[Flashpoint]

Originally Posted by Kool Keef

Read the lyrics.

Rush isn't using the term in his song to mock the media (as the originator of the article did). He's hinged on it as a derogatory term to mock a specific person. You can see it pretty easily in the comparisons.

It's never said it was okay to call a black person a "N-word*".

I didn't say you did. It was an example to illustrate how different people can use the same word with vastly different impacts in perception.

"Magic Negro" was used in the article for a specific reason. Read this and see how it relates to the lyrics of the song. If you don't see the connection I can't help you. Better yet read the original article. The point is simply that Barack Obama makes white voters feel less guilty about the sins of the past.

The point isn't that the term does, or doesn't apply to Obama. It is because "Magic Negro" is being used by Rush as a derogatory racial attack against a candidate because of the color of his skin, not as a descriptive term for someone who is acceptable to "whites", or to attack the media.

Much as the n-word technically applies as a description of a black person. The fact we both know what it literally means, doesn't reduce the demeaning impact of it when used by a white person describing a black person.

Most politicians are articulate, Bush being a notable exception, and to describe a black politician as articulate is to somehow point out that an articulate black man is rare which isn't the case.

I think you're reading into it too much. Obama is probably the most articulate speaker currently running. To call him that doesn't put down other blacks. Its almost silly enough to sound like something the right wing media might put forth.

Here's a game you can play at home. On a piece of paper, write down how many times Barack Obama is described as articulate by the media and his supporters and how many times any of the other candidates are described as articulate.

It's your game, how about you do it, and provide some hard data. It isn't my job to support your position. It's yours.

I'll save you the trouble... Barack will win. Here's a link to the specific controversy. Barack, the nice guy that he is, let this one go too.

Your link's broken.

Future bit of advice. Don't name-drop Hitler in an argument. You grossly overstate your position when you compare a guy like Rush Limbaugh to Adolph Hitler.

So, no response to the actual point then?