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22. So? Do you have to live in the islands to be offended by someone posting that here on DU? nt

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Tue Feb 23, 2016, 06:39 PM

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Carson: Obama identifying with black Americans "a bit of a stretch" because he was "raised white" [View all] Miles Archer Feb 2016 OP

This guys suffers from chronic brain farts. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #1

this man is so incredibly stupid, and yet he's a renowned brain surgeon wordpix Feb 2016 #28

Or he removed it for scheduled maintenance? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2016 #30

My hypothesis is he breathed too many toxic chemicals in the op rooms wordpix Feb 2016 #45

Dear TaliBen: No one on O'ahu is "raised white" KamaAina Feb 2016 #2

Haole is an offensive racial/xenophobic slur. Perhaps you should rephrase. nt kelly1mm Feb 2016 #3

Ahem atreides1 Feb 2016 #4

Same with lots of other racial/xenophobic slurs. They are offensive to some/many and that kelly1mm Feb 2016 #8

But atreides1 Feb 2016 #13

My immediate knee-jerk reaction to that word, no matter how it is used, is... Miles Archer Feb 2016 #17

White people can be offended by such terms after they have spent 200 plus years randys1 Feb 2016 #23

So those of Irish descend TM99 Feb 2016 #29

This is an interesting argument in current multicultural thinking Nevernose Feb 2016 #51

That's the spirit. phylny Feb 2016 #59

You sound like a very violent person oberliner Feb 2016 #34

where is my safe placed when I need it :P snooper2 Feb 2016 #16

I am sure some would find it offensive and I myself would not use it. nt kelly1mm Feb 2016 #18

doesn't bother me, a white dude wordpix Feb 2016 #32

In general usage, that is only true if it is preceded by "f--kin'" or "damn". KamaAina Feb 2016 #6

Exactly atreides1 Feb 2016 #12

My Grandfather to the day he died called black people 'colored'. He did not MEAN it to be kelly1mm Feb 2016 #19

I doubt that many of these DUers have spent much time in the islands. KamaAina Feb 2016 #20

So? Do you have to live in the islands to be offended by someone posting that here on DU? nt kelly1mm Feb 2016 #22

Language and communication scholars say that meaning resides in the receiver. mahina Feb 2016 #62

I was called "Tex Haole"... El Supremo Feb 2016 #36

"I don't consider Obama a black either"? KamaAina Feb 2016 #37

Michelle Obama is. El Supremo Feb 2016 #41

So having a non-enslaved African father doesn't count? KamaAina Feb 2016 #52

A lot of New England freed blacks' parents were slaves. El Supremo Feb 2016 #54

You have Massachusetts ancestors?! KamaAina Feb 2016 #58

At one time 1939 Feb 2016 #53

I've spent a lot of time in Hawaii and have never considered being called haole offensive. I've WestSeattle2 Feb 2016 #47

+2 mahina Feb 2016 #63

+1 mahina Feb 2016 #61

Haole does not have the xenophobic connotations you ascribe to it Generic Brad Feb 2016 #49

? It is? News to me. mahina Feb 2016 #60

Clueless. truebrit71 Apr 2016 #66

You can't hide blackness in Chicago. qwlauren35 Feb 2016 #5

In his book, O describes being the only African American around wordpix Feb 2016 #35

So now he is white... lame54 Feb 2016 #7

Right! flobee1 Feb 2016 #15

I thought he was raised as a Muslim secret agent to destroy America from within. arcane1 Feb 2016 #9

LOL!!! DUzy! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #10

hahaha I second the DUzy wordpix Feb 2016 #33

Carson is a nut liberalfromaustin21 Feb 2016 #11

but not so crazy b/c he's a brain surgeon wordpix Feb 2016 #38

I'm reccing simply because of the great photo of Dr. Dimwit...knr joeybee12 Feb 2016 #14

HOW in the blue ass HELL KentuckyWoman Feb 2016 #21

not just completed med school, but also a highly renowned brain surgeon wordpix Feb 2016 #40

Surgeons are technicians. It is a skill, and he was good at it. That doesn't mean he tblue37 Feb 2016 #56

Carson is an a$$hole on steroids malaise Feb 2016 #24

Carson IDing with political leaders? moondust Feb 2016 #25

I find it ironic... MrWendel Feb 2016 #26

DUzy! wordpix Feb 2016 #42

Yet another DUzy! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #55

seriously ugly Skittles Feb 2016 #27

Pure liquid THC drops! Rex Feb 2016 #31

Carson needs it, or that's his problem? wordpix Feb 2016 #43

I think like George Herbert Bush, he is using way too much. Rex Feb 2016 #46

I think he's been writing his own prescriptions for some time. Frank Cannon Feb 2016 #65

There's something seriously wrong with this man. YOHABLO Feb 2016 #39

that is the funniest pic of Carson yet! lololol wordpix Feb 2016 #44

there's a clip for that MisterP Feb 2016 #48

Why not just come out and call him a "half-breed," Dr. Hammerhead? Generic Other Feb 2016 #50

Ben Carson: "Republicans Look At Character" erpowers Feb 2016 #57

hey ben, go fuck yourself. spanone Feb 2016 #64