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Deuce posted:It would be like firing Homer Simpson, I guess. More like firing Grandpa Simpson.
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Somehow it still amazes me just how much whoever's behind LL101 just completely and utterly despises the entire concept of "context." Like the Duck Dynasty said a whole hell of a lot more than "homosexuality is a sin," and generally made himself look like a small-minded idiot. I'd also like to know what Hollywood studio has actually started avoiding whitewashing in their casting. People complain about it, but by and large movies are still the Twenty-Something White Guy Show 24/7. I'm not going to bother looking up Megyn Kelly's ratings, but I'm betting her show, like all of cable news, is getting its rear end kicked by broadcast news, much less entertainment programming. And the thing about Obama's Blackberry is not even out of context, it's just wrong because he didn't "choose" it. He'd have an iPhone if he could get away with it, but Apple failed him as a customer by not providing a smartphone with good enough security.
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Sir Rolo posted:Christmas time! And this Christmas everyone gets A true Return to Form for LL101 - I'm kind of disappointed that everyone, even liberals, is forgetting what IMO is the real kernel of insanity of the whole controversy, the assertion that Jesus was a white man.
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Regalingualius posted:Literally "tolerate my intolerance!" They have the entire next season in the can, waiting to air, and he's going to be in the vast majority of episodes. When they start filming the next season we'll know if he's truly out or not.
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Ahh, so there's still a fairly good chance he'll be earning royalties and whatnot for at least another year, assuming A&E decides to go ahead with airing said next season, but that'll be it for him if this doesn't blow over by the time it's done with?
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Regalingualius posted:Ahh, so there's still a fairly good chance he'll be earning royalties and whatnot for at least another year, assuming A&E decides to go ahead with airing said next season, but that'll be it for him if this doesn't blow over by the time it's done with? They were all rich before the show began. He's not being hurt by this economically.
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Regalingualius posted:Ahh, so there's still a fairly good chance he'll be earning royalties and whatnot for at least another year, assuming A&E decides to go ahead with airing said next season, but that'll be it for him if this doesn't blow over by the time it's done with? We have no idea what his contract is regarding royalties, what he gets or whether it's tied to his screen time, so who knows. But his suspension is "indefinite" so it could be over tomorrow or ten years from now, depending on what A&E decides. My guess is they'll wait until the story dies, end the suspension without fanfare, and keep going. What will eventually kill the show will be increasing pay raise demands from the family, coupled with decreased interest when they get replaced in the ratings by the next oddball reality show family.
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This was posted by an old High School friend. 
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MadcapLaughs posted:This was posted by an old High School friend. I haven't seen the breakdown on who voted for that cut. But I bet your buddy will get real mad if you post it for him.
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MadcapLaughs posted:This was posted by an old High School friend. Oh gosh, if only there were a political party that wants to reverse the spending cuts and stop that mean ol'Obama's Obamaquester... oh well 
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Sir Rolo posted:
I just love that they are so mis/un-informed that they spelled Megyn Kelly's name wrong, twice.
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The only people still watching TV are fox viewers, anyway. They probably gloat about AM radio ratings, too.
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My dad commented on this picture on Facebook, but it was posted with a story about how the man in white is a Christian missionary who came home one day to find his family slaughtered by Muslims to discourage him from spreading his message. In the story, the man bravely said he would continue his work, so on and so forth, with all the comments obviously sarcastically going "religion of peace, huh?" Fortunately my dad's contribution was just a small prayer for the dead, but it was upsetting to see these kids' deaths being used politically to engender ill will towards Muslims as some kind of violent silencing entity when really those kids were just victims of Al-Assad's reckless disregard for human life. The thought that people are willing to attach incorrect context to an image to push their agenda is pretty disgusting, especially when it's done in the name of intolerance.  some gore http://www.demotix.com/news/1454013/syrian-children-amongst-those-killed-new-airstikes-idlib#media-1453995
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Interlude posted:I spent some time in Monroe and it was racist as gently caress. There are quite literally train tracks dividing the white and black sections of the town. After dinner the night I left, the mother of the family I was staying with read to us from a book of old Sambo stories, complete with fake jive accent. But to say black people would be attacked on sight is a stretch. I remember in the nineties, which yeah was twenty years ago I was jumped by a bunch a white dudes, as a white dude, because they saw me talking to a black dude. Seriously. The last words I heard before I was fighting some red neck fucks was "friend of the family lover". It was quite a shock. I have relatives who to this very day keep an armed weapon by the door in case they see any of "those types" walking down the street. The place is, and I'm not exaggerating a benighted poo poo-hole.
