Thunderian
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This is outrageous. Imagine if it was anyone other than CNN telling black people what they're allowed to think.
So what? Those comments are from black people. You don't whine when rappers call each other "n*ggers" do you?This is outrageous. Imagine if it was anyone other than CNN telling black people what they're allowed to think.
You mean mouthpieces for CNN who are trying to tell black people that they can only be democrat?So what? Those comments are from black people.
Well he shouldnt seeing as the original meaning of that word is black before white people made it into a derogatory word during slavery...You don't whine when rappers call each other "n*ggers" do you?
Nowhere did they say that blacks had to be democrats. Also they do not cease to be black just because they are on CNN.You mean mouthpieces for CNN who are trying to tell black people that they can only be democrat
Its clear that people are trying to shame Kanye into hating Trump.Nowhere did they say that blacks had to be democrats. Also they do not cease to be black just because they are on CNN.
either rappers get to say it and i (being white) can say it or NO ONE gets to say it (which is anti-free speech, so thats not an option). no one has a claim on words.So what? Those comments are from black people. You don't whine when rappers call each other "n*ggers" do you?
You can say it as much as your heart desires Polymoog. No ones going to put you in jail for it but as a white guy don’t expect that free speech to be consequence free.either rappers get to say it and i (being white) can say it or NO ONE gets to say it (which is anti-free speech, so thats not an option). no one has a claim on words.
one can say "token negro" only if two requirements are met: if you are black and if it suits the left. otherwise... its racist.
agreed 100%. my point, though, is that the double standard is complete BS.You can say it as much as your heart desires Polymoog. No ones going to put you in jail for it but as a white guy don’t expect that free speech to be consequence free.
How is there a double standard here? Black people are capable of deciding for themselves how they wish to refer to each other and my or your input on the matter is irrelevant. Nothing is stopping me from saying it either other than a basic moral compass.agreed 100%. my point, though, is that the double standard is complete BS.
I am not a PC guy, but a black person who says something like that shows that there is something amiss in the other black person being called a "token negro." If african americans can become educated and conscientious, then it is their right and often duty to try and elevate other members of their own race. Also whites can say some other white person is "white trash", it is the same logic there.either rappers get to say it and i (being white) can say it or NO ONE gets to say it (which is anti-free speech, so thats not an option). no one has a claim on words.
one can say "token negro" only if two requirements are met: if you are black and if it suits the left. otherwise... its racist.
im not sure what you are arguing-- at least i am agreeing with you and not seeing what your argument is. if you are addressing the left/right thing, the left has FAR more latitude with these things-- at least the MSM wouldnt say "boo!" about it whereas a person on the right would be lambasted.I am not a PC guy, but a black person who says something like that shows that there is something amiss in the other black person being called a "token negro." If african americans can become educated and conscientious, then it is their right and often duty to try and elevate other members of their own race. Also whites can say some other white person is "white trash", it is the same logic there.
this is straying from the original intent of the thread of left/right accepted racist (or not racist) comments, but ill say this: black people using the n word: no problem. non-black person using it: big problem. thats the double standard.How is there a double standard here? Black people are capable of deciding for themselves how they wish to refer to each other and my or your input on the matter is irrelevant. Nothing is stopping me from saying it either other than a basic moral compass.
I don't see this as a left or right thing. Blacks can call each other whatever they want and it will not be racism because they are of the same race evidently. So even Kanye can go on and say stupid stuff like slavery for blacks was a "choice" for 400 years, he has the right to say it and CNN people and others have the right to call him out. He said the 13th amendment should be abolished for Gods sake, and it was the amendment that ENDED slavery. He is clearly off his rocker.im not sure what you are arguing-- at least i am agreeing with you and not seeing what your argument is. if you are addressing the left/right thing, the left has FAR more latitude with these things-- at least the MSM wouldnt say "boo!" about it whereas a person on the right would be lambasted.
the left, whether you like it or not, is the party of political correctness.
i am 100% fine with non-whites saying "white trash".
Effing Redneck... that would be the nomenclature. Hick... trash... you know.I find the fact that they are making Kanye's race an issue troubling, no matter what their own race is. You wouldn't see a bunch of white panelists sitting there calling a white guy a "dumb Caucasian", so why is his race an issue for them at all, unless, for some reason, they think black people aren't allowed to think a certain way?
What if I called these panelists "ignorant Negroes"? What if I called Don Lemon a "token CNN Negro"? Would that be a problem?
Well you weren’t lying about your empathy deficiency if you can’t understand why you as a white man shouldn’ t say it because there is nothing stopping you from saying it and you certainly have the right to.this is straying from the original intent of the thread of left/right accepted racist (or not racist) comments, but ill say this: black people using the n word: no problem. non-black person using it: big problem. thats the double standard.
its nutty in itself that weve been indoctrinated so heavily that i cant even type the n word out in a civil discussion out of concern i could possibly offend someone.
i dont want to say it. i want the RIGHT to say it. everyone needs that right.Well you weren’t lying about your empathy deficiency if you can’t understand why you as a white man shouldn’ t say it because there is nothing stopping you from saying it and you certainly have the right to.
Why would you want to say it anyway?