rolling "Is This Racist?" thread

I think we need to speculate about the intentions of the author. Maybe it was just a made out of ignorance, and we don't have the right context to understand what they were getting at.

Sorry DJP. Someone RT'd it in disbelief and I was staggered by it because of the number of followers but it was unnecessary. Mods can delete if they want. I sometimes forget that ignoring is an option. My fuck-up.

tbf, 46236 followers for that kinda bullshit is very 0_o

wait what

jesus christ

i hope boxxy doesnt say something racist

i went looking for boxxy on twitter and found this and i hate you whiney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHweocGg5N8

okay, so there is no "is this racist?" question with this material and it's probably long since discussed on one of the politics threads i avoid, but i hadn't heard of it and i kinda thunk dan would be amazed if he hadn't either so FEAST YOUR EYES on 40 pages of tea party comix
http://www.ep.tc/tea-party-comix/02.html
more info and 'artist statement' here

persoff's website is hella fun to explore in general
http://www.ep.tc/problems/50/31.jpg

the Kommisariat's Kontinuing Kronicles: more right-wingery in the USA, 2k11

Yeah, either that or one of the batshit rightwing cartoonists threads.

Having said that, I am totally boggling right now.

Amanda Bieber ‏@MandaSwaggie

I was 3 when the World Trade Center collapsed, but I remember everything. Worst day of my life :(

That is kind of cool, having the worst day of your life at 3 and things just get better from there

if johnny ryan had done tea party comix, it woulda been published by fantagraphix

Amanda Bieber ‏@MandaSwaggie

I had 10,000 followers on my old account and Bieber followed me and RTd me twice. I'm so mad it got hacked.

50,000 followers seems quite low for a former two time jbiebs retweetee

anyway, good feed, worth reading whole lot or just the cobain ones, 10% chance it's some sinister and brilliant auteur

that persoff website is incredible - i've never run into it before

Unsurprisingly disturbed by how hot I find boxxxy.

it's ok, man

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

Jemima Khan ‏@Jemima_Khan
Overheard Questlove asking Toure-"who the f*** is the white girl called Jemima?!" In US, my name is always a source of hilarity.

Questo of The Roots ‏@questlove
@Jemima_Khan let's start again, cause I don't wanna be the watercooler story of the month"...*shakes hand*. Nice to meet you, I'm Ahmir

Jemima Khan ‏@Jemima_Khan
@questlove Good morning. I'm Jemima, no Aunt attached. Hope you enjoyed the debate

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