I Do Not Think That Word Means What You Think It Means
First of all, in case you haven't seen it, here's the Japanese cellphone commercial that's causing all the commotion:
The problem? Evidently, it's racist. You see, since Obama is black, it's unacceptable to refer to him as a monkey. Only white people should ever be depicted as monkeys, such as George W. Bush, as in this image which I stole from a Google image search.
You see, it's not racist to treat white people and black people differently. It's racist to treat them the same. No, wait, that would be stupid. The truth is that it's racist to treat them any differently except where important differences exist, such as medical treatments that work better on one race than another (yes, they do exist). To say that a particular insult is only appropriate when used on white people isn't just racist, it's stupid and hypocritical. Unfortunately, stupidity and hypocrisy seem to be the leading political forces all around the world.
The thing is, lately there seems to be this trend of assuming that everything even remotely negative aimed at a person who happens to be black is racist. If a black man sleeps with your wife and you kick his ass, you obviously did it because he's black. If a black man robs a store and police need to use force to stop him, it's not because he's armed. No, it's because he's black.
America, please remember that BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T GOD. They have a right be treated exactly how a white person is treated one hundred percent of the time, even if they don't like it. Not to do so would be racist. Dumbasses.
*You're also a dumbass if you think it's even remotely funny or clever to call George W. Bush a monkey, when there are legitimate things to criticize him for other than the way he looks.
The problem? Evidently, it's racist. You see, since Obama is black, it's unacceptable to refer to him as a monkey. Only white people should ever be depicted as monkeys, such as George W. Bush, as in this image which I stole from a Google image search.
You see, it's not racist to treat white people and black people differently. It's racist to treat them the same. No, wait, that would be stupid. The truth is that it's racist to treat them any differently except where important differences exist, such as medical treatments that work better on one race than another (yes, they do exist). To say that a particular insult is only appropriate when used on white people isn't just racist, it's stupid and hypocritical. Unfortunately, stupidity and hypocrisy seem to be the leading political forces all around the world.
The thing is, lately there seems to be this trend of assuming that everything even remotely negative aimed at a person who happens to be black is racist. If a black man sleeps with your wife and you kick his ass, you obviously did it because he's black. If a black man robs a store and police need to use force to stop him, it's not because he's armed. No, it's because he's black.
America, please remember that BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T GOD. They have a right be treated exactly how a white person is treated one hundred percent of the time, even if they don't like it. Not to do so would be racist. Dumbasses.
*You're also a dumbass if you think it's even remotely funny or clever to call George W. Bush a monkey, when there are legitimate things to criticize him for other than the way he looks.
posted by Covarr at 10:46 PM
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No, I completely agree with you, the other poster just has his head so firmly lodged up his arse all he can talk is shit.
The rules for black and white people should be exactly the same, anything other than that IS racism.
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