Jokes aside, I can see how some in rural communities just didn’t give a shit about it, not in a harmful way but in a “it never comes up” way, but it really has been common knowledge for decades it was a bad idea. Like Drunk squirrel said, I think the ted danson incident was sort of a modern day turning point as well.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
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He's talking about that troll Sarah Jeong.

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If he painted his lips black this wouldn't be a racist caricature.

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I can promise you there are urban people who are not aware. My original point was that there's a decent chance this guy has no frame of reference for black face, in which case his worst crime would be ignorance (if we even agree this is "black face" - which I do not).

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Just be lucky you live in this time and place. 10 years from now I could have you fired for arguing this.

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I am. Truly. Madly. Deeply offended.

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-- source

Had to kick the family goat out of your mother's bed.

But it is by definition...

black·face
/ˈblakfās/Submit
noun
1.
the makeup used by a nonblack performer playing a black role.


You can say there are levels and Id agree but this is one of those things where we dont get to decide, the target of this type of thing does.





No you literally did change it. I posted a hypothetical question about a person in blackface and you responded but said "anyone dressing up as a black person"



So you agree with me. Most people that dress up do the voice.


Never said it was racist. Someone was attempting to parse it with a hypothetical about a guy who did blackface but not the voice vs a guy who does a stereotypical voice but not blackface. Im pointing out the former is so rare it's probably not even worth mentioning.



Right. Some people are ignorant so everyone must be.

BTW, the large majority in this thread say he shouldnt have been fired. You're arguing against no one.

You seem to be on a mission to prove or say "it doesnt matter if people are racist, stop bringing it up!" But the thing is, a lot of people dont care for or hate racism or bigotry (sometimes you'll think its not even racist or bigotry) and it will always bother them, so it's just kind of losing battle.

That's not just you. Everyone here killed that chick for that stuff.

I think some people see it as inexplicably tied to minstrel shows but people get offended by different stuff. I dont think there is clear line of "this is a reasonable thing to find offensive and this is not"

Wow, what a wonderful post.

The raised on the internet scared white people have absolutely taken over!!

@ RPB

I'm not on any mission other than to point out the absurdity of firing a guy because he dressed up like Flavor Flav when he was younger. That's a guy's livelihood. I have a feeling you wouldn't be so forgiving if it was your or a family member who was fired over something so trivial.

I know you're going to come back and tell me that you're against his being fired, but I don't really think you are. If you were, you would also be pointing out how stupid and childish we have become as a society over issues of race. The "vast majority" of posters didn't say the guy shouldn't have been fired. I can count at least three who agree with his being fired. RR specifically said in this thread that context doesn't matter, and yet not you or a single other person has taken any issue with that. Context doesn't matter. Context always matters.

I didn't say everyone was ignorant to black face. I said that some are, so there's a decent chance this guy was too. But I guess we could just assume that he did and that he has bad intentions and that he probably did this just to mock the African-American community. Very reasonable take.

People can choose to be offended by whatever they'd like, and oh boy, do they ever in this country... I'm certainly not trying to take away their right to be offended, but I'd also like them to maybe contextualize their outrage and realize that the person who did it may very well not be trying to do them any harm and shouldn't lose their job over something so silly. It's a terrible slippery-slope, and it could lead to people losing jobs over whatever anyone finds offensive. There is no doubt in my mind that if some had their way, people would begin losing their jobs for being Trump supporters. Hell, it's probably already happened.

Regardless, I think it's terrible that someone created a soy mult to mock you. Just awful.

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No, you definitely are. It's clear as day in all your posts since the Trump thing.

You get triggered out of your mind when anyone dares to take issue with any sort of bigotry.

And all im saying is you're going to continue to be disappointed.

There is never going to be a point where everyone thinks racism or bigotry is no big deal.



Except, Im not forgiving. I have a documented history on this board of being 100% against employers having any say over anything done in someone's free time.




Ok.




"Everyone should be exactly like me"


Factually incorrect.


No, you actually did. You said if we fired everyone for ignorance no one would have a job.



Majority of people here agree.


Actually appears as if it was made to vote in the tournament.

But really, the white people who are absolutely DYING to get in on the minority victim party are a sad bunch, imo. Im sorry if that offends you.

