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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Merriam Webster defines "Uncle Tom" as --
Main Entry: 1Uncle Tom
Pronunciation: -'täm
Function: noun
Etymology: Uncle Tom, pious and faithful black slave in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851-52) by Harriet Beecher Stowe
1 : a black who is overeager to win the approval of whites (as by obsequious behavior or uncritical acceptance of white values and goals)
2 : a member of a low-status group who is overly subservient to or cooperative with authority
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Sec. Rice fulfills none of those criteria. So, the use of that term, though visually interesting, is incorrect.
I suggest a more appropriate adjective would be a dangerously incorrect woman with a deliberately incorrect view of how to handle the global threat of terrorism.
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Strand...why do you feel compelled to stir this pot?