No one should censor the word nigger when talking about the word being used. The shock factor of reading the word is incrediby important in getting rid of the word forever
Do you have any shred of doubt that there's video out there of him saying the n-word? I'd bet my life on its existence.
I do give him credit for saying what most people think, he calls a spade a spade not a "super-predator".
You think most people use this word in their head to identify black people? Wow.
Yeah, that kind of blew me away too.
JC, you do know "spade" is just a half step down for n*gger, right? Or are you just trolling?
Maybe to a very old way of thinking. A spade is a spade. I find zero racist undertones to it in this day and age when I use that term or hear it being said. A spade is a spade.
Calling a spade a spade is a common phrase if it means something other than calling it like it is then I didn't mean it that way. Can those familiar with racism or the racists explain it's other meaning?
I never said most people refer to or think all black people are N words.
The conversation was about trump using the word nigger and you said that you give him credit for calling a spade a spade? How is that being misinterpreted?
When someone says black people, which to me means all black people. Yes I think most people think n word when they see or hear about: Looters Gangsters Multiple baby mommies Dark colored people kneeling during national anthems Dark colored people holding guns Dark colored people with welfare cards Some rappers
Perceived racial slur The phrase predates the use of the word "spade" as an ethnic slur against African Americans, which was not recorded until 1928; however, in contemporary U.S. society, the idiom is often avoided due to potential confusion with the slur.
To "call a spade a spade" is a figurative expression which refers to calling something "as it is", that is, by its right or proper name, without "beating about the bush"—being outspoken about it, truthfully, frankly, and directly, even to the point of being blunt or rude, and even if the subject is considered coarse, impolite, or unpleasant. The idiom originates in the classical Greek of Plutarch's Apophthegmata Laconica, and was introduced into the English language in 1542 in Nicolas Udall's translation of the Apophthegmes, where Erasmus had seemingly replaced Plutarch's images of "trough" and "fig" with the more familiar "spade." The idiom has appeared in many literary and popular works, including those of Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, W. Somerset Maugham, and Jonathan Swift.
Trump going nuclear appears with Bill Clinton accusers Paula Jones, Juanita Broderick & Kathleen Wiley and Kathy Shelton plaintiff against rape defendant Hilliary represented 75'
Calling a spade is spade is a racist remark? holy shit you guys are ridiculous! grow some thick skin please. next I hear I won't be able to say " that's the pot calling the kettle black" lol
Calling a spade is spade is a racist remark? holy shit you guys are ridiculous! grow some thick skin please. next I hear I won't be able to say " that's the pot calling the kettle black" lol
Trump going nuclear appears with Bill Clinton accusers Paula Jones, Juanita Broderick & Kathleen Wiley and Kathy Shelton plaintiff against rape defendant Hilliary represented 75'
He's going all in tonight it seems. I think this accomplished nothing. If he follows this route tonight, I think even more GOP officials/reps/senators jump off the ship.
Trump going nuclear appears with Bill Clinton accusers Paula Jones, Juanita Broderick & Kathleen Wiley and Kathy Shelton plaintiff against rape defendant Hilliary represented 75'
He's going all in tonight it seems. I think this accomplished nothing. If he follows this route tonight, I think even more GOP officials/reps/senators jump off the ship.
I'm all for it, let it be known who and what the next president is. Plus it helps 3rd parties.
Calling a spade a spade is a common phrase if it means something other than calling it like it is then I didn't mean it that way. Can those familiar with racism or the racists explain it's other meaning?
I never said most people refer to or think all black people are N words.
Socialist, commie and Marxist are Code words they use for Obama a lot as I've noticed.
Calling a spade is spade is a racist remark? holy shit you guys are ridiculous! grow some thick skin please. next I hear I won't be able to say " that's the pot calling the kettle black" lol
Yup.
Maybe you two could not play the victim card and open your mind up some. Spade is a racist term and has been for a very long time, depending on the context it's used in. In this case, it came across racist. If you didn't know spade can be racist, well now you know. There's other racist terms that have been around for a long time, but fortunately, are on their way out of usage. If you watch old movies with people under the age of 30, some of the term they've never heard before.
No one should censor the word nigger when talking about the word being used. The shock factor of reading the word is incrediby important in getting rid of the word forever
Hell, you can have that word in a Pg13 movie now if it's for historical context like Ray, 42 and Get On Up. Blazing Saddles could be PG13 today.
Calling a spade is spade is a racist remark? holy shit you guys are ridiculous! grow some thick skin please. next I hear I won't be able to say " that's the pot calling the kettle black" lol
Yup.
Maybe you two could not play the victim card and open your mind up some. Spade is a racist term and has been for a very long time, depending on the context it's used in. In this case, it came across racist. If you didn't know spade can be racist, well now you know. There's other racist terms that have been around for a long time, but fortunately, are on their way out of usage. If you watch old movies with people under the age of 30, some of the term they've never heard before.
Oh how splendid it must be for such open minded liberals to dictate when a word comes across as racist. Open your mind up some? Wow Zero undertones when I hear it no matter what context you may put it in. A spade is a spade and always will be.
Calling a spade is spade is a racist remark? holy shit you guys are ridiculous! grow some thick skin please. next I hear I won't be able to say " that's the pot calling the kettle black" lol
Yup.
Maybe you two could not play the victim card and open your mind up some. Spade is a racist term and has been for a very long time, depending on the context it's used in. In this case, it came across racist. If you didn't know spade can be racist, well now you know. There's other racist terms that have been around for a long time, but fortunately, are on their way out of usage. If you watch old movies with people under the age of 30, some of the term they've never heard before.
Oh how splendid it must be for such open minded liberals to dictate when a word comes across as racist. Open your mind up some? Wow Zero undertones when I hear it no matter what context you may put it in. A spade is a spade and always will be.
