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[ScreenSplitter]

Calling a kid Tagg, I guess he deserves a little good karma.

 

[DanteFox]

Or maybe it's because, you know, Mitt Romney is his dad and he was getting defensive when watching the debate? Nah that can't be it.

 

[coldvein]

tagg, trigg, track, tripp... whats up with these white people names?

 

[The Technomancer]

Hold up.

I was gonna do the whole "conservative troll" bit, but there are people that aren't agreeing with what the article said?

In a nation that has an unnatural fear of young black men?

Where Trayvon Martin happened?
Where Blacks and Mexicans cannot wear hoodies because they will look like gang members?
Where Barack Obama is accused of being born and raised in Kenya and a secret Muslim?
Where there are shirts worn at rallies that say "put the White back in White House?"
Where a state politician thinks Blacks should be thankful for slavery and gets to keep his job?

Like, for realz? You guys think that if one of Barack's daughters said she wanted to clock Mitt a few weeks ago, the media wouldn't be shitting all over it?

Seriously

 

[Hale-XF11]

Why do white people always resort so quickly to violence?

After watching Ghandi last night, I'm convinced that this particular brand of white folk simply always want to take the easiest and quickest route to getting what they want and often are able to do so with little to no consequence. That and they're incredibly reactionary.

 

[hateradio]

I think it's overreaching, but simultaneously well stated. When I read that Tagg wanted to punch Obama, I was like so what? After reading through the rest, I see that it was only an anchor point for what the writer suggests is another example of white privilege. I don't know if I absolutely agree with it, but I guess threats of any level made by a person of color are always taken more aggressively.

A nickname.

For what? Taggatin? Taggan? Tagginator?

 

[RumblingRosco]

I thought this was one of the worst names ever, but then I remembered Sarah Palin's special needs son is named Trig or Trip.

You're basically right two times. Trig is Sarah Palin's son that also has down syndrome, Tripp is Bristol Palin's son.

Taggart is Tagg's full name. Taggart Romney.

 

[Veezy]

Or maybe it's because, you know, Mitt Romney is his dad and he was getting defensive when watching the debate? Nah that can't be it.

That's not the point of the article. The point is that if one of Barack's family members said they wanted to "rush the stage," the media would have had a field day about his family threatening a contender for president.

Shit, they could just say they wanted to lay out Rush for being a complete dick, and that would be a story.

Reading comprehension. I hear it's cool.

 

[Skellig Gra]

For what? Taggatin? Taggan? Tagginator?

Taggatron

 

[Yen]

Tagg looks like a poorly cloned version of Mitt.

 

[Clevinger]

What kind of a name is Tagg anyway.

I think he was named after an Atlas Shrugged character. No joke.

 

[Pastry]

Or maybe it's because, you know, Mitt Romney is his dad and he was getting defensive when watching the debate? Nah that can't be it.

I don't think that's the point of the article. The article is saying that those comments would be viewed completely different by the media if they were made by the son of Obama, and I personally believe that is true.

 

[vas_a_morir]

Tag in elementary school must have sucked for him.

You wish. I think it is far far far more likely he was the most popular student in his class. Being tall, athletic, handsome, (probably) intelligent, and most of all, wealthy... and enough Alpha-Male swag that he would say boldly in an interview he wanted to punch the president? He most likely was the one making elementary school suck for other kids in his private school.

 

[Kusagari]

I seriously question the reading comprehension of people who can read that article and just get "TAGG'S RACIST!"

 

[Hale-XF11]

For what? Taggatin? Taggan? Tagginator?

Taggyorit.

 

[Slayven]

Hold up.

I was gonna do the whole "conservative troll" bit, but there are people that aren't agreeing with what the article said?

In a nation that has an unnatural fear of young black men?

Where Trayvon Martin happened?
Where Blacks and Mexicans cannot wear hoodies because they will look like gang members?
Where Barack Obama is accused of being born and raised in Kenya and a secret Muslim?
Where there are shirts worn at rallies that say "put the White back in White House?"
Where a state politician thinks Blacks should be thankful for slavery and gets to keep his job?

Like, for realz? You guys think that if one of Barack's daughters said she wanted to clock Mitt a few weeks ago, the media wouldn't be shitting all over it?

Church!

 

[The Technomancer]

To reiterate: the article is not about Tagg making the comment. It is about the reaction to the comment, or rather the lack of reaction

 

[Derrick01]

That's not the point of the article. The point is that if one of Barack's family members said they wanted to "rush the stage," the media would have had a field day about his family threatening a contender for president.

Shit, they could just say they wanted to lay out Rush for being a complete dick, and that would be a story.

Reading comprehension. I hear it's cool.

While I'm not saying you're wrong, this whole argument relies entirely on assumptions.

 

[squall211]

"Bush doesn't care about black people."

I could be totally wrong here, because maybe it's happened and I never heard about it, but has a white person of Kanye's stature and celebrity used the phrase "Obama doesn't care about white people" and gotten away with it?

