YES We did!

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Leo - first of all, you said you had never heard of him. As if that is a valid point, somehow. I'm still rolling my eyes at that one.

My point in that was was that I had no preconceived notions about him at the start, as many here would have about, say, Rick Warren, that might lead them to jump to a certain conclusion at something he said. No, I do not consider myself an expert in the civil rights movement of the 60s.

It's amazing that you say people need to have a thicker skin when I can remember how outraged you would get at anything negative I posted about Obama. In fact, all I did originally was say I found that line to be offensive. I made no statements about how this man should never have been allowed to speak or that I was going on a letter writing campaign or that this was simply a sign of what to expect from the Obama Presidency. I said I found it offensive.

So whom would you say needs the thicker skin? Those that jump down my throat about making such a statement and those who have an aggressively adverse reaction to my one sentence, or the person who makes one comment about finding it offensive?

If you didn't find it offensive or support it, good for you. I found it tasteless and offensive. It isn't going to have an adverse effect on my life.... I made a comment.