Yet another jaw-dropping moment from CPAC, as right wing “comedians” Steven Crowder and Chris Loesch perform an absolutely nauseating “rap” song, wearing “founding fathers” powdered wigs. And don’t miss what happens at about the 2 minute mark, as an African American walks out.
Yes, they’re yelling the N word, pretending they’re saying “knickers.”
Right wing humor.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:13:16pm |
From the previous thread:
-... knickers
*scratch sound*
- I can say knickers because I wear knickers!
Conservative humor :/
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HappyWarrior Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:13:47pm |
This is their idea of humor/entertainment? No wonder why young people won't vote for them.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:15:00pm |
re: #2 HappyWarrior
This is their idea of humor/entertainment? No wonder why young people won't vote for them.
Does anyone know who the gentleman who walked out was?
Is he OK?
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moderatelyradicalliberal Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:16:00pm |
CPAC=Caucasian People Acting Crazy.
I think Caucasian People Acting Crazy will be one of the subtexts written about in history books about Barack Obama's historic 8 year presidency.
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HappyWarrior Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:16:10pm |
re: #3 SanFranciscoZionist
Does anyone know who the gentleman who walked out was?
Is he OK?
I only lasted two seconds with the video. Listening to a new CD by these two Swedish sisters with a very folkish sound. Good stuff.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:17:39pm |
re: #3 SanFranciscoZionist
Does anyone know who the gentleman who walked out was?
Is he OK?
He did the right thing. He walked out before he punched somebody. I'm sure he's in shock and his BP is slightly elevated.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:18:30pm |
re: #6 moderatelyradicalliberal
He did the right thing. He walked out before he punched somebody. I'm sure he's in shock and his BP is slightly elevated.
I want to find him and hug him.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:18:42pm |
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:19:09pm |
re: #3 SanFranciscoZionist
Does anyone know who the gentleman who walked out was?
Is he OK?
It looked like he was recording - I think he had a microphone, which he dropped as he walked out.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:19:52pm |
re: #8 SanFranciscoZionist
And buy him a stiff drink.
I'm drinking myself right now. I do love a glass (or two) of Spanish Red wine.
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Lidane Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:19:55pm |
John Cole over at Balloon Juice reacts:
I’ve Never Been More Ashamed To Be White
Is there any way I can publicly renounce my whiteness and become an honorary black person? Something like a reverse racial draft?
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steve_davis Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:20:09pm |
re: #5 HappyWarrior
I only lasted two seconds with the video. Listening to a new CD by these two Swedish sisters with a very folkish sound. Good stuff.
I've gone on a little bit of an Itunes bender recently. So I've been working through Judy Collins' second album, Laura Nyro's second, Neil Young's Canterbury House, Cactology (basically all the studio releases from Cactus, including singles), and a Ten Years After anthology that FINALLY has the uncut Woodstock version of Goin' Home on it.
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jaunte Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:20:42pm |
There's that optimistic Reagan feel they're always droning on about.
Awkward: Fox News contributor debuts rap video at CPAC
Reached for comment by Raw Story, Crowder explained they just wanted to try out “something that Conservatives haven’t done before.”
And now, it seems, the world knows why.
“With all this money afly you gon’ be needin’ a big freeze / I hate the size of the fed like Jesus hated the fig tree / As spending goes up, you gotta borrow some more / Borrowin’ from the chinese, Oh My lord,” they say over a beat. “Instead you just tax more, increasin’ the size / Of the federal government yeah to George’s surprise / You’ll be done like Detroit man, no You ain’t comin’ back / Forget it, I’m out, I’m muzzle loading my gat.”
Nearing the end of the song, the beat drops out after the two use the word “knickers” as if it were a racial epitaph, drawing laughs from the conservatives in attendance.
“What? Knickers? I can say knickers!” they exclaim.
Right after the pair dropped the k-word, the video shows what appears to be the only black person in the room standing up and walking away.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:21:09pm |
re: #3 SanFranciscoZionist
Does anyone know who the gentleman who walked out was?
Is he OK?
