Comments on: Can you relate? http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/10/21/can-you-relate/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lex http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/10/21/can-you-relate/comment-page-1/#comment-54917 Lex Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:14:58 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=4802#comment-54917 Indeed, Dr. Slammy, indeed. And a stupid person is much more likely to be fooled into thinking that they relate to someone that they really don't...like all those people who imagined having a beer with G.W. (ok, maybe that's a bad example because they could well be actually relating in that case) Indeed, Dr. Slammy, indeed. And a stupid person is much more likely to be fooled into thinking that they relate to someone that they really don’t…like all those people who imagined having a beer with G.W. (ok, maybe that’s a bad example because they could well be actually relating in that case)

]]> By: Dr. Slammy http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/10/21/can-you-relate/comment-page-1/#comment-54867 Dr. Slammy Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:57:23 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=4802#comment-54867 At the core, my biggest problem is that a stupid person is likely to relate to another stupid person, and we have an educational system that's almost designed to produce teh stupid. Over the long run, this is a Very Bad Thing. At the core, my biggest problem is that a stupid person is likely to relate to another stupid person, and we have an educational system that’s almost designed to produce teh stupid. Over the long run, this is a Very Bad Thing.

]]> By: Lex http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/10/21/can-you-relate/comment-page-1/#comment-54863 Lex Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:20:02 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=4802#comment-54863 No, most Americans can't relate to be being black, but Barack Obama is the kind of black person they can imagine living next door. After all, he's so articulate, clean and well dressed. I probably should have discussed race, but Obama's moving through this cycle like it doesn't matter and it appears that a great many voters are moving through this cycle like it doesn't really matter either. If you want to see him as as a "black" leader, you can vote for that. But he's not running on his black identity at all. As The Chocolate News put it, "If you don't want to vote for his black half, vote for his white half." No, most Americans can’t relate to be being black, but Barack Obama is the kind of black person they can imagine living next door. After all, he’s so articulate, clean and well dressed.

I probably should have discussed race, but Obama’s moving through this cycle like it doesn’t matter and it appears that a great many voters are moving through this cycle like it doesn’t really matter either. If you want to see him as as a “black” leader, you can vote for that. But he’s not running on his black identity at all. As The Chocolate News put it, “If you don’t want to vote for his black half, vote for his white half.”

]]> By: Steve http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/10/21/can-you-relate/comment-page-1/#comment-54739 Steve Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:08:17 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=4802#comment-54739 Barack Obama projects so well, everyone feels a little bit more black. Barack Obama projects so well, everyone feels a little bit more black.

]]> By: JS OBrien http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/10/21/can-you-relate/comment-page-1/#comment-54727 JS OBrien Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:07:55 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=4802#comment-54727 Uhh ... most Americans can't really relate to being black. :-) Uhh … most Americans can’t really relate to being black. :-)

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