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Carol Thatcher may be banned by the BBC after tennis ‘golliwog’ remark
Times (UK) ^
| February 3, 2009
| Sean O'Neill
Posted on 02/03/2009 9:06:16 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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Golly!
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Wog?? What in the world is this??
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:07:24 AM PST
by
Clintons Are White Trash
(Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas, Rosie ODonnell, Maureen Dowd, Medea Benjamin - The Axis of Ugly)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Golliwog
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:08:56 AM PST
by
missnry
(The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
The “Golliwogg” (later “Golliwog”) is a character of children’s literature created by Florence Kate Upton in the late 19th century, inspired by a blackface minstrel doll which Upton had as a child in America...BWAHAHAHA!!
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:09:22 AM PST
by
albie
To: Clintons Are White Trash
Worthy Oriental Gentleman.
A Pakistani, Indian, or other darker skinned person.
Or to a scientologist, a non-scientologist...
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:09:55 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 15 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: Clintons Are White Trash
A black doll or a black person.
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:10:07 AM PST
by
RexBeach
("Do your duty in all things." Robert E. Lee)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
What would Noddy and Big Ears say?
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Wow, I had to Google this. Seems this is slang in the UK and Commonwealth for a dark skinned person.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwogg
Seems someone with the BBC with an ax to grind went public with a private green room quip and now the PC police are after Thatcher.
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:18:06 AM PST
by
colorado tanker
("I just LOVE clinging to my guns and my religion!!!!" - Sarah Palin)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Golly!
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
We should have a funeral for the ‘g’ word.
To: missnry
Maybe Carol was referring to Creedence Clearwater Revival. When Suzy Q became a hit they changed the name of the band from the golliwogs.. uh, yeah, sure... thats it.
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:21:30 AM PST
by
Leg Olam
(I have a dream that one day, chickens can cross roads without having their motives questioned)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:21:47 AM PST
by
xp38
To: LearnsFromMistakes
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:21:50 AM PST
by
G.Mason
(Alarm & Muster)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
2nd cousin, thrice removed..of a macaca
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:24:16 AM PST
by
ken5050
(Don't blame me, I voted for Palin!!)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Golliwog yet another banned word? hahahahahahahahahaha! The list is growing.
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:24:34 AM PST
by
apocalypto
("No Change" Obama and his Cabinet of Crooks)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Don’t apologize, Carol.
Tell them in non PC language what they can do with their PC talk.
To: apocalypto
The word ‘banned’ has now been banned for fear of offending the banded.
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:26:50 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Dissent Is Patriotic!)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
When I say that John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival was once a Golliwog, that's not a racist statement.
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posted on
02/03/2009 9:30:13 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(Quinn's 1st Law - Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its original intent.)
To: missnry
that is SO cool.
I just wanted to know WHICH tennis player it was. article doesn’t say
To: Clintons Are White Trash
Worthy Oriental Gentleman.
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