Ask Me Help Desk - Blatant racism in America

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Originally Posted by ohsohappy

Okay that's good! No need for sarcasm.

But I LOVE sarcasm, and it's dripping all through this thread :D

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Originally Posted by ohsohappy

Okay that's good! No need for sarcasm.

Sarcasm? No need? Did you read the original post? How does one respond to farce without sarcasm?

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Originally Posted by jmjoseph

Please tell me the name of the place that has no racism?

I'LL tell YOU, it's called heaven.

Every city of every state, has a certain element of racism. If you don't believe that, you're blind.

It's our job to break the cycle. Or ATTEMPT to anyway.

Don't judge a man by the color of his skin, but by his actions.

This is such a sensitive issue. It's so very easy to offend someone by joking about it.

So, again I ask, WHY?

This is no joking matter.

When it can become a joking matter... when BOTH sides of the issue can take it as a joke and let it slide like water off a duck... that will be the day we will have made a major breakthrough in race relations.

When both sides have become less sensitive and more open to discussions of race without it becoming race-baiting, when both sides can mention race without raising hackles on each other's necks, that is the day we will have a major breakthrough.

And the day that both sides of a POLITICAL issue can state their positions without being accused of racism for having that position and having the "temerity" to STATE that position publicly... that too will be a day in which we will have a major breakthrough on the issue of race in this country.

Till then, I intend to make fun of those who see racism EVERYWHERE, especially in the most idiotic of places where it was never intended. Because such people REALLY need to lighten up.

Tell me, Joseph, when did you have your humorectomy? Better be careful... having your sense of humor intentionally removed might be considered a pre-existing medical condition. You might get dropped by your health insurance company.

Elliot

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Originally Posted by Catsmine

Sarcasm? no need? Did you read the original post? How does one respond to farce without sarcasm?

Exactly!!

As I intended!

Thank you for getting the point.

Elliot

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Originally Posted by ETWolverine

Tell me, Joseph, when did you have your humorectomy? Better be careful... having your sense of humor intentionally removed might be considered a pre-existing medical condition. You might get dropped by your health insurance company.

Elliot

Or he could apply for a job with the FBI. Tommy Lee Jones said you can't have one in the Bureau (Men in Black (1997))

I promise, this is not from The Onion...

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There's a new turn in the debate over high occupancy toll lanes or HOT lanes.

A lawsuit filed by Arlington County last month claims the lanes benefit wealthy white people and discriminates against minorities. While the only rule to get in the HOV lanes on Interstate 395 is you must have three people in the car, Arlington claims adding HOT lanes would cut out poor and minorities by defacto.

That claim doesn't sit well with Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield).

"I don't think race or class warfare has any standing in this argument," Herrity said.

Buried in the lawsuit filed last month, county attorneys argued the HOT lanes, "encourage and enable a financially-able, privileged class of suburban and rural, primarily Caucasian residents from Stafford and Spotsylvania counties operating single occupancy vehicles ("SOV") unimpeded access on toll lanes."

In other words, it benefits wealthy white people.

HOV lanes discriminate against minorities? ROFL! What exactly is impeding minorities from getting 3 people in their cars?

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Originally Posted by speechlesstx

But I LOVE sarcasm, and it's dripping all through this thread :D

I meant directed towards me with the "I ohsogetit" thing , but generally speaking, I LOVE sarcasm. :)

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Originally Posted by ohsohappy

I meant directed towards me with the "I ohsogetit" thing , but generally speaking, I LOVE sarcasm. :)

But you got to admit, in this thread that is a classic stright line.

Why can't we all just get along?

Let's be honest here, this thread wasn't started as a joke, it was
Started as a direct slam at Excon.

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In honor of excon, I have spent this weekend doing some introspection, trying to find my inner racist and get rid of it. This was, after all, the weekend of Rosh Hashana, the beginning of the 10 Days of Repentance in Judaism. So I looked hard and deep... and I found that there are indeed strong and blatant forms of racism in the USA that I have been a part of and accepted for my entire life.

If it was really meant to be a joke, a way to discuss racism with humor, then the OP wouldn't have included "In honor of Excon".

If you enjoy laughing at someone else's expense then carry on.

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Originally Posted by Altenweg

Why can't we all just get along?

Let's be honest here, this thread wasn't started as a joke, it was
started as a direct slam at Excon.

If it was really meant to be a joke, a way to discuss racism with humor, then the OP wouldn't have included "In honor of Excon".

If you enjoy laughing at someone else's expense then carry on.

Alty, this entire thread is simply an extension of their normal repartee, with a side order of ridicule at race baiters. I love reading their conversations, more than Jimmy Buffet or Al Franken.

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Originally Posted by Catsmine

Alty, this entire thread is simply an extension of their normal repartee, with a side order of ridicule at race baiters. I love reading their conversations, more than Jimmy Buffet or Al Franken.

I know it is Cats, I just don't think we should encourage it.

They're constantly at each others throats, that's their right, but to make fun of
A serious issue just to get at each other, that's not funny or entertaining. At least
Not to me.

Personally I think they should just get together and fight it out already, maybe
Then we can all have some peace.

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Originally Posted by ETWolverine

When it can become a joking matter... when BOTH sides of the issue can take it as a joke and let it slide like water off a duck... that will be the day we will have made a major breakthrough in race relations.

When both sides have become less sensitive and more open to discussions of race without it becoming race-baiting, when both sides can mention race without raising hackles on each other's necks, that is the day we will have a major breakthrough.

And the day that both sides of a POLITICAL issue can state their positions without being accused of racism for having that position and having the "temerity" to STATE that position publicly... that too will be a day in which we will have a major breakthrough on the issue of race in this country.

Till then, I intend to make fun of those who see racism EVERYWHERE, especially in the most idiotic of places where it was never intended. Because such people REALLY need to lighten up.

Tell me, Joseph, when did you have your humorectomy? Better be careful... having your sense of humor intentionally removed might be considered a pre-existing medical condition. You might get dropped by your health insurance company.

Elliot

My sense of humor is fine. Better than average actually. Better than YOURS, I'm sure of that.

But now that I'M an adult, I don't make jokes at the expense of others. You'll see how that works when YOU grow up.

Or will you?

In the same vein as Elliot's OP, I see a real business opportunity.

Just think of all those black and white police cars that need to be painted dark tan!

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Originally Posted by galveston

Just think of all those black and white police cars that need to be painted dark tan!

Dark tan?? I vote for yellow, like the fire trucks.

Add this to the stimulus program.

The same works for anti-semitism that isn't there.

- "I don't really like bagels or matzo soup."
- "You're an anti-semite!"

I thought it was meant as a joke.. .

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Originally Posted by ohsohappy

I thought it was meant as a joke. . .

It was, at excon's expense.

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Originally Posted by Altenweg

It was, at excon's expense.

Well that's lame. Takes all the humor out of it.

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Originally Posted by ohsohappy

Well that's lame. Takes all the humor out of it.

It certainly does.

ET and excon have been fighting with each other for a long time. This was just another dig.

Personally, I'm getting tired of it.

Meh, it's their way of entertaining themselves.

Just like I'm sure there are some people that are annoyed with the SAG group, or the lounge threads where it's random chit-chat--I've experienced people like that on other sites, anyway.

If you don't like it, then don't get involved. Personally, even when it's random bickering like this thread, I learn a lot about myself from my reactions to whatever they're arguing right and left on.

Yes, it can get annoying--but they have provoked each other back and forth about EVERYTHING for AGES.