http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/10838623-418/coach-benched-for-whitney-houston-slur-on-facebook-page.html
i need some help w/ this one guys, is this racist??? really complicated case this one
― D-40, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
What the fucking fuck.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
And of course, "I have some amazing friends who are black.”
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
“I don’t need this drama in my life. It’s going to affect me hugely, and my business,”
mega bummer
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, February 25, 2012 6:06 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i like how this closes out the piece, like the writer knew it was the punchline for a human joke
― D-40, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
i like how he says he didn't even realize he used the word, as if that makes him less likely to appear racist
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah if the word comes out so nonchalantly that you didn't realize you said it, p much means you say it a lot.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
(granted I know he typed it but that's even more damning!)
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
where do you guys think his kids being taunted about their racist dad ranks in the worldwide scale of national tragedies? I put it a few spots ahead of the death of whitney houston
― D-40, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
i actually do feel bad for those kids but i don't think tht dude getting to coach next year is really gonna change much in that regard
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like everyone is relieved that we're back to somebody saying nigger and away from korean eye caricatures on a starbucks cup and chink in the armor.
― dylannn, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
eh i think its more that this one is almost like dude was reading directly from the script -- the on-the-nose-ness of it almost makes me think it was made up, except of course that its 100% believable
― D-40, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
hmmm. is this like a magic eye thing? i've been looking at that starbuccks cup for a half hour. this might be a little too abstract for our 'is this racist?' thread. wait... CRF?? kerf? is that it?
― dylannn, Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
then mordy asks if maybe he meant to say nigga because he identifies with............ blah blah blah
― dylannn, Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
Lolwat
― Mordy, Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:04 (twelve years ago) link
haha
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
he called her a nigger because he thinks she's dreamy, okay? OKAY?
― dylannn, Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
*raises confederate flag*
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
Oh you poor fucking racist.
― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
Can I reserve a little secondary outrage over the fact that this dumbass doesn't know the difference between a noun and an adjective?
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
Kelly, who ran unsuccessfully in the 2008 Democratic primary for Cook County Recorder of Deeds, admits to posting the comment on his Facebook page.
“I made the comment,” he said. “I had a bunch of friends and cousins making comments about Whitney Houston. I’m sorry I did it. I deleted the post and then I went and apologized to [the mother] on Saturday. I apologized 100 times over. This lady is making a personal vendetta against me.”
from a version of the story that puts "racist" in quotes
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
that entire article is kind of ridic.
The mother of a former league player—who is black—copied the comment on to her own Facebook page as well as the Westside league's
― D-40, Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
“We’ve fought wars for the right of freedom of speech,” he continued.
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
Neither Hebel nor the other board members understand the mother’s intentions, which he called a “personal issue” between Kelly and the mother.
― D-40, Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
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― pplains, Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:03 (twelve years ago) link
I actually went back and counted the ---'s when I saw that.
― pplains, Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
gah why do people continue to think freedom of speech means the unalienable right to say whatever you want free of criticism and/or discipline.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 26 February 2012 05:55 (twelve years ago) link
"for some reason, this lady has a personal vendetta against me, I can't put my finger on what button I pushed by saying the word 'nigger'..."
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 26 February 2012 05:57 (twelve years ago) link
At least I don't feel ignored anymore
― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Sunday, 26 February 2012 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
also LOLing (in a "kind of lol but mostly sad" way) that he asserts that he apologized "over 100 times", but can't believe the mother is STILL ANGRY. Like he thinks the quantity of the "I'm sorry"s is more important to the, ehm, "quality" of the apology...aka not coming across as an even bigger dickhead as he tries to rationalize/apologize for his behavior.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 26 February 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
http://s8.postimage.org/dpcnx7kn7/wtf_fbook.png
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 26 February 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
everyone otm
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Sunday, 26 February 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
do you have webmail, c?
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 26 February 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
shit just got real
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 27 February 2012 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
what did Matt post...nothing comes up on my browser above his name.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Monday, 27 February 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://postimage.org/image/6m4shlf7l/
― pplains, Monday, 27 February 2012 01:34 (twelve years ago) link
oh yea, forgot: donaldparsley at gmail dot com
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Monday, 27 February 2012 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
jesus that just came up on facebook for me too pp
― D-40, Monday, 27 February 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57385762/crystal-criticized-for-blackface-at-oscars/
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 27 February 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
Crystal not criticized for doing 4 years of blackface at Saturday Night Live
Thought Crystal was the mononym of some pop si ger I wasn't acquainted with
― Nicholas Pokémon (silby), Monday, 27 February 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
Alluding to the controversy last fall when Eddie Murphy bowed out of Oscar hosting duties after the show's original producer Brett Ratner exited over his use of a gay slur, "max read" wrote: "lmao remember when you were all like "billy crystal is going to be so SAFE" and then he did BLACKFACE."
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Monday, 27 February 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
lmao
― goole, Monday, 27 February 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
alleged
― max, Monday, 27 February 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
"max read"
― D-40, Monday, 27 February 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
maximum readability
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 27 February 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
Awwww
― drawn to them like a moth toward a spanakopita (Laurel), Monday, 27 February 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
was just coming to c+p that
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
"When Octavia Spencer later won Best Supporting Actress for "The Help," comedian Paul Scheer tweeted that her win "shows just how far we've come since Billy Crystal performed in Blackface."
― nickn, Monday, 27 February 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
lollll
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 27 February 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link