Let's start our own movement! Raciphobia can be a thing really quickly. All it would take is a few Tumblr posts and a tweet or two.
posted by jmogI am sorry, but just because someone is easily offended by something that is NOT racist...
A lot of people consider putting on black face to be racist, and it's frankly hard to argue otherwise. Even if your intent is not to be racist, it doesn't make it any less offensive.
It's common courtesy. You don't have to do it, and you know it's going to offend people and you do it anyway. That's a complete jerk move.
posted by jmogSo if someone is really good at makeup and can make a kids face look just like Black Panther in the whole suit, since the suit is mostly black, this would be racist?
you have to see how dumb that is.
Now, walking around in black face just to make fun of black people would obviously be racist, but doing it to dress like a superhero on Halloween is not racist, no matter how you do it (mask or makeup), and anyone that suggests otherwise is quite frankly a moron.
You still don't get it.
If you paint the black panther mask on a face, that's not blackface. That is a painting of the mask on the face. It's a painting of the panther, not black face, so its fine.
Again, it's not hard folks. Common sense. Don't paint a black face of a person on a white face. Simple.
Hey guise, ptown and fab want you to know they aren't racist. Hope this helps.
posted by like_thatHey guise, ptown and fab want you to know they aren't racist. Hope this helps.
It does, thanks man.
posted by ptown_trojans_1You still don't get it.
If you paint the black panther mask on a face, that's not blackface. That is a painting of the mask on the face. It's a painting of the panther, not black face, so its fine.
Again, it's not hard folks. Common sense. Don't paint a black face of a person on a white face. Simple.
This is actually what I am arguing but so many people want to say that painting on a black panther mask is the same as the historical black face and therefore racist.
Those people are plain stupid.
posted by jmogThis is actually what I am arguing but so many people want to say that painting on a black panther mask is the same as the historical black face and therefore racist.
Those people are plain stupid.
then there is this guy
posted by geeblockthen there is this guy
Yikes. What a maroon.
Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto was just on tv preaching how his idea and "sensible" people know that guns aren't needed. Not verbatim but that was the jist of it. It's exactly that kind of attitude that pushes people away. That the only sensible people are people that don't need or want guns.
If people wanted zealoutry Jerry Falwell would have been president many years ago. The regressives in this country do not or cannot understand this. Voters are now actively and figuratively backhanding democrats in the mouth at voting booths and they still persist in talking down to people. What a joke.
posted by CenterBHSFanPittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto was just on tv preaching how his idea and "sensible" people know that guns aren't needed. Not verbatim but that was the jist of it. It's exactly that kind of attitude that pushes people away. That the only sensible people are people that don't need or want guns.
If people wanted zealoutry Jerry Falwell would have been president many years ago. The regressives in this country do not or cannot understand this. Voters are now actively and figuratively backhanding democrats in the mouth at voting booths and they still persist in talking down to people. What a joke.
I'm OK with a nation without guns. But I get to go last.
posted by geeblockthen there is this guy
Moron
posted by queencitybuckeyeI'm OK with a nation without guns. But I get to go last.
I only go last after the government gives up their's as well.
posted by queencitybuckeyeI'm OK with a nation without guns. But I get to go last.
I'm okay with a nation without guns because each individual doesn't want a gun.
But if it's the rule, and someone else breaks the rule, I'd rather not be held to a law that puts me at a disadvantage in defending my own home.
posted by O-TrapI'm okay with a nation without guns because each individual doesn't want a gun.
But if it's the rule, and someone else breaks the rule, I'd rather not be held to a law that puts me at a disadvantage in defending my own home.
Actually I'm not OK without guns (as much because I enjoy them as anything more practical), I was just showing one fallacy of many in the logic of the grabbers. One they are unlikely or unwilling to understand.
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The rise of the far-right is tied to outlets like Fox News mainstreaming ludicrous ideas and hammering them home relentlessly. The counter to that is mealy-mouthed neutrality humping CNN and corporate dem defense squad MSNBC. Rigged game. Left needs a much bigger megaphone.
I thought this was a pretty interesting thing to say, considering that democratic media flatly outnumbers conservative media (newspapers, internet, radio, tv). Regardless of which part of the political spectrum you are on, how can you not know this? If you go by ratings, you'd have a point. But this person isn't going by ratings, he's going on the premise that apparently the left's messaging isn't being heard by enough people.
Maybe, just maybe, the messaging is why they're losing the audience? Not sure, I don't know, just a wild guess?
Lol CNN had a lady on today that said “Trump has radicalized more people than ISIS.” And Tapper just day there and shook his head. The media might not be the enemy of the people, but they sure aren’t a friend of the people.
Also, good guy with a gun.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/alabama-mcdonalds-gunman-killed-by-armed-dad-who-is-injured-in-shootout
Every talking head on CNN gets to say the most radical stuff and get away with it
posted by SpockEvery talking head on CNN gets to say the most radical stuff and get away with it
Yeah, but so does the President, so ...
posted by justincredible
There's really no place to even start in on this.
posted by O-TrapYeah, but so does the President, so ...
Yep, crazy stuff like “if you have no borders, you have no country” etc…
posted by QuakerOats
Yep, crazy stuff like “if you have no borders, you have no country” etc…
Yes, that's certainly the worst thing Trump has ever said.
posted by justincredibleYes, that's certainly the worst thing Trump has ever said.
Certainly worse than "I'm going to take a pen and mark out portions of the Constitution I don't like".
posted by queencitybuckeyeCertainly worse than "I'm going to take a pen and mark out portions of the Constitution I don't like".
Or that they were going to get Mexico to pay for a wall.
Well, people call out CNN all the time, including liberals and "lefties". These same people will call out Trump, including never Trumpers. Both sides call out each other so I don't think anybody is exactly getting away with it. And in some ways, each media and a president have equal powers of persuasion. So I think this is really a wash.