Tennessee Republican Terri Lynn Weaver has SOMEHOW gotten into controversy by posting a photo of herself with her fat pastor dressed as a blackface Aunt Jemima, which you can see at left. What you can't see at left is the comment Weaver wrote on this photo: "Aunt Jemima, you is so sweet." WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT? Surely this nice white lady just meant that she loves that particular pancake-dust brand and would like it to be her friend on Facebook! And doesn't
Mr. Booth, I wish I agreed with your hopeful outlook. I'm a few steps farther out in the hinterland than Smith County, but I can tell you with confidence that there is a whole generation -- or more accurately, a succession of younger generations -- ready to replenish the ranks of the other side of the culture war. Skoal Rebel has a surprisingly large ilk.
The pastor is a dude, right? So it's all innocent fun. Nobody is calling him a sexist, are they? And what's more, he was dressed as a black female member of a pentecostal church, rather than Southern Baptist. That was the real joke. You see, Baptists don't really love pentecostals. It's funny!
This is exactly the same humorless, PC attitude I ran into this Halloween when I dressed in scrubs and an eyepatch, carrying a bloody coathanger, and wearing a nametag "Dr. Tiller." IT'S A JOKE, PEOPLE! Lighten up!
Mr. Booth, I wish I agreed with your hopeful outlook. I'm a few steps farther out in the hinterland than Smith County, but I can tell you with confidence that there is a whole generation -- or more accurately, a succession of younger generations -- ready to replenish the ranks of the other side of the culture war. Skoal Rebel has a surprisingly large ilk.
Or the other one: What's the difference between Methodists and Baptists? Methodists wave to each other in the liquor store.
The tea party triumphed. It is OK to be openly racist again.
The pastor is a dude, right? So it's all innocent fun. Nobody is calling him a sexist, are they? And what's more, he was dressed as a black female member of a pentecostal church, rather than Southern Baptist. That was the real joke. You see, Baptists don't really love pentecostals. It's funny!
This is exactly the same humorless, PC attitude I ran into this Halloween when I dressed in scrubs and an eyepatch, carrying a bloody coathanger, and wearing a nametag "Dr. Tiller." IT'S A JOKE, PEOPLE! Lighten up!
Oh wait, was that racist!?
Yes, his Aryan race.
Oh, please. Didn't he get the memo yesterday? Orange is the new black and you don't have to limit it to your face either.