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And I thought Salon couldn't sink lower than Kansas O'Flaherty.
No, I am not complaining about the subject matter - repellent though it was. I am complaining about the writing.
So anxious and indignant were we about Michelle getting attacked for saying anything about America that conservatives could turn into mud, we hardly looked south of her neck.
Do you people have fact-checkers? Shouldn't you get some - NOW?
How many gluteally endowed nonblack women have been derided for having a black ass? Well, Hillary, for one.
Don't you people have copy editors? Who allowed that sentence to pollute my computer monitor?
How sad that, in order for a black family to prevail -- because Michelle and the girls were all running for office, not just Barack -- they had to sublimate their blackness like crazy, starting with the visuals.
Yup - that's why they did it. I didn't even notice they were black and scary until you pointed it out.
the closest it gets is "hips," but even white women know that's not equivalent
Sounds out-and-out racist to me.
Oh well. It's good to know that rappers are discussing women's asses and that Salon can convert it into long articles.