Anyone seen this? Jimmi Carter calls Obama a 'black boy'...

[Thomen]

... and it does not make headlines. Anyone want to bet if that would have been said a Republican, people would scream bloody murder. So much to " there is no liberal media bias".

The hypocrisy and double standards are just amazing.

[Jimbuna]

Oh, I thinks Obamas response would be quite simply...."Nuts"

[Digital_Trucker]

Jimmy's not the brightest bulb in the box and it was a very poor choice of words, but I think it was obvious in the video that what he said was not meant in a racist manner. No argument on the media cutting slack where they see fit, though.

Edit : At least he did better than certain other civil rights advocates and didn't use the N word.

[Skybird]

There is no issue at all, so don't create one out of empty blue air. Both context and the way he used the phrase are important and make the difference, and one really needs to have the intention to stir up some trouble in order to see any issue in this snippet.

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Digital_Trucker

Jimmy's not the brightest bulb in the box and it was a very poor choice of words, but I think it was obvious in the video that what he said was not meant in a racist manner. No argument on the media cutting slack where they see fit, though.

Edit : At least he did better than certain other civil rights advocates and didn't use the N word.

Oh, I did not say he meant it in a racist way. The wording was just most curious, since it would be all blown up if the other side had said it.

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Skybird

There is no issue at all, so don't create one out of empty blue air. Both context and the way he used the phrase are important and make the difference, and one really needs to have the intention to stir up some trouble in order to see any issue in this snippet.

The problem here is: you just see it from a single point of view, namely, how it is handled in Germany. While I do agree with you, here in the US race is a big issue, even if the insult or meaning just exists in ones imagination. In politics it is even worse.

Anyone remember the Black Hole comparison a while back?

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Thomen

The problem here is: you just see it from a single point of view, namely, how it is handled in Germany. While I do agree with you, here in the US race is a big issue, even if the insult or meaning just exists in ones imagination. In politics it is even worse.

Anyone remember the Black Hole comparison a while back?

I am totally aware of that, however I did not get the impression that he used the word by mistake. He used it intentionally, to make clear his point.

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Skybird

I am totally aware of that, however I did not get the impression that he used the word by mistake. He used it intentionally, to make clear his point.

I do not disagree with this. However, my point stands. If the republicans or anyone not supporting Obama had said that he/she would be roasted on a stick.

[AVGWarhawk]

It suspect it was not ment in a derogatory manner. Jimmy is from Plains Georgia. Peanut farmer by nature. I suspect Jimmy was using this terminology to show that Obama had disadvantages in our society.

[SimNut]

He was just trying to make a point.

In my lifetime, in the year I was born, a black person in the USA couldn't use a public toilet unless it was designated for them, couldn't sit at the same table as a white person in a restaurant, had to sit in the back of a bus, couldn't use a drinking fountain, etc.

Now that same person can run for President and have a chance to be elected. President Carter is almost twice my age, so I can image what he has seen in his lifetime. The comment was meant to give Obama a pat on the back for demonstrating what is now possible in our country, and showing that to the rest of the world.

We still have a long way to go, so does the rest of the world, but at least we're making progress. I don't think it makes a difference who made the comment. Anything any public person says will be taken out of context for the purpose of sensationalizing a headline and selling news.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Thomen

... and it does not make headlines. Anyone want to bet if that would have been said a Republican, people would scream bloody murder. So much to " there is no liberal media bias".

The hypocrisy and double standards are just amazing.

True words man. What's worse is, if a repub did it, you would get quadruple the media coverage when the parasites Jessey Jackson and Al Sharpton have a new platform to stand on, and come they would, out of the woodwork they hide behind.

-S

Originally Posted by Thomen

Oh, I did not say he meant it in a racist way. The wording was just most curious, since it would be all blown up if the other side had said it.

Racism exists across party lines in US.

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

True words man. What's worse is, if a repub did it, you would get quadruple the media coverage when the parasites Jessey Jackson and Al Sharpton have a new platform to stand on, and come they would, out of the woodwork they hide behind.

-S

Can I ask you directly, are you a racist?

[Digital_Trucker]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Racism exists across party lines in US.

and the rest of the world, as well

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Racism exists across party lines in US.

Can I ask you directly, are you a racist?

Disliking, or having a negative opinion on someone does not make him/her a racist. My personal opinion of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson is not much better than my opinion on Billary Clinton. I think all three are crooks and liars.

Does that mean I am racist or a chauvinist. Nope. It just means I do not like the persons in question.

[Sailor Steve]

I thought it was obvious that he meant it in the past tense: immediately following the word "boy" come the words "who grew up..."; he refers to fact that Obama was indeed, at one time, a boy.

That said, I take Thomen's original point (and yes, Subman1's too) that if someone high up on the Right had said exactly the same thing it would have been major news.