It was forksclovetofu who said it, not J0hn, and forks was (ill-advisedly) quoting a Chapelle Show skit rather than making an actual threatThat said, the cursory glance through the old posts I took shows Robert was coming at this from the same place I ended up, namely a Black man really fucking tired of white people lapping up the R. Kelly Minstrel Show, only he got there way before Trapped in the Closet happened, which was my breaking point
That said, the cursory glance through the old posts I took shows Robert was coming at this from the same place I ended up, namely a Black man really fucking tired of white people lapping up the R. Kelly Minstrel Show, only he got there way before Trapped in the Closet happened, which was my breaking point
yeah Robert was right in the thread he's ref'ing and few who posted to it, myself included, have much/anything to be proud of.
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 02:22 (two years ago) link
Ok I did see Space Jam - have not heard any of the others - and I do live in a "different place".
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 05:41 (two years ago) link
Hardly prescient, heβs been a known sexual predator since 1994.
― βββ (Moka), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 09:18 (two years ago) link
it's not *really* comparable but watching how Nicki Minaj has tried to use the R Kelly model and failed to distract from some serious allegations about her and her husband, I feel a bit more optimistic that there won't be anyone getting a "pass" on this level again, and I hope this marks a serious change in how the industry deals with situations like this.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 09:25 (two years ago) link