Racist pin being sold at Texas Republican Convention

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Tips for holding them accountable

by authority song 2008-06-17 09:38AM | 0 recs

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If you think that's crazy stuff you should see some of the other stuff that was being sold there. I won't link to that site directly, b/c...well b/c it's a gop slander type site for buttons and stickers, but you can jump over to
http://www.doscentavos.net
and scroll down to the entry about the GOP Convention.

by TxDem08 2008-06-17 04:20PM | 0 recs

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Oh my God, those were horrible

I think I just threw up a little.

by IndianaMommy 2008-06-18 04:30AM | 0 recs

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That is the most vile shit I've ever seen. This is a new level of desperation for them...can't win on the issues, have to go personal I guess.

by authority song 2008-06-18 05:02AM | 0 recs

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Wow. And the anti-hillary stuff is even worse. N/T

by kydoc2 2008-06-18 05:30AM | 0 recs

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this just in...

...Texas ReThgs are racist!

by catchaz 2008-06-17 09:40AM | 0 recs

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That's some classy shit.

by Reaper0Bot0 2008-06-17 09:41AM | 0 recs

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Disgraceful.

Who was it that came up with those monkey T-shirts, and how can I get in touch with that ass?

by sricki 2008-06-17 09:41AM | 0 recs

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Re: Disgraceful.

Did you see the Obama sock monkey? Of course the irony is we have called Bush a chimp for 8 years... of course Bush looks like one AND ran the country like one, whereas calling Obama a chimp is a obvious racist thing.

by yitbos96bb 2008-06-17 09:46AM | 0 recs

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Somebody's beating you to it.

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/gen eral/view.bg?articleid=1094037&pos=b reaking

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is considering legal action against a Georgia tavern owner selling T-shirts depicting presidential candidate Barack Obama as the Curious George monkey character.

In a statement, the Boston publisher, which owns the book rights to Curious George, said today the firm finds the T-shirt "offensive and utterly out of keeping with the values Curious George represents."

Also, The Sock Obama took down their page and apologized:

http://thesockobama.com/

I thought it was simultaniously offensive and adorable.

by Dracomicron 2008-06-17 09:46AM | 0 recs

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At least they apologized, I guess...

The Curious George T-shirt guy, not so much. A lawsuit sounds like a fabulous idea.

by sricki 2008-06-17 09:52AM | 0 recs

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Re: Sock Obama

Except maybe not: "But Monday afternoon, the creators, David and Elizabeth Lawson, told the Deseret News that 'a few new opportunities have been presented' for the production of the monkey." http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,70 0235335,00.html

by malcontentII 2008-06-17 10:00AM | 0 recs

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What needs to happen

Obama should get a Sock Obama and keep it as a mascot.

The only way it will not be viewed as offensive is if Barack "takes it back" by finding the product adorable and huggable.

I know if I were his kids, I'd love to have a "Dad" sock monkey.

by Dracomicron 2008-06-17 10:38AM | 0 recs

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What?

Why would he want to cover up the racism of those who are creating such things? One of the few good things about overt racism is it makes subtle racism harder to slip through.

by PantsB 2008-06-17 10:41AM | 0 recs

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It's not that clear

There's some contention that they didn't realize that it was racist; they were marketing the little guy to Obama supporters, after all.

I thought it was a little strange when I first saw the site; it didn't seem to be malicious or ironic. I might be wrong, but if it can be determined that their intentions were good, then I'd feel bad for the blogosphere shouting them down like that.

by Dracomicron 2008-06-17 11:02AM | 0 recs

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Re: It's not that clear

If they really didn't realize that it was racist then either that's a great thing or pathetic. I'm not sure which yet.

by LiberalDebunker 2008-06-17 03:15PM | 0 recs

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Re: Disgraceful.

You can get some sexist t-shirts here, if you want.

http://www.obamashirts.com/barack-obama- for-president-2008-t-shirt-sticker-2.htm

by gaf 2008-06-17 08:54PM | 0 recs

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Re: Disgraceful.

Yes, one of the shirts being marketed is disgraceful. Bearing in mind that the site is not linked to the Obama campaign, the senator should have done the right thing and called the company out for their sexism.

by CLLGADEM 2008-06-18 12:44AM | 0 recs

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Here's a link that has more information about the pins. They're being sold by a vender called "Republicanmarket" at the convention. Pretty disgusting, and I can only imagine the types of people that actually purchase these things.

