tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post2419281956597872582..comments2023-06-19T04:35:06.263-07:00Comments on Skeptic's Play: Planned Parenthood and racism?millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-31776478294907313862008-02-27T13:22:00.000-08:002008-02-27T13:22:00.000-08:00The Advocate is very careless with their attributi...The Advocate is very careless with their attributions. They said: "words kill in politics—take ‘08 presidential candidate Joseph Biden, whose campaign sank after he uttered “macaca.”" The statement they were referring to was made by Republican George Allen in the 2006 senatorial campaign, and not by Democrat Joe Biden in the 2008 race for president.DeralterChemikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05418046984984036644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-55682329235362416402008-02-27T12:41:00.000-08:002008-02-27T12:41:00.000-08:00You haven't heard of it because it's local news. T...You haven't heard of it because it's local news. The Advocate says that the callers are actors. They've done several other under-cover investigations of Planned Parenthood in the past. I should mention that the Planned Parenthood legal threat that I linked is actually for a previous investigation, not for this particular one.millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-37796784873893536452008-02-27T08:31:00.000-08:002008-02-27T08:31:00.000-08:00I hadn't heard about this video before, so I'm not...I hadn't heard about this video before, so I'm not sure what Planned Parenthood is doing about it (or the intentions of the makers), but I fail to see how this represents anything other than one PP employee being a little careless in how she communicates with a potential donor. Whenever the donor made a racist remark, she said things like "Mmmhmmm, absolutely", but I don't think it's fair to interpret that "Mmmhmm" as "I agree that we should kill black babies so that there will be more white people around". I'm definitely hearing "Uh huh. You're about to give some money, which is good, so I'm going to agree with you and make you feel good even though I'm not exactly paying attention."<BR/>I sure hope the "donor" is really an actor, because even apart from the racism the whole idea is pretty stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com