I'm a white guy in Southwest Ohio. Anybody here will tell you that they hate black people because of their misbehavior. Nobody hates them just because they're black. Those days are over! Barack Obama, Michael Jackson and the NFL all prove that if black people work hard enough and don't misbehave they can be anything they want to in this country.
And of course the one thing missing from all this is any semblance of an agenda or a vision for our future. Bannon and his ilk, have few qualms about destroying all of our institutions with nothing to replace it with, except a dystopian future, run by authoritarian fascists, incompetent fools. Can anyone say kakistocracy?
Hey, you know who's to blame for climate change? AFRICA. That's right, 20% of the world's population, 3% of our carbon emissions, those damn Africans. And that's what Tim Scott said at the debate, because that's he's for, and why they'll keep him around a while longer.
It's amazing how the legacy of five-star cranks like Robert Welch, Lew Rockwell and Pat "Make America First Again" Buchannan has been mainlined to Bannon, Trump and MAGA. Just shows there has always been a big American audience for racist signalling. And now, like many of the Birchers before them, they don't even feel the need hide it. If you told me in 1988 that this is where we'd be as a country in 2023, I wouldn't have fucking belived it. (Had to repost this b/c of my atrocious spelling.)
I say this as a white person and therefore very possibly wrong, but I think Scott, like Obama, learned early in life that not getting and showing anger is the safest path for an ambitious Black man. Hence the hilarity of “Obama’s Anger Interpreter.” No doubt Scott’s would be similarly amusing along the lines of “These Ofays are dumb as shit whether they vote for me or not!”
Let me rephrase- black unemployment in this country is sometimes as much as twice as high as white unemployment. It's always significantly higher (although it is getting better - thank you Joe Biden!) Reasonable people like you and me could look at that and think systemic racism prevents the black community from having the same employment opportunities as whites. Cletus C. Cracker sees the numbers and says "'Em coloreds is lazy"
Roger Rotary Club says
" I'd hire those people but they're never qualified and besides, since we moved to the suburbs off the bus line they never even bother to apply for the jobs. "
Used to be both of these people knew that what they were saying was racist as fuck. They would always look around before they said anything to make sure they had the right kind of audience.
Then we had a black president and some wag, probably at NRO, said
" We have a black president. This just proves that no way is this a racist country."
This took off - John Robert's says " You don't need voter rights laws If there's no racism !" his buddy Samuel Alito says" You got that right Johnny -There's no need for affirmative action in a country without racism!"
Clarence Thomas says " I got a white wife!"
Cleet says " I knew they're twert no racism - em coloreds is just lazy!"
Roger just nods his head.
They both don't bother to look around anymore to see who might be listening when they spout their crazy racist shit.
America is a Goldilocks country, just enough racism so Nikki Haley and Tim Scott can inspire with their stories of overcoming, never enough to require us to actually do anything. Scott is 57, so the prejudices that he briefly mentions overcoming aren't from the era of Jim Crow and Lester Maddox, they're from the era of Newt Gingrich. But if we still have Republicans in 2050, you can bet that Black ones will inspire with their stories of overcoming racial prejudice back in the bad old days of 2023. So glad we've put those behind us and we're all equal NOW.
I saw (well, heard) Vivek Reallysmarmy* on Vaush's YouTube yesterday, and, christ, if that creep even LOOKS like he's going to get the nomination, it'll be a struggle not to toss Joss in the car and book it for the Canadian border while I still can. His comments about "sense of purpose" and "unity" just scream "En Volk" in my head. I know everyone on the stage last week hated him and piled on, but that might just result in "controversial maverick" status. He scares the SHIT out of me.
*This is being racist, according to Vivek, because something something non-European name. The new iteration of "You hate Sarah Palin? Why do you hate women?"
A banger today, and so on the money it hurts to laugh. The, I don't know the proper word instead of "fear", maybe reluctance, avoidance of being called racist is the one hopeful sign I can glimpse out of our current mess. A proper white supremacist would relish being called a racist publicly, and frankly I'm surprised we don't see it more openly. But we don't, so far. There's a big lever there if we can get a hold if it.
Well, I don't like Tim Scott.
SCOTT: To show they’re not racist.
BANNON: To show that racism’s a joke.-
That's exactly right.
I'm a white guy in Southwest Ohio. Anybody here will tell you that they hate black people because of their misbehavior. Nobody hates them just because they're black. Those days are over! Barack Obama, Michael Jackson and the NFL all prove that if black people work hard enough and don't misbehave they can be anything they want to in this country.
