tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post409651687112120380..comments2023-12-30T23:02:57.931-08:00Comments on Deep Thought: USOC apologizes for Congo joke in Brazil.Eli Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-88324182106170208412007-07-11T08:41:00.000-07:002007-07-11T08:41:00.000-07:00Yeah, really. Buchco and the average knuckledragg...Yeah, really. Buchco and the average knuckledragging caveman American give the world plenty opf reasons to not like us. This was impoltic but not awful. That's really an overreaction by Brazil. <BR/><BR/>Besides the 30 million Brasilians who live in Favelas have it a lot worse than your averge person in the Congo.thephoenixnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07164230892526451260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-58424373464807072812007-07-09T21:27:00.000-07:002007-07-09T21:27:00.000-07:00FWIW (probably not much)-The term "American" when ...FWIW (probably not much)-<BR/><BR/>The term "American" when referring to a U.S. citizen isn't exactly a misnomer, but it really is broad.<BR/><BR/>It is: The United States <B>OF</B> America.<BR/><BR/>Brazilians are Americans. (Also lots of money to duhbya)<BR/><BR/>Mexicans are Americans. Canadians are Americans.<BR/><BR/>I know...I know. Semantics.<BR/><BR/>And anyway, good catch Eli. You guys are right, though. When our students have to hide their identities in foreign countries for fear of intimidation, hatred and possible assault, its a sad day.<BR/><BR/>We all are the same as bush (or at least bush lovers) to the majority of them.<BR/><BR/>Empire baby.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386004175127513482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-42597459961808321902007-07-08T11:54:00.000-07:002007-07-08T11:54:00.000-07:00>>But jeeeeezzzz -- EVERYBODY is SO freakin' sensi...>>But jeeeeezzzz -- EVERYBODY is SO freakin' sensitive!!!!<<<BR/><BR/>Give me a break, will you? It's about time Americans stopped thinking that just because they have more money, more power and better athletes, that people should revere and admire them. <BR/>Well, surprise...not anymore!!!<BR/>Actually, nobody can stand Americans in the world mostly because, among many other things, they keep defending their inner racist lack of political correctness, which is outrageous! Freedom of speech? No, this isn't freedom of speech! No way! This is freedom to be racist, to be nazi, to think that they're superior to everybody else, including Latins.<BR/><BR/>I think they'd do a great job if they stopped behaving like that! Everybody, literally everybody, is fed up with it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-27587261765303391732007-07-08T04:57:00.000-07:002007-07-08T04:57:00.000-07:00USA = KKKSave M.L. King, Ali, Jordan, James Brown,...USA = KKK<BR/><BR/>Save M.L. King, Ali, Jordan, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday!<BR/><BR/>Poor rich country...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-67141281962256375782007-07-08T00:47:00.000-07:002007-07-08T00:47:00.000-07:00What fantasy world is this "anonymous" living in, ...What fantasy world is this "anonymous" living in, and why?shrimplatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-84011034312982007862007-07-07T17:25:00.000-07:002007-07-07T17:25:00.000-07:00anonymous,First, it was the Brazilian paper that h...anonymous,<BR/><BR/>First, it was the Brazilian paper that he quoted. Second, if no one was offended why would the USOC have had to shift into full damage control mode and fire the employee and apologize both to the nation of Brazil and to the Mayor of Rio de Janiero? All the AP writer did was report on it.<BR/><BR/>But the fact is, if you go virtually anywhere in the world, they will use the same words to describe Americans-- 'arrogant, slothful, rude, and bullying.' <BR/><BR/>People from Latin America, where the news about anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. has been making headlines for years (and where before that they survived through decades of American-supported, and in many cases even American installed dictators) are really not that different in that regard from people in a lot of places (I doubt if you'd find Congo to be so friendly to Americans either as it was in 1976 when Ali and Foreman staged a great heavyweight fight in Kinshasa.)Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-86318081768662670322007-07-07T16:38:00.000-07:002007-07-07T16:38:00.000-07:00He wasn't an athlete; he was a "media employee" --...He wasn't an athlete; he was a "media employee" -- a PR guy. Not so great PR, I agree. But jeeeeezzzz -- EVERYBODY is SO freakin' sensitive!!!! I also wonder if the AP writer isn't making a mountain out of a molehill (journalists have been known to do this on occasion) -- he found a couple Brazilians who were offended, and quoted them, and proceeded to build a story tha supported the liberal worldview that Americans are stupid and evil...<BR/><BR/>How about the millions of Brazilians who would have laughed off this idiot's "joke?" No -- couldn't quote any of them....that wouldn't be politically correct...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com