Daisy, I never said you did, did I? Don't be puttin words into my mouth I never said. Some might consider that defamatory.
I didn't put any words in your mouth and you know it. You said that liberals do that and I am a liberal, but I don't do that.
Or what, you'll report me?
You know very well that it is not against the rules to tell lies about your fellow posters, but the mods will sanction anyone who calls the deed by its name.
Correct me if I'm wrong, it WAS you who wrote this little gem, right: That isn't exactly showing the utmost respect for blacks; and that's precisely why I think in such a comment you did indeed express express disrespect for blacks.
Are you kidding? That is saying nothing about blacks and everything about people who make such a claim. I am astounded that you could be so ignorant of such a common expression and its meaning that you would get it completely backwards.
It's a disrespectful comment
It's disrespectful, but not towards blacks. Coulter is objectifying blacks, "our blacks" as though they are not individual persons like herself, and I
am ridiculing
her for that with this expression.
...and taking advantage of blacks by including them in your little joke about Ann Coulter as you did.
Yeah, right - the little joke is directed at Coulter and her attitude towards blacks.
So is it possible for me to rest my case now?
No, you haven't yet apologized for telling that [untruth] about me.
You have admitted you do ridicule and disdain Ms. Coulter;
Absolutely.
and you do - albeit jokingly - think some of her best friends are blacks.
No, I think, jokingly, that she would CLAIM that some of her best friends are black. This is a well-known saying - do you really need it explained to you?
Tell me - how is that REMOTELY respectful of blacks?
It has nothing to do with blacks themselves and everything to do with certain peoples' attitudes towards blacks. Do you really need to have that expression explained to you?
I mean, if I need to apologize, I will - and do;
That's your apology? Great.
...but seriously do you think so little of blacks as to include them in your disdainful jokes about conservatives?
Great - you'll apologize then in the very same sentence repeat the same offensive [untruth] about me again.
For what it's worth - I'm a little embarrassed to say I actually used that line once - in one of my first days at boot camp; I was getting abuse by a group of blacks which wasn't leading anywhere positive. I asked why they were giving me grief; I certainly held no animosity for them, heck one of my best friends was indeed black - and they practically guffawed (it was corny - but I meant it), which made me angry because it was the truth. And that's what put a stop to their bullying. My company in boot camp was 90% black, turns out - and I made a lot of friends there - and we had a blast.
Oh. So you are perfectly aware of what the expression means in general parlance.
So I can't stand that joke - because it demeans blacks, it disses them, it lowers them to the level of joke material. Again, if I have to apologize, I do - but from my perspective, it's you who owe us an apology.
No, it does NOT demean blacks in the least - it demeans condescending hypocrites. If somebody said of a misogynist that some of his best friends were women (the expression is flexible for various occasions), I would not take that comment to reflect on women, but, rightly, on the misogynist.
I've heard that some people were literally unable to understand sarcasm.