It is interesting. The dude looks like he's working for the hotel with the name tag and uniform. He had to be in on the gag. The timing was too perfect and that situation would have ended very differently if he wasn't part of the show.
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b_Snark Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:21:32pm |
re: #6 moderatelyradicalliberal
He did the right thing. He walked out before he punched somebody. I'm sure he's in shock and his BP is slightly elevated.
He was recording the crap before he left. He probably felt he had enough evidence of the bigotry by that point.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:22:21pm |
re: #10 Charles Johnson
It looked like he was recording - I think he had a microphone, which he dropped as he walked out.
Probably an employee.
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jamesfirecat Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:23:09pm |
Does anybody want to brave it long enough for a transcriptions so as to spare my ears and only let my eyes be offended instead?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:23:23pm |
re: #12 Lidane
John Cole over at Balloon Juice reacts:
Well, Chappelle did have that show where races could draft people they wanted.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:23:37pm |
re: #15 Killgore Trout
It doesn't seem to be a part of the show.
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Interesting Times Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:23:57pm |
re: #18 jamesfirecat
Does anybody want to brave it long enough for a transcription sn be offended instead of my ears?
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Lidane Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:24:13pm |
re: #19 SanFranciscoZionist
Well, Chappelle did have that show where races could draft people they wanted.
Yeah. Cole links to it, actually. I just left it out.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:25:07pm |
Frank Zappa: "I'm not black, but there's a whole lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white."
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:25:36pm |
re: #15 Killgore Trout
It is interesting. The dude looks like he's working for the hotel with the name tag and uniform. He had to be in on the gag. The timing was too perfect and that situation would have ended very differently if he wasn't part of the show.
It's not clear to me. I see what you're saying, but there's so little drama to the way he exits. And how the hell did they convince a sane man working for this hotel to help out with their...performance?
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moderatelyradicalliberal Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:26:16pm |
re: #12 Lidane
John Cole over at Balloon Juice reacts:
I like John Cole and we will take up the issue of allowing him to join us at our next super secret meeting. We do occasionally hand out Honorary Black Cards. I understand he's single so he may want to consider marrying a black lady. If Robert DiNero ever asked we would give him an Honorary Black Card in a heartbeat. These cards will not be helpful at all when encountering the police or catching a cab so there is a trade off.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:26:37pm |
re: #18 jamesfirecat
Does anybody want to brave it long enough for a transcription sn be offended instead of my ears?
It's whiny crap you've heard before, being yelled to a beat by people wearing track suits and cheap eighteenth-century styled wigs.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:27:11pm |
re: #20 (~_^)
It doesn't seem to be a part of the show.
Just watched it again I think he is. He stands up at exactly the right moment and neither of the white performers who just used the offensive word don't even flinch. He's a big dude and no reaction. Also, this is of a preplanned performance. It's written lyrics. They thought it would be funny.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:27:20pm |
Andrew Breitbart loses it:
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:28:06pm |
re: #25 SanFranciscoZionist
It's not clear to me. I see what you're saying, but there's so little drama to the way he exits. And how the hell did they convince a sane man working for this hotel to help out with their...performance?
Actually I didn't even understand who you were talking about until I re-watched. Because to me it doesn't seem like walking out or like a part of the show. The guy apparently recorded something, and went out - not because of the "knickers", that was probably just a coincidence.
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jaunte Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:28:23pm |
re: #18 jamesfirecat
Does anybody want to brave it long enough for a transcription sn be offended instead of my ears?
"Gubmint spending too much of my money on those people, plus peecee won't let me say knickers."
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:28:42pm |
re: #24 Charles Johnson
Frank Zappa: "I'm not black, but there's a whole lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white."
I don't think whiteness is what is wrong with these people.
It's the woman who stands up and dances in her seat who gets to me. She looks so...normal.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:30:20pm |
re: #28 Killgore Trout
Just watched it again I think he is. He stands up at exactly the right moment and neither of the white performers who just used the offensive word don't even flinch.