 

[DR2K]

Well no son likes seeing his dad get mollywhopped on stage especially by a man of negroid persuasion.

 

[DanteFox]

That's not the point of the article. The point is that if one of Barack's family members said they wanted to "rush the stage," the media would have had a field day about his family threatening a contender for president.

Shit, they could just say they wanted to lay out Rush for being a complete dick, and that would be a story.

Reading comprehension. I hear it's cool.

nah. that's pure speculation.

 

[Guevara]

White privilege is very hard for white people to notice. Which is why so many people are reading this article and mentally substituting in "RACISM".

 

[joe2187]

Hold up.

I was gonna do the whole "conservative troll" bit, but there are people that aren't agreeing with what the article said?

In a nation that has an unnatural fear of young black men?

Where Trayvon Martin happened?
Where Blacks and Mexicans cannot wear hoodies because they will look like gang members?
Where Barack Obama is accused of being born and raised in Kenya and a secret Muslim?
Where there are shirts worn at rallies that say "put the White back in White House?"
Where a state politician thinks Blacks should be thankful for slavery and gets to keep his job?

Like, for realz? You guys think that if one of Barack's daughters said she wanted to clock Mitt a few weeks ago, the media wouldn't be shitting all over it?

Sometimes it's hard to recognize what's wrong with the country when most of it just seems like business as usual, shit like this always happens and it's hard for people to wake up and realize that something is wrong

 

[Keru_Shiri]

I like how his reasoning for not doing it isn't "It's wrong" or "That's not how grown men behave" or even "I don't want assault charges" but "Secret Service would stop me." Or does Tagg go on to expound on this later?

 

[dyls]

Like, for realz? You guys think that if one of Barack's daughters said she wanted to clock Mitt a few weeks ago, the media wouldn't be shitting all over it?

No I think it would be considered cute and no problem at all. But that's just because females can threaten (or use) physical violence all they want and no one minds. FEMALE PRIVILEGE!!

 

[GungHo]

I think he was named after an Atlas Shrugged character. No joke.

Taggart was the surname of a couple of the characters (both the protagonist and the antagonist).

Basically Romney wanted his son to be Two-Face.

 

[Oxn]

This is soo dumb. Unless there is an example of a black person saying what Tagg said and getting called out on it, you can't really make a statement like this.

Its assuming.

 

[LosDaddie]

Got me. Got me good

 

[Exr]

This is a real stretch. Why is this racial? He made a silly comment yes, but I don't see any evidence that he said this due to Obamas skin color. Ridiculous.

 

[LegendofJoe]

I want to lay out Rush Limbaugh every time I have the misfortune of hearing him speak, and I'm white. Does that make me "priveledged?"

 

[Skellig Gra]

This is soo dumb. Unless there is an example of a black person saying what Tagg said and getting called out on it, you can't really make a statement like this.

Its assuming.

Like this?

 

[SlowRevolution]

I don't think that's the point of the article. The article is saying that those comments would be viewed completely different by the media if they were made by the son of Obama, and I personally believe that is true.

I agree with that, it just seems strange to bring race into what happened when there's not really a reason to. It's just my opinion but I don't get the point of commenting on something that happened, then saying "we'll let's pretend he's black/white and assume how people would react." The racism that still goes on with the media/news is ridiculous and commentary on it is needed, but I think there are better news stories to use as a launching pad for discussion.

 

[Slayven]

This is soo dumb. Unless there is an example of a black person saying what Tagg said and getting called out on it, you can't really make a statement like this.

Its assuming.

A black person in Tagg's position would know better to bring up any violence or show any heighten emotion other then a happiness.

 

[cubicle47b]

I could be totally wrong here, because maybe it's happened and I never heard about it, but has a white person of Kanye's stature and celebrity used the phrase "Obama doesn't care about white people" and gotten away with it?

Probably not, most people use coded language (or dog-whistling).

 

[Veezy]

While I'm not saying you're wrong, this whole argument relies entirely on assumptions.

nah. that's pure speculation.

No, it absolutely does not.

In the United States of America, if a person of color threatens or commits physical violence of a White person publicly, the media will eat it up and add it to the "dangerous Black/Brown American menace" news cycle. Meanwhile, violence against Blacks and Browns are not covered with the same intensity.

See how police brutality is covered, when it ever is.
See how a little black girl getting murdered versus a little white girl getting murdered is covered.
Domestic violence, etc. etc. etc.

American media loves nothing better than a good angry Black man and White victim. Ratings, folks.

No I think it would be considered cute and no problem at all. But that's just because females can threaten (or use) physical violence all they want and no one minds. FEMALE PRIVILEGE!!

Well, for now it would be. They hit 18, and all bets are off.

 

[Akkad]

This is a real stretch. Why is this racial? He made a silly comment yes, but I don't see any evidence that he said this due to Obamas skin color. Ridiculous.

JESUS CHRIST! That's not the point of the article.

