rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

unsurprisingly disappointed by how not hot i find boxxy

the post that had to be made

omg those bike safety comics are CRAZY.

http://i.imgur.com/1kLEo.jpghow is panel 3 not an internet meme

that website probably deserves it's own thread, but one more:
http://www.ep.tc/problems/21/01-alt.jpg

Amazing site. This 1970 Superman comic is fascinating - not "is this racist?", more "is this well-meaning but a tad condescending and indirectly responsible for the 1986 movie Soul Man?"

http://web.archive.org/web/20090430104018im_/http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y183/mathewm1/1.jpg

http://web.archive.org/web/20090430104018/http://cacb.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/lois-lane-i-am-curious-black/

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y183/mathewm1/1.jpg

it's pretty nutty but its by no way the nuttiest lois lane comic of that era...

I love that superman comic so much. I sort of remember we had a long discussion of it on ILX ages ago.

It's surprisingly well-done, given the premise's potential for disaster.

As if racism weren't bad enough, she also had to escape the clutches of Pat Boone.

http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/2/2e/Lois_Lane_009.jpg

xpost, the cover is really the best thing about it though: http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/supermans_girlfriend_im_curious_black/

the jimmy olsen comics are kind of bizarre too. superman hung out with a bunch of kooks imho.

lois lane - wtf?

kinda lol mostly wut

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He's wrong about me... but right about so many others!

this is really relevant here

http://www.ranker.com/list/the-50-greatest-examples-of-superman-being-a-dick/ariel-kana

late pass, y'all: Superman is a Dick

personal fave
http://imageshack.us/a/img35/29/21544184.jpg

curious jacket girth

not so much "is this racist" as "who the fuck is this guy"

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/07/tattoos-addicted-to-the-needle/100332/#img18

I don't know but photo #11 could be titled "Pictures of people who are not underrated aerosmith songs."

haha that didn't jump to that picture for me so I was scrolling down going "what is goole talking about, this makes no sense WTF REALLY???????? OMG"

Yeah I think there's a reason that guy's face isn't in the photo. o_O

I don't know but photo #11 could be titled "Pictures of people who are not underrated aerosmith songs."

I was thinking "Harry Potter's life got interesting after he graduated"

I feel like there's at least a possibility that that guy is not a bad person for having a death's head tattoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpZ8EkK3eWY

The chances of you being right would be better if he weren't taking part in a war re-enactment. That means he's more than knowledgeable enough to know better, plus unusually high numbers of of war history buffs & re-enactors have pursued those fields because they like one of the sides a little too much, if you take my meaning.

larel otm. nazi re-enactor + nazi tattoo displayed where it can never be hidden = bad odds on being a good guy.

He's also wearing an SS ring, and full recreated (or possibly original purchased) uniform with all the extras, you might have noticed.

It would be a tiny bit more defensible if he were dressed as the other side--I admit to some curiosity about Southern re-enactors who willingly play Yankees because there has to be a Union army in the thing, that's a level of commitment to the story that I find interesting.

the only possibility this guy isn't a facha is if the tattoo is fake. i can't really tell.

tho idk where you'd get a death's head temporary tattoo

or a nice SS ring.

sessesh reenactors creep me the fuck out too

for real, man
one hit me up on OK Cupid recently and I was like wtf

http://bfgb.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/confederates.jpg?w=500

that book is awesome and hilarious!

tho idk where you'd get a death's head temporary tattoo

it's bad that the first thing that came to mind was one of those 50 cent toy dispensing machines in the grocery store in HSTNGS, right

hahahahahaa

if south saint paul had a chuck e cheese i bet they would have those at the skeeball ticket redemption counter next to the oversized sunglasses and switchblade combs

omg OTM

There's a very real possibility he got his mother to draw it on with a felt-tip pen that morning. I don't think war re-enactments carry much political charge in the UK. The chances of him being an actual Nazi-sympathiser rather than a dude who has a strange hobby are probably smaller than is being made out.

sure, there's a chance. people who aren't tend to pursue hobbies where there isn't much cause for that kind of confusion, though.

It's one of the biggest re-enactments in Europe - the whole thing is pretty much dedicated to glorifying the British war effort. It would be a bit odd for actual Nazis to want a big part of that. It's one of the only chances you'd get to parade around in a uniform if you were that way inclined, i suppose, but it probably needs to be seen in context.

don't know where else to put this, but for christ's sake:

http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/05/michael-johnson-slavery-speed-olympics/

my questions:

a) If mom drew that on his hand, how come she doesn't have an art career?
b) If that's not a real tattoo, why is it being featured in a photoarticle about tattoos?

I'm not sure how the person putting the article together could possibly know if it was real or not.

a) you have a point
b) could be a big mistake

haha this is some magnificent 'benefit of the doubt' ish

It's a fantasy battle in which guys dressed up as British and US soldiers defeat guys dressed up as German soldiers. I think benefit of the doubt plays a part.

I don't know but photo #11 could be titled "Pictures of people who are not underrated aerosmith songs."

lol maybe a whooooooole lotta beers ago

how the hell do you even go about reenacting WW2