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/a rchives/2008/06/stick-a-pin-in-it.html

by thatpurplestuff 2008-06-17 09:43AM | 0 recs

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Thanks - I added the link to the diary. Remember, this is a party that gleefully mocked a man's service by wearing those disgraceful Purple Heart band-aids...who know what we're going to see now that they're going up against one of "those people"

by authority song 2008-06-17 09:44AM | 0 recs

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This is why I say FUCK YOU to any Democrat who says they will vote for McCain.... especially Larry Johnson.... Voting for McCain condones this kind of crap. I can only imagine what they would o come up with for Hillary... I'm sure a lot of aprons, rolling pins and ball and chains.

by yitbos96bb 2008-06-17 09:48AM | 0 recs

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There's an especially offensive shirt that people like these rednecks made... it says "I love country music" or something similar and it uses an image of Hillary to phonetically pronounce the word "country". Like I said before, I don't even want to know what kind of person would purchase a shirt like that and wear it around in public.

by thatpurplestuff 2008-06-17 09:53AM | 0 recs

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I've seen that shirt.

My uncle sent it to me -- he thought it was hilarious. He also sent me a picture of Michelle Obama, who was talking (and the picture had frozen her at a certain angle), juxtaposed with a picture of a chimp.

I hate my extended family.

by sricki 2008-06-17 10:00AM | 0 recs

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Clarification:

My uncle sent me a picture of that shirt, not the shirt itself. He's cheap trash, and he wouldn't spend money on a shirt just to make a sexist joke.

by sricki 2008-06-17 10:01AM | 0 recs

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Haha I understood you the first time. I also understand you about backwards relatives... most of my family comes from Idaho, and you haven't lived until you've heard the N-bomb dropped at a Thanksgiving dinner.

by thatpurplestuff 2008-06-17 10:05AM | 0 recs

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Heh, I've definitely lived, then.

I think I told you at one point that I got "thrown out" of Thanksgiving one time because I got in a screaming match with my uncle.

My parents are great, though, and I don't know how they turned out so well.

by sricki 2008-06-17 10:11AM | 0 recs

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Re: Heh, I've definitely lived, then.

Haha yeah I remember that. In regards to great parents, I don't know if they are great in spite of having racist people in their lives or BECAUSE of having people like that in their lives. I know my mom is particularly sensitive to racist comments specifically because of the people that she was raised around. Role-models in reverse, or something. :)

by thatpurplestuff 2008-06-17 10:20AM | 0 recs

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we must be related

by annatopia 2008-06-17 11:01AM | 0 recs

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wow !?!?!?!!and hear I thought all the talk in Idaho was about potatoes at Thanksgiving dinner

by wellinformed 2008-06-17 11:04AM | 0 recs

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Re: Clarification:

My first comment: sadly, that's happened at my family dinners too. We walked out of a birthday party my in-laws threw for my son when they started with "Obama is the antichrist" crap. My husband literally turned red, threw our stuff in the van and left. We haven't been back.

by IndianaMommy 2008-06-18 04:27AM | 0 recs

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Good. This shit hurts their brand in the long run. A couple of crackers might get some chucks but I think this pin turns people off more. McCain knows this, which is why he's desperate to squash these kinds of tactics. Or at least to disassociate from them.

by Koan 2008-06-17 09:47AM | 0 recs

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Is it necessary to use racist words

in a post that is criticizing racism?

by activatedbybush 2008-06-17 10:04AM | 0 recs

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Re: Is it necessary to use racist words

Eh, I use cracker to mean dumbass. But if it's offensive, I'll withdraw it.

by Koan 2008-06-17 10:31AM | 0 recs

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Re: Is it necessary to use racist words

It's definitely offensive.

You should ask the moderators to remove that post.

by rankles 2008-06-17 12:51PM | 0 recs

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Now I know...

It isn't offensive at all. Whatever Rankles says, the opposite is true.

by duende 2008-06-17 01:22PM | 0 recs

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I don't understand

why two people troll rated the comment that pointed out that the term "Cracker" is offensive.

by activatedbybush 2008-06-17 01:44PM | 0 recs

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Re: I don't understand

Not because of the comment (which was hidden, not troll rated).
Because of the author of the comment. Check out the comment history, and you'll understand.

by skohayes 2008-06-17 02:15PM | 0 recs

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Is hidden worse than troll-rated?

And shouldn't ratings be based on individual comments not history. Presumably if history was bad enough, the site admins would ban.

by activatedbybush 2008-06-17 03:47PM | 0 recs

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presumably...

