One Nation, Under Water

[Teddy B 17,252]

I look at it from the bright side. It helps Identify birthers right away, thus precluding the need to take their comments seriously. It is a time saver, oftentimes.

I believe it's used more tongue-in-cheek on this board as a razz towards the birthers.

[JohnR! 5,495]

I believe it's used more tongue-in-cheek on this board as a razz towards the birthers.

Hmmm.. I like that too...

[JohnR! 5,495]

I gave an example of an otherwise, innocuous word, "boy" to show that in the right context, could be slanderous.

There was a black fireman who was subjected to being called 'boy' by some of the other firemen. He filed a lawsuit. Whatever you want to classify it, it is offensive, wrong and shouldn't be tolerated by left or right.

I agree with you, but I also think that the choice of words says more about the person who utters them, than the subject of the discourse.

In essence, it's not what you call me, so much as to what I answer, that matters.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Yes, he is, his Father was 100% Kenyan. We are all Americans if we are born here, but that does not change our ethnic backgrounds. If someone were to refer to your daughter as the German or the Ethiopian, would it be slander or defamation?

Not as long as calling her German or Ethiopian calls into question her eligibility to hold an office reserved for natural born Americans.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Not as long as calling her German or Ethiopian calls into question her eligibility to hold an office reserved for natural born Americans.

Even then it does not fall under the definition of slander or defamation.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Even then it does not fall under the definition of slander or defamation.

The way you win a slander or defamation case is by proving the allegation was false. So, if the Kenyan born citizen of Indonesia foreign University of Columbia student wants to, he can release all his records to the public.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The way you win a slander or defamation case is by proving the allegation was false.

That was done long ago. Some are just too fcuking stupid to get it, you now?

So, if the Kenyan born citizen of Indonesia foreign University of Columbia student wants to, he can release all his records to the public.

Obviously not...

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

That was done long ago. Some are just too fcuking stupid to get it, you now?

English outside the regionals only.

Obviously not...

Just ask Obama to release his school records to the public. I think he is the only President that has refused to do so.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Just ask Obama to release his school records to the public. I think he is the only President that has refused to do so.

I shared the belief he should make his school records public too, but that was before I learned that tax returns are not important. If we can't care about tax returns, why should we care about school records?

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I shared the belief he should make his school records public too, but that was before I learned that tax returns are not important. If we can't care about tax returns, why should we care about school records?

Exactly.

Has anyone looked into these new documents from Bain that Gawker released?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Just ask Obama to release his school records to the public. I think he is the only President that has refused to do so.

You ask if you want to see them. I don't give two sh!ts. Bush's college records were not released but leaked, by the way. But hey, I know you birther nuts don't bother with facts. Ever.

[JohnR! 5,495]

You ask if you want to see them. I don't give two sh!ts. Bush's college records were not released but leaked, by the way. But hey, I know you birther nuts don't bother with facts. Ever.

And they were fake, as was W's military record...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

And they were fake, as was W's military record...

No, the only one with fake records is Obama. Go ask the birthers around here. They'll confirm that.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Obama could end all this speculation just by releasing his school records.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Obama could end all this speculation just by releasing his school records.

In the end Obama is a politician. He will probably not release it, following in Romney's footsteps, thus exposing the hypocrisy of the other side of the aisle.

Besides, much stronger speculation has been created by Romney's refusal to release his tax returns, so Obama's school records have been eclipsed by Romney.

Edited August 24, 2012 by Gegel