Comments on: Racists in St. Paul?

By: bud jr

bud jr — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:29:58 +0000

Or in the fireman’s uniforms…

By: g rote

g rote — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:08:44 +0000

Nah…just avoid the ones in Birkenstocks and print dresses and you’ll be ok 90% of the time.

By: mazasapa

mazasapa — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:07:02 +0000

I was in love with a liberal lass once

Impossible. I think they all play for the other team.

By: bud jr

bud jr — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:46:45 +0000

Impersonator.

By: bud jr

bud jr — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:44:42 +0000

Because I’m a very lonely and sad old man. Please, won’t someone love me?

I’m just bitter because I was in love with a liberal lass once and she left me, so I hate all liberals now.

By: bud jr

bud jr — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:29:18 +0000

I enjoy pancakes with Aunt Jemima.

I also enjoy Jeanette Trompeter's newscasts.

I wonder if she has a Valentine?

By: Mpls Simpleton

Mpls Simpleton — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:57:02 +0000

I have such fond memories of the Northeast Orient Airlines commercials from my youth. Sitting at the table eating Apples and Cinnamon Instant Quaker Oats listening to WCCO when the NOA ad would come on.

Northwest Orient…Aiiiiiiirliiiiiiines! Bing bong Bing.

By: ericam

ericam — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:49:26 +0000

What's wrong with "Oriental"? I see quite a few Asian-owned "Oriental" markets around town.

Stuff is Oriental. People are Asian.

By: Laugh Riot

Laugh Riot — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:59:45 +0000

I’m going to go to a party at mac dressed like Hitler! Achtung! Heil!

By: Bixby

Bixby — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:34:25 +0000

For the record I'm a UMN student and I've met a fair amount of Mac students that drive me nuts, but I'm willing to stand by my original assertion that the students involved in this understand the issues surrounding it, and that it was certainly satirical.

I'm going to have to agree with jeffk on this one. If you look at the intent of the party, to parody political correctness, they knew exactly what they were doing. They understood the issues surrounding it. I'm not saying it was right, but I am saying that whatever "campus dialogue" they have is probably going to be a huge waste of time. I'm black and I go to a liberal arts college out east and several times the issue of satire/offensiveness has come up during my time here. While I would say that this party may have been equally offensive, I would hesitate to put it in the same category as the Tarleton St, etc. parties.