tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post5110878346941629145..comments2023-09-26T05:14:02.611-04:00Comments on o filthy grandeur!: The Personals: Now a place where you can solicit assassinations!FilthyGrandeurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08939478425921080818noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-74532593139201336242009-06-02T11:44:32.389-04:002009-06-02T11:44:32.389-04:00again, RonF, ignorance is no fucking excuse for th...again, RonF, ignorance is no fucking excuse for this. i do not believe the clerk didn't make the connection. i don't believe this is an "oversight." <br /><br />the point is that this isn't the first time that Obama has received threats of this nature. this ad is a clear threat to our black president, and just because you think some of your students might be too fucking stupid to make this connection does NOT make it okay. EVERYONE knows Lincoln was assassinated. EVERYONE knows Kennedy was assassinated. if nothing else, people know about these presidents. so don't give me some bullshit that the clerk didn't know. they either didn't read it or just let it run anyway. in either case, this paper neglected a responsibility.FilthyGrandeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08939478425921080818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-2991097944912425932009-06-02T02:22:29.030-04:002009-06-02T02:22:29.030-04:00Filthy Grandeur, if we were talking about someone ...Filthy Grandeur, if we were talking about someone who works in the editorial part of the paper I'd agree with you, but we're talking about someone who puts classified ads in the paper - a clerk. It's not a job that requires much academic achievement.RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-22920545043904794082009-06-01T19:52:03.482-04:002009-06-01T19:52:03.482-04:00@RonF I find it hard to believe that a connection ...@RonF I find it hard to believe that a connection could have been missed. I am a Canadian and knew by grade 5 (ten years old) who Kennedy and Lincoln are. These are not minor figures in US history and therefore the person responsible was either being purposefully obtuse or willfully racist.Reneehttp://www.womanist-musings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-59683431278619964552009-06-01T18:11:36.404-04:002009-06-01T18:11:36.404-04:00Bullshit, RonF. My 7th graders would have seen rig...Bullshit, RonF. My 7th graders would have seen right through this.<br /><br />Jesus Christ on a cracker, I just realized this ad was printed in a newspaper in my home state, where an all white jury recently acquitted some good boys from good homes (snark) for a murderous hate crime against a Latino man. And I STILL have people who argue with me that racism, if it exists at all, is an affliction only in the American south.KatinPhillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-67113938324261391882009-06-01T17:19:34.272-04:002009-06-01T17:19:34.272-04:00and i don't buy your explanation just because you ...and i don't buy your explanation just because you work with high school kids. these people work for a newspaper, and thus (i would hope) have an education. it's the newspaper staff's fault for allowing this to go to print.FilthyGrandeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08939478425921080818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264581077330970620.post-73275075211928089352009-06-01T16:15:08.680-04:002009-06-01T16:15:08.680-04:00I'm not buying that. Even if you don't know Garfie...<I>I'm not buying that. Even if you don't know Garfield and McKinley were assassinated, you cannot possibly miss the connection between Lincoln and Kennedy, since their assassinations are of the more infamous variety. Wouldn't this have made a "click" moment in the rep's head?</I>I wish I could join you in this, but I work with grade school and high school kids a lot. I can well imagine that someone from the lower 50% of high school achievement could easily have failed to make that correlation - or have made the correlation of "great Presidents" instead and think that the person was actually wishing Pres. Obama well.RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.com