Comments on: The imaginary Chinese vocabulary of Rush Limbaugh http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 12:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999941 gwailo_joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999941 gwan lei lan see ah pokai hai lei lo mo ah chzee seen bakgwai. . . daa sei ne! that about sums it up for me. gwan lei lan see ah pokai hai lei lo mo ah chzee seen bakgwai. . . daa sei ne!

that about sums it up for me.

]]> By: lyd http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-1000197 lyd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1000197 Aha. Interesting, thanks. Aha. Interesting, thanks.

]]> By: Dave Faris http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-1001990 Dave Faris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1001990 http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/371736/january-20-2011/rush-limbaugh-speaks-chinese http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/371736/january-20-2011/rush-limbaugh-speaks-chinese

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999944 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999944 Freedom of speech unfortunately allows him to be a bigoted racist shitcake. Fortunately, when I have children, I can point to him and say 'See? That's what a bigoted racist shitcake looks like'. Freedom of speech unfortunately allows him to be a bigoted racist shitcake. Fortunately, when I have children, I can point to him and say ‘See? That’s what a bigoted racist shitcake looks like’.

]]> By: gths http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999691 gths Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999691 Nice way to suck up to your country's bankers, I guess... Nice way to suck up to your country’s bankers, I guess…

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999948 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999948 Huh. As a verbally abusive oligarch-loving rights-disrespecting prick, I'm frankly surprised that Rush wouldn't be more fond of Hu Jintao. Huh.
As a verbally abusive oligarch-loving rights-disrespecting prick, I’m frankly surprised that Rush wouldn’t be more fond of Hu Jintao.

]]> By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999949 gwailo_joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999949 As a friendly reminder: Such an individual is merely a small minded semi-ignorant obeast drug addict hater racist big-picture-blinded history-nit-picker blowhard friend of the oppressor enemy of womens' choice enemy of free thought enemy of differing opinion normal ass human with an agenda of self aggrandizement. So fuck him and the horse he rode in on. (as if any self-respecting horse would carry his sorry ass. . .) As a friendly reminder:

Such an individual is merely a small minded semi-ignorant obeast drug addict hater racist big-picture-blinded history-nit-picker blowhard friend of the oppressor enemy of womens’ choice enemy of free thought enemy of differing opinion normal ass human with an agenda of self aggrandizement.

So fuck him and the horse he rode in on.

(as if any self-respecting horse would carry his sorry ass. . .)

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-1000462 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1000462 <blockquote>Boingboing, if they are interesting in shining a light on bigotry, as opposed to just shouting down a radio personality, would have exposed Rosie ODonnell for this exact same thing back in '06</blockquote> So they're not allowed to call out one idiot blowhard unless they've already spent the time to call out every other idiot blowhard who has done something similar over the last five years? You gotta start somewhere. Besides, since when is Rosie O'Donnell an influential figure in American politics?

Boingboing, if they are interesting in shining a light on bigotry, as opposed to just shouting down a radio personality, would have exposed Rosie ODonnell for this exact same thing back in ’06

So they’re not allowed to call out one idiot blowhard unless they’ve already spent the time to call out every other idiot blowhard who has done something similar over the last five years? You gotta start somewhere. Besides, since when is Rosie O’Donnell an influential figure in American politics?

]]> By: VagabondAstronomer http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999699 VagabondAstronomer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999699 Stay classy, Rushy boy... Stay classy, Rushy boy…

]]> By: Tensegrity http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-1000211 Tensegrity Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1000211 I appreciate that you earnestly asked for explanation of the offense instead of dismissing it out of hand, like some others have done. As per my other comments, mocking Asian speech is a common insult that is used to highlight the supposed 'otherness' of Asians. I've heard it tons of times and it is always intended as an insult and a way to say 'you do not belong here'. It is the same as calling someone a chink or a black person the n-word. It is this perception of otherness and not belonging that enables the racism that Asians have suffered since we arrived in America, from exclusionary immigration policies, anti-miscegenation laws and beliefs, and outright murder. I appreciate that you earnestly asked for explanation of the offense instead of dismissing it out of hand, like some others have done.

As per my other comments, mocking Asian speech is a common insult that is used to highlight the supposed ‘otherness’ of Asians. I’ve heard it tons of times and it is always intended as an insult and a way to say ‘you do not belong here’.

It is the same as calling someone a chink or a black person the n-word.

It is this perception of otherness and not belonging that enables the racism that Asians have suffered since we arrived in America, from exclusionary immigration policies, anti-miscegenation laws and beliefs, and outright murder.

]]> By: BDiamond http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999700 BDiamond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999700 Maybe he and Rosie O'Donnell can get together and CHING CHANG CHOW at each other. Maybe he and Rosie O’Donnell can get together and CHING CHANG CHOW at each other.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999704 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999704 I can't believe he can get away with that! I can’t believe he can get away with that!

]]> By: jtegnell http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999963 jtegnell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999963 Mark Frauenfelder is right -- the people that listen to his show will love this, and any criticism he receives will do nothing but feed his, and their, persecution complexes. Mark Frauenfelder is right — the people that listen to his show will love this, and any criticism he receives will do nothing but feed his, and their, persecution complexes.

