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01-05-2007, 08:34 AM

Bill Sornson wrote:
> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>> Bill Sornson wrote:
>>> Ride-A-Lot wrote:
>>>> GeeDubb wrote:
>>>>> somehow me thinks Mark Hickey or Sorni should be played by Mel
>>>>> Gibson
>>>> No no no. Michael Richards!
>>> Why don't you explain that, Mitch. Please produce anything I or
>>> Mark has written or implied that was racist in nature. Or are you
>>> asserting that every person with some conservative views must use
>>> the 'N Word' because it makes you feel superior somehow?
>>>
>>> You're an ass for writing that.
>>>
>>> Bill S.
>>>
>>> PS: And Gary, Mel Gibson apparently has some overtly anti-Semitic
>>> feelings. Pretty sure Mark and I know I don't share those. HTH
>>>
>>>
>> NO. It has nothing to do with that, Bill. I am sorry if you took it
>> that way. It was to imply the "Deer in the Headlights" theme.
>>
>> I really did not mean to offend you and I apologize.
>
> I re-read the thread, and the only reason I can see that Gary picked out me
> and Mark was that we're conservatives (and not nearly the right wing zealots
> that's often portrayed, either). So the Mel Gibson remark wasn't really
> offensive because at least he's known as a rare righty in an overwhelmingly
> lefty land. (His drunken anti-Semitic remarks notwithstanding.) Plus of
> course both Mark and I share Gibson's devastating good looks and magnetic
> appeal to women.
>
> But for you to then suggest, "No no no. Michael Richards!" sure seems to
> /strongly/ imply that we're racists like he apparently is. I just think it
> was a cheap shot, and a dishonest one at that.
>
> I'd suggest Dennis Miller for Mark. Someone else suggested (privately) Jeff
> Bridges for me. I guess Robert Redford was taken.
>
> Bill S.
>
> I don't get the "deer in headlights" thing at all.
>
>

I swear to God that the thought of racism or anti-semitism never entered
my mind. You know I am not like that. I was not implying anything
political, racial, or religious with my suggestion. I agree in
retrospect that it probably was not a thought out response and again I
apologize. I was thinking along the lines of...

"Oh crap, what do I say now?"

In terms of the "deer in the headlights" thing. And for the record, I
am probably more to the right than you.

So if we can, please let's put this behind us.

How about Don Knotts, if he wasn't dead?

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01-05-2007, 08:34 AM	#24 (permalink)
Ride-A-Lot Posts: n/a	Re: special invite to Ride-A-Lot Bill Sornson wrote: > Ride-A-Lot wrote: >> Bill Sornson wrote: >>> Ride-A-Lot wrote: >>>> GeeDubb wrote: >>>>> somehow me thinks Mark Hickey or Sorni should be played by Mel >>>>> Gibson >>>> No no no. Michael Richards! >>> Why don't you explain that, Mitch. Please produce anything I or >>> Mark has written or implied that was racist in nature. Or are you >>> asserting that every person with some conservative views must use >>> the 'N Word' because it makes you feel superior somehow? >>> >>> You're an ass for writing that. >>> >>> Bill S. >>> >>> PS: And Gary, Mel Gibson apparently has some overtly anti-Semitic >>> feelings. Pretty sure Mark and I know I don't share those. HTH >>> >>> >> NO. It has nothing to do with that, Bill. I am sorry if you took it >> that way. It was to imply the "Deer in the Headlights" theme. >> >> I really did not mean to offend you and I apologize. > > I re-read the thread, and the only reason I can see that Gary picked out me > and Mark was that we're conservatives (and not nearly the right wing zealots > that's often portrayed, either). So the Mel Gibson remark wasn't really > offensive because at least he's known as a rare righty in an overwhelmingly > lefty land. (His drunken anti-Semitic remarks notwithstanding.) Plus of > course both Mark and I share Gibson's devastating good looks and magnetic > appeal to women. > > But for you to then suggest, "No no no. Michael Richards!" sure seems to > /strongly/ imply that we're racists like he apparently is. I just think it > was a cheap shot, and a dishonest one at that. > > I'd suggest Dennis Miller for Mark. Someone else suggested (privately) Jeff > Bridges for me. I guess Robert Redford was taken. > > Bill S. > > I don't get the "deer in headlights" thing at all. > > I swear to God that the thought of racism or anti-semitism never entered my mind. You know I am not like that. I was not implying anything political, racial, or religious with my suggestion. I agree in retrospect that it probably was not a thought out response and again I apologize. I was thinking along the lines of... "Oh crap, what do I say now?" In terms of the "deer in the headlights" thing. And for the record, I am probably more to the right than you. So if we can, please let's put this behind us. How about Don Knotts, if he wasn't dead? -- o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o www.schnauzers.ws