italiansxs: I can draw only 2 possible conclusions about you from your comments about Obama performing in blackface:
1. You actually think those remarks are funny in a non-racist manner, in which case you are a moron.
2. (more probable) You realize that they are racially offensive, but deny it when called on it, in which case you are a simple coward.
I agree with PeteM and Redoftx that the frequent use of racist language here, whether directed at blacks, arabs, or whomever, is disgraceful. Use whatever language you like in your own cave, but please do not expect to use such language any public forum without criticism. Those who think this is an expression of socialist or communist thought are beyond hope.
Jim didn't play the race card in this thread. Kerryman and King Brown did, they're the ones that brought it up. Jim corrected Brown's false statement about Obama's race, and observed that Obama and many of his supporters DID misrepresent his race in this campaign. While I didn't find Jim's joke about a man that is mostly white performing in blackface particularly humorous, it isn't anything like as offensive as playing the race card, and Jim isn't the one that did so.
