ABC news: Biden Says Tea Party Not a Racist Movement - Polidicks

Another reason SS is fucked is because presidents in the past have skimmed money off from SS over time to pay for everything.

[QUOTE=UserDirk580;23477746]Another reason SS is fucked is because presidents in the past have skimmed money off from SS over time to pay for everything.[/QUOTE] Thus making it run out of money even faster. SS is not the only program to have money skimmed off either. Even Medicaid had money skimmed off for the same reasons.

[QUOTE=Lambeth;23477146]You're wrong Skwisgaar.[/QUOTE] The point of racism is to insult, degrade, or otherwise discriminate. He's basically using slavery as a metaphor for the way congress is treating taxpayers. He's definitely over-reacting, but I don't think he's being racist. He's just politically incorrect.

[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;23476933]Yes it is. He's turning a race and a word that has been used to insult members of that race for generations into a dumb political statement that he uses to make himself appear like a victim.[/QUOTE] Is it just the connotation with the word that makes it racist? I think in most people mind it is, but I believe that the context and message is really the key to determining if someone is making a racist statement. Maybe you're not explaining how it is racist well enough (at least for me), because I don't understand how just by using one word makes the message racist.

how are taxpayers "niggars" what a dumb sign

[QUOTE=thisispain;23482347]how are taxpayers "niggars" what a dumb sign[/QUOTE] He's saying that congress consists of slave holders and taxpayers are the slaves.

I just realized something interesting about that sign, "niggar" is a separate tacked on part. Wonder what's underneath

[QUOTE=dogmachines;23482364]He's saying that congress consists of slave holders and taxpayers are the slaves.[/QUOTE] i know but i still don't get it comparing the payment of taxes to the horrible mistreatment of people is the stupidest thing imaginable besides calling Congress an SS officer and taxpayers jews

[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;23482368]I just realized something interesting about that sign, "niggar" is a separate tacked on part. Wonder what's underneath[/QUOTE] He probably changed it because he thought it would carry more weight that way.

[QUOTE=dogmachines;23482364]He's saying that congress consists of slave holders and taxpayers are the slaves.[/QUOTE] See how easily you just worded that in a non-offensive way? You'd have to be incredibly dense to have seriously been politically incorrect like that on [i]accident[/i].

he thought wrong

[QUOTE=thisispain;23482394]i know but i still don't get it comparing the payment of taxes to the horrible mistreatment of people is the stupidest thing imaginable besides calling Congress an SS officer and taxpayers jews[/QUOTE] He's using that as the metaphor because it demonizes congress by using something the public holds to be an extremely evil institution as a point of reference.. He is blowing it way out of proportion, but it isn't racist. [editline]07:56PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Mexican;23482426]See how easily you just worded that in a non-offensive way? You'd have to be incredibly dense to have seriously been politically incorrect like that on [i]accident[/i].[/QUOTE] It wasn't an accident, he did that on purpose for media attention and to grab the attention of passers-by.

[QUOTE=dogmachines;23482459]He's using that as the metaphor because it demonizes congress by using something the public holds to be an extremely evil institution as a point of reference.. He is blowing it way out of proportion, but it isn't racist. [/QUOTE] i said it was dumb and racism is dumb if A=B and C=B then A=C

[QUOTE=thisispain;23482481]i said it was dumb and racism is dumb if A=B and C=B then A=C[/QUOTE] I'm saying I agree, it is a dumb way to protest Congress.

if you wanna protest taxes give an actual reason why taxes are too high they got enough fucking money to make 40 signs and drive across the country, then they say taxes are too high

[QUOTE=thisispain;23482545]if you wanna protest taxes give an actual reason why taxes are too high they got enough fucking money to make 40 signs and drive across the country, then they say taxes are too high[/QUOTE] If the Tea Party could somehow be turned against the huge companies that screw over everyone by outsourcing jobs, making stupid investments, getting us into the recession, etc., then they might actually have a valid point. But it has to be anti-government and come across all stupid.

The tea party movement is stupid. They don't understand that shit costs money and when their district just had to have that federal subsidy money for that huge dildo factory, it might come back to them in the form of some taxes, deal with it.

[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;23482368]I just realized something interesting about that sign, "niggar" is a separate tacked on part. Wonder what's underneath[/QUOTE] maybe slave or nigger

[QUOTE=Warhol;23486473]maybe slave or nigger[/QUOTE] He replaced nigger with niggar...?

he must have thought nigger was spelled wrong

[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;23486603]He replaced nigger with niggar...?[/QUOTE] i was thinking maybe he thought it would be a softer word. i don't really get the logic of these people

But it's not even a word :psyduck: The choices seem to be either he's absurdly bad at spelling, or he didn't think it was controversial/racist enough. Neither seems like a choice that puts him in a good light.

[QUOTE=thisispain;23482481]i said it was dumb and racism is dumb if A=B and C=B then A=C[/QUOTE] That is the single worst logic ever. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#Guilt_by_association]Guilt-by-association fallacy.[/url]

[QUOTE=Zeddy;23489454]That is the single worst logic ever. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#Guilt_by_association]Guilt-by-association fallacy.[/url][/QUOTE] i wasn't serious in any way so uhh yeah

[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;23457444]Don't think I could pull up any numbers on it, but that's always been my impression of it. [b]All the rallies I see a bunch of stupid/semi racist signs are around and all.[/b] But no, I couldn't really back it up. Change "such a large amount" to "it seems like such a large amount" then, i guess[/QUOTE] Oh wow. There's your problem. Where are you getting these pictures from again?

(He lives in Texas if I remember correctly)

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[QUOTE=nERVEcenter;23498558]Oh wow. There's your problem. Where are you getting these pictures from again?[/QUOTE] Uh, Internet? I'm just going off what i've seen, usually large pics of rallies have some pretty dumbass signs in there. And I said stupid/semi-racist, not all are racist, but most are stupid. And yea I live in Texas but i've never actually seen a rally, yay for suburbs.