Kramer the racist

[Wilben]

If people haven't actually seen the tape, they might think Richards merely let the word slip out. In fact, he shouted it repeatedly.

Even asked for him to be thrown out because of it.

You Tube link for those without the AOL video plug ins.

 

[John Doe]

What argument?

All I'm saying is that black people use the word regularly, it has many different connotations for us and most people recognize this as an unfortunate fact.

Most white people I assume view this as a peculiar practice specific to black people and leave it at that. White people with an agenda make up arguments about "double standards".

You implied I didn't find the word offensive. That's not the case. I just question the motives of any white person who makes a big deal about not being able to say it themselves.

This is what I'm talking about. I've never heard anyone complain about not being able to use it themselves. It's the other way around. The question is if the word is so offensive, then why is it only offensive when certain people say it?

 

[wazhazhe]

Don't forget that Michael Richards himself is Jewish. Which makes him not white/a cracker/not a honkey and whatever else.

The two are not mutually exclusive.

 

[_geisha_]

i hadn't seen the video before, didn't have the plugins for it.

that. shit. is. ridiculous.

 

[Wilben]

i hadn't seen the video before, didn't have the plugins for it.

that. shit. is. ridiculous.

Indeed.

 

[garbage can]

Not a great example.

A better comparison, to make the case that he isn't a racist, would be to take a look at what one might drag out expressly to hurt another person. The low blow.

"Fuckwad" isn't a low blow. It doesn't cut to the core, it doesn't give the recipient pause. Even if only to pretend it doesn't hurt.

Let us say that you are my ex-lover and I am so angry I have lost control. I want to hurt you. I can call you a racial epithet... or I could maybe tell you that you are shitty in bed and that I always faked my orgasms. That would cut you to the bone, even if I don't mean it.

"Fuckwad" - I think not.

Maybe the guy is a racist, or maybe he just went down that road because he lost control. I think DCL has it right on this thread, that what he wrote is the key

LadyF.... I think you're agreeing with me....... Any name can cut to the bone of any person. If you call me a fuckwad, it may not hurt me, but it may hurt someone else.

If you tell me I'm a lousy lay, it hurts my feelings, If I call you a nigger, it hurts your feeling.......my point is...... that many people concentrate on racial epithets as being racist, which is not true.... it's name calling of any kind, which can hurt.

If you call me a cocksucker, It implies I'm a homosexual.... that can cut deep with a lot of people.

Do you understand what I mean?

 

[JustSkye]

He's on Letterman right now, trying to explain.

 

[SleepingWarrior]

These idiots are being disingenuous. They know full well that the reason that nigger--as well as kike--is more offensive than most insults in that the word is drenched in the blood of millions of people against whom it was used as a justification for murderous centuries-long crimes against humanity. They are engaging in what Hitler called "the big lie," which states that if you say even the most patently absurd things long enough, some people will begin to believe them.

Pfft, every race/group on earth has at some point in time had their blood shed by another. Those are only "more offensive" because of how recent they were and the public being told about it more often.

The only person that can keep the yoke over your shoulders is yourself.

 

[Freya]

I'm of the opinion that the vast majority of American blacks are nothing but welfare losers and criminals.

This is what I'm talking about. I've never heard anyone complain about not being able to use it themselves. It's the other way around. The question is if the word is so offensive, then why is it only offensive when certain people say it?

He said three times that he doesn't like the word, no matter how it's used, but he understands it a bit more when it's used within the black community, simply because it has a different connotation.




Clairebutterfly, you're a fucking idiot. Seriously. I've never noticed you before, and now, frankly, I'm glad. But you're a stupid cow, and unfortunately, your son is doomed to be as bad as you.


Killswitch, you're such a joke. That's all.

 

[wazhazhe]

I'm of the opinion that the vast majority of American blacks are nothing but welfare losers and criminals.

Surely you are joking.

 

[SleepingWarrior]

Surely you are joking.

Sarcasm I would assume to show how stupid it is to say that or that all whites are bigots in wool clothing.

 

[Freya]

Surely you are joking.

Why? It's not racist - I didn't say all.


And don't call me Surely.

 

[TANG GOD]

i have never found any dirty hook-nosed, cheapass kiki to be even remotely amusing....unless you find the pubic hairs on thier carrot head funny.

what do you call a jewish chinese homosexual?










*drums beat*









a heblew

 

[Freya]

a heblew

I laughed. I admit it.

 

[TANG GOD]

I laughed. I admit it.

what's your opinion on the vast majority of latinos?

 

[Freya]

what's your opinion on the vast majority of latinos?

We don't seem to have many latinos up here - maybe it's the cold?

Many of them are awfully hot though. More so the women than the men...not to say that the men aren't.

 

[TANG GOD]

We don't seem to have many latinos up here - maybe it's the cold?

Many of them are awfully hot though. More so the women than the men...not to say that the men aren't.

bullshit. just say it. we're nothing but a buncha $4 an hour making, cocaine selling, gangbanging, 30 ppl deep truck driving, bean eating turds that won't go away and stop having kids. i promise i won't cry.

 

[wazhazhe]

Why? It's not racist - I didn't say all.


And don't call me Surely.

For the life of me, I can't imagine how you could think you are anything different than Clairebutterfly.

 

[phrodeau]

bullshit. just say it. we're nothing but a buncha $4 an hour making, cocaine selling, gangbanging, 30 ppl deep truck driving, bean eating turds that won't go away and stop having kids. i promise i won't cry.

Well, knock it off.

 

[Cade Is Here]

lol...

 

[garbage can]

I'm of the opinion that the vast majority of American blacks are nothing but welfare losers and criminals.

Am I still on iggy? If so, I won't reply......................

 

[MechaBlade]

Man, this is a long thread.

I'm of the opinion that the vast majority of American blacks are nothing but welfare losers and criminals.

Wait, what?

 

[Freya]

For the life of me, I can't imagine how you could think you are anything different than Clairebutterfly.

Do you understand that I posted that to make a point? Do you understand that I took a post, written earlier in the thread, copied it almost word for word, except for a few notable changes? If not, then I can't be arsed to explain it to you any further.

GC, yeah you are, but I still click your posts.

Tang, I live in a city of 90,000 people, in Canada. We don't have gangbanging, $4/hr making anybodies up here. So, as much as I'd like to see you cry, I'm unable to accomodate you this time.

 

[Freya]

Wait, what?

Look down.


Or up.


Or something.

 

[akatrex]

I'd probably listen to racists more if they could spell and construct grammatically correct sentences... or a semblance of it.



Baghdad isn't in America.



jive? wtf is this? 1970? jive? cracker? honky?

You're 70 years old aren't you?

Sorry, English is a second langauge to computer speak. Having to use a qwerty keyboard is painful.

Years ago we had EBONICS shoved down our throat.

Back to watching WET TV. Oh thats right that would be racist.