Black hole now a racist term?


	Black hole now a racist term?

n2sooners

7-8-2008 10:39 PM

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racism, politics, science, humor, ignorance

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7-8-2008 11:03 PM

sillysam

Oh for the love of Pete!

7-8-2008 11:18 PM

willhelm

I'm just not surprised anymore.

7-8-2008 11:40 PM

meancookie89

smart mayfield !

7-9-2008 12:23 AM

merrie

Prozac!?!?

7-9-2008 1:07 AM

Sweeneybird

dear lord, people are idiots.

7-9-2008 2:25 AM

zadoz

90% of offence is in the head of the reciever !!!

7-9-2008 5:56 AM

bignosemousie

to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.

Did anyone demand an apology to science? or to reason?

7-9-2008 6:14 AM

ballistick

White hole!!???.....wtf!!!! I'm no racist but I find myself wanting to use racist slang more and more these days

7-9-2008 4:18 PM

BitDrifter

John Wiley Price and Judge Thomas Jones are full fucking bloomed racist morons.

7-23-2008 12:33 PM

powerof2

I heard of a teacher being fired for using the word "niggardly."

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