So I thought it’d be useful to have a single omnibus thread to collect all the stupid things Black people have said. It was inspired by the “Stupid Republican idea of the day” thread and this exchange including long time member tomndebb.
But one question: why political affiliation? Why should political affiliation be afforded the same protection as people with disabilities, women, or people of color? If you decide to respond, I *promise *not to debate, nitpick, demean, use coded language, or respond negatively to your answer: just interested in your reasoning (if you choose to share).
Political affiliation is pretty dependent on the local culture in which one is raised. In a period such as the current one, labels are used to silence and humiliate people. I do not see a purpose in allowing a person to be silenced or humiliated simply because their world view, shaped by their life experience, differs from that of others.
So, since that perfectly describes how one might be more or less racist, it seems pretty normal for us to discuss the ignorance of the Negro race as well.
Just getting the ball rolling. I’ll post my examples forthwith.
No hate speech
If you say hateful and/or racist things, you may get warned or banned. Some slurs are likely to be viewed as hate speech when used as insults, some aren’t. No, we aren’t going to give you a list. Our goal is not to restrict any and all speech which could be viewed by someone as offensive, but simply keep a modicum of decency, even here.
I assume you were trolling for the warning or the ban, I thought I would just facilitate that.
Eighteen years and more than 15,000 posts? What other strange thing has one seen today?
andros
August 16, 2018, 1:08am
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Gotta say I respect the ire, CK . Always a fan of go big or go home.
Why would you think this would be useful? People of all races say stupid things.
People of all political stripes say stupid things. Same same, according to the perfect gentleman I quoted.
You quoted two people. To which are you referring?
What a cringeworthy thread title. For fuck’s sake.
Sorry, I’m not running an ESL class here.
Oh right sorry. You are running a moronic “I think I’m making a point, but I’m really not” class.
Carry on then.
I believe “black” is how most African Americans prefer to be be referred to as.
andros
August 16, 2018, 1:39am
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Point seems pretty clear to me.
I honestly can’t decipher it.
prefer to be be referred to as?
Anyways, that’s not what’s cringeworthy about it, but I believe that through your feigned ignorance you know just what I’m talking about.
Wondering if this will last long enough for the OP to post some examples. Not that I’m wanting to read them.
Wow. Ok, do you think political affiliation is similar to race? I do not. tomndebb thinks it is. That is my simple point.
I agree with you.
ETA. But I didn’t get that from your OP. Especially the title.
If anyone wants to start a “Stupid SDMB Poster idea of the day” thread, I may have a suggestion or two.
Well, this ought to be short. Better post NOW!