]]> By: BonLao http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999709 BonLao Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999709 The imaginary chinese vocabulary and fanciful english syntax of Rush Limbaugh. "They normally, some translator, every couple of words..." Every couple of words indeed. The imaginary chinese vocabulary and fanciful english syntax of Rush Limbaugh.

“They normally, some translator, every couple of words…”

Every couple of words indeed.

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-1000221 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1000221 "Hey guys, President Obama is giving the Chinese dictator some mad props and salutations for being a swell guy and all" Oh brother. What US president since Nixon hasn't sucked up to the Chinese gov't? “Hey guys, President Obama is giving the Chinese dictator some mad props and salutations for being a swell guy and all”

Oh brother. What US president since Nixon hasn’t sucked up to the Chinese gov’t?

]]> By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999966 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999966 If China really are going to own everything in the US, sooner or later they'll get around to buying Excellence In Broadcasting. And they'll no doubt find Limbaugh's remarks high-larious. If China really are going to own everything in the US, sooner or later they’ll get around to buying Excellence In Broadcasting. And they’ll no doubt find Limbaugh’s remarks high-larious.

]]> By: Tensegrity http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-1000222 Tensegrity Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1000222 My comment #93 was intended as response to you. Again, go eat a bowl of ducks. My comment #93 was intended as response to you.

Again, go eat a bowl of ducks.

]]> By: Syd http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999714 Syd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999714 I once asked a friend from Vietnam how they made fun of English on the playground. It was something like "showlong showlong showlong". I once asked a friend from Vietnam how they made fun of English on the playground. It was something like “showlong showlong showlong”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999970 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999970 I can hear them in China now - "They normally, some translator, every couple of words, but Limbaugh was just going hee-haw, hee-haw, hee-haw..." 基督，笨蛋。(Christ, what an asshole) (disclaimer - I don't speak Chinese, and apologies to those who do - the string was generated by Babelfish, and on the return trip to English mutates into "Christ, donkey.".... ) I can hear them in China now – “They normally, some translator, every couple of words, but Limbaugh was just going hee-haw, hee-haw, hee-haw…”

基督，笨蛋。(Christ, what an asshole)

(disclaimer – I don’t speak Chinese, and apologies to those who do – the string was generated by Babelfish, and on the return trip to English mutates into “Christ, donkey.”…. )

]]> By: Noah Witherspoon http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999715 Noah Witherspoon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999715 Wow. Does it count as an ethnic stereotype if the stereotype is "idiot American with no awareness of or respect for any other culture whatsoever"? Wow. Does it count as an ethnic stereotype if the stereotype is “idiot American with no awareness of or respect for any other culture whatsoever”?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999716 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999716 Remember....the German word for infected swine is 'Limbaugh'. In Chinese the word Limbaugh means 'small penis.' Remember….the German word for infected swine is ‘Limbaugh’.
In Chinese the word Limbaugh means ‘small penis.’

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999717 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999717 what a knob. what a knob.

]]> By: hug h http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-1000486 hug h Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1000486 The irony here is delicious. Rush still blathers endlessly for unfettered laissez-faire capitalism in spite of the recent financial crisis caused in no small part by the rollback of regulations put in place following prior crises. (Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it!) Yet Rush ridicules the Chinese leader who "COMMANDS" an economy that in spite of being subject to total government control is eating our lunch! Rush used to be entertaining- now he's just pathetic and helps to undermine all he seeks to preserve. Blowhard laughs his way to the bank... The irony here is delicious. Rush still blathers endlessly for unfettered laissez-faire capitalism in spite of the recent financial crisis caused in no small part by the rollback of regulations put in place following prior crises. (Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it!) Yet Rush ridicules the Chinese leader who “COMMANDS” an economy that in spite of being subject to total government control is eating our lunch! Rush used to be entertaining- now he’s just pathetic and helps to undermine all he seeks to preserve. Blowhard laughs his way to the bank…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999719 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999719 Yea, but media matters... Yea, but media matters…

]]> By: hapa http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-1000231 hapa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1000231 i'm half fake chinese (on my father's side). basically rush was not funny cuz he left out the punchline, CHING CHUNG CHANGOODLE ZEDONG. i’m half fake chinese (on my father’s side). basically rush was not funny cuz he left out the punchline, CHING CHUNG CHANGOODLE ZEDONG.

]]> By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999720 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999720 I'm confused, Rush, was that Mandarin or Cantonese? I’m confused, Rush, was that Mandarin or Cantonese?

]]> By: Zac http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999721 Zac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999721 This is what happens when you take away a man's prescription painkillers. This is what happens when you take away a man’s prescription painkillers.

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999722 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999722 Man, if I was still a kid and did this, my dad would have tanned my hide. Man, if I was still a kid and did this, my dad would have tanned my hide.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999979 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999979 Rush wasn't making fun of the head of communist regime with poor human right record because that's was what little American kids used to say to me years ago. Things never change, it seems. Rush wasn’t making fun of the head of communist regime with poor human right record because that’s was what little American kids used to say to me years ago. Things never change, it seems.

]]> By: fnc http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/the-imaginary-chines.html#comment-999724 fnc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999724 Christ, what an asshole! And I really actually mean that. Christ, what an asshole!

And I really actually mean that.

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