The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by elphenor

I say more in my 2 sentences than you do in a paragraph ramble, Trollheart

I imagine your teachers agree.

"I know you only turned in half a page on a 10 page assignment but god damn do I love the Clash now."

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

It's not a strawman, but why don't you go ahead and explain.

You misrepresented my point.

Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

If the joke is racist on it's face then you can't hold the position that it's possible to make a monkey joke about a black person that isn't racist, which you already accepted as true.

Huh? Just because it's possible for a joke about a black person looking like a monkey to not be racist (I was thinking of a joke with some kind of sci-fi experiment gone wrong where the looking like a monkey part wasn't the punchline btw; a rather extreme example), it doesn't mean that I can identify something that I recognize as blatantly racist as racist?

#notagotchabitch

[DwnWthVwls]

Originally Posted by Frownland

You misrepresented my point.



Huh? Just because it's possible for a joke about a black person looking like a monkey to not be racist (I was thinking of a joke with some kind of sci-fi experiment gone wrong where the looking like a monkey part wasn't the punchline btw; a rather extreme example), it doesn't mean that I can identify something that I recognize as blatantly racist as racist?

#notagotchabitch

You misrepresented your point.

I asked you if there could be jokes comparing black people and monkeys that werent racist. I'd say you should have answered "No" because I know you're not an idiot and that "extreme example" is a cop out considering the entirety of this discussion. Don't make me start spelling everything out to prevent you from using such a nonsense example to prove your point. You know full and well when I asked you that question what the punchline was about.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

You misrepresented your point.

I asked you if there could be jokes comparing black people and monkeys that werent racist. I'd say you should have answered "No" because I know you're not an idiot and that "extreme example" is a cop out considering the entirety of this discussion. Don't make me start spelling everything out to prevent you from using such a nonsense example to prove your point. You know full and well when I asked you that question what the punchline was about.

I was considering every possibility. What happened to the love of nuance?

[DwnWthVwls]

I didn't say you were wrong did I? I appreciate the trickery, but it was intentionally misleading and just derailed the discussion.

[Frownland]

You paint some pretty negative intentions behind statements made by people you disagree with. I considered the question and answered honestly. Again, should I just go ahead and lie?

[Chula Vista]

Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Is it possible to make a joke about a black guy looking like a monkey that isn't racist?

Wow. Pretend you are black for minute. Then re-ask that same question.

Isolated 101.

[Frownland]

Nobody. Cares.

[DwnWthVwls]

Leave it up to Chula to take a question aimed at understanding someones position and turning it upside down. *thumbs up*

Originally Posted by Frownland

You paint some pretty negative intentions behind statements made by people you disagree with. I considered the question and answered honestly. Again, should I just go ahead and lie?

Just being honest. I thought given the context of the discussion you knew the type of joke i was referring to. If you say you were not being intentionally misleading, okay i was wrong to assume.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Wow. Pretend you are black for minute. Then re-ask that same question.

Isolated 101.

Pretend you're Native American. Oh wait...