Thought we should have a thread that's a catch-all for any and all conversations that start like this, since we seem to have like five or six threads for it.
I'll go first:
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 20 September 2010 19:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
I dunno if its racist but its certainly unlistenable crap
― Dr. Lol Evans (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh dude, I always wonder about this one: "White Girl" by X. what the fuck is up with that? Has John Doe ever addressed it?
― kkvgz, Monday, 20 September 2010 19:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
also, this thread is not just for songs, but commercials, movies, tv shows, jpegs, assorted anything.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 20 September 2010 19:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh word, noticed this is on I Love Everything.
― kkvgz, Monday, 20 September 2010 19:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah I mean where the fuck is I Love Racism already
― cambyrdsclosetvacuumsounds4fun (acoleuthic), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
what do you think is racist about this song...?
― Dr. Lol Evans (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
Why's he talking about white girls?
― kkvgz, Monday, 20 September 2010 19:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
for reference:
She's blonde,She's blonde,Comes along the sidewalk.
She's Blonde,Leave a trail of blue and black,Up to you fighting back.
She's Blonde,Steel chains,A noose of charms on our necks.
I find out nothing when we talk and sit,Blue heart passion and watch the set.
Easy to fall, when part of your skull starts to break away,Cheaters walk, down the block behind this evil street.
She's a white girl well I'm living with a white girl,She's a white girl well I'm living with a white girl-
Nineteen,Nineteen.. losing her man to an old girl.
Nineteen,Drain every beer left over at home,and listen to ghosts in the other room.
I Can't!Why not? You're alone inside his keeping.
Oh I'll replace your drunk old man,Sit in the parking lot and hold your hand.
Easy to fall, when part of your skull starts to break away...Drugged and in love out at a club pulling me outside.
She's a white girl, well I'm living with a white girl,She's a white girl, well I'm living with a white girl-
Easy to fall, when part of your skull starts to break away...drugged and in love out at a club pulling me outside.
She's a white girl well I'm living with a white girl,She's a white girl well I'm living with a white girl
having just finished re-reading We Got the Neutron Bomb my guess is this song is about the young lady that Exene moved out to California with, who was by all accounts something of a bitch who would pull white-supremacist provacateur type stuff to get a rise out of people.
― Dr. Lol Evans (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
blanking on her name at the moment.
― Dr. Lol Evans (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
Not racist. Someone else could make the argument for exploitative, but it's a stretch to say that the Kings of Leon have any hatred or intolerance toward black people.
Now apologize for making me watch a Kings of Leon video for two minutes.
― http://tinyurl.com/vrrr0000m (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I guess exploitative and colonialist (is that the right word?) more than captial-R RACIST, but still like; who does a video treatment that;'s like "OK, you're hugging black kids for four minutes"
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 20 September 2010 19:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
i think it's hard to call a music video 'exploitative' -- what are they exploiting these kids for? no one watches music videos. they have no impact, unless you're lady gaga
colonialist maybe, but remember that KOL are the most popular band in europe
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 September 2010 19:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
racist, clearly not
would've preferred video featuring band being murdered by black kids
― Dr. Lol Evans (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://altreport.hipsterrunoff.com/2010/09/kings-of-leon-hires-choir-of-black-children-to-make-their-new-mp3-sound-more-soulful.html
― Chinedu "Edu" Obasi Ogbuke (nakhchivan), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
It reminded me of a generic John Cougar Mellencamp video. Had they been white kids, it would've looked like 70% of the videos on CMT.
― http://tinyurl.com/vrrr0000m (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
Still waiting for an apology.
― http://tinyurl.com/vrrr0000m (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
obv the answer is "the dude who directed the new Kings of Leon video, whose name somehow has not yet made it to the bits of the Internet you can hit within 5 minutes of using Google"
(that more than anything else is making me lol, like whoever this was basically went "I'll do this for you and it will be awesome! I don't want any credit tho" *waits for shitstorm*)
― juggalo iglesias (HI DERE), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
carles is slippin -- passion pit already did the "hire a choir of underprivileged minority youths" thing
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 September 2010 19:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
he's not even listed on the mtv site, which is usually v good about putting directors up in there
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 20 September 2010 19:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
gonna lol if it was Hype Williams
― juggalo iglesias (HI DERE), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
the video and song are both unmentionably terrible w/ stupid and retrograde notions about race but i don't think they are simply ~racist~
― Chinedu "Edu" Obasi Ogbuke (nakhchivan), Monday, 20 September 2010 19:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sophie Muller directed it.
