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A week of petty though typical attacks on Obama produced nothing
Will the 2008 election be dominated by the same type of small-minded, petty distractions that have characterized the last several decades of elections?
Glenn Greenwald [2008-02-20]

  • Heh

    He knows full well via his cite that the contemporary reference for "magic negro" was the LA Times article by David Ehrenstein. Who happens to be a black, jewish, irish, gay, guy.

    Dave E. wrote about the concept of "The Magical Negro" as a literary device in fiction and film.

    Barack, The Magic Negro is more like the really stupid and gross racist schtick radio DJs like Imus and McGurk did. Juvenile.

    My own philosophy about dealing with someone acting out as a dick is to ignore them. They may not go away, but as they say the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference. That works well for me. There are much better people here to spend your time with.

    -- shooter242

    That's a laugh because you definitely don't practice what you preach. I'm curious, do you love, hate or feel indifferent about Islamofascists and/or Democrats?

    --Anonymous
    Wednesday, February 20, 2008 04:26 PM
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