nah! too many syllables.

Here's the confusion I think....

No, the two words are not synonymous (that means they don't mean the same thing), however they areused in the same fashion, i.e. as a pejorative.

Further, why you employ one may have something to do with whether you feel the other is appropriate as well.

Wait a minute...

"Socialist" is a word used by the Right

Like "Right-wing Nut" is used by the Left?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

I get it now! The Left are either playing stupid or they are just too stupid to know how stupid they are!

Do you Lefties really believe that this guy is being sincere or does he really think you're that stupid?

just because the majority of african americans are prone to the love of socialist programs does not mean you can equate the word with the "n" word - there are plenty of guilt-ridden white people with the same problem.

WOW Black people CLING to give away programs that are SOCIALISTIC who would have guessed...

BWHAHAHAHA...

nah! too many syllables.

nanc's "homeskooled" spawn.

#6 - hi rasta!

#6 | Posted by jerrytarkanian

RASTIS is dat you bro...

Socialism is just a word used by the GOP to frighten people. In the 1950's it was communism, in the 1960's it was the John Birch Society and today the Pubs are trying to bring Obama down by using the word Socialism. FOX nation is so pissed as is the Republican Party that a black man beat John McCain. Lets face it John McCain couldnt even keep his facts straight, and his infamous map of the Middleast had much to be desired. His choice of a running mate may have cost him the election has been decided in many concervative circles.

well, socialism is a softer word for a form of communism...taking monies/labor from the producers/laborers to feed & care the none producers...i.e. senate republicans & democrats in general & other obese people in the south:>)

That is not necessarily the meaning of Socialism, it is the collective nation paying for services through taxes instead of directly to the purveyor of services. Medicare is a perfect example, so are police protection, fire departmens, etc.
It's a word that has been demonized by the right yet which describes many of the services we take for granted every day in a civilized country.
The work "liberal" was resurrected from the ashes of thirty years of demonization so now the right has shifted to the next word on the list, "socialism." Meanwhile Medicare continues to serve millions of people who who be shocked if you told them their health care was socialist, even though it clearly is.

danni - medicare is funded by employees and employers and meant for people when they retire - it's not like THE PEOPLE put NOTHING into the program - it's like insurance for the elderly, but too many people have used it beyond its boundaries to be effective anymore - how many use it without ever having paid into the program? it is funded through FICA - something every legitimate employee pays into. you act like the government is just GIVING it to people out of the goodness of their hearts. amazing.

"...equate criticism of Obama with racism."

Who didn't see that one coming?

Good video. MSNBC sucks.

What is the "n word?" Are we forbidden to say some word when posts here use fuck, shit, piss asshole and such regularly?
What is the mystery "forbidden word" the censors have banished?

Oh! The word is "nigger!"
African-Americans are so sensitive they wilt, moan and melt like that witch Dorothy threw water on if they hear the word "nigger?" I doubt it. I hear Blacks use the word several times each day where I work. Maybe there is a special type of person so holy he/she believes in partial birth murder but can not handle hearing the word "nigger?"
Get over this "n-word" pretense. Free speech means use the word and the hell with complainers who thrive on trying to inflict guilt feelings.

Oh! The word is "nigger!"
African-Americans are so sensitive they wilt, moan and melt like that witch Dorothy threw water on if they hear the word "nigger?" I doubt it. I hear Blacks use the word several times each day where I work.

#16 | Posted by Diablo

Do you work at the White House?

"Socialism" hasn't come CLOSE to the "n-word".

Neither has "liberal" or "neocon", although they're also used with the same venom as "socialism".

and ej dionne said basically the same STUPID thing in his last column about people bringing guns to town halls...never said ONE Thing about the black men who have done just that but instead focused on the white people who have...