Comments on: Good ole politics - Southern style http://www.iamspencer.com/2006/10/30/good-old-politics-southern-style/ music, politics, sports, etcetera Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: grace http://www.iamspencer.com/2006/10/30/good-old-politics-southern-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1859 grace Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:40:50 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=419#comment-1859 I totally agree. Whoever put that ad together knew they could play on the still-existing Southern racist attitudes about black men sleeping with white women. It's all implied, so it's easily denied. However, it backfired, because you can no longer air a TV ad in Tennessee and keep it contained. Maybe 50 or 75 years ago an ad in a Tennessee newspaper would raise some eyebrows in Tennessee but go no further, but media is instantly accessible all over the world now. And a fucked up ad like that doesn't fly everywhere the same way it might in the south. And I have my doubts that this flew well in south anyway. I hope not, anyway...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1859','grace'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1859','grace','I totally agree. Whoever put that ad together knew they could play on the still-existing Southern racist attitudes about black men sleeping with white women. It\'s all implied, so it\'s easily denied. However, it backfired, because you can no longer air a TV ad in Tennessee and keep it contained. Maybe 50 or 75 years ago an ad in a Tennessee newspaper would raise some eyebrows in Tennessee but go no further, but media is instantly accessible all over the world now. And a fucked up ad like that doesn\'t fly everywhere the same way it might in the south. And I have my doubts that this flew well in south anyway. I hope not, anyway...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I totally agree. Whoever put that ad together knew they could play on the still-existing Southern racist attitudes about black men sleeping with white women. It’s all implied, so it’s easily denied. However, it backfired, because you can no longer air a TV ad in Tennessee and keep it contained. Maybe 50 or 75 years ago an ad in a Tennessee newspaper would raise some eyebrows in Tennessee but go no further, but media is instantly accessible all over the world now. And a fucked up ad like that doesn’t fly everywhere the same way it might in the south. And I have my doubts that this flew well in south anyway. I hope not, anyway…
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]]> By: Spencer http://www.iamspencer.com/2006/10/30/good-old-politics-southern-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1856 Spencer Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:08:41 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=419#comment-1856 It's only implied, but it is the most incendiary. It alludes to a taboo that got many a black man lynched and still isn't fully accepted in the south. If the woman had been black, it wouldn't have been near the reaction and that goes to prove the point. I think also that it's implied that she's naked makes it worse. It's just very dirty all round.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1856','Spencer'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1856','Spencer','It\'s only implied, but it is the most incendiary. It alludes to a taboo that got many a black man lynched and still isn\'t fully accepted in the south. \r\n\r\nIf the woman had been black, it wouldn\'t have been near the reaction and that goes to prove the point. I think also that it\'s implied that she\'s naked makes it worse. \r\n\r\nIt\'s just very dirty all round.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It’s only implied, but it is the most incendiary. It alludes to a taboo that got many a black man lynched and still isn’t fully accepted in the south.

If the woman had been black, it wouldn’t have been near the reaction and that goes to prove the point. I think also that it’s implied that she’s naked makes it worse.

It’s just very dirty all round.

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]]> By: Sander http://www.iamspencer.com/2006/10/30/good-old-politics-southern-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1847 Sander Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:04:48 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=419#comment-1847 I dislike everything about that ad, but the one criticism I don't get is the racism one. Of all the lies and distortions that are blatent, that one seems the smallest in that if anything, it's only implied. If the woman had been black what would the reaction have been?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1847','Sander'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1847','Sander','I dislike everything about that ad, but the one criticism I don\'t get is the racism one. Of all the lies and distortions that are blatent, that one seems the smallest in that if anything, it\'s only implied.\r\n\r\nIf the woman had been black what would the reaction have been?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I dislike everything about that ad, but the one criticism I don’t get is the racism one. Of all the lies and distortions that are blatent, that one seems the smallest in that if anything, it’s only implied.

If the woman had been black what would the reaction have been?

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]]> By: grace http://www.iamspencer.com/2006/10/30/good-old-politics-southern-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1788 grace Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:46:45 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=419#comment-1788 I just saw Harold Ford interviewed on TV yesterday. He's pro-life, anti gun control and hands out copies of the ten commandments on the campaign trail. I don't see much choice there. While I think the whole "I like girls and I like football" thing is funny and is worth a chuckle, I get the feeling that Democrats and Independents running this year are trying to get elected by borrowing many of their social policies from Conservative Republicans. It's the same here in Pennsylvania; in order to oust Santorum from office, my only choice is a pro-life push-over Democrat. If that's the cost of getting Democrats and Independents into office, it hardly feels like a victory. God, I miss Clinton.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1788','grace'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1788','grace','I just saw Harold Ford interviewed on TV yesterday. He\'s pro-life, anti gun control and hands out copies of the ten commandments on the campaign trail. I don\'t see much choice there. While I think the whole \"I like girls and I like football\" thing is funny and is worth a chuckle, I get the feeling that Democrats and Independents running this year are trying to get elected by borrowing many of their social policies from Conservative Republicans. It\'s the same here in Pennsylvania; in order to oust Santorum from office, my only choice is a pro-life push-over Democrat. If that\'s the cost of getting Democrats and Independents into office, it hardly feels like a victory. God, I miss Clinton.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I just saw Harold Ford interviewed on TV yesterday. He’s pro-life, anti gun control and hands out copies of the ten commandments on the campaign trail. I don’t see much choice there. While I think the whole “I like girls and I like football” thing is funny and is worth a chuckle, I get the feeling that Democrats and Independents running this year are trying to get elected by borrowing many of their social policies from Conservative Republicans. It’s the same here in Pennsylvania; in order to oust Santorum from office, my only choice is a pro-life push-over Democrat. If that’s the cost of getting Democrats and Independents into office, it hardly feels like a victory. God, I miss Clinton.
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