Comments on: Hendren’s Macaca Moment https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/ Sat, 16 May 2009 11:03:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: DuWayne https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535796 Sat, 16 May 2009 11:03:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535796 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.

]]> By: Joshua Zelinsky https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535795 Fri, 15 May 2009 23:05:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535795 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)

]]> By: Anne Gilbert https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535794 Fri, 15 May 2009 21:34:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535794 Well, uh,Jesus did live and die a Jew. But somehow I don’t think people like this exactly recognize that fact.
Anne G

]]> By: mediajackal https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535793 Fri, 15 May 2009 19:16:55 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535793 Isn’t bigotry a prerequisite for being a Republican?

]]> By: JThompson https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535792 Fri, 15 May 2009 18:26:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535792 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.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535791 Fri, 15 May 2009 14:32:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535791 No. That would not be one of the guidelines.

]]> By: Brownian https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535790 Fri, 15 May 2009 14:26:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/05/15/hendrens-macaca-moment/#comment-535790 I wonder if the GOP guidelines for avoiding similar ‘gaffs’ anywhere include not being a goddamn bigot!

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