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Quorum posted:Radical idea: mandatory drug testing only for Congress. Lawmaking is such a serious business we can't permit it to be tainted by drugs of any sort. The latter is unironically the reason given to me when I got a job testing court software.
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Jurgan posted:1: So the only problem is that protesters today don't wear suits? So if they were wearing suits, you'd agree with all their grievances? To be fair appropriating the clothes of the upper class was a good idea of the civil rights movement. The spokespeople were very careful about cultivating a "proper" American accent as well. I think modern activism has been harmed by the echo-chamber effect just as all of us have and no longer is aware of or feels the need to adopt these sorts of tactics in getting their message across. I guess the modern response is "we shouldn't need to do that and if people don't listen because of this they're racist" but, welp. Tactics are tactics.
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Jul 11, 2016 04:23
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Arglebargle III posted:To be fair appropriating the clothes of the upper class was a good idea of the civil rights movement. The spokespeople were very careful about cultivating a "proper" American accent as well. I think modern activism has been harmed by the echo-chamber effect just as all of us have and no longer is aware of or feels the need to adopt these sorts of tactics in getting their message across. I guess the modern response is "we shouldn't need to do that and if people don't listen because of this they're racist" but, welp. Tactics are tactics. They just need to accessorize more. Like these fine fellows. 
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He just keeps goingquote:I'm curious how you intend to deal with things like "white flight". quote:As for racist bingo: As I said, it's bullshit. quote:Also, regarding "white fragility":
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Jul 11, 2016 04:43
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I unblocked one because he had some cool PNW hike photos immediately regretted it. He's making fun of the civilian that was shot in Dallas.Her name and her children's names, which one can assume are black names, are apparently hilarious and doom them to be "winners" in society. I gave him a wealth of poo poo and posted a photo of that dumb pregnant broad with the chalkboard of white-people name choices. She eventually settled on Layknn. I'm not going anywhere near my other computer that's logged onto fb for awhile after that.
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Jul 11, 2016 04:46
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gradenko_2000 posted:"A person is racist or they are not." Bold pronouncement from someone who doesn't even understand the joke of a loving custom bingo board
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Jul 11, 2016 05:27
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Your av is starting to convince me that kittens are an evil omen. 
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Jul 11, 2016 05:59
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"Just because I say racist things and have racist opinions doesn't mean I'm a racist!"
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Jul 11, 2016 06:03
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Defenestration posted:
Whenever the proletariat tries to escape from the pit, some bourgeoisie rear end in a top hat undermines them, AGC.
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Jul 11, 2016 06:11
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Capitalism for dummies: the richest one buys the ladder, rises from the pit and pulls the ladder up with him.
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Jul 11, 2016 07:21
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Nenonen posted:Capitalism for dummies: the richest one buys the ladder, rises from the pit and pulls the ladder up with him. Carlin had the right idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4w7H48tBS8
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Jul 11, 2016 11:33
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I love this one, because the picture on the bottom-left is literally just people standing around "looking scary."
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Jul 11, 2016 17:34
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Grimdude posted:I love this one, because the picture on the bottom-left is literally just people standing around "looking scary." One of the differences is that people apparently no longer wear overalls with their suits. Edit - since it seems wrong to joke about anyone from the Selma march. That's James Forman. From his obituary in the LA Times: "Forman was also physically imposing. He had a large build and wore overalls over a white shirt, the uniform of the working man in the South, though he was a Northerner by birth." There's load of photos of him wearing overalls. Throwing a suit over it is pretty bad rear end. Tony Phillips fucked around with this message at 17:53 on Jul 11, 2016 |
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Jul 11, 2016 17:47
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Grimdude posted:I love this one, because the picture on the bottom-left is literally just people standing around "looking scary." Need to replace the top one with a picture showing someone like Sharpton or Wright leading a march and see how long it takes nutjobs after they've already shared it, to catch on and watch their heads explode.
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Jul 11, 2016 17:47
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the_steve posted:"Just because I say racist things and have racist opinions doesn't mean I'm a racist!" Let's play "Spot the Real Racist". (Hint: it's you!)
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Jul 11, 2016 18:47
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:I saw that "meeting some cops in a convenience store" message and while it is probably STDH.txt, it is not meant to diminish any group so I will accept that readily as a happy moment. I just can never get over the "This one black person had a good experience with a cop=saintly fount of wisdom and negro wisdom vs these black people disagree with me=thugs and gang bangers what do they know about race they're racist??" bullshit like this is just an excuse to not care. They can no longer just say "Another friend of the family got shot, who cares?" now they have to draw and redraw imaginary lines to say the same thing "Another AFRICAN AMERICAN got shot, but look at his Facebook photo/criminal history/ disrespectful attitude/ other black person who wasn't killed/white person who was killed/ARE TROOPS/ARE COPS/missing information/literally anything real or imagined that allows me to say 'who cares' while still maintaining the illusion to myself and others that I'm a good person." This is all they are saying "I don't care about this but I'm still a good person." So yeah, it does diminish a group: African American victims because hey, if this one black person can get along with cops why can't they all? She really dindo nuffin so they kid who was shot MUST have been doing something to force the cop to shoot him.