I'm the one who exaggerates? You take an innocuous incident like a guy dressing up like Flava Flav for Halloween and extrapolate that into me saying "racism or bigotry is no big deal"? Take a step back. Do you really think the guy in the photo, based on the photo alone, is a racist or a bigot? If so, how are you drawing that conclusion? Do you think anyone who ever dresses up like a famous black person is a racist?



OK, I'll take your word on that. I'll take it a step further and say that anyone who finds this offensive is just looking to be offended.



Ok.



No, I don't think that. If you think people shouldn't be fired, I'll take you at your word. And again, people can be offended by whatever they want. Based on what you have said, I think you think that the perceived "racism" in this photo is more egregious than the fact that the guy got fired. You can correct me if I'm wrong.



It's not. You said "vast majority" rather than just "majority." Vast majority isn't definable.



If everyone were fired for ignorance, no one would have a job. Correct. That doesn't mean I said everyone was ignorant to black face. I said everyone is ignorant of things, so if we just started firing people for inadvertently offensive things, no one would have a job. I'm sure you do inadvertently offensive things, too. Should you be fired?



Ok.



Mults can't vote.



You are redirecting and obfuscating. People who don't think this is offensive aren't all DYING to get in on the minority. They probably just think it's ridiculous that people have to walk on egg shells and think about every little thing they ever do lest it cost them their job 20 years in the future when a mob of idiotic, outraged limousine liberals decide that they aren't fit for employment because of something that was offensive to a few people who are very vocal.

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RPB has done an otherwise masterful job of pointing out your inconsistencies, irrational positions and general trolling mission on the board. As for what I said, note that I'm one of the two blacks who bother to post here with any regularity, imho, in large part because of guys like you. Then Ruffcorn chimes in at his unfortunately predictable time with his rant about his irritation over taboo language where black descriptions, insults or jokes are attempted by guys like you both and are met with scorn. It stands to reason that at some point the two of you would realize that some things don't fit in civil society and simply move on. Or that you both realize that you are completely unable to see things from anywhere but your embittered recent perspective. And are too arrogant to consider any position but your own.

As I originally and honestly posted before, and like with the majority of blacks, it bothers me. It bothers me when blacks do it themselves. I even brought up an example involving John Randle that you can't and won't ask about because in your current weird place the real world seems to end at the tip of your nose. You are incapable of even attempting to understand others that disagree with your modern right wing zealot troll position.

The entirety of your argument in this thread alone is nonsensical. Starting with the idiotic position that the guy isn't in blackface. You know what, this didn't bother me at first, but responding to you has irritated the shit out of me so I'll stop. And won't give a damn about a dumbass cop losing his job over stupid bullshit like this.

Fuck you, the bullshit horse you ride in on, and go whine like the pussy you've turned YourSelf into. There's a reason why I stood silent when you returned here looking for pity, care or concern. This kind of crap neatly encapsulates it.

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Fuck you. Your posts are incoherent, and the only reason no one mentions it is because they pity you.

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Go have a drink. No, go have a lot of drinks.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

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Only Reader gets to decide what goes on in "civil society'. Context and intent do not matter. So shut the fuck up and die. Classy.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

This is not good advice, leash.

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Never said anything about this guy being racist or bigoted.

The part about you was based on your posting history.



I dont know that this guy is racist at all. He could have done it in a racist mocking way or he could be doing it as a tribute. I dont think any of us know from looking at the picture.



Actually appears as if it was made to vote in the tournament.[/quote]

It's first post was a vote. Even though it wont count.


That is not what I was saying.

Saying the picture seems not offensive is fine.

I was referring to the scared white people who spend all day screaming CUCK and SOYBOI online. We have a few here and they are a sad group of people. I feel sorry for them. Not because they are victims, because they have been brainwashed into thinking THEY ARE victims and they now crave the very status they claim to hate.

Are those people claiming to be victims or are they just Internet trolls?

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Just a reminder since no one seems to care. Seems like this type of bigotry is fine with the police here.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

From the guy who went to battle over the freedom to call others ni@gger.

Take a bow, before you quit the board again because you don't feel secure.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

It’s not bigotry but it’s wrong to post without a doubt and imo worse than anything leash said to rr but they’ve been taking a lot of personal shots at each other for awhile. Not a lot to say as an outsider to it.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Wouldnt have called it bigotry, but it's out of line, for sure.

Like FF said though its inside this feud where there have been lots of over the line type stuff.

I've never said anything to RR that wasn't a direct shot at his posting.

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