Pangloss Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 And we're off to the races! The first Democratic casualty of the 2008 Presidential Election is: a white guy who said something insensitive about one of the "diversity" candidates! Shocking, isn't it? Boy nobody could have seen that one coming! This thing with Biden is so laughable it almost defies description. I don't mean whether or not he has some sort of prejudice -- maybe he does, maybe he doesn't. What's laughable is watching the infighting. God forbid any strong white male candidates should emerge from the "party of diversity"! Apparently what happened is Biden called Senator Obama "the first mainstream African American (running for president) who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy." The words "clean" and "articulate" apparently triggered some sort of sensitivity alarm. (Because apparently our sense of morality was determined by 1970s Hollywood scriptwriters.) Liberal bloggers and op/ed pieces are calling for everything from Biden's withdrawl from the Presidential race to his resignation from the Senate to his head on a silver platter! I expect an announcement any moment that he'll be joining Isaiah Washington in a rehab clinic for verbal insensitivity (no really, apparently they have those now!). (Oh wait, I forgot, Washington was "cured". Guess Biden will have to go it alone!) The most ironic part of this is that every time Biden opens his mouth to deal with this "crisis" he undermines his own campaign by saying nice things about an opponent! What a joke! Ah, elections. Gotta love 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 the problem is, that, if you say that a black man is clean and articulate, it only serves to contrast the stereotype of their uncleanliness and inarticulateness, which brings more attention to it. That's obviously not PC. And of course, you cant say they aren't clean, because that would be the stereotype. In other words, you can't portray anyone in their traditional or untraditional stereotype. Regardless of the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoiA Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I'm not sure what's more despicable...the Sensitivity Police or the candidates that kick them while they're down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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