You guys know Helen Thomas is of palestinian descent, right?
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Sean K - Jun 11, 2010 8:30:24 pm PDT #22218 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sean K - Jun 11, 2010 8:31:12 pm PDT #22219 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
There is a context for her comment.
billytea - Jun 11, 2010 8:33:27 pm PDT #22220 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
You guys know Helen Thomas is of palestinian descent, right?
Is it Palestinian or Lebanese descent? I know it's from somewhere in the vicinity.
Trudy Booth - Jun 11, 2010 8:35:32 pm PDT #22221 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Lebanese I think, but the point stands. It was a shitty thing to say, but its not from nothin'. AMAZING how that is being utterly ommitted from the discussion.
Sean K - Jun 11, 2010 8:35:55 pm PDT #22222 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'd have to double check, but her ancestry is non-Jewish and from that region.
Sean K - Jun 11, 2010 8:37:21 pm PDT #22223 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yeah, I've been really surprised it's not being reported at all in the coverage, and it's an important detail.
Trudy Booth - Jun 11, 2010 8:45:22 pm PDT #22224 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Yeah, I was raised in a world where elderly people get a little slack for bigoted or sexist remarks.
Doesn't mean its alright. Doesn't mean she should have kept her job. But maybe America's collective Mom could sit us down and say, "Sometimes older people have had terrible personal experiences or were raised a certain way and have prejudices they've had for a really long time and its hard for them to change. That doesn't mean that ______ is an evil person and doesn't do lots of nice things like ______. I know its hard, but sometimes that's the way it is."
Trudy Booth - Jun 11, 2010 8:48:55 pm PDT #22225 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
(And if America's Mom were MY mom she'd then say its alright to argue statements like that as long as you did so respectfully. "I don't like that you said that. I don't think that's fair. I know lots of nice _____ people and it makes me sad that you would dislike them without even meeting them.")
It breaks my heart, frankly, to see Helen Thomas acting like some dottering old woman who needs kid gloves. May we all be blessed with as much life and a bit more sense.
Connie Neil - Jun 11, 2010 9:02:32 pm PDT #22226 of 30000
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Typo Boy - Jun 11, 2010 9:12:05 pm PDT #22227 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Lebanese I think, but the point stands.
I guess I'm not the only one who skips and skims.