Why would they? They think everything is okey dokey. To me this hypothesis doesn't make much sense because a black man (apparently) recording something and then calmly going away is not a plausible purposeful part of an entertainment show. He adds nothing.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:30:35pm |
re: #25 SanFranciscoZionist
It's not clear to me. I see what you're saying, but there's so little drama to the way he exits. And how the hell did they convince a sane man working for this hotel to help out with their...performance?
It happens. In comedy clubs it's still an acceptable word even for white comedians. Maybe they found a guy who's laid back, understands comedy and didn't really understand it was a political rally not a comedy festival.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:30:43pm |
re: #32 SanFranciscoZionist
I don't think whiteness is what is wrong with these people.
It's the woman who stands up and dances in her seat who gets to me. She looks so...normal.
Most black people are actually aware that most white people are decent and non-threatening. But we do find it helpful when the bad, scary white people identify themselves.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:31:48pm |
I don't think it was staged. I'm sure we'll find out, but I'll bet that was a genuine walk-out by someone who was genuinely pissed.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:32:54pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:32:59pm |
re: #28 Killgore Trout
Just watched it again I think he is. He stands up at exactly the right moment and neither of the white performers who just used the offensive word don't even flinch. He's a big dude and no reaction. Also, this is of a preplanned performance. It's written lyrics. They thought it would be funny.
re: #30 (~_^)
Actually I didn't even understand who you were talking about until I re-watched. Because to me it doesn't seem like walking out or like a part of the show. The guy apparently recorded something, and went out - not because of the "knickers", that was probably just a coincidence.
Now I'm very, very curious. I can think of several possibilities, but let me say that this man being offended and leaving the room was the LEAST disturbing possibility.
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Interesting Times Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:34:06pm |
re: #37 Gus
Seriously? That's Dana Loesch up there?
No, because then part of the act would have involved "dropping trou" over a mock corpse.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:34:10pm |
re: #34 Killgore Trout
It happens. In comedy clubs it's still an acceptable word even for white comedians. Maybe they found a guy who's laid back, understands comedy and didn't really understand it was a political rally not a comedy festival.
But he's not hamming it up. At all. It's weird. It doesn't look like he's part of the act.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:35:13pm |
re: #35 moderatelyradicalliberal
Most black people are actually aware that most white people are decent and non-threatening. But we do find it helpful when the bad, scary white people identify themselves.
This is exactly the reason why I am in favor of things like "truck nutz" and crazy bumper stickers. I like when wack-jobs wear a warning label.
And a good rule of thumb: anyone who has more than 3 bumper stickers on one car is very likely insane.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:35:23pm |
re: #42 Varek Raith
What.
The.
Fuck.
White guys in track suits and Founding Fathers Halloween wigs. Rapping. Poorly.
No, I don't understand it either.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:35:50pm |
re: #44 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot
This is exactly the reason why I am in favor of things like "truck nutz" and crazy bumper stickers. I like when wack-jobs wear a warning label.
And a good rule of thumb: anyone who has more than 3 bumper stickers on one car is very likely insane.
Eh, I live in the Bay Area. Insanity is relative.
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jaunte Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:36:08pm |
Is that James O'Keefe at 1:50 (tan jacket, far left seat)?
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:36:29pm |
re: #36 Charles Johnson
I don't think it was staged. I'm sure we'll find out, but I'll bet that was a genuine walk-out by someone who was genuinely pissed.
That happened more or less simultaneously with the word. I can't speak for a black person, but I think I would be like 0_0 for at least several more seconds before doing anything.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:36:32pm |
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Interesting Times Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:37:26pm |
re: #44 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot
And a good rule of thumb: anyone who has more than 3 bumper stickers on one car is very likely insane.
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b_Snark Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:37:30pm |
It looks like the guy got a message on his phone and then left. He checks it as he leaves and his facial expression isn't one of anger.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:37:30pm |
re: #44 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot
This is exactly the reason why I am in favor of things like "truck nutz" and crazy bumper stickers. I like when wack-jobs wear a warning label.
And a good rule of thumb: anyone who has more than 3 bumper stickers on one car is very likely insane.
