I'm willing to cut the guy some slack. I wasn't aware of the urban slang usage until I kept seeing the term used in a derogatory fashion directed at TEA partiers. But the denigrating intent was claer from context, and Havenstein was certainly cluelessly out of touch not to notice that much.
I've only found short clips and quotes, but it sounds like he was trying to say that TEA partiers had a valid point. Not that I'm planning to vote for him. Of the declared candidates, I'm currently leaning towards Republican Andrew Hemingway (just to get Hassan out), or Ian Freeman (Free Stater running as a Democrat, which pisses off Dems) as a protest vote.
I'm willing to cut the guy some slack. I wasn't aware of the urban slang usage until I kept seeing the term used in a derogatory fashion directed at TEA partiers. But the denigrating intent was claer from context, and Havenstein was certainly cluelessly out of touch not to notice that much.
ReplyDeleteI've only found short clips and quotes, but it sounds like he was trying to say that TEA partiers had a valid point. Not that I'm planning to vote for him. Of the declared candidates, I'm currently leaning towards Republican Andrew Hemingway (just to get Hassan out), or Ian Freeman (Free Stater running as a Democrat, which pisses off Dems) as a protest vote.