LOfuckingL if anyone believes that "talking" about someone racist (who works for Rupert Murdoch) in this ILX thread is going to have one goddam thing to do with whether or not he keeps his job.
― pplains, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
my comment ruled
― del griffith, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
4th largest newspaper --- does that mean I should start spitting up screen captures from the No. 1 cable news network every time they report something racisty?
Maybe I should, but it would definitely belong in a completely different thread.
― pplains, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
okay, i give. i accept that the accumulation of racist bullshit - and the accompanying gasps of polite horror - are troubling. if i've behaved offensively, i apologize. it's just hard to know how to parse this shit sometimes.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
okay lol, thank you socialist daughter from Native Son for explaining to me how I, as a black person, should respond to a thread that started out as a conversation about ambiguity in racism and quickly turned into "Hey, this is racist! And so is this! And so is this!
i honestly didn't intend to tell you how you should or shouldn't feel. just how i feel, that i don't view other people's motives in the same way that you do. but i don't think i've been thinking or expressing myself terribly well here, so i sincerely apologize for the approach i've taken in this discussion.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
yes I've said like 3 times 'sorry wrong thread' I don't think this story is 'not worth talking about' but at this point I definitely don't think this story is worth talking about wtg ilx xp
― iatee, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.sevilla5.com/activities/seasonal/capirotes-2.jpg
Is this racist?
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
Yes. All Spaniards are racist.
― pplains, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
Their starches are also much cleaner and long-lasting.
― pplains, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
this was the thread I was most interested in when i asked about the longest threads on ilx yesterday. it is constantly at the top of sna and i'm always clicking on it just because it's always RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF MY FACE and about half the time I'll bookmark it purely out of bookmarking habit and then FUCK there it is I'm reading it again (and participating in it).
one of the things I liked the least about ethan is how he'd bring the subject of racism into so many threads all the time (in my perception at the time at least). Like that was my chief beef with the dude and nowadays it's like ilx's #1 passtime.
― frogsclovetofu (beachville), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
The thing I find amusing (perhaps not the exact adjective) about the Klan uniforms was that these troglodyte racists screaming about American liberties were, like many of their fellow 19th century Americans, getting together for the zany ceremonies of the Brotherhood of Odd Knights or whatever and aping European confraternities like the Nazarenos, burning crosses (I'm sure Jesus digs that) and calling each other 'knight' and 'wizard' all in the name of Washington and Jefferson and Lee and Jesus. I have this feeling they weren't all that bright.
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
All that said, Michael, I still wish this guy was a klansman and not a Semana Santa participant.
― pplains, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Site is blocked. :(
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
the spirit of this thread HAS been corrupted but i do think it's better to have a clearinghouse for all things that people want to go "hey, this is really racist!" about instead of having separate threads
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Friday, 4 May 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
should i start sharing racist jokes then? you all can confirm for me that they're racist.
― pplains, Friday, 4 May 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
xp probably true. but i definitely agree with the sentiment that people should stop posting obviously racist stuff. i probably said this like 100 posts ago and forgot about it.
― Nhex, Friday, 4 May 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
you all
― a la bouquet marmoset (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
have we figured out racism yet
― crüt, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
Sure! It's just this simple:
http://fusionanomaly.net/mcescherdayandnight.jpg
― Aimless, Saturday, 5 May 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
smh http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/the-most-persuasive-case-for-eliminating-black-studies-just-read-the-dissertations/46346
― superpussy, Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://theinsanityreport.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sisko-facepalm.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:57 (twelve years ago) link
Black Studies, Part 2: A Response to Critics http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/black-studies-part-2-a-response-to-critics/46401stopped reading after "I was never a big fan of the feminist mantra that the “personal is political.”"
― superpussy, Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://theinsanityreport.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/obamafacepalm.jpg
― pplains, Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:59 (twelve years ago) link
superpussy, the Chronicle of Higher Ed stuff was brought up in this thread two days ago.
I encourage you to read the last 36 hours or so of this thread starting here - rolling "Is This Racist?" thread
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
whoops, sorry.
― superpussy, Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
what pplains is trying to say is that we'll take the soup.
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:24 (twelve years ago) link
not if my posting today is any indication
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:28 (twelve years ago) link
Inspired by traditional Indian madras, our designers recast this classic pattern in summer-worthy hues so it's brighter—and better—than ever
read this as "our designers are racist", spending too much time on ilx
― the late great, Saturday, 5 May 2012 07:48 (twelve years ago) link
― frogbs in the trap (J0rdan S.), Friday, May 4, 2012 5:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
yeah but i think we are or should be taking a good hard look at the impulse to post "hey, this is really racist!" things all the time even if it was on an 'appropriate' thread. like sure, when someone really famous says something really hateful, there's gonna be an ilx thread about it, obviously. but after a while the mountain of minutiae kind of becomes "hey another guy on the internet said the n-word, check this out guys" and i think DJP has a good point about why that's a pretty terrible habit to form.
― some dude, Saturday, 5 May 2012 11:11 (twelve years ago) link
DJP has such a booming post that i'm getting aftershocks
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 5 May 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
so my roommate moved in w/ a copy of "just busted news" that he picked up in tennessee
https://www.facebook.com/JustBusted
let me know if anyone wants photos
― the late great, Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
feel like its an example of being racist against the human race
― the late great, Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
We've got The Slammer, a dollar newspaper that's published weekly and sold at the finest gas stations across metropolitan Little Rock. An acquaintance of mine runs a tattoo parlor and offers a $50 coupon for anyone who's featured in that week's issue.
― pplains, Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
so much wsos in these newsweeklies
― booblights and the eternal frustration (how's life), Saturday, 5 May 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
There's an 800-page thread on another messageboard I frequent consisting of mugshots taken from the local county jail. Definitely a casual indictment of the human race, from drunk frat boys to drunk sorority girls (who aren't aware of Facebook privacy settings) to dudes who lift TVs who happen to be black to parole violators who happen to have swastikas tattooed in their ears.
Makes me slightly queasy, but I have to say it makes me laugh a lot more. Bet you all didn't know I was frogbs in real life.
― pplains, Saturday, 5 May 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
An acquaintance of mine runs a tattoo parlor and offers a $50 coupon for anyone who's featured in that week's issue.
lol that guy rules
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 5 May 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
dudes who lift TVs who happen to be black
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 6 May 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
your tv is a who?
― Aimless, Sunday, 6 May 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
DJP's "I read that modifier intentionally wrong" punchlines aren't for everyone
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 6 May 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
TVs aren't who.
― pplains, Sunday, 6 May 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
tv never her
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
"Is This Racist?" Chronicle of Higher Ed blog bullshit update!
http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/a-note-to-readers/46608
hack overboard!
― goole, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:50 (twelve years ago) link
http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnhlexperts/ArrchVZCIAIJOjX.jpg
― Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna vs. The Black Guy vs. The Yellow Kid
― listicular fortitude (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 07:23 (twelve years ago) link
tv never her --l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown)
Ty
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
Also whiney otm re djp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
― goole, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 12:50 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Kind of vindicates whoever said (iatee?) that posting this stuff can help serve as a suggest-ban engine.
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
national review and nypost are all crying martyr as we speak
― goole, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
of course they are. nypost especially are the ultimate troll.
http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Troll-Hunter-feature-massive-trolls-in-Norway.jpeg
^^^nypost
― a la bouquet marmoset (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
is that from trollhunter?
― the late great, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link