Comments on: On Behalf of Bredesen http://moorethoughts.com/2007/10/22/on-behalf-of-bredesen/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:37:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Restaurant in Deerfield http://moorethoughts.com/2007/10/22/on-behalf-of-bredesen/#comment-162998 Restaurant in Deerfield Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:56:34 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2007/10/22/on-behalf-of-bredesen/#comment-162998 Hello your article is amazing. I will definitely read your diary.. ciao Hello your article is amazing.
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]]> By: Sean Braisted http://moorethoughts.com/2007/10/22/on-behalf-of-bredesen/#comment-159314 Sean Braisted Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:34:49 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2007/10/22/on-behalf-of-bredesen/#comment-159314 Bill, Substitute the word Black, in any one of your posts, with the N-Word, and it will be offense. Bill,

Substitute the word Black, in any one of your posts, with the N-Word, and it will be offense.

]]> By: Bill Hobbs http://moorethoughts.com/2007/10/22/on-behalf-of-bredesen/#comment-159276 Bill Hobbs Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:11:50 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2007/10/22/on-behalf-of-bredesen/#comment-159276 I beg to differ. The use of the word was offensive. Simple experiment: Edit Bredesen's comments to be about African American workers in the U.S. during the 19th century, rather than Chinese workers during the 19th Century, and substitute the N word for the word he used. It would not be acceptable. I beg to differ. The use of the word was offensive. Simple experiment: Edit Bredesen’s comments to be about African American workers in the U.S. during the 19th century, rather than Chinese workers during the 19th Century, and substitute the N word for the word he used.

It would not be acceptable.

]]> By: Volunteer Voters » If They Don’t Yell Help, They Aren’t Repressed? http://moorethoughts.com/2007/10/22/on-behalf-of-bredesen/#comment-159264 Volunteer Voters » If They Don’t Yell Help, They Aren’t Repressed? Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:41:10 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2007/10/22/on-behalf-of-bredesen/#comment-159264 [...] Nathan Moore does not think it is the Tennessean’s place to be righteously indignant over Phil Bredesen’s use of the the word “coolie” to refer to the Chinese that built our railroads. Let’s do this. If the Chinese in China are offended, they will certainly take it out on Tennessee’s trade mission in Beijing. If they don’t, then hey - it must not be that offensive. I propose a new rule. If you must debate whether something is offensive, then it is not offensive, unless the person who said it meant it to be offensive, which Bredesen obviously did not. He was denouncing a stereotype he held upon arriving in a new country, and he gets blasted for doing so. [...] [...] Nathan Moore does not think it is the Tennessean’s place to be righteously indignant over Phil Bredesen’s use of the the word “coolie” to refer to the Chinese that built our railroads. Let’s do this. If the Chinese in China are offended, they will certainly take it out on Tennessee’s trade mission in Beijing. If they don’t, then hey - it must not be that offensive. I propose a new rule. If you must debate whether something is offensive, then it is not offensive, unless the person who said it meant it to be offensive, which Bredesen obviously did not. He was denouncing a stereotype he held upon arriving in a new country, and he gets blasted for doing so. [...]

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