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"Good Old Days Of Segregation"

Lol. Hes off his rocker.
 
dex4974 said:
That was tongue in cheek. I am amazed by how little social acuity some people have.
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I get it, but Im sorry it was extrememly poor timing, extremely poor use of tongue in cheek in the middle of a SCJ hearing. The optics here are terrible for Graham, what the heck was he thinking? While prepping his questions for the hearing today how in the world could he believe saying something like would be okay? Harrison is licking his chops right now....wow
 
Finch said:
I get it, but Im sorry it was extrememly poor timing, extremely poor use of tongue in cheek in the middle of a SCJ hearing. The optics here are terrible for Graham, what the heck was he thinking? While prepping his questions for the hearing today how in the world could he believe saying something like would be okay? Harrison is licking his chops right now....wow
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He was trying to make a point but he was kind of an asshole about it.
 
Binary_Digit said:
Can you think of a more tasteless joke for a southern Republican to crack?
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It got a smirk out of me. He's kind of a butthole; it's a little funny.
 
dex4974 said:
It got a smirk out of me. He's kind of a butthole; it's a little funny.
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Not in the least, the days of segregation is nothing to laugh at when American people of color were literally dying and oppressed because of the color of their skin.
 
Finch said:
Not in the least, the days of segregation is nothing to laugh at when American people of color were literally dying and oppressed because of the color of their skin.
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were are
 
Finch said:
Not in the least, the days of segregation is nothing to laugh at when American people of color were literally dying and oppressed because of the color of their skin.
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He's probably tired of getting compared to a southern slave owner. That's why they say shit like that.
 
dex4974 said:
It got a smirk out of me. He's kind of a butthole; it's a little funny.
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Joking about a time when hotel managers would rather pour acid into their own swimming pools than share them with black people is in extremely poor taste on the national stage of our government. What if if he made a joke about gassing the Jews, would that be funny to you too?
 
Binary_Digit said:
What if if he made a joke about gassing the Jews, would that be funny to you too?
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I'd recognize the tastelessness but I wouldn't be offended. If the joke was good I might laugh.
 
dex4974 said:
He's probably tired of getting compared to a southern slave owner. That's why they say shit like that.
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That has to be it. He's tired of being seen as something, so he jokingly acts like that very something in front of everyone? What a great idea! That will surely change some minds.
 
dex4974 said:
That was tongue in cheek. I am amazed by how little social acuity some people have.
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In my experience, people who regularly say ugly shit and then say "psssh, lighten up, I was just joking" mean it on some level, sometimes on all levels. Sort of like people who are "brutally honest". Nah, they're just assholes.
 
65 yo white dude, running for re-election in SC against a black dude, jokes about the "the good old days of segregation" just days after saying a black person can only go far if he is conservative.

If Lindsey keeps at it, Harrison won't have to get any new ad content beyond Graham's own words.
 
dex4974 said:
I'd recognize the tastelessness but I wouldn't be offended. If the joke was good I might laugh.
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You do realize that this was a confirmation hearing for a United States Supreme Court Justice, and not a goddamn frat party, right? You do realize that the historical context of such a joke coming from a southern Republican does not give him the benefit of doubt, right?
 
Binary_Digit said:
You do realize that this was a confirmation hearing for a United States Supreme Court Justice, and not a goddamn frat party, right? You do realize that the historical context of such a joke coming from a southern Republican does not give him the benefit of doubt, right?
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I don't think Republicans are fighting to reinstitute segregation.
 
Mr Person said:
In my experience, people who regularly say ugly shit and then say "psssh, lighten up, I was just joking" mean it on some level, sometimes on all levels. Sort of like people who are "brutally honest". Nah, they're just assholes.
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He seems to be an asshole.
 
Yep, nothing funnier than a southern Senator reminiscing about the "Good old days of racial segregation".
 
I assume he was being ironic and sarcastic, poking fun at those who believe she wants to turn the clock back. She does apparently want to turn the clock back, but not *that* far.
 
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