...but i wouldn't hold your breath.

by elie 2008-06-17 04:16PM | 0 recs

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Re: Now I know...

Where I grew up people used it to mean stupid, moronic, uneducated. But it does have a derogatory "white people" meaning, and I probably shouldn't have used it.

Not that this makes rankles any less of a troll.

by Koan 2008-06-17 01:44PM | 0 recs

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Re: Now I know...

It's good enough for 'South Park.'

by Shaun Appleby 2008-06-17 05:53PM | 0 recs

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A saw a post on this and a great comment with a response pin

"If McCain is Elected will we call it a Nursing Home?"

by jsfox 2008-06-17 09:50AM | 0 recs

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Nice

And with Bush there now, it should be called the Big House.

by ProgressiveDL 2008-06-17 10:32AM | 0 recs

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NICE lmao nursing home pins
I am on it working on those pins now

(disclaimer: I know 2 wrongs don't make a right)

by wellinformed 2008-06-17 11:06AM | 0 recs

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I it too...but I still want a "nursing home" pin if you are making them

;-)

by JDF 2008-06-17 12:31PM | 0 recs

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Good grief.
Having lived in Houston for over a year . . .I'm not surprised. Really saddened, but not in the least surprised.

by prodigal 2008-06-17 09:50AM | 0 recs

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This strikes me as more of a gift than anything. Heck, even the sock monkey had more plausible deniability than this one.

by Steve M 2008-06-17 10:14AM | 0 recs

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Well, at least now we know what Geraldine Ferraro is doing for supplementary income these days...

by John in Chicago 2008-06-17 10:39AM | 0 recs

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Another Obama clown without the brains he was born with. Ferraro is fine, she is not a racist. This sort of bs is just the sort of nonsense that's going to keep the democratic party split.

by ottovbvs 2008-06-17 11:16AM | 0 recs

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"This sort of bs is just the sort of nonsense that's going to keep the democratic party split."

Yes. You're absolutely right! After all, Ferraro is a prominent party voice and her supporters will determine the outcome of this year's election. All 18 of them.

We need more positive commentary to reverse the (imaginary) split in the party.

Got any suggestions? Perhaps "another Obama clown without the brains he was born with" isn't the best place to start...

by John in Chicago 2008-06-17 11:37AM | 0 recs

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Yeah she's not a racist. Ferraro merely repeatedly voices the old canard that Obama is supposedly an affirmative action candidate.

by Aris Katsaris 2008-06-17 01:44PM | 0 recs

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Racial resentment = racism...

by LiberalDebunker 2008-06-17 03:16PM | 0 recs

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I still want a "nursing home" pin if you are making them

;-)

Well, at least now we know what Geraldine Ferraro is doing for supplementary income these days...

You guys are as bad as whoever made that pin.

by rankles 2008-06-17 12:55PM | 0 recs

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This is a good thing.

Let the Republicans behave like racist frat boys. I hope they get far nastier before it is over. I pray for some elected official to stand up to decry the coon running for president.

History will not look kindly upon the Republican party. When the Boomers die, the party dies. Gen X and millennials will not tolerate that crap.

Rejoice in their evil. It will be their downfall.

by pneuma 2008-06-17 10:43AM | 0 recs

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Absolutely right and it's a fair bet one of them is going to be stupid enough to do it. Even someone as sophisticated as George Allen thought he could get away with it with his macacca comment. Go right ahead guys, shoot yourselves in the foot.

by ottovbvs 2008-06-17 11:14AM | 0 recs

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oh christ on a cracker

the texas gop pisses me off to no end.

if you guys want to know why today's GOP is so fuck-tarded, look no further. you have your answer.

now do you guys understand why we texas liberals have such an uphill battle here? just the fact that we've made as much progress as we have in the face of this blatant racism is pretty amazing, IMO.

now please let's dump john cornyn ok? you guys go put some change in rick's tip jar:

http://www.actblue.com/page/texroots08-p 1

by annatopia 2008-06-17 10:59AM | 0 recs

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Actually the more visibility this kind of nonsense get the better. I hope the new Republican pin is all over the evening news and blogs and youtube. It's proving what a bunch of racists the Repubs are.

by ottovbvs 2008-06-17 11:11AM | 0 recs

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Racist pin

Nice. My dad is very active in the Texas GOP (much to my everlasting shame). I should email him and ask him about the pin.

by JustJennifer 2008-06-17 11:25AM | 0 recs

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Well, the good this about all this is at least the racism has been forced out into the open in an act of desperation. Open racism is a lot easier to confront and defeat than the kind that pretends it's something else...

