Red Mosquito

Rob wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

tree_ wrote:I still don’t see how this is a black issue

nobody is surprised by this

Most of the conversations I've read don't mention race. I get that black women have faced discrimination over their hairstyles and whatnot, but I do not see how this joke (lame or not) came from a place of racism.

Rob wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

Rob wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

tree_ wrote:I still don’t see how this is a black issue

nobody is surprised by this

Most of the conversations I've read don't mention race. I get that black women have faced discrimination over their hairstyles and whatnot, but I do not see how this joke (lame or not) came from a place of racism.

again, I'm not surprised by any of this either; I spent most of my life around "nothing about race"

So is your defense that white guys can't ever see racism? Many of us live in America, and there's plenty of it here. I see it all the time. Just not here. Your argument is framed as being sympathetic to minorities, but coming across as anger towards white guys.

Strat wrote:

Rob wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

tree_ wrote:I still don’t see how this is a black issue

nobody is surprised by this

Most of the conversations I've read don't mention race. I get that black women have faced discrimination over their hairstyles and whatnot, but I do not see how this joke (lame or not) came from a place of racism.

yt people slyly make it about themselves by pretending this is a race issue. Its not.

Ms Harmless wrote:

Strat wrote:

Rob wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

tree_ wrote:I still don’t see how this is a black issue

nobody is surprised by this

Most of the conversations I've read don't mention race. I get that black women have faced discrimination over their hairstyles and whatnot, but I do not see how this joke (lame or not) came from a place of racism.

yt people slyly make it about themselves by pretending this is a race issue. Its not.

incredible intellectual gymnastics

Ms Harmless wrote:I don't think Smith, as a professional actor, writing an official letter of apology for disrupting a celebrity event, should be used as a gotcha to validate anyone's individual sense of morality; the letter was an occupational expectation that he fulfilled

and it's funny to see the number of white people who normally don't think any celebrity owes accountability or apology letters to their audience, suddenly congratulating him on making them look right

Mickey wrote:Great news: the position that I publicly, vocally, and sentimentally committed to has not been altered by additional evidence.

tree_ wrote:If karma is real, harmless will one day be arrested for slapping some poor white amateur comedian on a street corner trying to make a buck, casually roasting folks

Ms Harmless wrote:

tree_ wrote:If karma is real, harmless will one day be arrested for slapping some poor white amateur comedian on a street corner trying to make a buck, casually roasting folks

I'm not gonna slap any poor people on sidewalks lol

Mickey wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I don't think Smith, as a professional actor, writing an official letter of apology for disrupting a celebrity event, should be used as a gotcha to validate anyone's individual sense of morality; the letter was an occupational expectation that he fulfilled

and it's funny to see the number of white people who normally don't think any celebrity owes accountability or apology letters to their audience, suddenly congratulating him on making them look right

Mickey wrote:Great news: the position that I publicly, vocally, and sentimentally committed to has not been altered by additional evidence.

Mickey wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

tree_ wrote:If karma is real, harmless will one day be arrested for slapping some poor white amateur comedian on a street corner trying to make a buck, casually roasting folks

I'm not gonna slap any poor people on sidewalks lol

Why is that?

Ms Harmless wrote:

Mickey wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I don't think Smith, as a professional actor, writing an official letter of apology for disrupting a celebrity event, should be used as a gotcha to validate anyone's individual sense of morality; the letter was an occupational expectation that he fulfilled

and it's funny to see the number of white people who normally don't think any celebrity owes accountability or apology letters to their audience, suddenly congratulating him on making them look right

Mickey wrote:Great news: the position that I publicly, vocally, and sentimentally committed to has not been altered by additional evidence.

you seem obsessed by the fact that I haven't changed my mind for some reason

Strat wrote:I ask you, have any of the victims in this incident mentioned anything about race? no. They haven't.

The Argonaut wrote:Mickey's lens which he reads everything through is is "class". Just say something mean about rich people and he'll understand

Ms Harmless wrote:

The Argonaut wrote:Mickey's lens which he reads everything through is is "class". Just say something mean about rich people and he'll understand

yep, he's a class reductionist

Mickey wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

Mickey wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I don't think Smith, as a professional actor, writing an official letter of apology for disrupting a celebrity event, should be used as a gotcha to validate anyone's individual sense of morality; the letter was an occupational expectation that he fulfilled

and it's funny to see the number of white people who normally don't think any celebrity owes accountability or apology letters to their audience, suddenly congratulating him on making them look right

Mickey wrote:Great news: the position that I publicly, vocally, and sentimentally committed to has not been altered by additional evidence.

you seem obsessed by the fact that I haven't changed my mind for some reason

I remember documenting exactly how your position has shifted earlier in this thread. But I don't think you're wrong that this apology is not a transparent document, exactly.