[Seems conservative parties are prone to outbursts of antiquated phraseology which reveals their crass insensitivity while leftist parties struggle to invent new tautologies to ensure the politically correct nomenclature of bloody manhole covers. To quote a philosopher on the subject of humanity's stupidity: D'Oh!]

On just those two threads we have Sprout, Toad, Con and others saying that Harawira’s comments were not racist based on the fact that they were aimed only at a group of white people. I’m not going to get into a debate on that topic as the Horse has been completely flogged. I just enjoy pointing out their hypocrisy when they jump to Harawira’s defense yet I haven’t heard a peep from them in this thread to defend r0b’s accusations of racism against Mellisa Lee.

[lprent: Yeah and I run NZ. In other words this still sounds like bullshit. You get exactly one more try. Change the pseudonym or prove your real name is Paul Henry via e-mail. ]

see, Brazilian wax is not an insulting term towards Brazilians but wandering jew is an insulting term towards jews, which is why people generally don’t use it anymore

Likewise, French kissing isn’t an insulting term, Indian giver is.

[lprent: You're now in auto-moderation for probably being a stupid prick doing a bit of identity capture. Either prove to us in a very short time that you are 'Paul Henry' or I will give you a permanent ban for wasting my time. ]

There’s a hint there as to why “indian giver” is kinda dodgy.

what means a person who displays a slavish devotion to their boss in the nature that supposedly expressed by black slaves who lived in the masters home?

What name is given to several species of spiderwort, small invasive weed?

Let me say it again – the problem isn’t with using a term that includes the name of an ethnic group. The problem is using a racist term.

I’ll just note yet again that there were more posts condemning Harawira than the other way around.