You’re kidding right? Is that something else you can tell because he’s 26? You think he wanted to tell the world he was a racist asshole who wanted to get fired from his job?
This seems likely and a reasonable conclusion to draw based on the evidence.
The actor portrayed Honest Abe as saying that intentionally, right? That’s what old people do. They don’t say things like that unintentionally. You do understand there is a difference between saying something intentionally and intentionally being offensive, right?
Yes, because that’s how Abe would have referred to her back in the 1850s. I grew up saying Oriental instead of Asian (or, often, referring to all Asians as Chinese). So, 15 years ago, I may have accidentally said Oriental or Chinese, because that’s what I was used to.
This guy is 26 and “colored” was never part of his vernacular. He has no excuse for saying it, just like he would have no excuse for calling Sulu “Oriental”. He was using it as a (he thought) subtly racist phrase, which would normally go over well with his AM-radio, white grievance, angry audience. However, the dog-whistle turned out to be more of a bullhorn and he lost his job.
I understand exactly what you saying. You are just wrong. Because an older person forgets that a word they once commonly used is now offensive does not have anything to do with a younger person’s intent in saying a word. If he said it intentionally it’s because he’s a racist asshole or incredibly stupid, characteristics found in humans of all ages. I suppose he could be both, the second tends to go with the first. But just like anyone else he may have tripped over the words ‘person of color’, which is more likely as a result of his youth and inexperience. If you were talking about how to use a smart phone I’d give younger people credit for superior knowledge, in the rest of life’s matters we should assume older people should know better.
OK, I just give this guy on angry white person AM radio less benefit of the doubt, I guess.
Because “First person of color Vice-Presidental candidate” is something someone might legitimately say …
There aren’t enough 
in the emoticon dialog for that disingenuity.
No, he’s 26 and chose to get a job on a right wing radio show that is known for its “subtle” racism.
He didn’t expect to get fired, he expected that his trolling would go under the radar, as I said. What he was expecting was a few knowing nods and winks from fellow travelers.
He reached for the dog whistle, and pulled out the referee’s whistle instead.
None of this rules out, and in fact reinforces, that he is also stupid.
Don’t blame you. I think he’s a racist asshole and stupid too.
I heard someone on the news say that last week. People are like that. I don’t say things like that at all so I don’t have to worry about tripping over racist terminology.
The big problem with the term “colored” is that it evokes so much of the Jim Crow South. We’ve all seen the signs in black-and-white photos identifying entrances, bus seating, bathrooms and water fountains. While my grandparents could get away with using the term without it being overtly racist, millennials really have no excuse.
You heard someone say “First person of color vice-presidential candidate”, verbatim?
I don’t recall the exact words, but if he did trip up on that (and I’m not saying he did), it could come out that way. A number of people have made that mistake publicly over the years. I’m not giving him any excuses, I’m just saying that upon hearing someone say anything like “the first colored person to…” that none of you immediately thought “That guy must be 26 years old”. I have no idea why any of you care what age he is beyond maybe 12 or under 90. Or why you continue this argument and try to branch it out into something else entirely.
Aah…
Yes, you are.
No, my first thought was - “That guy must be racist. And White.”
In what way? You are giving him the excuse of presuming things you don’t know. I did not need to pretend I knew what was in his mind based on some ridiculous theory about his age to know that he shouldn’t be on the air. His type points to you and says “See how that guy just makes things up about me!”
" he may have tripped over the words" is giving him an excuse.
Do you actually know what the phrase “give him an excuse” means?
Like MrDibble said, do you know what the phrase ‘giving him the excuse…’ even means?
If someone deliberately sends racist signals, it’s not ‘making things up’ to be confident that he had something racist in mind. The fact that conservatives will say some outrageous bigoted nonsense, then turn around and claim that they’re being persecuted because someone pointed out their bigotry demonstrates that there’s no way to win if you choose to play their game. Ignoring the obvious to try because you’re worried that outright bigots who are blatantly obviously trying to send a racist message might say ‘gosh, you’re making up that I’m a bigot’ doesn’t do anyone any good, aside from the bigot of course.
Do you know what the word ‘may’ means? Even if you do I’m sure you’d just ignore it. I addressed the ridiculous conclusion that he intentionally said those words because he was 26. I did not say one way or another whether what his intentions were as you are trying to claim without evidence. I won’t try to say what his intentions were because I have no way of knowing and neither do you. And my pointing out that there is no relationship between his age and his intentions is not an excuse for him.
What does any of that or Dibble’s nonsense have to do with a relationship between his age and his intentions? That is the only subject I addressed. If you guys can’t support your argument don’t start making up accusations. I did not defend this guy in any way or give him any excuses. Pointing out the flaws in your argument is not giving him excuses. It doesn’t address his actions at all.
Who has said he intentionally said those words because he was 26? He said them because he’s a racist. Him being 26 is just how we know it was intentional.
You appear to be beating the Hell out of a strawman, but not any argument that someone here actually made. Your inability or unwillingness to understand how is age is relevant after multiple people have calmly explained it is not a flaw in anyone’s argument. When you say stuff like "none of you immediately thought “That guy must be 26 years old” you aren’t cleverly tearing down baseless arguments, you’re making up something that no one in the thread said that clearly isn’t what anyone meant and trying to say that your invented statement means something.
“But just like anyone else he may have tripped over the words ‘person of color’” and “His youth is an indication he didn’t understand what he was saying, and it has no relationship whatsoever to his intentions” is defending him in a particular way by giving him an excuse. Again, I don’t think you understand what ‘giving him excuses’ even means.