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Is there a term less derogatory than "Mexican"?
I have made a reasonably thorough search of a vast variety of all of the mediums regarding the shananigans in the McCain campaign crowds and the "accusations' of Obama being an Arab and/or Muslim.
One issue, obviously, and the one the media is addressing, is that it's just not true.
But I have not seen, heard or read anyone saying, "So what if he is?"
The MSM seems to have overlooked the fact that there is nothing intrinsically wrong with being either a Muslim or an Arab! I think it is at least worthy of a mention.
In case the reference in my headline is missed, it is from an episode on sensitivity training in "The Office," in which Michael poses that question to Oscar, an employee of Mexican descent. Oscar's expalnation that it's not a derogatory term is totally lost on Michael.
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There are two parts to the issue:
1. The lie that Obama is a Muslim and or Araba -- which needs to be overcome.
2. That there is nothing intrinsically "bad" in being Muslim and or Arab.
By including the latter one in effect overruns and buries the former. It a person is struggling to determine the truth of the former, the second is a distraction -- and perhaps "too much to ask".
October 11, 2008 7:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
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