Sad, but true! This is the current state of affairs we live, and the reason this nation is on the decline....:)
And of course the one thing missing from all this is any semblance of an agenda or a vision for our future. Bannon and his ilk, have few qualms about destroying all of our institutions with nothing to replace it with, except a dystopian future, run by authoritarian fascists, incompetent fools. Can anyone say kakistocracy?
I'm feeling an affinity for the bump it/scum pit gambit. Close to my zone, at least.
But...
"prep school student gone to seed"
Say what you will about Bannon's vast greed
Or his parents' mistake when they went forth to breed (yeah, I blame them)
Ignore his misruling
Just focus on schooling
He's just a prep school student gone to seed
Book learnin'
A prep school student gone to seed
Law spurnin'
A prep school student gone to seed
Convicted
A prep school student gone to seed
Inflicted
A prep school student gone to seed
"Taken" is only a single vowel away from "token."
Hey, you know who's to blame for climate change? AFRICA. That's right, 20% of the world's population, 3% of our carbon emissions, those damn Africans. And that's what Tim Scott said at the debate, because that's he's for, and why they'll keep him around a while longer.
It's amazing how the legacy of five-star cranks like Robert Welch, Lew Rockwell and Pat "Make America First Again" Buchannan has been mainlined to Bannon, Trump and MAGA. Just shows there has always been a big American audience for racist signalling. And now, like many of the Birchers before them, they don't even feel the need hide it. If you told me in 1988 that this is where we'd be as a country in 2023, I wouldn't have fucking belived it. (Had to repost this b/c of my atrocious spelling.)
I say this as a white person and therefore very possibly wrong, but I think Scott, like Obama, learned early in life that not getting and showing anger is the safest path for an ambitious Black man. Hence the hilarity of “Obama’s Anger Interpreter.” No doubt Scott’s would be similarly amusing along the lines of “These Ofays are dumb as shit whether they vote for me or not!”
Let me rephrase- black unemployment in this country is sometimes as much as twice as high as white unemployment. It's always significantly higher (although it is getting better - thank you Joe Biden!) Reasonable people like you and me could look at that and think systemic racism prevents the black community from having the same employment opportunities as whites. Cletus C. Cracker sees the numbers and says "'Em coloreds is lazy"
Roger Rotary Club says
" I'd hire those people but they're never qualified and besides, since we moved to the suburbs off the bus line they never even bother to apply for the jobs. "
Used to be both of these people knew that what they were saying was racist as fuck. They would always look around before they said anything to make sure they had the right kind of audience.
Then we had a black president and some wag, probably at NRO, said
" We have a black president. This just proves that no way is this a racist country."
This took off - John Robert's says " You don't need voter rights laws If there's no racism !" his buddy Samuel Alito says" You got that right Johnny -There's no need for affirmative action in a country without racism!"
Clarence Thomas says " I got a white wife!"
Cleet says " I knew they're twert no racism - em coloreds is just lazy!"
Roger just nods his head.
They both don't bother to look around anymore to see who might be listening when they spout their crazy racist shit.
Kind of glad you're on our side.
America is a Goldilocks country, just enough racism so Nikki Haley and Tim Scott can inspire with their stories of overcoming, never enough to require us to actually do anything. Scott is 57, so the prejudices that he briefly mentions overcoming aren't from the era of Jim Crow and Lester Maddox, they're from the era of Newt Gingrich. But if we still have Republicans in 2050, you can bet that Black ones will inspire with their stories of overcoming racial prejudice back in the bad old days of 2023. So glad we've put those behind us and we're all equal NOW.
Hoo boy, Roy. Stirring the pot, as usual, and this one is a banger!
The Senator forgot "sagging pants".
I saw (well, heard) Vivek Reallysmarmy* on Vaush's YouTube yesterday, and, christ, if that creep even LOOKS like he's going to get the nomination, it'll be a struggle not to toss Joss in the car and book it for the Canadian border while I still can. His comments about "sense of purpose" and "unity" just scream "En Volk" in my head. I know everyone on the stage last week hated him and piled on, but that might just result in "controversial maverick" status. He scares the SHIT out of me.
*This is being racist, according to Vivek, because something something non-European name. The new iteration of "You hate Sarah Palin? Why do you hate women?"
A banger today, and so on the money it hurts to laugh. The, I don't know the proper word instead of "fear", maybe reluctance, avoidance of being called racist is the one hopeful sign I can glimpse out of our current mess. A proper white supremacist would relish being called a racist publicly, and frankly I'm surprised we don't see it more openly. But we don't, so far. There's a big lever there if we can get a hold if it.