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There's nowhere I can't reach. |
His goal was to offend, and he was obviously "incredibly" offended, as is evidenced by his response. Smart? No. Situationally warranted? I'd say so. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
I think it's ridiculous to get all HURT and OFFENDED when you fire at someone, and low and behold, THEY FIRE BACK. In fact, I find the heckling worse than the name-calling - mostly because it's extremely STUPID to do. How ya doing, buddy? |
I was speaking idiomatically. |
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Was it funny? Not really. The interrupting the white man line was pretty good, but over all it was pretty fucking unfunny. But that's mostly because Michael Richards is mostly unfunny. However, the black guy did call him a cracker-ass. That's a racial slur too. Someone yell at that ignant ass nigga. Also, requesting that Balcony Heckler be curbstomped for stealing my Muppets av/sig combo. You fucking biter. How ya doing, buddy? John Mayer just asked me, personally, through an assistant, to sing backup on his new CD.
Last edited by No. Hard Pass.; Nov 20, 2006 at 10:29 PM.
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If the black dudes started it, why should Richards be sorry? He was just doing his job when these guys started yelling he's not funny? I think anyone would be very upset with that, and will think of anything to get back at those who humiliated him. Well, he didn't have to go over the line, but still.
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
There's nowhere I can't reach. John Mayer just asked me, personally, through an assistant, to sing backup on his new CD. |
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cracker-ass is not a slur and you know it. It attempts to be but it's hard to use terms that imply domination and superiority on the dominate racial group. That's why This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
Last edited by Sarag; Nov 20, 2006 at 10:47 PM.
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Honestly, though, I think that word has been used for too long out of its original context to be offensive. Nevermind that it really shouldn't have been offensive in the first place. Oh, but I must be a bigot I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?
Last edited by Snowknight; Nov 20, 2006 at 11:00 PM.
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lol original context, language evolves, etc What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
I'm actually more insulted that he didn't insult Mexicans. Then again... We don't heckle; we attack.
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I will promptly burn a cross on myself. I still don't understand why certain uses of the word are offensive. For some people--usually those of older generations--the word is used not to express an undying hate for black people but, rather, as the primary word that they were taught for referring to black people. Yes, it is up to the offended to decide, but I'd like them to be a bit less caustic about it. Guh, I don't know. I'm still going to burn a cross on myself, though What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
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Personally I would like dudes to buy my drinks everywhere I go without the implied sex at the end of the night but we don't always get what we want. Don't know why you would even think it's appropriate to insist that black people sanction you calling your (black?) friends nigger, though. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Seriously though, one cannot deny that the word has a certain disgusting levity to it. You curse people out when you say nigger. Not nigga but nigger. However, it should also be said that the word was used properly. Michael Richards wanted to insult those people and struck at a base nerve with a lot of people - not just blacks. The word is there to be insulting, obviously and it's a great, gallant thing that we're able to have the choice of flinging racial slurs at anyone we chose (thought the effects of that are ours to reap, obviously) The whole thing boils down to White Man's Guilt in the audience and wouldn't be such a big deal if it wasn't from a celeb. I bet you dollars to donuts we wouldn't have seen this if it was Bobcat Goldwaith screaming about chinks. How ya doing, buddy? |
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Really sounds like these guys just made a wrong turn on thier way to Def Comedy Jam. This could've been avoided.
I was speaking idiomatically. |
For once, someone says the n-word and black people aren't overracting to it. Probably just circumstantial, though.
Anyway, as stupid as it was for him to say that, it reminds me of how tired I am of the fact that there is a word I can't say but other people can. I really don't care if I can say it or not, since I don't really ever use it verbally or in writing, but I have little tolerance for the double standard grade school bullshit behind it all. If the word evokes such negativity, then no one should use it. You don't see Jews jokingly calling each other Hitler, do you? Maybe that's because it would actually be offensive. Nobody else has a word that they pretend to be offended by so that only they can use their special word. Grow the fuck up already. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
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Yeah, but from what I saw, the reaction is sort of understandable. You could have put the Grand Wizard of the KKK on stage and he would have been less offensive.
Actually what really bothers me about this is not that some B-list actor may be a bigot, but what he did, unfortunately is going to reflect badly on a cultural icon. It's kind of like he committed "crimes against culture" or something. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?
Last edited by Minion; Nov 21, 2006 at 09:52 AM.
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Jam it back in, in the dark. John Mayer just asked me, personally, through an assistant, to sing backup on his new CD. |
It could have been handled a lot more gracefully. Shit, you can hear on a CD when someone was making too much noise and heckling Dane Cook, he didn't totally flip out. He very calmly called the guy out and threatened to have security remove him because he was ruining the show for everyone else around him. It was actually kinda cool. There's nowhere I can't reach.
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