# White America Has Lost Its Mind **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 28, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196 "2011-03-28T00:45:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196/21 "2011-03-28T02:29:20Z")
I haven’t read the thread, but I’ll have you know that Quasimodem is NOT American. Now if only I can remember where I put my keys. I think I put them in the ice cube tray, but maybe that was the cat. Anyway, excuse me while I go water my carpet. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196/22 "2011-03-28T02:33:23Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Wasn’t the OP warned about posting articles in full recently? As recently as [yesterday](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=602187). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196/23 "2011-03-28T02:37:42Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > Certainly…and [Mr Feather](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8TfSjyDjI&feature=related) is undoubtedly a key example of this… > > -XT Hey man it’s been going a lot longer than that. And I quote from the Revolutionary War: Yankee Doodle went to town, Riding on a pony; He stuck a feather in his hat, And called it macaroni ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196/24 "2011-03-28T02:43:59Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > I feel much saner now. I’d hope that you’re using it [in the sense of Hoffman doing Lenny Bruce](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOnkv76rNL4) Otherwise, of course, we can begin the savaging. But it seems you’re going for Bruce. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196/25 "2011-03-28T03:05:42Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > I’d hope that you’re using it [in the sense of Hoffman doing Lenny Bruce](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOnkv76rNL4) Otherwise, of course, we can begin the savaging. But it seems you’re going for Bruce. Ah, thanks for that, I always wondered why Lenny Bruce was not afraid in REM’s _It’s the end of the world as we know it_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z0GFRcFm-aY/maxresdefault.jpg "R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY) ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196/26 "2011-03-28T03:08:37Z")
tl;dr I’ll just assume its poet being racist. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196/27 "2011-03-28T03:22:30Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > A pit that is almost [del]a year[/del] 2 years late.. Shit, it would have taken me _four_ years to write that wall of text. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196/28 "2011-03-28T03:25:43Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Shit, it would have taken me _four_ years to write that wall of text. :eek: Yes, terrible username/content juxtaposition. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196/29 "2011-03-28T03:49:13Z")
I’m pretty willing to concede that I’ve lost my mind, but I thought it was just water weight. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196/30 "2011-03-28T03:56:40Z")
> [@poet](#): > > [http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/2130170/](http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/2130170/) > (full article at site) > [Moderator Note: Text of Article removed] > > I thought this a great Op-Ed, seeing that some of you white people have no problem using the word, nigger, with impunity…even justifying it if nowhere else but within the confines of your own recalcitrant and disturbed minds. Proof positive that the aforementioned article is about none other than “you”. -poet. **[Moderator Warning]** **poet** , given that **Marley23** told you not to post entire articles only yesterday, I am issuing you an official warning. Please familiarize yourself with our rules on copyright, as stated in the [Registration Agreement:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423183) > [@](#): > > You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by the operator of the SDMB, except as permitted by the “fair use” provisions of the U.S. copyright laws (in general this means **brief excerpts only** ). Bolding mine. Do not do this again or you may find your posting privileges in jeopardy. I’m also closing the thread. Colibri Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/576196.md?page=1)