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I've never heard it used as a racial slur.Who the hell uses the term tar baby for anything but a racial slur anymore? I've never heard it being used in another manner but as a slur.
I guess this will go unanswered by those defending the Congressman.
Of course, I've not heard it used in several years - since I moved from the Midwest - but when I have heard it used, it is used in exactly the non-slang manner that it means - it's a problem that is so strong that even if one touches it, they are sucked into it, becoming part of the problem.
So basically this thread has gone how I expected it to. A GOP Congressman says racist shit and a cadre of USMB right wingers are primed and ready to defend his ass.
See post 52
Thanks for playing
I saw it.
Apparently the concept of a double entendre is beyond your comprehension.
And, I guess when a congressman says the budget is sick, that means it's awesome.
Or, if they say it's too fat, it's too awesome.
See post 52
Thanks for playing
I saw it.
Apparently the concept of a double entendre is beyond your comprehension.
I have said
Those looking for offense will find it.
I was referring to you.
Hell, I heard it in grad school. A friend intended on doing research to refute the mechanism of a reaction that was proposed by a huge-name chemist in Japan. In our meeting discussing research direction, the adviser called trying to refute that mechanism a tar baby. The Japanese chemist is a huge name in chemistry.I've never heard it used as a racial slur.I guess this will go unanswered by those defending the Congressman.
Of course, I've not heard it used in several years - since I moved from the Midwest - but when I have heard it used, it is used in exactly the non-slang manner that it means - it's a problem that is so strong that even if one touches it, they are sucked into it, becoming part of the problem.
Well I love that story for a couple reasons....my second grade teacher used to read The Uncle Remus stories to us (burbs north of Chicago), and I'm a Disneyaholic and Splash Mountain is my favorite ride. Anyway, I'm not sure I've ever used the term "tar baby", but have often said, "Please, oh please, don't throw me in the briar patch" to use reverse psychology when I'm goofing with someone.
"LAMBORN: Even if some people say "well, the Republicans should have done this, or should have done that," they will hold the President responsible. Now, I don't even want to be associated with him, it's like touching a, a tar baby and you get it...you know you're stuck and you're part of the problem and you can't get away."
He even explicitly states the exact meaning of the term.
I saw it.
Apparently the concept of a double entendre is beyond your comprehension.
I have said
Those looking for offense will find it.
I was referring to you.
Those looking to cover up racism run static. I'm looking at you and a few others.
Well I love that story for a couple reasons....my second grade teacher used to read The Uncle Remus stories to us (burbs north of Chicago), and I'm a Disneyaholic and Splash Mountain is my favorite ride. Anyway, I'm not sure I've ever used the term "tar baby", but have often said, "Please, oh please, don't throw me in the briar patch" to use reverse psychology when I'm goofing with someone.
I saw it.
Apparently the concept of a double entendre is beyond your comprehension.
I have said
Those looking for offense will find it.
I was referring to you.
Those looking to cover up racism run static. I'm looking at you and a few others.
I haven't and since the last time I heard it was 2003 and that was the last time I resided in the Midwest, I'm assuming those east of the Appalachians are waaaaaay too sensitive. Who knows? But, this is quite a meltdown.And, I guess when a congressman says the budget is sick, that means it's awesome.
Or, if they say it's too fat, it's too awesome.
That's being a bit disingenuous, there's a big difference between slang and what's going on with that word. You yourself even admitted you haven't heard it in years.
I've seen it's usage on USMB several times to say the least over the years. And you can probably guess how many of those times it's been used as a racial slur.
Well I love that story for a couple reasons....my second grade teacher used to read The Uncle Remus stories to us (burbs north of Chicago), and I'm a Disneyaholic and Splash Mountain is my favorite ride. Anyway, I'm not sure I've ever used the term "tar baby", but have often said, "Please, oh please, don't throw me in the briar patch" to use reverse psychology when I'm goofing with someone.
Disney never has released Song of the South on home video. I wonder why.
Perhaps my teacher was a closet racist subjecting us to those stories....but I still enjoy them.
And the obvious is beyond you. He even stated the meaning for the dense. Yeah, that would be you."LAMBORN: Even if some people say "well, the Republicans should have done this, or should have done that," they will hold the President responsible. Now, I don't even want to be associated with him, it's like touching a, a tar baby and you get it...you know you're stuck and you're part of the problem and you can't get away."
He even explicitly states the exact meaning of the term.
It's a double entrende. No shock that it's eluding you.
And the obvious is beyond you. He even stated the meaning for the dense. Yeah, that would be you."LAMBORN: Even if some people say "well, the Republicans should have done this, or should have done that," they will hold the President responsible. Now, I don't even want to be associated with him, it's like touching a, a tar baby and you get it...you know you're stuck and you're part of the problem and you can't get away."
He even explicitly states the exact meaning of the term.
It's a double entrende. No shock that it's eluding you.
And the obvious is beyond you. He even stated the meaning for the dense. Yeah, that would be you.It's a double entrende. No shock that it's eluding you.
If you buy that as his sole intent all the power to you.
It makes you a sick fuck but whatev.
Par for the course here.
Dare I ask you to think about something?And the obvious is beyond you. He even stated the meaning for the dense. Yeah, that would be you.It's a double entrende. No shock that it's eluding you.
If you buy that as his sole intent all the power to you.
It makes you a sick fuck but whatev.
Par for the course here.
Monday evening, Lamborn's office sent a news release saying he had "sent a personal letter to President Barack Obama apologizing for using a term some find insensitive." The release said Lamborn is "confident that the President will accept his heartfelt apology."
And the obvious is beyond you. He even stated the meaning for the dense. Yeah, that would be you."LAMBORN: Even if some people say "well, the Republicans should have done this, or should have done that," they will hold the President responsible. Now, I don't even want to be associated with him, it's like touching a, a tar baby and you get it...you know you're stuck and you're part of the problem and you can't get away."
He even explicitly states the exact meaning of the term.
It's a double entrende. No shock that it's eluding you.
(shame on us)
