By: Andy Axel
To paraphrase, they should have just called him big brother obama. Not to be obtuse, but since we’re talking about possible misinterpretations, perhaps “brother” might not be the most suitable either…
View ArticleBy: Sarcastro
Why’s it gotta be ‘big brother Obama’? Because all blacks call each other ‘brother’? Typical.
View ArticleBy: Exador
So if racists start using the term niggardly incorrectly, we all have to stop using it? So we all become controlled by the biggest dopes. Sounds about right for leftists. Typical.
View ArticleBy: Aunt B.
Um, Exador, excuse me but your cue was in the OTHER ridiculous thread about this ridiculousness. http://tinycatpants.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/really-really/#comment-74084 It will make my whole day if...
View ArticleBy: Coble
At what point can I just cry ‘uncle’ to make the fighting stop? *FYI the term ‘cry (or say) uncle’ has its roots in Irish Gaelic.
View ArticleBy: Coble
I though we’d already decided she permanently won the Internet awhile back. The bar charts of outrage ought to have cemented her firmly as High Queen Of The Nets. Which kind of sounds like a trapeze...
View ArticleBy: nm
Welllllll … I don’t use the word “disinterested” in casual conversation any longer because too many people think it means “uninterested.” Jane Austen complained about having to give up the word “nice”...
View ArticleBy: W
Okay. I think we’re to the part of the thread where someone says….. Uncle, if you don’t care that lefties are offended, why are you over here yelling about it? The time spent here implies a certain...
View ArticleBy: nm
It’s not what I think it means; it’s what it did once mean, back in the mists of time, oh, a decade or so ago. It means/t “unbiased by personal interests/concerns”. It’s similar in meaning to...
View ArticleBy: SayUncle
‘Not to be obtuse, but since we’re talking about possible misinterpretations, perhaps “brother” might not be the most suitable either…’ Ok, you owe me a free monitor cleaning for that one.
View ArticleBy: Sam Holloway
I’m late to this because I was at work yesterday. But I gotta say, SayUncle: for someone who doesn’t care about other people getting offended, you sure spent a lot of time being offended about people...
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