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Knowing the names of different kinds of foreigners is extremely elitist
The Poor Man Institute —
“Bosniaks” come from Hawaii or some crazy place like that, though, so whatevs. Joe Biden should talk about the genocides he stopped in Myrtle Beach.
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Right-Wingers, Reporters Make Up Biden "Bosniac" Gaffe
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
TPM noted last night that Joe Biden used a word that would probably be misinterpreted as a gaffe:
Watching the debate I noticed that Biden referred to the Muslim population of Bosnia and Herzegovina as "Bosniaks". This is actually the correct term, though in English people often say simply Bosnian Muslims. When he said it, the first thing I though was, I wonder how many right-wingers would jump on this as a gaffe on the model of candidate George W. Bush's reference to 'Grecians.'
Democracy Arsenal has more on the term's use.
Red State fell for it. So did Powerline and Mona Charen at the ...
Right-Wingers, Reporters Make Up Biden "Bosniac" Gaffe
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
TPM noted last night that Joe Biden used a word that would probably be misinterpreted as a gaffe:
Watching the debate I noticed that Biden referred to the Muslim population of Bosnia and Herzegovina as "Bosniaks". This is actually the correct term, though in English people often say simply Bosnian Muslims. When he said it, the first thing I though was, I wonder how many right-wingers would jump on this as a gaffe on the model of candidate George W. Bush's reference to 'Grecians.'
Democracy Arsenal has more on the term's use.
Red State fell for it. So did Powerline and Mona Charen at the ...