― Kerm, Monday, 20 September 2010 19:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
OK, how about this?
http://gawker.com/5643372/this-weeks-new-yorker-cartoon-caption-contest-winner-pretty-racist
― my friend flocka (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 01:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
more offensive for not being funny
― bnw, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 01:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
― http://tinyurl.com/vrrr0000m (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 03:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
that was a fake
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 21 September 2010 03:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
but it was racist because someone realized that they could spell "nigger" by a video game and they set up a soccer video game and took a photo of it and sent it all over the internet
so yes, racist
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 21 September 2010 03:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
this isn't a thread for lol racism, fyi. keep that shit to "encyclopedia of racist products" or, like, 4chan
― my friend flocka (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 03:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
strictly concern trolling in here.
― Kerm, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 03:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
I figured it was some soccer thing. Wouldn't have been surprised if it had been real.
― http://tinyurl.com/vrrr0000m (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 03:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
take it to i love footy
― p.m.s.b. (pre-mall smoke bomb) (zorn_bond.mp3), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 04:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
love the gawker update where they act like they understood the joke from the beginning
― jeff, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 05:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
barf
maybe LJ is right about ilx being the smartest message board
― my friend flocka (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 05:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://hipsterhitler.com/
― p.m.s.b. (pre-mall smoke bomb) (zorn_bond.mp3), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 05:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
gawker isnt a message board
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 21 September 2010 05:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
ilx is my favorite blog
― markers, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 05:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
MIXMASTERRACE
EASTSIDEWESTSIDEGENOCIDE
― p.m.s.b. (pre-mall smoke bomb) (zorn_bond.mp3), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 05:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
is anti-semitism racist or not, because this guy at the bar I frequent is convinced that Birth Of A Nation was produced by Jews & that the Jews control the media etc etc
I know it sucks either way just wanted 2 know ur opinions
― 4 my muthafuckin mods (crüt), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 06:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
Of course anti-semitism is racism. It's just that racism against Jews has acquired a term of its own, probably because discriminating them has been so prominent historically.
Where it gets tricky is when anti-Israel or anti-Zionist statements are equated with anti-semitism; of course some anti-Israel/anti-Zionist people are also anti-semitists/racists, but many of them aren't. But your case is pretty obviously racist because the target is Jews as a whole, not Israeli politics or anything.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 06:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
are the finns a race?
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 06:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ca. 300 Finnish Jews fought in the War alongside the German Army[3][4]. The field synagogue operated by the Finnish army was probably a unique phenomenon in Europe.
Guess they didn't have Google then either.
― http://tinyurl.com/vrrr0000m (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
― p.m.s.b. (pre-mall smoke bomb) (zorn_bond.mp3),
jesus way to zing an entire bord of innocents wtf
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
Subtle "Americans don't like soocer and aren't racist" undertones there
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah really i'm getting some prety bad vibes offa this zorn character. bet he's norwegian/icelandic thor worshipper
― i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
zorn smash
― p.m.s.b. (pre-mall smoke bomb) (zorn_bond.mp3), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 15:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
is this chorus racist?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 21 September 2010 18:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
?
― my friend flocka (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 19:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://dasracist.net/
― am0n, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 19:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
i don't really understand how ads work, but that's by design right? like that ad was placed in stories with "cornfield" as a keyword or?
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Monday, 13 May 2013 05:56 (1 week ago) Permalink
as I understand it Monsanto personally hand-selects which stories they're running their ads with
― Oral Sex in Sharp’s Ridge Park (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 13 May 2013 08:38 (1 week ago) Permalink
it's the artisanal side of big ag
― Oral Sex in Sharp’s Ridge Park (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 13 May 2013 08:39 (1 week ago) Permalink
lol
― hoospanic GANGSTER musician (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 04:09 (1 week ago) Permalink
if you like the aryan nation you'll LOVE gm food!
― 'scuse me while i make the sky cum (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 04:12 (1 week ago) Permalink
And you thought anal rapist was bad.
That would come courtesy of one Dom Passantino, U.K.
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:23 (1 week ago) Permalink
oh dear
― UTW, USA, ILX LIFER (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:29 (1 week ago) Permalink
heavens
― hoospanic GANGSTER musician (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:09 (1 week ago) Permalink
Do we get pics on Tuesday?
― AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING (DJP), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:12 (1 week ago) Permalink
Monday's niggers are full of grace.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 17:37 (1 week ago) Permalink
I had my doubts since I couldn't find any trace of that tweet anywhere.
However, this is what they posted afterward:
The biggest question of all is: Why the hell would someone in Ireland drink Coors Light? Water tap's broken?
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:26 (1 week ago) Permalink
what's susan boyle got to do with this?
― UTW, USA, ILX LIFER (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:28 (1 week ago) Permalink
oh nevermind
― UTW, USA, ILX LIFER (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:29 (1 week ago) Permalink
I don't understand how you type out #mondaysniggers, read what you wrote, and think "looks good! *submit*"
― AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING (DJP), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:33 (1 week ago) Permalink
tbf, u just did
― UTW, USA, ILX LIFER (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:34 (1 week ago) Permalink
yeah but I'm a giant racist
― AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING (DJP), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:36 (1 week ago) Permalink
feel like there's a whole nursery rhyme that goes with that now
― goole, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:37 (1 week ago) Permalink
I wouldn't.
