Decades of cheap umbrage have caused American’s to act as though instant access to large quantities of the stuff is a birthright:
Within minutes of posting a story on CNN’s homepage called “Gender or race: Black women voters face tough choices in South Carolina,” readers reacted quickly and angrily. Readers want media to focus more on the candidates and how they feel about the issues not their gender or race.
Many took umbrage at the story’s suggestion that black women voters face “a unique, and most unexpected dilemma” about voting their race or their gender.
CNN received dozens of e-mails shortly after posting the story, which focuses largely on conversations about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama that a CNN reporter observed at a hair salon in South Carolina whose customers are predominantly African-American.
The story states: “For these women, a unique, and most unexpected dilemma, presents itself: Should they vote their race, or should they vote their gender?” Read the story
Strangely, many of those most addicted to umbrage claim that the nuclear option is off the table.
As a black woman who is not in the habit of frequenting hair salons in South Carolina I feel my voice is not being heard. Fred Thompson of all the candidates knows what it’s like to be ignored like that, and you can bet I’ll be supporting him all the way.
I find this to be a bit, um, irregular:
“Recent polls show black women are expected to make up more than a third of all Democratic voters in South Carolina’s primary in five days.”
I take umbrage, umbrage I tell you. And I am shocked, shocked and outraged, shocked and outraged and umbraged to find out that the Dems are uncomfortable when their identity groups collide.
Not a big fan of umbrage, never really used it. I always thought most of that box of 64 was just filler anyway. You can make pretty much any color you want with the basic eight. Although the sharpener was really cool. Where I’m from we called them “crowns” or “crayolas” not Carolinas.
I also take umbrage on behalf of happyfeet. I also take umbrage for being ignored for this article… white guys also face a unique dilemma. Unless of course you consider Salon Selectives. But I am not gay, so I am left with a black man, white womban, or a gay guy. I guess I won’t be voting Democratic.
Truth be told, the polls of Democratic Primary/Caucus-goers proves out 2 things: 1) Dems are liars (say they vote for one while actually having cast a ballot for the other), and 2) there is clearly a big chunk who are racist by commission or omission.
Wow. What a shocking surprise: the party that brought you the social welfare system and abortion on demand are the true bigots. My, my…
Happy – you see, as a white guy who is aware you ain’t as capable of discerning what’s best for you, just step aside and let me run with it… ok? I mean, not like I am doing you a favor or anything… just that being a person of the absence of color and you know our people having owned your people and the long tragic history of men always raping women, I kinda feel like I owe it to you.
The best I can manage is penumbrage. It’s probably a matter of acclimatization.
Regards,
Ric
Ric – pls refrain from big words while happyfeet is around. youll come off as too big for your britches and scare the poor fellow away.
If Hillary and Obama care so much, why do I feel so damn unpretty?
By the time I arrive, the umbrage is always gone. They say there isn’t a shortage, but why is there never any left?
Oh, well, I guess I can’t get upset about it.
Burnt umbrage, now that’s pretty good for drawing collies.
I thought Umbrage was a pretty unpopular instructor at Hogwarts? What’s with the sudden demand?
Sesquipedelianism is what I do, Enoch. I keep a stock of jawcrackers in the bed of one of the rusting pickups in my yard, and rummage around for the right one whenever I want to feel sophisticated.
I don’t think ‘feets is intimidated. If he is, he can always take NG for a long lunch down at Russo’s for a lift of the spirits.
Regards,
Ric
O, but for the umbrageousness of it all, we might have peas on the planet!
And pie!
Wake me when Hillary and Obama start trading automatic rifle fire.
See? Burnt umbrage just says “loyalty”
If I feel so damn unpretty, is it because Edwards is in the race?
Vote ugly. I am.
Race/Gender? These things have nothing on the AARP crowd particularily when over half of that crowd has tremendous fear they may wind up as bag ladies living on the streets if Big Daddy fails to take care of them.
Umbrage? Usually I check the weather forecast before pulling out my umbrage. A nice next test after South Carolina would have been God’s Little Waiting Room, Florida, but gamemanship changed the rules for campaigning in the wrinkle room this year.
“Dad a Log?”, you been following me around Sarah?
You can take all the Umbridge you want; I want no part of her.
My doctor refused to prescribe me any Umbrage. Said I’m producing all I need without any help.
Pissed me off.
“Usually I check the weather forecast before pulling out my umbrage.”
No, daley, you’re thinking of a bumbershoot.
Kelly – My weather forecast lists likelihood of lefties pissing all over my pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. Umbrage is a frequent companion.
I gotta get me some of that.
Not to be a pedant but shouldn’t that be “Demand for Umbrage Piques”
depends on whether you are graphing it
After reading one of Ric Locke’s comments, I usually have to look a couple of words up in an umbrage dictionary. The umbrage version of any book offers so much mo, don’t you think?
– Umbrage is the launching platform for any decent sort of outrage First you need to get that quiet, but sudden, subtle rise in temperature along your shirt neck line. Then in small steps you begin to get those nagging feelings that some damn NeoCon somewhere on the planet is laughing at your expense, or one of those evil Dark lord agents is slipping a piece of religiousity past you, and with that epithany, you can break out into a mild sweat, and start to feel your outrage building. At some point the rumbling in your stomach makes its clear you’re really just reacting peptic wise, to that second volcanic fish taco you consummed at lunch, but following the Secular Progressive mantra religio- gaaaah, dutifly, you do not waste a perfectly good outrage. Remember Komrads. we don’t actually have to act realistically. Teh cult leadership has covered our asses on that one by steadfastly asserting that we have a monoply on the words “reality based community”.
– This approach has the added benefit of allowing all of our bretheren to join in with no need to even understand the details of any give situation. Think cluster fuck. Hey, they don’t call us collectivists for nothing.
I can’t imagine where any progg moonbat would get that idea.
Unless maybe it’s right here…