Dude, don't defend that post. It wasn't yours and you've never said anything even in teh ballpark of what was said there.
Calling a spade is spade is a racist remark? holy shit you guys are ridiculous! grow some thick skin please. next I hear I won't be able to say " that's the pot calling the kettle black" lol
Yup.
Maybe you two could not play the victim card and open your mind up some. Spade is a racist term and has been for a very long time, depending on the context it's used in. In this case, it came across racist. If you didn't know spade can be racist, well now you know. There's other racist terms that have been around for a long time, but fortunately, are on their way out of usage. If you watch old movies with people under the age of 30, some of the term they've never heard before.
My God it s a racist word from the freaking 1920s! I hope you didn't like the song "hip hop horray!" Lol.
Calling a spade is spade is a racist remark? holy shit you guys are ridiculous! grow some thick skin please. next I hear I won't be able to say " that's the pot calling the kettle black" lol
Yup.
Maybe you two could not play the victim card and open your mind up some. Spade is a racist term and has been for a very long time, depending on the context it's used in. In this case, it came across racist. If you didn't know spade can be racist, well now you know. There's other racist terms that have been around for a long time, but fortunately, are on their way out of usage. If you watch old movies with people under the age of 30, some of the term they've never heard before.
My God it s a racist word from the freaking 1920s! I hope you didn't like the song "hip hop horray!" Lol.
I heard it all the way through the eighties and into the nineties. Are you guys just discovering that words can have different meaning depending on context?
Calling a spade is spade is a racist remark? holy shit you guys are ridiculous! grow some thick skin please. next I hear I won't be able to say " that's the pot calling the kettle black" lol
Yup.
Maybe you two could not play the victim card and open your mind up some. Spade is a racist term and has been for a very long time, depending on the context it's used in. In this case, it came across racist. If you didn't know spade can be racist, well now you know. There's other racist terms that have been around for a long time, but fortunately, are on their way out of usage. If you watch old movies with people under the age of 30, some of the term they've never heard before.
Oh how splendid it must be for such open minded liberals to dictate when a word comes across as racist. Open your mind up some? Wow Zero undertones when I hear it no matter what context you may put it in. A spade is a spade and always will be.
I'm not dictating anything, I'm just giving you information. If you don't care about the impression you leave, that's your deal.
Calling a spade is spade is a racist remark? holy shit you guys are ridiculous! grow some thick skin please. next I hear I won't be able to say " that's the pot calling the kettle black" lol
Yup.
Maybe you two could not play the victim card and open your mind up some. Spade is a racist term and has been for a very long time, depending on the context it's used in. In this case, it came across racist. If you didn't know spade can be racist, well now you know. There's other racist terms that have been around for a long time, but fortunately, are on their way out of usage. If you watch old movies with people under the age of 30, some of the term they've never heard before.
My God it s a racist word from the freaking 1920s! I hope you didn't like the song "hip hop horray!" Lol.
I heard it all the way through the eighties and into the nineties. Are you guys just discovering that words can have different meaning depending on context?
You heard people call blacks spades in the 80s and 90s? I m just not buying it. It s an old word that obviously has different meaning.
Calling a spade is spade is a racist remark? holy shit you guys are ridiculous! grow some thick skin please. next I hear I won't be able to say " that's the pot calling the kettle black" lol
Yup.
Maybe you two could not play the victim card and open your mind up some. Spade is a racist term and has been for a very long time, depending on the context it's used in. In this case, it came across racist. If you didn't know spade can be racist, well now you know. There's other racist terms that have been around for a long time, but fortunately, are on their way out of usage. If you watch old movies with people under the age of 30, some of the term they've never heard before.
My God it s a racist word from the freaking 1920s! I hope you didn't like the song "hip hop horray!" Lol.
I heard it all the way through the eighties and into the nineties. Are you guys just discovering that words can have different meaning depending on context?
You heard people call blacks spades in the 80s and 90s? I m just not buying it. It s an old word that obviously has different meaning.
Read the post again. The poster connected the super predator accusation to the word spade. That's a clear line not a coincidence. No one is that naive that understands the context.
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/10/09/is_there_apprentice_footage_of_donald_trump_saying_the_n_word.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/09/21/don_king_introducing_trump_sliding_and_gliding_nigger_i_mean_negro.html
A spade is a spade.
Yes I think most people think n word when they see or hear about:
Looters
Gangsters
Multiple baby mommies
Dark colored people kneeling during national anthems
Dark colored people holding guns
Dark colored people with welfare cards
Some rappers
Perceived racial slur
The phrase predates the use of the word "spade" as an ethnic slur against African Americans, which was not recorded until 1928; however, in contemporary U.S. society, the idiom is often avoided due to potential confusion with the slur.
To "call a spade a spade" is a figurative expression which refers to calling something "as it is", that is, by its right or proper name, without "beating about the bush"—being outspoken about it, truthfully, frankly, and directly, even to the point of being blunt or rude, and even if the subject is considered coarse, impolite, or unpleasant. The idiom originates in the classical Greek of Plutarch's Apophthegmata Laconica, and was introduced into the English language in 1542 in Nicolas Udall's translation of the Apophthegmes, where Erasmus had seemingly replaced Plutarch's images of "trough" and "fig" with the more familiar "spade." The idiom has appeared in many literary and popular works, including those of Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, W. Somerset Maugham, and Jonathan Swift.
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How about cnn changing third party to undecided after first debate focus group.
http://reason.com/blog/2016/10/07/cnn-accused-bias-against-third-parties
Open your mind up some? Wow
Zero undertones when I hear it no matter what context you may put it in.
A spade is a spade and always will be.