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:38 (1 week ago) Permalink
half suspect that susan boyle deal was a PR having a laugh
― goole, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:41 (1 week ago) Permalink
'avin' a laff, i should say
maybe even a larff
― AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING (DJP), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:42 (1 week ago) Permalink
oi dat's an anal bump der innit
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:49 (1 week ago) Permalink
I often wonder why someone anywhere would drink Coors Light.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:54 (1 week ago) Permalink
^ fair enough. You got to really be thirsty in Atlanta.
Snigger. I don't even feel right typing that word. We always said snicker anyway.
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:05 (1 week ago) Permalink
why Atlanta?
― I will forlornly return to my home planet soon (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:13 (1 week ago) Permalink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_and_the_Bandit
― ḉrut (crüt), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:17 (1 week ago) Permalink
i love coors light
― gr8080, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:20 (1 week ago) Permalink
I drank the shit out of some Coors back in high school. I'll still rank it above Budweiser.
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:23 (1 week ago) Permalink
savages
― the late great, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:25 (1 week ago) Permalink
My schoolMy beerMy Coors Light, Coors Light, Coors Light, Coors LightCoors Light, Coors Light, Coors Light, Coors Light
― AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING (DJP), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:26 (1 week ago) Permalink
drinking coors light, everybody will be dancing tonight
― ḉrut (crüt), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:32 (1 week ago) Permalink
silver bullet of diarrhea
― AMERICA IS ABOUT RIESLING (jjjusten), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:41 (1 week ago) Permalink
access to coors light is the unifying principle behind all my father-in-law's hobbies
― joygoat, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 20:09 (1 week ago) Permalink
I honestly don't know if I've ever had Coor's Light. I mean surely I must have at some point but yeah.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 20:46 (1 week ago) Permalink
the only time I've enjoyed drinking Coors Lite was on a private beach in Puerto Rico
― AMERICA IS ABOUT RESSLING (DJP), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 20:47 (1 week ago) Permalink
Pretty sure I'd enjoy drinking pretty much anything on a private beach in Puerto Rico.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 20:49 (1 week ago) Permalink
If Irishmen are drinking Coors Light, I hope they're drinking them in tawdry "American Bars" that are just as tacky as the "Irish Pubs" we have around here.
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 21:07 (1 week ago) Permalink
crossing an ocean wipes away a lot though, right?. folks in countries on the other side of the north atlantic are horrified USians drink amstel light like it's a classy beer, i thought.
― goole, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 21:08 (1 week ago) Permalink
stella is the classiest
― the late great, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 21:10 (1 week ago) Permalink
yeah that too!
― goole, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 21:17 (1 week ago) Permalink
Good ol classy wife beater
― Studied keyboard mash (tsrobodo), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 21:21 (1 week ago) Permalink
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/15/new-orleans-shooting-not-national-news
― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 21:24 (1 week ago) Permalink
i remember horrible twenty yo irish dudes ordering bud in proper pubs like and grinning as if they'd just gotten champagne for everyone and i hated them, and then i looked at my guinness and felt like a tourist
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Thursday, 16 May 2013 05:00 (1 week ago) Permalink
Is tar baby a racist phrase?
― now is not the time for motorboating (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 23 May 2013 21:18 (Yesterday) Permalink
etymologically, it refers to a figure made of tar, which some sort of folktale figure (Bre'r Rabbit? Anansi? both?) punched and then got stuck to.
But it sure does sound racist.
― 0808ɹƃ (silby), Thursday, 23 May 2013 22:44 (Yesterday) Permalink
weird site don
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 May 2013 22:58 (Yesterday) Permalink
1. jesus christ yes "tar baby" is a fucking racist term wtf why is this even a question2. this:
This isn't the first time Politico's Romano has used racially-coded language on MSNBC. In March, in the heat of the gun control debate, Romano attacked NRA spokesman Wayne LaPierre as a "tired old white guy."
is some all time moving the goal posts shit in that article
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 23 May 2013 23:25 (Yesterday) Permalink
what is "tired old white guy" code for
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Thursday, 23 May 2013 23:28 (Yesterday) Permalink
NRA spokesman
― klaus dingeldore's rhinelander monkey keeper father (forksclovetofu), Friday, 24 May 2013 03:53 (8 hours ago) Permalink
i remember horrible twenty yo irish dudes ordering bud in proper pubs like and grinning
My people!
― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Friday, 24 May 2013 05:34 (6 hours ago) Permalink