The New And Improved Fashion Board

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Spanky
What the hell else did you think we were we arguing about? What else was there to argue about?

(Why did you bring up all those facts about four hundred years of racism and structural discrimination if you were not using those facts as a justification for African American's to be able to make racist comments about non African Americans?)

(Why did the Michael Richards episode cause this argument if you were not defending an African Americans right to make similar comments to non-blacks.)

I think he was talking about the degree of wrong more than a "right."

What would be the equivalent thing a black man could say? I don't think there is one, which sort of makes your hypo (or his hypo) a bit ivory tower for your practical arguing style. Maybe let this one die.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
We're not friends?

I told you. I just changed "ABBA" to "nononono" when I told the story. For discretion's sake.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I told you. I just changed "ABBA" to "nononono" when I told the story. For discretion's sake.

Abba has a penis? or was that artistic license?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Spanky
What the hell else did you think we were we arguing about? What else was there to argue about?

(Why did you bring up all those facts about four hundred years of racism and structural discrimination if you were not using those facts as a justification for African American's to be able to make racist comments about non African Americans?)

(Why did the Michael Richards episode cause this argument if you were not defending an African Americans right to make similar comments to non-blacks.)

Can you give examples of these racist statements that African Americans make?

What slurs does TM so desperately want to scream at you?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Abba has a penis? or was that artistic license?

More like changing little details for discretion's sake.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Did he really say "banged"? I'm curious.

Yes. Banged. I* felt cherished. But I am popular among his friends, few of whom can read. I am surprised Mr. Banged made it past the rigorous qualifications** I insisted upon at the time.

*I am much younger than 33 now, of course. And pickier.

**I wish I could recall them but I think it had something to do with being present and hot, which sometimes is a lot to ask.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Yes. Banged. I* felt cherished. But I am popular among his friends, few of whom can read. I am surprised Mr. Banged made it past the rigorous qualifications** I insisted upon at the time.

*I am much younger than 33 now, of course. And pickier.

**I wish I could recall them but I think it had something to do with being present and hot, which sometimes is a lot to ask.

I think it sounds kind of cute/funny. But I am (in some ways, and at some times) easily amused.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Can you give examples of these racist statements that African Americans make?

What slurs does TM so desperately want to scream at you?

spanky is a honky.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I think he is on a break from the boards. An unannounced one. But to me, breaks from the board are different from breaks from a person.

I don't think he qualified for Boston. That's why he's avoiding the FB.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I think it sounds kind of cute/funny. But I am (in some ways, and at some times) easily amused.

Yeah, it is pretty special to be known as "Andrew's chick who squirts." Really. His friends always offer me opium also. Must be a generational thing? Anyway, now I am into rehabilitated druggies, not current druggies with limited vocabularies.

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
spanky is a honky.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Who? Why don't you refer to them by name.

You, Shape Shifter, and Taxwonk.

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
No you haven't. You haven't responded to most of TM's points. Go back and try again.

If you notice, on my posts I respond specifically to every point. I go out of my way to make my response right after every point, that is why my posts are always interrupted by quotes from the person I am addressing. Yet TM often just makes a generalized comment below my entire post incorrectly summarizing what I said. I don't have to summarize what he says (at least if it is from a recent post), because I address his quotes directly. Yet you are saying I am not responding to him but he is responding to me?

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I don't think so. Perhaps we can get Ty or Burger to go through point and point and highlight the places you've gone off on tangents.

This is so ripe. TM keeps accusing me of being obsessively focused on one issue and then at the same time going off on tangents. Which is it? How can I be ridiculously focused on one issue and then taking the argument out on tangents?

This whole thing started because I objected to his statement that because Caucasians had all the power and black people did not that that gave black people a license to make racist comments about white people. That is the only thing I objected to, and as TM said, I was obsessively focused on that one issue. As far as I was concerned that was the only issue. Any discussion I was having was concerning that issue or directly related to that issue. Somehow, in his mind, he thought we were debating many other things.

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I don't believe this. Show me another exchange where you let it drop without trying to drag it out through the whole day. ( Or, just look below. )

After we get into a disucssion I only respond to posts. In fact I always quote what the other person said (unless I am talking about something that was said a few posts back because then I am too lazy to go that far back). If I have nothing to quote, I have nothing to post. You look at all my prior exchanges you will see that they are structured that way. I always let people speak for themsevles and quote them As I said, you stop posting I will. If you are willing to let me have the last word the discussion stops. However, you guys are never willing to let me have the last word, so the posting continues.


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[dtb]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Yeah, it is pretty special to be known as "Andrew's chick who squirts." Really. His friends always offer me opium also. Must be a generational thing? Anyway, now I am into rehabilitated druggies, not current druggies with limited vocabularies.

What's your feeling on current druggies with adequate-to-decent vocabularies?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
spanky is a honky.

Oh boy. ncs is not going to like this.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Can you give examples of these racist statements that African Americans make?

What slurs does TM so desperately want to scream at you?

Wouldn't you agree that there are many African American leaders that feel entitled to make anti-semitic remarks?