A Comment About

Black President, White Fears

February 8, 2009 - 12:00 am - by Ruben Navarrette Jr.
cocollins
2009-02-11 17:02:27

aureliano,

When you’re right, you’re right. I’d say 38 or so.

mister man (plagiarist),

Dinner’s ready so I’ll make it quick. Once again, and even slower, C L A Y. You’re welcome to continue calling me whatever you please, but since you won’t proffer your own name, I think “plagiarist” will suffice. That was a fascinating display of those journalistic ethics of yours; and in the comment section of a blog no less. I am of course accepting your word from post #229 that the words you used and claimed as your own in post #220 are in fact those of Ms. Chisolm. So you feel pride in announcing that you attempted to pass off someone else’s words as your own, a woman you claim to have known and respected, an “amazing woman, a truly critical thinker.” Man, those are some audacious “dog balls” you got there. Oh, and thanks for all that r e s p e c t you showed to Ms. Chisolm by concentrating on your special snarking ability rather than what she had to say; okay, to be fair, you did mention one out of six. Good job.

I don’t recall ever saying anything against her in my post. Let me just go back and check – don’t go anywhere – let’s see, ridiculed that retard mister man (plagiarist), thanked #219 ReallyGuys for bringing Shirley Chisolm to our attention, used her quotes (correctly cited) as a topic for discussion, agreed with and liked most of what she had to say, gave my own opinions and shockingly didn’t steal a single word from another person. Nope. Nothing. I kinda think that makes you the “dick” mister plagiarist

Do you really propose that because I cited some of Ms Chisolm’s quotes and commented upon them, admiringly at times, that it logically follows I must agree with everything the woman ever said, if she even said it – your post contains no reference, unless your claiming to have firsthand knowledge. And if not, what, I suppose you had the words hoist and petard in mind? Nope, not quite. Just more of that critical thinking voodoo that you do so well.

Here’s the link to wikipedia mister plagiarist mentioned:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm

Other than as general reference, I don’t really see what it has to do with anything; it certainly has nothing to do with his weird tirade at the end:

#229, mister man said
“Thank god she’s been kept alive on Wikipedia so dicks like you can appropriate her thoughts to elevate your essay on turds and dog balls”

I think mister plagiarist is gifted in ways, but nuttier than a snickers bar. I reviewed the wiki as part of the research I did in my post #227 and it gives some good general info, but I like the quotes page better:

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/shirleychisholm.htm

Anyway, maybe she said the words that mister plagiarist admits to stealing and maybe she didn’t. Common thief if she did. Common liar if she didn’t. If you find the quote feel free to add it to the list I began or get other quotes from the link provided. I don’t know about you, but I find a discussion of her words much more pertinent and enlightening than mister plagiarist’s plaintive bleating.