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Hendren's Macaca Moment
Category: Politics • Race and Racism • Republicans
Posted on: May 15, 2009 12:09 PM, by Greg Laden
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I wonder if the GOP guidelines for avoiding similar 'gaffs' anywhere include not being a goddamn bigot!
Posted by: Brownian | May 15, 2009 2:26 PM
No. That would not be one of the guidelines.
Posted by: Greg Laden | May 15, 2009 2:32 PM
When I heard the man said "That Jew" I thought "I wonder if he's going to invoke loving Jesus, who was a jew."
Sure enough...
"Jesus was a jew and I love Jesus" is to anti-semites what "Some of my friends are black, but..." is to racists.
Posted by: JThompson | May 15, 2009 6:26 PM
Isn't bigotry a prerequisite for being a Republican?
Posted by: mediajackal | May 15, 2009 7:16 PM
Well, uh,Jesus did live and die a Jew. But somehow I don't think people like this exactly recognize that fact.
Anne G
Posted by: Anne Gilbert | May 15, 2009 9:34 PM
JThompson, anti-Semitism is generally racial in nature. Very few anti-Semites have a substantial problem with Judaism. So anti-Semites are racists and the line is far closer.
(Incidentally, I've heard "some of my best friends are _" for a large variety of different groups, including Jews, black, Asians, Muslims, and gays. The line gets a lot of mileage)
Posted by: Joshua Zelinsky | May 15, 2009 11:05 PM
But Joshua, some of my best friends are gay Jewish black Asians who converted to Islam. And to make matters worse, most of them are atheists now and one of them also went albino...
I love the excuse that "I didn't have a teleprompter" or "I thought this was off the record." Like somehow saying horrible things because it's off the cuff or off the record means it's ok...They're right up there with "I didn't know you have a dark skinned GF," when someone makes a racist comment - like this somehow qualifies the person who said it as not nearly the fucking asshat they really are.
Posted by: DuWayne | May 16, 2009 11:03 AM