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Originally posted by RancorXXX
PhantomJack and PvtHudson - you two are racist. You can obfuscate the issue all you want, but it's out there.
Race was implied in the OP by linking to a black gang shooting (not even a fatal shooting) and implying it had something to do with Obama - like Obama went out to create a black gang called "Obama Boyz".
Hurr Durr, black gang violence can only be blamed on Obama. Must be part of his 'private army', hurr.
And wondering why it isn't "national news"? Is it national news every time some 17 year old kid shoots another kid and wounds him?
All I'm saying is that groups like this have been incited by Obama, the people around him and by the media.
You're small minded and controlled by a racist MSM that has trained you to see Witches...Er racists everywhere.
All I'm saying is that groups like this have been incited by Obama, the people around him and by the media.
Why would this gang of hoodlums associate themselves with the president in the first place?
Are you seriously going to ask that after MSM racial incitement stories such as the Trayvon case?
Originally posted by RancorXXX
PhantomJack and PvtHudson - you two are racist. You can obfuscate the issue all you want, but it's out there.
Race was implied in the OP by linking to a black gang shooting (not even a fatal shooting) and implying it had something to do with Obama - like Obama went out to create a black gang called "Obama Boyz".
Hurr Durr, black gang violence can only be blamed on Obama. Must be part of his 'private army', hurr.
And wondering why it isn't "national news"? Is it national news every time some 17 year old kid shoots another kid and wounds him? Hello, welcome to the world GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES have been living in! THEY consider it news any time there is gun violence. But for YOU, it's only "national news" worthy because a black punk is in a gang called "Obama Boyz".
To "call a spade a spade" is to speak honestly and directly about a topic, specifically topics that others may avoid speaking about due to their sensitivity or embarrassing nature. Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1913) defines it as
“ To be outspoken, blunt, even to the point of rudeness; to call things by their proper names without any "beating about the bush". ”
Its ultimate source is Plutarch's Apophthegmata Laconica (178B) which has την σκαφην σκαφην λεγοντας (ten skafen skafen legontas). σκαφη (skafe) means "basin, trough", but Erasmus mis-translated it (as if from σπάθη spáthe) as ligo "shovel" in his Apophthegmatum opus. Lucian De Hist. Conscr. (41) has τα συκα συκα, την σκαφην δε σκαφην ονομασων (ta suka suka, ten skafen de skafen onomason) "calling a fig a fig, and a trough a trough".
The phrase was introduced to English in 1542 in Nicolas Udall's translation of Erasmus, Apophthegmes, that is to saie, prompte saiynges. First gathered by Erasmus:
Philippus aunswered, that the Macedonians wer feloes of no fyne witte in their termes but altogether grosse, clubbyshe, and rusticall, as they whiche had not the witte to calle a spade by any other name then a spade.
It is evident that the word spade refers to the instrument used to move earth, a very common tool. The same word was used in England and in Holland, Erasmus' country of origin.
The Oxford English Dictionary records a more forceful variant, "to call a spade a bloody shovel", attested since 1919.
The phrase predates the use of the word "spade" as an ethnic slur against African Americans, which was not recorded until 1928; however, in contemporary U.S. society, the idiom is often avoided due to potential confusion with the slur[1] and/or confusion with playing card references such as "black as the ace of spades".
Originally posted by PvtHudson
Originally posted by RancorXXX
PhantomJack and PvtHudson - you two are racist. You can obfuscate the issue all you want, but it's out there.
Race was implied in the OP by linking to a black gang shooting (not even a fatal shooting) and implying it had something to do with Obama - like Obama went out to create a black gang called "Obama Boyz".
You're small minded and controlled by a racist MSM that has trained you to see Witches...Er racists everywhere.
Hurr Durr, black gang violence can only be blamed on Obama. Must be part of his 'private army', hurr.
All I'm saying is that groups like this have been incited by Obama, the people around him and by the media. Is this really so far fetched? ATS is constantly accusing Republicans and Fox news of the very same thing on a regular basis. Why would this gang of hoodlums associate themselves with the president in the first place?
These are all though questions for someone like you who has been trained to lash out at anything perceived as critical of this president, his handlers and his media.
And wondering why it isn't "national news"? Is it national news every time some 17 year old kid shoots another kid and wounds him?
Are you seriously going to ask that after MSM racial incitement stories such as the Trayvon case?
edit on 29-9-2012 by PvtHudson because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by RancorXXX
Small minded is creating a completely trivial thread topic like this that tries to blame Obama for some shooting by black teens because of the name of their gang. Racists like you FLOCK to the interwebs every time there's a black-related crime and try to instill the fear that blacks are running amok, and it's even better when there is some angle you can play at to connect it to Obama. Never saw you post once about WHITE criminals or try to blame the actions of a WHITE criminal on a president. It only qualifies if it's a black criminal and a black president.
What "groups like this"? Name the groups. Name the "inciting by Obama". Give a specific example of Obama inciting a teenage gang to go out and shoot other teens.
Oh I see, the Trayvon case was all about inciting black gang violence. Not about the fact it was an unarmed teen shot to death by some vigilante, no, it was all about inciting violence.
Originally posted by DankKing420
Sometimes i feel like ATS members need a lesson in hood education. All you country bumpkins on here are so quick to come up with some racist theories just because of your extreme hate for Obama.
I can almost 99% bet that the "obama boyz" dont even watch the news let alone turn on a tv.
And all you obama haters should be happy hes in office anyway McCain would have started WW3 months ago
Originally posted by phantomjack
I spoke out just as much about Clinton. Was I racist then?
Originally posted by PvtHudson
Originally posted by phantomjack
I spoke out just as much about Clinton. Was I racist then?
Dont you love how they assume we're white? Quite ironic, isn't it?
Originally posted by Blackmarketeer
Originally posted by PvtHudson
A violent group calling themselves the "Obama boyz" is shooting people and there is no national coverage? Why would a group like this associate themselves with the president? Is it because he's been inciting people to violence along with the media for the last few years? I think so.
Maybe not, but I know that's how this sort of story would be covered if it was a bunch of hillbillies doing the same tings and calling themselves "Bush boys".
www.stltoday.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
One of the worst examples of political race-baiting I've come across on this site. Congrats, pvtHudson, the White Power movement must be proud of you.edit on 29-9-2012 by Blackmarketeer because: (no reason given)