Recently in a thread Skald The Rhymer started about his wife being sexually abused he was asked what his and her race was.
He replied with:
That sort of stuff just gets on my nerve. It really isn’t funny. And not in a way that “Meet The Spartans” isnt funny. The fact is that people/morons actually find “Meet The Sparatans” funny, but no-one finds the kind of shit that Skald and people like him say funny.
If someone said that to me in person i’d know exactly what kind of loser they were.
p.s i know im opening myself up to all sorts of replies where people try to take the piss out my point by using it against me in their posts, but even that isn’t funny. That is expected and makes people groan… Although now it’ll be “even funnier” because i’ve already called peple on doing it. Predicatable. Honestly people, in normal situations it would be BRILLIANT if no one made the kind of comment i was talking about but now i’ve mentioned it, it HAS to be said. It’ll just be funny.
p.p.s I’ve seen threads with disclaimers like this where they try to ward off the obvious joke, and then seen the first reply being the obvious joke. And even i admit it was kinda funny.
See, I didn’t even read that as a joke, but rather a commentary on Skald’s views on race and the raging hard-on that census bureaus have for pigeonholing everyone into a specific category based on skin colour.
Apparently we have very different views on what “joke” consists of.
I understand his comment.
But when asked what race he IDENTIFIES as, he said “oh welll la la im a HUMAN BEING… but if you MUST pigeonhole me, i guess i identify as Black”. So the answer is that he identifies as black.
Or else he would have just said “human”. But please don’t play this “Oh i’m above labels… but if you MUST give me any, im this this this this and this”
It all goes down here by the way. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9717380&postcount=151
(This wasnt supposed to be just about that post, but “jokes” like it) Basically using terms and phrases online (especially here for some reason) in an elitist and snooty way that implies you feel/speak that way all the time, but you really probably don’t)
It doesn’t “matter”, yet it could be add information to the story. I imagine there are more cases of white men acting this way to black women, than there are cases of black men acting this way to white women, for instance.
And the fact that the question of race was raised in response to Skald’s comment of
Race IS an issue (according to Skald) so someone just wanted clarification on what races were involved.
No, race is an issue for Nepotist Harrasser who is making Mrs Skald’s life hell, and by inflicting his issues upon her, forcibly makes it an issue for the Family Skald.
Asking what races are involved is a nosy (and irrelevant) question, and IMO, you received a more-than-polite response from Skald that a) stated his personal views on race and b) forestalling additional questioning by giving you an answer that your narrow-minded self could understand.
White, black, brown, yellow, green, purple… whatever… the colour of their skin is not relevant to the situation at hand, except that it’s different from Capt Harrassment’s skin colour.
Ok what you don’t seem to be understanding is that Skald said his wife was being sexually harassed, and that he believes race was an issue. Someone then asked what races were the people involved (since it wasn’t a factor in the thread until Skald brought it up as being a reason for the harassment). Skald responds with his comment about being a human.
It would be like me saying "My wife is being held discriminated at work, what should i do? (By the way, i think it’s due to her religious beliefs).
If someone responded to that with “If you don’t mind me asking, what are your wifes religious beliefs and the beliefs of the person discriminating against her?”
That is a valid question is it not?
If i responded to that with "That is a nosy question and i will not answer’ That would mean I am being the asshole.
The post he was replying to specifically phrased it as what race did he identify as. Skald may have been quite serious in his response, especially considering the high potential for a mixed racial background for anyone descended from black slaves in America.
I agree.
He was asked what race he identified with, which he answered. But then brought up irrelevant information about the Census Bureau. Why bring up the Census Bureau and its data to a person who asked nothing about it?
Dude, it’s not a joke. It’s not elitist or snooty. (Where are you getting those vibes ??) And since you don’t know Skald, Mrs. Skald, or any of us other ‘pixels on the screen’ personally or spend time around us, how do you know that we don’t feel/speak that way all the time? It’s a dumb thing to fuss about, IMO.
I may have not noticed instances of this in the pit before, but I find it interesting that you’re effectively setting ground rules so as to attempt to control the argument. I think that say something about the weakness of your post.
Maybe not snooty. But it certainly makes him a douche bag.
Give me an honest answer, if you met a new guy/girl and in finding out more about them asked what race they identified as (because you werent sure) and they replied with simply “human”, what would you think?
To imply that the religion in question is relevant to the abuse is to say that there’s a possibility that some religions are worthy of abuse and some are not. Same goes for sexual orientation, personal philosophies, level of attractiveness, social class, or any other ridiculous distinction that narrow-minded bigots believe gives them the right to make someone else’s life hell.
What if he said that he believed the harrassment was due to his wife’s gigantic breasts. Would you ask for her cup size?
This wasn’t directed as me, but I’ll bite anyway. I’d take it to mean that they were unconcerned with societal labels. To me, that’s a huge plus. In this day and age of “racial/religious/gender/whatever equality,” I have found that people tend to push harder to apply labels to everyone. When I look at a person, the color of their skin is one of the last things I notice. No, really. It’s not that important, unless one stresses importance on it. Why do you feel it’s so wrong to identify as human, and leave it at that?
~freekalette, who labels herself as “non-pretnetious human”
Ok substitute religion for race in your first paragraph, would you still stand by it?
Because HE DID IMPLY THAT THE RACE WAS RELEVANT TO THE ABUSE!
To Q.E.D, what im trying to say is that the joke was lame, and only works online. If you asked someone their race and they responded with “human” would you laugh? If so, wow.
To freekalette, i love the whole “ohh wow he doesnt believe in labels!” angle, yet if you think he isn’t labeling things you are a moron. human, husband, wife, man, boss, male, female… Oh all the evil labels.
When come back, bring permission to use your brain.
This really strikes me as faux outrage.
A question was asked, and then it was answered. If there was some editorializing in the answer…well, that’s kind of the point of an online discussion board.
Is this really worthy of a pitting? I just don’t get it.