It would take me a whole bunch of time to craft the post I would like to craft, outlining all the ways that lying offends me, why it’s such a bane to my existence, how much it enrages me when nothing else does. But I really can’t justify the time.
But I will share what prompted me to bring it up today: the lamest, most pointless and stupid lie I have come across in quite awhile.
Some asshat mayor here in my lovely state thought it would be hilarious to send out an email to a few select friends that depict the White House lawn planted with watermelons., with the tag: “No Easter Egg hunt this year.” Just fucking stupid as hell, and even if you are the most racist fuck on the planet…it’s not funny. Not “not funny” due to being offensive, I’m fine with offensive. It’s simply lacking genuine wit (as is true of the vast majority of humor that is focused on hatefulness or judgment) and serves no purpose than to advertise this particular asshat’s asshattedness.
Okay, fine, he’s been outed for the lame racist asshat that he is and is now doing the right thing, which is resigning. He said he “accepts” that the email was in poor taste and has affected his ability to lead the city.
Fine. STOP TALKING NOW, ASSHAT!!!
Nope. He went on to tell a lie so goddamn idiotic that any points he might have earned for apologizing and quitting went up in flames. He said he “didn’t mean to offend anyone” AND…wait for it…wait for it… he was “unaware of the racial stereotype linking black people with watermelons”
:smack::smack::smack:
Please write on the board 10,000 times: “I am an asshat, a stupid, stupid, stupid lying asshat.”
You should also wear a sign on your back for the next 6 months that says “Kick me, for I am a stupid, racist, lying…did I mention that I’m stupid? asshat.”
Man, it seems like lately all these headlines of blatantly stupid racism on which I’m normally expecting to see an Arkansas dateline are coming from California. WTF’s up with that?
A friend of our family worked as a nurse out in eastern San Luis Obispo county. Talked about seeing inbreeding within families for the first time. Yup, it ain’t
just the Appalackey’s.
Until I moved to the east coast, I never picked up on the racism in CA because it’s so subtle. Here, I found it hidden, but it would pop up explicitly every now and then. After moving back to California, I saw it much more clearly–passive aggressive is the only way I know how to describe it. It’s all around the state–and not just whites. I noted that in San Diego, some Asian restaurants always put us near the kitchen or the bathrooms, even when the place was empty. Or they would serve other Asian people first who came door 30 minutes after we had sat down waiting to take our order. You would think we were pissed about it, but we were fascinated by the behavior and decided to what happen, if was just a coincidence or intentional. We both concluded that it’s intentional after a few months.
Too bad for the servers, we always tip really, really well the first time and second time. After that we paid a nominal 15%. I guess our money wasn’t good enough for them.
I’ve also heard Hawaii is also pretty antagonistic racially speaking.
Well, the stereotype I knew growing up (in rural north-eastern Ohio) was that Southerners and hillbillies (which were considered the same) ate fried chicken and watermelon. I didn’t hear about the black connection until college.
So I’m not going to immediately jump on this mayor for lying, but for ignorant provincialism.
Except for the fact that if he had no idea about the connection, what was the point? Unless you understand the connection between blacks and watermelon, there is no earthly reason possible for a picture of the White House with watermelon on the lawn. None. Zero. Cant’ even weasel the Southern thing, he’s from Chicago by way of Indonesia by way of Hawaii.
He was being a racist asshat. Who is stupid. And lies.
No, it’s pretty clearly a lie. Because if you assume it to be the truth, then you must also ask what he was doing spreading around a picture of watermelons on Obama’s front lawn. The joke wouldn’t make any sense to you. Heck, you couldn’t even be certain there WAS a joke.
So why would you send it to friends?
I grew up in California, went to school in San Luis Obispo and lived all over the state. I’ve also traveled in Europe, Central America and what used to be the USSR. Racism is everywhere. It is no more or less subtle in California than in Kiev, Huehuetenango, Santa Barbara, Barcelona, Seattle, etc.
As to the OP, I was thinking the same thing as Stoid. What would be the “funny” part if it was peas, or corn, or apples?
Maybe if he chose pineapples it mighta been a tiny bit funny, but still pointless.
Also, how would planting watermelons preclude having an Easter egg hunt? (Maybe there’s no Easter at the White House anymore because the President’s a Muslim. And I learned from two insane ministers interviewed on The Daily Show the other day that he’s either the Antichrist, or a bisexual Hitler.)