 

[Deleted member 20415]

I don't care for any of the Romneys, but where the hell did he say anything racial?

If you're going to get mad at the guy (and really, I have only so much anger and hate per day and I'm already over my allotted bunch), it's that he said he wanted to punch the President of the United States. Violence against the man in office is wrong (regardless of race).

The Salon article is misguided because it assumes with privilege comes racism - that's bullshit. Now if you wanted to claim that privilege begets folks wanting to hold on to what's theirs, I think you could fairly make that argument.

This guy's an asshole for saying he wanted to deck the President. He's an asshole for wanting to result to violence first. But he didn't go racial on this, Salon did.

JESUS CHRIST! That's not the point of the article.

Yes it is.

He feels totally comfortable fantasizing about committing physical violence against an African American man.

Should have read "He feels totally comfortable fantasizing about committing physical violence against a man."

 

[squall211]

I like how his reasoning for not doing it isn't "It's wrong" or "That's not how grown men behave" or even "I don't want assault charges" but "Secret Service would stop me." Or does Tagg go on to expound on this later?

I'm going by memory and not looking at the actual quote, but I'm pretty sure he went on to say that this is what you sign up for as a family when someone is running for president.

 

[zaxon]

Ask yourself: Would the media reaction be similarly muted if a young black male relative of Obama appeared on a radio show and publicly fantasized about violently bludgeoning Mitt Romney? No, it would be the opposite. It would be a multi-day, above-the-fold, 100-point-typeface story initially fueled by Drudge, Fox News and right-wing radio hosts, and then pervading the network news shows.

The whole argument kind of fails, since the guy probably would have said the same thing about Bill Clinton. The comment had nothing to do with race and everything to do with party politics bullshit.

 

[TheExodu5]

What the hell does saying he wants to punch Obama have to do with race? How is this white priviledge? What a terrible article.

 

[Keru_Shiri]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e323/HylianTom/0b3120019cbe2883da5c9be83044a619.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
Also, Tagg Romney looks like the jealous boyfriend Adam Sandler's character has to defeat in order to win the girl.

 

[dantevsninjas]

I'm getting a serious Patrick Bateman vibe off of Ol' Taggart.

 

[Winnie the Pimp]

tagged

 

[vas_a_morir]

Hold up.

I was gonna do the whole "conservative troll" bit, but there are people that aren't agreeing with what the article said?

In a nation that has an unnatural fear of young black men?

Where Trayvon Martin happened?
Where Blacks and Mexicans cannot wear hoodies because they will look like gang members?
Where Barack Obama is accused of being born and raised in Kenya and a secret Muslim?
Where there are shirts worn at rallies that say "put the White back in White House?"
Where a state politician thinks Blacks should be thankful for slavery and gets to keep his job?

Like, for realz? You guys think that if one of Barack's daughters said she wanted to clock Mitt a few weeks ago, the media wouldn't be shitting all over it?

To be fair, If Obama's name was "Raymond Jones," I don't think you'd be seeing the 'secret Muslim' dog whistles. I think that the fact that he's half-white and half-African (not African-American) gives him an unusual exotic look that I feel makes it easier to blow the 'secret Muslim' dog whistle.

I agree with what you said, though. I think if the tables were turned, you'd be hearing some awful shit. And REALLY awful shit on youtube comments.

 

[Fenderputty]

Tag is just privileged period. Privileged people feel like they should get what they want. They feel like they can operate on a different set of societal rules that us peons have to adhere to.

EDIT: I do see how race can play a part in this though. Had this been Obama's son's comment, it would be blown up.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Why can't a dumb comment just be a dumb comment? Making it a race thing is ridiculous, even if there's maybe some truth to it. Some spoiled kid saw his dad lose a debate and he said something without thinking since he's probably used to just saying whatever he wants.

Tagg saying he wanted to punch the President when he's in such a public position is dumb and should get attention, but making it an "if he was black" thing seems weird to me.

Having racist beliefs predisposes one to making dumb comments when talking about people of other races. It's not all that unlikely.

 

[Derrick01]

No, it absolutely does not.

In the United States of America, if a person of color threatens or commits physical violence of a White person publicly, the media will eat it up and add it to the "dangerous Black/Brown American menace" news cycle. Meanwhile, violence against Blacks and Browns are not covered with the same intensity.

See how police brutality is covered, when it ever is.
See how a little black girl getting murdered versus a little white girl getting murdered is covered.
Domestic violence, etc. etc. etc.

American media loves nothing better than a good angry Black man and White victim. Ratings, folks.

"No it does not"

*proceeds with more assumptions*

 

[Exr]

JESUS CHRIST! That's not the point of the article.

I understand what the article is saying, that had the shoe been on the other foot people would be going nuts. It's unfounded and pure speculation. Bringing race into this seems unnecessary.

 

[Clevinger]

edit. oops, redundant

 

[Akkad]

I'm sure the secret service had a talk with him, he made a threat against the president.