his staff's
advice to not pursue an investigation into American POW/MIA's from the
Vietnam War, was quoted on 10 August 1992: "Everybody on my staff, everybody
I knew thought I was crazy, and said, 'Don't do this...' ... They said it's
a no-win tar baby."

Molly Ivins, a nationally syndicated liberal columnist, wrote in October
2001: "It now looks, with 20-20 hindsight, as though he should have taken a
few more deep breaths before smacking that tar-baby that is Afghanistan."

The warm fuzzy appreciation for diversity expressed by...?


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Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Vision2020 liberals, courts, and Tony (was
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> ToeKnee stated:
>
> "Saundra, you failed to accurately assess my intent in using the term 
> RAGHEAD last time I explained it to you and you continue to show a 
> lack of appreciation for diversity by refusing to consider the 
> different perspective of some Americans post 911."
>
> Ahh, yes.  The warm, fuzzy appreciation for diversity so eloquently 
> expressed toward ToeKnee's "ragheads" and No-Clue's "tar-babies".
>
> Merry Christmas to both of you.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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