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  • HoraceH Offline
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    Horace
    wrote on last edited by
    #26

    I suppose I'll get the story about this at some point but what will it be other than signing something with a gun pointed at your career?

    Education is extremely important.

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    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

      I love Dave Chappelle.

      HoraceH Offline
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      Horace
      wrote on last edited by
      #27

      @Doctor-Phibes said in What the actual fuck:

      I love Dave Chappelle.

      He's brilliant but nowadays the narrative is his reality. He's as angry and righteous about white cops murdering black folk as anybody.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • HoraceH Offline
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        Horace
        wrote on last edited by
        #28

        this will present an opportunity for Cowen and Caplan and anybody else in that department to take a principled stand against the mob. Let's see if they take it.

        Education is extremely important.

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        • jon-nycJ Offline
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          jon-nyc
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          #29

          I’m not sure we would see it. They could only lobby the inquisitors.

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • 89th8 Offline
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            89th
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            #30

            I wonder if he'd get in trouble if he asked folks if they eat shepherd's pie and drink guinness for St Patricks Day? How dare he stereotype Irish Americans!

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            • HoraceH Horace

              @Doctor-Phibes said in What the actual fuck:

              I love Dave Chappelle.

              He's brilliant but nowadays the narrative is his reality. He's as angry and righteous about white cops murdering black folk as anybody.

              Doctor PhibesD Offline
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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on last edited by
              #31

              @Horace said in What the actual fuck:

              @Doctor-Phibes said in What the actual fuck:

              I love Dave Chappelle.

              He's brilliant but nowadays the narrative is his reality. He's as angry and righteous about white cops murdering black folk as anybody.

              I hadn't seen that - I know it's not something anybody here seems to want to accept, and feel free to write me off as a brain-dead liberal as you see fit, but maybe, just maybe, he has a point? Maybe there is actually some truth to the narrative.

              I honestly don't know. I'm not black. I've lived a very privileged life. I've never been pulled over because I'm driving a car that doesn't seem to fit my demographic. What I do know is that when I hung out with a bunch of Pakistani kids for a few years in the UK, they frequently had to endure all kinds of shit that I'd never come across.

              I was only joking

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              • HoraceH Offline
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                Horace
                wrote on last edited by
                #32

                what I know for a fact is that the narrative is created from viral video and not statistics. I also know that viral video is better at shaping one's concept of reality than statistics are.

                Education is extremely important.

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                • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                  @Horace said in What the actual fuck:

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in What the actual fuck:

                  I love Dave Chappelle.

                  He's brilliant but nowadays the narrative is his reality. He's as angry and righteous about white cops murdering black folk as anybody.

                  I hadn't seen that - I know it's not something anybody here seems to want to accept, and feel free to write me off as a brain-dead liberal as you see fit, but maybe, just maybe, he has a point? Maybe there is actually some truth to the narrative.

                  I honestly don't know. I'm not black. I've lived a very privileged life. I've never been pulled over because I'm driving a car that doesn't seem to fit my demographic. What I do know is that when I hung out with a bunch of Pakistani kids for a few years in the UK, they frequently had to endure all kinds of shit that I'd never come across.

                  Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                  Aqua Letifer
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #33

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in What the actual fuck:

                  @Horace said in What the actual fuck:

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in What the actual fuck:

                  I love Dave Chappelle.

                  He's brilliant but nowadays the narrative is his reality. He's as angry and righteous about white cops murdering black folk as anybody.

                  I hadn't seen that - I know it's not something anybody here seems to want to accept, and feel free to write me off as a brain-dead liberal as you see fit, but maybe, just maybe, he has a point? Maybe there is actually some truth to the narrative.

                  I honestly don't know. I'm not black. I've lived a very privileged life. I've never been pulled over because I'm driving a car that doesn't seem to fit my demographic. What I do know is that when I hung out with a bunch of Pakistani kids for a few years in the UK, they frequently had to endure all kinds of shit that I'd never come across.

                  I watched his 26-minute open-air thing in Ohio several times now. He's got his own narrative about this. He's on the "police brutality" side of the argument to be sure, but his arguments are his own. It'd be dishonest to label him as a mouthpiece.

