Disgusted with the Biden administration

posted by jmog

So how do words have different meanings based on the skin color of the person saying the word?

That seems rather odd to me. Words have definitions and meanings that are not fluid/changeable they are concrete stay the same. 

If I say "green" and you say "green" the word's meaning doesn't change because our skin color is different. Same with all these derogatory terms. The meaning is the same no matter what the color of the skin of the person saying the word.

A black person saying the Whats up "my ni@@er"? (brother/homie/term of endearment) to another black person absolutely has a different meaning than a white person saying "i hate ni@@ers". I guess u have to have certain experiences to understand possibly.  it seems fairly simple to me.

words def have context and different meanings given the situation and person using them.  I do know white people from Kansas City and Junction CIty, Kansas that are from the hood who also use the N word profusely to both white and black people. Because of where they are from and the authenticity of their person, it isnt questioned.  I am a teacher in the inner city middle school and the Asian kids and Mexican kids also routinely use the word.  I have only had 1 white student in the last few years who uses it.

Sounds like you two are really coming together and seeing eye-to-eye on yet another topic.  

posted by geeblock

A black person saying the Whats up "my ni@@er"? (brother/homie/term of endearment) to another black person absolutely has a different meaning than a white person saying "i hate ni@@ers". I guess u have to have certain experiences to understand possibly.  it seems fairly simple to me.

words def have context and different meanings given the situation and person using them.  I do know white people from Kansas City and Junction CIty, Kansas that are from the hood who also use the N word profusely to both white and black people. Because of where they are from and the authenticity of their person, it isnt questioned.  I am a teacher in the inner city middle school and the Asian kids and Mexican kids also routinely use the word.  I have only had 1 white student in the last few years who uses it.

Words have context for sure. 

I assumed it was obvious I meant that if a person says “what’s up my n@@gger” it shouldn’t matter if that person is white or black, it should be either wrong for both races or ok for both races. 

I can’t believe you truly thought I meant “what’s up my n’er” and “I hate n’ers” meant the same thing. Are you trolling now?

You two should start a podcast!

This thread is getting ridiculous.  Start a new one about what is racist and what isnt.

posted by Spock

This thread is getting ridiculous.  Start a new one about what is racist and what isnt.

posted by iclfan2
Shut up, cracker. 

"He must have thought it was white boy day. It ain't white boy day, is it?"

"No man, It ain't white boy day."

posted by iclfan2
Shut up, cracker. 

Spock strikes me as more of a honky

posted by geeblock

can you read?  I said clearly its not the same as unlce tom... the fact that you can type out unlcle tom but cant type out the N word tells you that, is what i said.  I also never called him an unlce tom and said i didnt disagree with everything he said. Reading is fundamental.  

That awkward moment when the guy who just went 0-3 trying to spell uncle tries to call out other people's reading skills. 

My Uncle Tom owned and operated Michael’s Ice Cream here in Jackson. Home of the famous bubble.

posted by Ironman92

My Uncle Tom owned and operated Michael’s Ice Cream here in Jackson. Home of the famous bubble.

Damn, that looks good. And I agree, if you want to continue the conversation about racism, start a new thread. None of this talk has anything to do with the Biden admin.

What I gathered from that debate is gblock doesn't like black conservatives and it's ok to be racist towards them.  Just admit you don't like black conservatives and move on.

i dont like 99 percent of conservatives so there is that

I don’t like 99% of assholes

posted by Ironman92

I don’t like 99% of assholes

so u like 1 percent of assholes?  or are you calling me an asshole because we disagree on politics?

posted by like_that

What I gathered from that debate is gblock doesn't like black conservatives and it's ok to be racist towards them.  Just admit you don't like black conservatives and move on.

Agreed, that is the case for a lot of liberals however, that it is ok to be racist to black conservatives.

In actual news, the jobs report today is horrible. Maybe stop paying people not to work and get all schools opened back up (won’t matter here in a month). Some governors are already opting their state out of the federal unemployment benefits to get their people back to work. The risk of inflation continues to grow. 

posted by geeblock

so u like 1 percent of assholes?  or are you calling me an asshole because we disagree on politics?

I can't speak for him but the way I took it was he didn't discriminate between conservatives or liberals but had an issue with assholes (not you) in general. To put it another way, most "smart" people judge on character and not race, nationality, skin color, etc. Now liberals are just idiots. Doesn't mean I don't like some of them.

posted by iclfan2

In actual news, the jobs report today is horrible. Maybe stop paying people not to work and get all schools opened back up (won’t matter here in a month). Some governors are already opting their state out of the federal unemployment benefits to get their people back to work. The risk of inflation continues to grow. 

Yeah, it could have been better, but the overall economy is still pretty good. I agree that the schools need to open up and that may be more a hinderance than unemployment benefits. 

The unemployment benefits do get a lot of scrutiny, fine. However, if businesses are having trouble finding people, maybe increase the wages and offer more benefits? It maybe harder for some businesses, I get that, but I think the days of paying people really low wages and little benefits are numbered.

posted by geeblock

so u like 1 percent of assholes?  or are you calling me an asshole because we disagree on politics?

I don’t think he was, but if he was how would that be different than you defending people being racist to Tim Scott because you disagree with him on politics?