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Lawyers settle.... Paul Deen, all accusations dismissed..
On 9/1/13 8:02 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:23:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 9/1/13 6:49 PM, wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 16:18:51 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: Sharpton just sets the stage for lots of other people to be offended at things they would think were funny if they were left to their own thoughts. It is similar to people who go out of their way to find "accessibility" issues in places where it was never an issue ... like the requirement for a wheelchair accessible stripper pole. Some of us always thought white actors prancing around in blackface was offensive. Because someone told you it was. Do you think mimes are making fun of white people too? Most of the famous mimes were just doing non-offensive funny stuff, and the white face *some* of them used was not there to depict white people. Many circus clowns use whiteface. Do you think they are depicting white people? The blackfacers were making fun of what they thought was the stereotypical behavior of black people. |
Lawyers settle.... Paul Deen, all accusations dismissed..
On 9/1/13 9:40 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:06:58 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 9/1/13 8:02 PM, wrote: Some of us always thought white actors prancing around in blackface was offensive. Because someone told you it was. Do you think mimes are making fun of white people too? Most of the famous mimes were just doing non-offensive funny stuff, and the white face *some* of them used was not there to depict white people. Many circus clowns use whiteface. Do you think they are depicting white people? The blackfacers were making fun of what they thought was the stereotypical behavior of black people. Not necessarily. Do you think Al Jolsen was doing a stereotype? Did Gene Wilder offend you in Stir Crazy? Was Laurence Olivier offensive when he played Othello? 1. Absolutely. 2. The concept of wearing blackface offends me. 3. Olivier was a great actor, but there were first rate black actors who could have played and in fact did play the role, Paul Robeson, for one. In 1965, to have Olivier as Othello was more than a bit condescending to black actors. |
Lawyers settle.... Paul Deen, all accusations dismissed..
On 9/2/2013 9:05 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 9/1/13 9:40 PM, wrote: On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:06:58 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 9/1/13 8:02 PM, wrote: Some of us always thought white actors prancing around in blackface was offensive. Because someone told you it was. Do you think mimes are making fun of white people too? Most of the famous mimes were just doing non-offensive funny stuff, and the white face *some* of them used was not there to depict white people. Many circus clowns use whiteface. Do you think they are depicting white people? The blackfacers were making fun of what they thought was the stereotypical behavior of black people. Not necessarily. Do you think Al Jolsen was doing a stereotype? Did Gene Wilder offend you in Stir Crazy? Was Laurence Olivier offensive when he played Othello? 1. Absolutely. 2. The concept of wearing blackface offends me. 3. Olivier was a great actor, but there were first rate black actors who could have played and in fact did play the role, Paul Robeson, for one. In 1965, to have Olivier as Othello was more than a bit condescending to black actors. I'll bet you get offended when the Hasty Pudding "girls" do their thing too. It's really surprising that you don't find yourself offensive. |
Lawyers settle.... Paul Deen, all accusations dismissed..
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Lawyers settle.... Paul Deen, all accusations dismissed..
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says... On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 19:23:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 9/1/13 6:49 PM, wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 16:18:51 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: Sharpton just sets the stage for lots of other people to be offended at things they would think were funny if they were left to their own thoughts. It is similar to people who go out of their way to find "accessibility" issues in places where it was never an issue ... like the requirement for a wheelchair accessible stripper pole. Some of us always thought white actors prancing around in blackface was offensive. Because someone told you it was. Like FOX told you Sharpton did this? |
Lawyers settle.... Paul Deen, all accusations dismissed..
In article ,
says... On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:06:58 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 9/1/13 8:02 PM, wrote: Some of us always thought white actors prancing around in blackface was offensive. Because someone told you it was. Do you think mimes are making fun of white people too? Most of the famous mimes were just doing non-offensive funny stuff, and the white face *some* of them used was not there to depict white people. Many circus clowns use whiteface. Do you think they are depicting white people? The blackfacers were making fun of what they thought was the stereotypical behavior of black people. Not necessarily. Do you think Al Jolsen was doing a stereotype? Did Gene Wilder offend you in Stir Crazy? Was Laurence Olivier offensive when he played Othello? Was Sharpton the cause of all that too? |
Lawyers settle.... Paul Deen, all accusations dismissed..
On 9/2/2013 10:51 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 09:05:37 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 9/1/13 9:40 PM, wrote: On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 20:06:58 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 9/1/13 8:02 PM, wrote: Some of us always thought white actors prancing around in blackface was offensive. Because someone told you it was. Do you think mimes are making fun of white people too? Most of the famous mimes were just doing non-offensive funny stuff, and the white face *some* of them used was not there to depict white people. Many circus clowns use whiteface. Do you think they are depicting white people? The blackfacers were making fun of what they thought was the stereotypical behavior of black people. Not necessarily. Do you think Al Jolsen was doing a stereotype? Did Gene Wilder offend you in Stir Crazy? Was Laurence Olivier offensive when he played Othello? 1. Absolutely. 2. The concept of wearing blackface offends me. 3. Olivier was a great actor, but there were first rate black actors who could have played and in fact did play the role, Paul Robeson, for one. In 1965, to have Olivier as Othello was more than a bit condescending to black actors. Eddie Murphy playing an old white Jew in Coming to America must have really pushed you over the edge. Harry is merely feigning his offense in order to mask his extreme racism so he can claim to be a progressive open minded liberal. None of which he really is. |
Lawyers settle.... Paul Deen, all accusations dismissed..
On 9/2/13 11:36 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 2 Sep 2013 10:59:51 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 16:18:51 -0400, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... The strange thing is this did not even happen "in this country" it was half a world away. Thailand is not the US and things are different there. Child prostitution is OK but OMG a cartoon selling doughnuts is an outrage. I'd still like one of you FOXites to show me where this has anything to do with Sharpton. Sharpton just sets the stage for lots of other people to be offended at things they would think were funny if they were left to their own thoughts. It is similar to people who go out of their way to find "accessibility" issues in places where it was never an issue ... like the requirement for a wheelchair accessible stripper pole. In other words, Sharpton is to blame for everything, whether he's involved or not, got it. That certainly says a lot about your credibility. He is certainly a person who drives the "racial outrage" business and makes a nice penny doing it. If our society were less racist, there would be less racial outrage. We've got Republican politicians in this country openly admitting they are making it tougher for blacks and other minorities to vote because these people tend not to vote for Republican candidates, and not because there is serious voter fraud. But I am sure you will try to rationalize this away, too, because if the folks being shut out weren't, white rule would come to an end a lot sooner. Racism. |
Lawyers settle.... Paul Deen, all accusations dismissed..
On 9/2/13 12:22 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 11:54:26 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 9/2/13 11:36 AM, wrote: He is certainly a person who drives the "racial outrage" business and makes a nice penny doing it. If our society were less racist, there would be less racial outrage. We've got Republican politicians in this country openly admitting they are making it tougher for blacks and other minorities to vote because these people tend not to vote for Republican candidates, and not because there is serious voter fraud. But I am sure you will try to rationalize this away, too, because if the folks being shut out weren't, white rule would come to an end a lot sooner. Racism. Black people are as racist as whites. It is just politically incorrect to say it. They would rather have the issue than to have a solution. Latinos came here with far greater disadvantages and they are succeeding. Nobody gave them the "victim" excuse. Yada yada yada. You really work hard to maintain your racist rationalizations. White racism directed towards blacks helps keep blacks on the lowest rung of the economic ladder. Whatever black racism is directed towards whites has not had a similar effect. What's interesting is how hard the GOP is working to project racism against latinos. It's going to continue to backfire. :) |
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