Towards A Virtual Williamsburg! - Page 332

taxwonk · 11-22-2013, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Not Bob

To this Average White Guy, "benefiting from" is not as bad as "fanning the flames of." And in 2008, McCain to his credit did more than semi-stop it (though I could be Not Right). And I don't think Romney did any flame-fanning in 2012, did he?

W in the 2000 South Carolina primary against McCain is the most recent flame-fanning in a presidential campaign that I can think of.

I think standing by and passively "letting" racism help you is an oxymoron. If anything, it is worse than pure ignorance. It is turning one "other" into a tool to use to oppress the first "other."

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 11-22-2013, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by taxwonk

I agree. "He's not like the rest of them" is just as racist.

Did people really think he was "clean" as in not corrupted by Chicago politics? Penske would say that's impossible.

Flinty_McFlint · 11-22-2013, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I thought we kind of established that anyone who links the words, "articulate," and "clean," as some kind of compliment when referring to a black person is most likely an ignorant jackass.

TM

You're so well-spoken TM, I agree.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 11-22-2013, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

You're so well-spoken TM, I agree.

Imma drop me a bomb today. I be Prez-o-dent!

Tyrone Slothrop · 11-22-2013, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Yep, there are loads of racism deniers. I am alleged to be one.

By yourself, in fact.

ThurgreedMarshall · 11-22-2013, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by LessinSF

I have my McCain issues, but he did not stand al quiet-like here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=Xi6rIaVBacQ

I don't know why you're showing a clip from this year about Syria when I was specifically talking about his silence during the 2008 election. He stayed quiet while Palin and her (and his) lunatic supporters said the nastiest shit. He only spoke up, as far as I can remember, on that one occasion when that idiot woman called Obama a muslim on fucking stage in front of his face. That was so far into the campaign that his silence, combined with him allowing his agent (Palin) to stir racial shit up, had raised the racial bullshit to a disgusting level.

TM

ThurgreedMarshall · 11-22-2013, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I get that. Blow's just a dull writer, and that obvious point kind of proves it. Yep, there are loads of racism deniers. I am alleged to be one. The more interesting point is, do some of the people challenging the view that racism is the cause of all negative impacts felt by minorities have a point? Are some of them validated by facts or data or logical argument in noting what is knee-jerkedly always seen as racism might in fact, in many instances, be other factors at work?

Now you're being an asshole. You have intentionally skipped over a nuanced understanding of how people are affected by subconscious bias (in both fucking directions) because you think the author of the piece is boring or whatever in favor of some bullshit that doesn't exist. "The view that racism is the cause of all negative impacts felt by minorities." That is a load of bullshit, even for you. You know absolutely no one who thinks this. And the fact that you're acting like this is a position that needs to be challenged makes me think you're a moron or a dick who enjoys being intentionally obtuse.

Everything else in your post is masturbation.

TM

Hank Chinaski · 11-22-2013, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

You're so well-spoken TM, I agree.

I won't be around forever, so I've decided to train you. First lesson, your post would have been funnier if you quoted something else he said that didn't include the "faint praise." That would have referenced back to this post of his. See?

In a sense you whiffed on your own joke.

ThurgreedMarshall · 11-22-2013, 03:51 PM

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TM

Not Bob · 11-22-2013, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Everything else in your post is masturbation.

TM

Old skool or via those robots that Hank told us about?

*I'm bored with using lyrics from "Turning Japanese" in the re lines of posts discussing self love. Yes, I know Sebby's a dude, but "She Bop" is a great song.

Atticus Grinch · 11-22-2013, 04:26 PM

I learned today that soup sandwich comes from the phrase "as fucked up as a soup sandwich," which suddenly clarified the origin of that name, which never seemed interesting before. Is this a regionalism? It sounds like an Army thing. Whatever. I love it.

In related news, I live in a daily fear that I will someday mention "Thurgreed Marshall" (the Supreme Court justice) in an IRL conversation and will have some very weird asplaining to do.

Replaced_Texan · 11-22-2013, 04:57 PM

You know, bullying is a little more than "stick and stones." Fuck these guys.

Adder · 11-22-2013, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

You know, I bullying is a little more than "stick and stones." Fuck these guys.

But hey, gave me a lot more respect for Anonymous.

And, of course, Ms. Laws.

Replaced_Texan · 11-22-2013, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Adder

But hey, gave me a lot more respect for Anonymous.

And, of course, Ms. Laws.

She's amazing. I'm glad that there are people like her in the world.

Hank Chinaski · 11-22-2013, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

She's amazing. I'm glad that there are people like her in the world.

2. And she is a great writer- lesson, this line: "One shot revealed her left breast." Helps you see the rest of the story and the horror 100% better than "One shot revealed a breast." Detail detail detail.

I had no idea people were hacking random people's phones.