ExiledInIllinois Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Think about how a person reacts to being in a perceived "powerless" situation? Like when a driver gets cut-off on the road... What do most do?... Most react to: How the other person looks. This may make them feel some sort of control in the situation. How the other person looks leads one down the name-calling route in regards to: Sex Race Color and even Religion (depending on how the person appears). Just food for thought this T-Day, now back to turkey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 One way of not getting called a racist is to not scream "motherf--king N-----" over and over again to insult a black man from the stage. One way of not getting called a racist is to not use lynching to insult a black man from a stage. One way of not getting called a racist is to verbally attack the heckler, not his race. Seems pretty simple to me. Wanna know why that word would never come out of my mouth, even when in a rage of anger? Because I'm not a racist pig. Just because he lost control on stage does not excuse the fact that his response was to attack the heckler's race. A person who is not a racist scumbag would never do that, no matter what their state of mind. 845476[/snapback] You will get everybody with this... Now where does the "healing" begin? I really don't know about that (above)?... You just can't put a hard and fast rule on this... Sounds pretty good on paper though Johnny... How do you explain people with say Turrets?... Do you blame it on the disease?... Of course you do? What happens if that person (inflicted) lived in a "vacuum?"... It has got to start somewhere and CULTURALLY be in the back on ones' mind... No matter how hard you surpress it... You sound pretty self-righteous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 Can only white people call another white person 'crackers' ? I don't know, good question, it is a double standard. 846461[/snapback] Until last week, if someone would have called me a "cracker", I would have never thought it was a racial insult... come to think of it I still don't. Even if someone calls me a wop, i don't. People are too !@#$ing sensitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Until last week, if someone would have called me a "cracker", I would have never thought it was a racial insult... come to think of it I still don't. Even if someone calls me a wop, i don't. People are too !@#$ing sensitive. I think when "strange fruit" hangs from the trees in the deep south just under 70 years ago... People have a right to be "too" sensitive. Maybe you or I have never had family members lynched... Yet, I think there are still family members of Emmett Till around?... Again, they have a right to be as sensitive as they want... When recent history decides if you live or die... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Think about how a person reacts to being in a perceived "powerless" situation? Like when a driver gets cut-off on the road... What do most do?... Most react to: How the other person looks. This may make them feel some sort of control in the situation. How the other person looks leads one down the name-calling route in regards to: Sex Race Color and even Religion (depending on how the person appears). Just food for thought this T-Day, now back to turkey... 846468[/snapback] I just call them all F'n a-holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LevysEraII Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 A white man says it, its called being racist, a black man says it, they are called Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, etc. Not excusing what he did, but the guy has had mental problems recently. After his last failed tv show, he had a huge mental breakdown. He does have some problems. I actually find it comforting that he didn't immediately check himself into rehab right after doing it like most celbrities would do, atleast he is willing to come out and take the blame for it. Without knowing exactly what was said by the hecklers (They claim that one of them just said that his friend didn't think he was funny) to him. They only have the video footage of him going off on the hecklers. 845715[/snapback] In no way can Dave Chappelle be compared to Michael Richards. DC's comedy is just that, comedy. Good natured and funny. He even picks on his own race. MR was spiteful in his tirade. Pure racism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Can only white people call another white person 'crackers' ? I don't know, good question, it is a double standard.846461[/snapback] When did white people start calling each other 'cracker'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 From the Double Standards Department: Kanye West "If it wasn't for race mixing there'd be no video girls. Me and most of our friends like mutts a lot. Yeah, in the hood we call 'em mutts!" I can't even imagine what would happen if a white celebrity called mixed-race people "mutts." (BTW, when the hell did Kanye West find his way into the hood? That douche bag is from the suburbs.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 I heard Michael Richards is going on Jesse Jackson's radio show tomorrow to apologize to all blacks. Will Jesse finally apologize to all Jews for his "Hymietown "comment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 NSFW!!!! - New Geico Commercial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Now apparently the "victims" have hired a lawyer and expect compensation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartshan-83 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Now apparently the "victims" have hired a lawyer and expect compensation. 850511[/snapback] I think more like Gloria Allred hired them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Now apparently the "victims" have hired a lawyer and expect compensation. 850511[/snapback] We already knew this 6 days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 We already knew this 6 days ago. 851133[/snapback] You'll have to forgive me. I don't watch the news and only occasionally listen to it. I didn't read the rest of this thread after the last time I posted in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Now apparently the "victims" have hired a lawyer and expect compensation. 850511[/snapback] How were they harmed? Also I heard the Laugh Factory was going to ban the word !@#$. WTF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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