Rangel: Tea Party Is Bunch Of 'White Crackers'

[limequat]

I'm part injun...am I still a cracka?

1 oz rule.

 

[Anti Federalist]

My dad would have beaten us silly if we used the n word...and I never allowed anyone to use it around me without calling them on it. I taught my child the same and one of his friends who was black had a bad habit of calling everyone that..at 6 years old. My son came in one day saying "Mom, Tony called me a n*****"...I went over to Tony's house and asked how am I supposed to teach my son not to use racial slurs if your kid is using it all the time? They hemmed and hawed. Being called a cracker doesn't really bother me...I remember when honky was used. I've been called worse but still...hypocrisy at its finest.

I have a problem with any societal "movement" that embraces the idea of "forbidden words": the mere one time utterance of one can ruin somebody.

Being polite and raising polite children, as you obviously have done, is entirely another matter.

 

[Anti Federalist]

"I should explain to your Lordship what is meant by Crackers; a name they have got from being great boasters; they are a lawless set of rascalls on the frontiers of Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia, who often change their places of abode." Earl of Dartmouth

TIL I would wear the label of "Cracker" proudly.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Coon Ass . com

http://www.coonass.com/index.html

 

[phill4paul]

TIL I would wear the label of "Cracker" proudly.

Yeah, but you're one of those "Northerners." Most "Southerners" don't even qualify. Sorry to exclude you from this club, bud. There's been some talk about opening it up to include others , but in my opinion, it just waters the meaning down.

 

[Carlybee]

I have a problem with any societal "movement" that embraces the idea of "forbidden words": the mere one time utterance of one can ruin somebody.

Being polite and raising polite children, as you obviously have done, is entirely another matter.

I don't disagree and do not support legislation for "hate speech". This was a personal preference based on the way I was raised and the way I raised my son while living in a large multi cultural city.

 

[Carlybee]

1 oz rule.

Oh..well screw y'all crackers then.

 

[ctiger2]

Fucking Racist Fascist

 

[torchbearer]

Coon Ass . com

http://www.coonass.com/index.html

so people know what it means:

Isn't CoonAss.com an unusual name for a web page? What does it mean? Where does it come from?

With a URL like that, I've received mail from web groups that specialize in sex. I've received information from animal rights groups. I've even received hate mail from people who think it is an ethnic slur against blacks. But none of those groups are correct as to its origin.

People call me that "crazy Cajun" or that "CoonAss". Both the word Cajun and CoonAss are used to refer to people of Acadian descent. Both have been in a derogatory manner. Both have been used in pride.


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[TD="class: TextObject, width: 357"] One version says the term comes from the French word "conasse". During the Second World War, many Cajun men served in the armed forces. When in France, many of the French heard the Cajuns speaking in a French that was both very old and in a French that had some very odd words. The Frenchmen called the Cajuns "conasse" which translates to a very low-grade prostitute. I would think this comes from the fact that, although they spoke a form of French, the Cajuns weren't real Frenchmen.
Of course, the "American" servicemen heard "conasse" as "CoonAss". In a world where "RedNeck" is heard often, "CoonAss" fits right in. Just like RedNeck, it wasn't originally used as a term of endearment. But many Cajuns carry it as a description of themselves as good as any other. In Louisiana, you can find vehicles with bumper stickers reading "Registered CoonAss" or "I'm a CoonAss, Me!" Wide spread use came about during the oil boom in Louisiana during the 60's and 70's.
But there is very little to prove or disprove that version.
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[JK/SEA]

Try using the word Niggardly in a work environment. A co-worker said this during an engineering project and was fired. He got his job back with pay a few weeks later.

 

[Cabal]

Demand Rangel's resignation for using a racial slur against european-americans!

It's acceptable to express prejudice against white males, didn't you hear?

 

[thoughtomator]

Had I been there I almost certainly would have said to Rangel, "Well, that's what a ****** would say."

And then step back to watch the show.



(edit: LOL even RPF is too PC to discuss a certain term)

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

Try using the word Niggardly in a work environment. A co-worker said this during an engineering project and was fired. He got his job back with pay a few weeks later.

Walter Block likes using that word. Bit of a troll, that one.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

i am 4o years old, i STILL have yet to hear an adequate explanation of why i should let mongrels like THIS tell me what the definition of a word is.

WHAT

THA FUG
IS A CRACKER
AND WHY
SHOULD I FEEL
INSULTED
BY BEING
CALLED
ONE
\??/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(pejorative)

 

[Lucille]

Obama should put that in his limo, since he's the biggest creepy-ass cracka there is.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Depends on how much sun I get . Given that the rest of me is scotch-irish...yep pretty white.

Then yes, you can be a cracka.

 

[presence]

wuzzup my cracka?

 

[Napolitanic Wars]

 

[Peace&Freedom]

Hard at work. Word in NY is he may be retiring next year, and has spoken to former Governor Paterson about replacing him. Since part of Rangel's district covers the Bronx, and there is a Bronx Tea party group, it's possible they could field a candidate for that seat in 2014 in protest.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

A comment posted in HuffPo that seems popular

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/socia...hmann-charlie-rangel_n_3700775_274539062.html

““If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

― Malcolm X”

From the story:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...lie-rangel_n_3700775.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

Leave it to HuffPo to find the most offensive person they could in order to cover her reaction to Rangel's diatribe, neglecting to cover Rangel's remarks by themselves...