Tarbabies Anonymous: Or "stop worrying and love the wrong"!

Trap?

Snakepit comes to mind, but is too broadly indictful without giving much sense of that.. that.. that.. tarry quality.

I didn't see this thread before and get a kick out of seeing it now.

I notice Setanta said something earlier about the lack of popularity of Song of the South after the Civil Rights movement, so it seems there was offense taken. I dunno, I have this feeling it is offense-by-mistake, but that it is imbedded as an offense by now.

So, I guess honey pot doesn't cover it either... (blinks)

I like this thread and having a term for those gumball threads. Why, just today I had to absent myself..

Taffy... is taffy only an eastern U.S. thing?

I suppose gorilla glue isn't a good idea.





Bye.

Know what, cyphercat?
I think I'm the one who said there were "dozens" of synonyms, and I am wrong about that - used the way dlowan did in this thread originally, the word pretty much stands alone as the only one that would fit there.

I think I may even have seen dlowan's original thread, and thought it was kind of a cute idea - the whole "come to me, ye weary of the neverendingarguments, and I will give ye solace" was a giggle.

It is just so so obvious that dlowan had no hint of suggestion of anything but the Uncle Remus story "tarbaby" that held on and wouldn't let go.

Its just a little different when someone combatively brings up the word in the context that "only the perpetually offended could find anything wrong here" that I disagree with. It's possible for the word to be misunderstood, say, if spoken by someone either known for insensitivity, or for rightwing ideology.

This is a funny, cute thread, and if there is anyone in A2K that took offense from it, I don't know who they are.

Know what, cyphercat?
I think I'm the one who said there were "dozens" of synonyms, and I am wrong about that - used the way dlowan did in this thread originally, the word pretty much stands alone as the only one that would fit there.
Plenty of other people think the same thing. It is psychotic for you to call them racists, and give your bud a pass for saying the same thing. You've lost all credibility on the issue.
I think I may even have seen dlowan's original thread, and thought it was kind of a cute idea - the whole "come to me, ye weary of the neverendingarguments, and I will give ye solace" was a giggle.
Proving your whining about tarbaby was complete bullshit.
It is just so so obvious that dlowan had no hint of suggestion of anything but the Uncle Remus story "tarbaby" that held on and wouldn't let go.
It is also obvious that Mitt Romney meant the same thing, and it is equally obvious that those who bitched about it were thrilled to have something to bitch about.
Its just a little different when someone combatively brings up the word in the context that "only the perpetually offended could find anything wrong here" that I disagree with.
Good try. You failed. Combatively, huh?
It's possible for the word to be misunderstood, say, if spoken by someone either known for insensitivity, or for rightwing ideology.
So this is what I've been waiting for. He actually said it. If you're a conservative, you can't say it. Thanks for spelling it out. I don't think we need to talk about it anymore. Here it is in black and white.
This is a funny, cute thread, and if there is anyone in A2K that took offense from it, I don't know who they are.
No one took offense, and that is the whole point. You've cleared the entire issue up perfectly. Your fake indignity was nothing more than intentional race baiting and divisiveness.