I'm disgusted by this. Absolutely disgusted.

by lollydee 2008-06-17 11:33AM | 0 recs

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This is disgusting, no doubt about that

I do want to point out though... this is more akin to the countless pins, t-shirts, nutcrackers etc which attack Hillary Clinton, usually in a sexist or misogynistic way.

In my opinion this is NOT equivalent to prominent members of the media saying VERY sexist things about Hillary Clinton's candidacy. The media would never DARE to say this sentence about Barack Obama, and yet they DID say similarly sexist things all.the.time.

by twinmom 2008-06-17 12:05PM | 0 recs

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Re: This is disgusting, no doubt about that

So true. And I remember racist cartoons about CondiRice that were celebrated in many Democratic circles.

by rankles 2008-06-17 12:56PM | 0 recs

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Re: This is disgusting, no doubt about that

rankles, you are so full of shit.

(kicks himself for feeding the troll.)

by Koan 2008-06-17 01:10PM | 0 recs

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Not troll feeding

Just pointing out the obvious

It supports McCain on principle and defends Condi Rice against sexism

But of course NEVER supports Obama, and is silent if not acquiescent when it comes to disgusting racist comments about Michelle Obama.

Guys. Gals. Interested observers. Would be freeper trolls. Rankles is an ideal example of how NOT to be an undercover republican trouble maker. He/she/it can't help blow his/her/its cover all the time.

Trolling 101. Don't be so obvious. You just give us all a little down time squishing the blatantly mendacious.

by duende 2008-06-17 01:29PM | 0 recs

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Re: This is disgusting, no doubt about that

Cool, but who cares. Hillary Clinton is out of the race and is irrelevant to this particular discussion. This is the here and now.

by authority song 2008-06-17 02:42PM | 0 recs

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You're the one who referenced

The "navel-gazing discussions over sexism".

The discussions over sexism are much more than "navel gazing" (which implies being self-absorbed and obsessed over nothing).

What occurred during the primary season (in the media and in our society at large) was not even in the same league as a pin with an offensive remark on it.

Offensive remarks are a dime-a-dozen and no group is spared being insulted SOMEWHERE on a t-shirt or pin. That doesn't shock me. The sexism and misogyny in the media and from fellow Democrats did.

The "here and now" that I exist in is still reeling from it. It is not "irrelevant" simply because Hillary Clinton is out of the race. It doesn't simply disappear.

Your sentiment of "Cool, but who cares." and your dismissive attitude towards sexism while being outraged over a racist pin basically sums up the primary season that I experienced.

by twinmom 2008-06-17 03:14PM | 0 recs

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Re: You're the one who referenced

Due respect, but we're not talking about sexism, or rehashing the primary, or dealing with your hurt feelings right now. We're talking about this other thing. Your issues are irrelevant to this discussion. You want to talk about them, write a diary, as dozens have done.

And while I didn't mean "self-absorbed" by using the phrase navel gazing, your post certainly fits that bill.

by authority song 2008-06-17 03:28PM | 0 recs

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Wow

Thanks for proving my point!

by twinmom 2008-06-17 03:39PM | 0 recs

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Re: This is disgusting, no doubt about that

Eh. The media was just as racist but in a more insidious way because they clearly though locker room sexism was OK on TV but knew they couldn't get away with locker room racism. Though it happened on occasion. Basketball references. African-Americans aren't regular people. Etc.

by LiberalDebunker 2008-06-17 03:19PM | 0 recs

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Hey there: Please sign this petition and let the Texas GOP know what we think about their racist pin: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeactio n/322079918?z00m=15489513

by Ladona 2008-06-17 02:47PM | 0 recs

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well, the racists definitely won't call it the White House anymore!

by TrueBlueMajority 2008-06-17 04:55PM | 0 recs

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The Right doesn't have a lock on ignorance...

Seen a few months ago in a downtown Boulder t-shirt store... a shirt showing Obama and Clinton over the banner:

"Bro's, not Ho's"

We've all got a long way to go.

by PhilFR 2008-06-17 07:47PM | 0 recs

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Re: The Right doesn't have a lock on ignorance...

Just a question, when will we get to the point where every diary no longer has to be seen through a "what about Hillary" angle. The primary is over, yet it seems like it is still being fought in every diary.

by Brandon 2008-06-18 01:57AM | 0 recs