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Hearing stories like that makes me glad that I live in a neighborhood with a lot of black, white and Hispanic families. I don't want any of "those types" moving in. By "those types" I mean bigots.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Hearing stories like that makes me glad that I live in a neighborhood with a lot of black, white and Hispanic families. I don't want any of "those types" moving in. I actually picked my house location in part because several of the other high schools in the district are 95+% white but the one I'm in now is only about 75%. I really don't want any potential child of mine to grow up in such a skewed environment that they would mistake the world for being so homogenous as that.
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VitalSigns posted:
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what race is she wishing death on?
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pillsburysoldier posted:what race is she wishing death on? Ists.
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Oprah said of racism, "there are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die." This equates to wishing an entire race to die to a certain breed of people.
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That is a very unfortunate way to end the sentence. I assume the context was "...and they just have to die so we can move on"?
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MisterBadIdea posted:Oprah said of racism, "there are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die." This equates to wishing an entire race to die to a certain breed of people. So really, any and all defense of bigotry boils down to "WAAAAAAH! YOU'RE NOT TOLERATING MY INTOLERANCE  "
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As far as I know she has never won the Nobel or Noble Prize? And I'm pretty sure the reason the network she's on doesn't care what she says is that it's called the Oprah Winfrey Network.
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Sir Rolo posted:Christmas time! And this Christmas everyone gets A true Return to Form for LL101 - It's nice how they assume that European = white. Besides, isn't the closest thing to a historical inspiraton for Santa Claus Saint Nicholas? As in, Saint Nicholas of Myra, born in what would be modern-day Turkey?
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Perestroika posted:It's nice how they assume that European = white. Besides, isn't the closest thing to a historical inspiraton for Santa Claus Saint Nicholas? As in, Saint Nicholas of Myra, born in what would be modern-day Turkey? Yes. And according to a a forensic anthropologist's reconstruction of his bones in 2005 he most likely looked like this:  See: http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/real-face/ Shalebridge Cradle fucked around with this message at 11:22 on Dec 22, 2013 |
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Shalebridge Cradle posted:Yes. And according to a a forensic anthropologist's reconstruction of his bones in 2005 he most likely looked like this: He sure does look jolly.
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Shalebridge Cradle posted:Yes. And according to a a forensic anthropologist's reconstruction of his bones in 2005 he most likely looked like this: I think I just killed that dude in Skyrim!
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Perestroika posted:It's nice how they assume that European = white. Besides, isn't the closest thing to a historical inspiraton for Santa Claus Saint Nicholas? As in, Saint Nicholas of Myra, born in what would be modern-day Turkey?
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VideoTapir posted:He sure does look jolly. Sadly skeletal anthropology has no metric for Jollyness, I personally think they underplayed it. Also they forgot his hat.
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Soonmot posted:I think I just killed that dude in Skyrim!
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THE GAYEST APPAREL posted:As far as I know she has never won the Nobel or Noble Prize? And I'm pretty sure the reason the network she's on doesn't care what she says is that it's called the Oprah Winfrey Network. When this was pointed out, my friend said she won the "Presidential Medal of Freedom", America's highest civilian honor. So yeah, the thing you get when the President likes your music or something.
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VideoTapir posted:He sure does look jolly. Remember that he punched out Arius at the Council of Nicea for heresy.
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VitalSigns posted:When this was pointed out, my friend said she won the "Presidential Medal of Freedom", America's highest civilian honor. Obama was clearly just celebrating the glorious free market by rewarding one of, if not THE, most successful businesswoman of all time.
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But she was only successful because of affirmative action. By all rights that Noble Prize belongs to a white woman.
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ShortStack posted:But she was only successful because of affirmative action. By all rights that Noble Prize belongs to a rich old white man. Fixed!
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ShortStack posted:But she was only successful because of affirmative action. By all rights that Noble Prize belongs to a white woman. He also gave it to Loretta Lynn, who has been outspoken in her support of him. But according to the rednecks on fb, 'you can tell Loretta, is trying to keep from vomiting,' when Obama kisses her cheek, as he presents her with the medal.
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Saw this pop-up on my feed: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/erskineville-couple-make-asylumseeker-statement-with-christmas-island-lights-display-20131213-2zd63.html Here's a pic of the crazy:  Has Australia always been like this or is this a recent phenomenon? Fake Edit: just caught the update at the bottom saying they won the Christmas light competition in their neighbourhood 
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