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Jul 11, 2016 18:49
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random white dude posted:*** OKAY...ENOUGH PROTESTING. HERE'S AN IDEA: GO TO WORK. IF YOU ARE UNEMPLOYED, LOOK FOR A JOB. DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE. BETTER YOURSELF. IT CAN ONLY HELP.  The delicious tears of privilege
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Jul 11, 2016 19:10
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VorpalBunny posted:
I love that argument. Follow up with "So you think anyone who really wants one, can get a job?" They have to say yes at that point. Finish it with, "Wow, Obama really did do a great job with the economy, huh?"
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Jul 11, 2016 19:17
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Invariably when they do find a job at something like McDonalds they are called shiftless and have no drive or effort. Job != livable wage.
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Jul 11, 2016 20:57
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Didn't whitey vehemently condemn MLK over the violent protests of the civil rights movement? I seem to even remember editorial cartoons to that effect. Anyone have links?
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Jul 11, 2016 21:20
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 Spoiler alert: it's because they used the phrase "Black Lives Matter" in a Facebook post. loving VILE, let me tell you.
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Jul 11, 2016 21:21
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Deuce posted:Didn't whitey vehemently condemn MLK over the violent protests of the civil rights movement? I seem to even remember editorial cartoons to that effect. Anyone have links? No, he was an avatar of peace and humility who only wanted everyone to be treated equally. That's why people who think both sides of an issue have a point know what he'd want best. Edit: Not what you're really looking for, but something that's even more damming than what you asked for: 
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Jul 11, 2016 21:29
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Cross posting from the Onion thread: Devastating: This Guy Knows Exactly How Black People Should Act Around Police Officers, But He Has No Black Friends To Tell About It
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Jul 11, 2016 21:46
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The thing that makes me really angry with MLK being used by white conservatives justifying their racism is that if he was still alive today they'd hate him as much as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
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Jul 11, 2016 22:23
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The people flipping out about Hillary getting no charges from the FBI are the same types that use cops not getting indicted by grand juries as reasons the system works and black people aren't killed without due process.
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Jul 11, 2016 22:37
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Jul 11, 2016 22:50
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Pantsuit posted:The thing that makes me really angry with MLK being used by white conservatives justifying their racism is that if he was still alive today they'd hate him as much as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. 
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Jul 11, 2016 22:55
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One of the problems with "if MLK Jr was alive today he'd totally hate these protesters ..." is that he isn't alive because he was killed by a white supremacist that had worked on George Wallace's campaign after receiving tons of death threats. He'd probably be dead now of natural causes if he wasn't being born in the 20's but people have been saying that for years without any sense of shame that he was assassinated for talking about equal rights as if back in the day all white people were totally cool with civil rights.
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Jul 11, 2016 23:58
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I mean he technically didn't do that at all.
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Jul 12, 2016 02:50
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Vargatron posted:Let's play "Spot the Real Racist". (Hint: it's you!) What? Preposterous! I once held a door open for a minority, that proves I'm not a racist!
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Jul 12, 2016 03:27
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Shared by a really terrible person I used to work with. I hated her when I worked with her and I thought I'd see what she was up to and thought that maybe I was too harsh to her. Nope. 
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FIRST TIME posted:Shared by a really terrible person I used to work with. That's just depressing. 
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There's not even a loving joke in there anywhere. Jesus Christ, this is why I hate so many of the people I interact with on a daily basis. I laugh at tribute.wmv, Key and Peele is funny as poo poo, Zack Parsons telling that woman that her poison womb is making heaven too loving crowded is hilarious. There are actual jokes being made there. Just being edgy and rude in and of itself isn't humor. Edmund Sparkler fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Jul 12, 2016 |
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Jul 12, 2016 04:42
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Radish posted:One of the problems with "if MLK Jr was alive today he'd totally hate these protesters ..." is that he isn't alive because he was killed by a white supremacist that had worked on George Wallace's campaign after receiving tons of death threats. He'd probably be dead now of natural causes if he wasn't being born in the 20's but people have been saying that for years without any sense of shame that he was assassinated for talking about equal rights as if back in the day all white people were totally cool with civil rights. darthbob88 fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Oct 18, 2016 |
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Jul 12, 2016 04:47
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i dunno if he was supportive of violent riots so much as if he was saying that he empathized with those rioting and stating on whom the onus for ending them lay
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Jul 12, 2016 04:55
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Tim's going to be at the conventions, really hope he does some bits in character as Decker.
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FIRST TIME posted:There's not even a loving joke in there anywhere. The joke is that the Grandmother thinks that Alzheimer is a name.
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Jul 12, 2016 05:45
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:The joke is that the Grandmother thinks that Alzheimer is a name. Yeah but it's so weak. It's like that episode of 3rd Rock From the Sun where John Lithgow tries stand up and his jokes are like "The game warden told me that I was over the limit for the day. I told him I only caught three... TWENTY three. Like yeah, that technically makes sense as a joke but it's so bad and obvious. You can make a joke about pretty much anything but if it's racist or sexist or about any other controversial topic, it better be really clever.
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That joke would totally work in German and plenty of other languages. Not English but whatever.
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