                  His point about Chris Dorner and the importance about how that drama ended was well-considered.

                  Please love yourself.

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                  • CopperC Offline
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                    Copper
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                    #34

                    This argument about the scourge of driving while black used to need one random second-hand anecdote to prove the case.

                    The anecdote is no longer required.

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                    • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                      #35

                      In England they've had these shows where a conservative spokesperson has to live on benefits for a month to prove how freaking easy it is, as the statistical analysis say that it's easily a living wage.

                      There are numerous examples of this not being nearly as easy as was thought. Apart from anything else, have you any idea how difficult it is to find smoked salmon and pate de foie gras at an affordable price?

                      I was only joking

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                      • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                        In England they've had these shows where a conservative spokesperson has to live on benefits for a month to prove how freaking easy it is, as the statistical analysis say that it's easily a living wage.

                        There are numerous examples of this not being nearly as easy as was thought. Apart from anything else, have you any idea how difficult it is to find smoked salmon and pate de foie gras at an affordable price?

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                        Larry
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                        #36

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in What the actual fuck:

                        In England they've had these shows where a conservative spokesperson has to live on benefits for a month to prove how freaking easy it is, as the statistical analysis say that it's easily a living wage.

                        There are numerous examples of this not being nearly as easy as was thought.

                        Good reason for them to get off their ass ANF get a job.

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                        • LarryL Larry

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in What the actual fuck:

                          In England they've had these shows where a conservative spokesperson has to live on benefits for a month to prove how freaking easy it is, as the statistical analysis say that it's easily a living wage.

                          There are numerous examples of this not being nearly as easy as was thought.

                          Good reason for them to get off their ass ANF get a job.

                          Doctor PhibesD Offline
                          Doctor PhibesD Offline
                          Doctor Phibes
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                          @Larry said in What the actual fuck:

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in What the actual fuck:

                          In England they've had these shows where a conservative spokesperson has to live on benefits for a month to prove how freaking easy it is, as the statistical analysis say that it's easily a living wage.

                          There are numerous examples of this not being nearly as easy as was thought.

                          Good reason for them to get off their ass ANF get a job.

                          Most of the conservative spokepeople think they have useful jobs. I know it's a fucking ridiculous idea, but apparently they believe it.

                          I was only joking

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                          • LarryL Offline
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                            Larry
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #38

                            You know that's not what I meant. Tell me you know that so I won't have to worry about you running with scissors.

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                            • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                              Doctor Phibes
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #39

                              You haven't seen the spokespeople 😆

                              Yes, obviously, the people should get jobs where possible, but it's not always that simple. During an economic downturn, for example, there isn't a miraculous increase in the number of lazy bastards.

                              I was only joking

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #40

                                Chilling.

                                Only non-witches get due process.

                                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                • LarryL Offline
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                                  Larry
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #41

                                  Anyone ever wonder why our first black president never mentioned this "holiday" a single time during his 8 years of infesting the office of the President? Ever wonder why Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson have never mentioned this "holday" a single time in the 5 or 6 decades they've been running their mouths? Ever wonder why in 30+ years not one single rap artist has ever mentioned this "holiday" a single time in any of their songs?

                                  I'll tell you why - until about 3 weeks ago, 98% of the black people in this country had never heard the term outside of one town in Texas.

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                                  • LarryL Offline
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                                    Larry
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #42

                                    Suddenly I'm craving some watermelon....

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                                      xenon
                                      wrote on last edited by xenon
                                      #43

                                      As someone who grew up listening to “gansta rap” and has a good amount of sympathy for challenges the black community in the U.S. face - all this one-dimensional thought-policing is super offputting.

                                      Outside of the true believers - it’s really pissing off.

                                      Can’t end well.

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                                      • LarryL Offline
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                                        Larry
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #44

                                        The biggest challenge the black community faces, and has faced for the last 40+ years is themselves.

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                                        • HoraceH Offline
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                                          Horace
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #45

                                          Making sure everybody is terrified of talking about black people is not going to fix that culture. And it's a little absurd that the most politically important culture in this country is taboo to talk about.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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