Or just a little lazy. My mom had to take of the Kerry/Edwards o4 sticker to put on her Obama/Biden 08 sticker. and yes, it's still on there.
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Eclectic Infidel Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:37:53pm |
Ok. I lasted till the 2 minute mark but it was a chore. Glad the gentleman walked out - he did the right thing.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:37:54pm |
re: #48 (~_^)
That happened more or less simultaneously with the word. I can't speak for a black person, but I think I would be like 0_0 for at least several more seconds before doing anything.
He had just listened to 2 minutes of a song all about conservatives being falsely accused of racism, using a black idiom really, really badly.
There was plenty to be pissed off about before that N-word line.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:39:39pm |
Angry Black Lady has agreed to send John Cole an honorary Black Card. She has also posted a video of her dogs, to help people calm down, which I highly recommend.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:40:07pm |
re: #55 Charles Johnson
Good point.
He may be pissed, though not absolutely necessarily because of the oh-so-clever euphemism. Which added the insult to injury.
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b_Snark Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:40:12pm |
In my humble opinion, the gentleman was not part of the act, was there working, got a message on his phone from someone in authority and left due to his job.
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BongCrodny Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:40:36pm |
The actual, produced “Mr. America” video had been published to YouTube on Friday morning — which is where the photo on this story comes from — but appeared to have been taken down by the time this article was published. Raw Story will update this story once it becomes available.
Thank you, YouTube.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:40:44pm |
Watch Crowder nominate himself a victim.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:41:42pm |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:42:42pm |
re: #60 SH1T My Conscience Says
In my humble opinion, the gentleman was not part of the act, was there working, got a message on his phone from someone in authority and left due to his job.
Could be, or could be pissed because of what preceded the k-n-word.
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:42:55pm |
re: #34 Killgore Trout
It happens. In comedy clubs it's still an acceptable word even for white comedians. Maybe they found a guy who's laid back, understands comedy and didn't really understand it was a political rally not a comedy festival.
Comedy is supposed to be funny. That wasn't funny and the guy doesn't look laid back about it. The last white comedian I saw use the word in a club was Michael Richards, in an act of career suicide.
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BongCrodny Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:43:09pm |
re: #63 (~_^)
Ehh. RawStory doesn't know how to use youtube?
[Video]
Apparently, I don't either. I did a search for it and all that came up were a bunch of bodybuilders and wrestling videos.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:43:27pm |
re: #41 SanFranciscoZionist
But he's not hamming it up. At all. It's weird. It doesn't look like he's part of the act.
It is questionable but the laws of natural selection don't allow for such stupidity. Using the N word in front of a large black dude in DC? That's insanely stupid and pretty much anyone that dumb would not still be among the living and using that word in mixed company of strangers.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:43:40pm |
re: #35 moderatelyradicalliberal
Most black people are actually aware that most white people are decent and non-threatening. But we do find it helpful when the bad, scary white people identify themselves.
You'd like it here in Alabama--they have a flag and all.
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Varek Raith Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:44:16pm |
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b_Snark Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:44:28pm |
re: #64 (~_^)
Could be, or could be pissed because of what preceded the k-n-word.
I looked at his facial expression quite a few times but didn't see any obvious anger. I'm not that good at picking out emotions so I could be wrong, of course.
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dragonath Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:46:02pm |
Seriously... what the hell is up with the cheering.
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Interesting Times Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:46:41pm |
re: #50 Sionainn
Here's another take on the rap.
From the comments:
Far too many knickers in America anyway. We need to take our country back. What else should we expect from a food stamp president. They stole the last election and put a socialists/communist born in either Hawaii or the island of Africa but, not on the mainland of the continuous states. Our four fathers never intended for this thing to take place. When the constitution was written these people were not even human. We need to stand up for our liberty and take our country back. We are quickly becoming a third world nation.
Is this real, or is this Poe? I absolutely do not know :/
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:46:48pm |
re: #71 dragonath
Seriously... what the hell is up with the cheering.
It's like a revival or sumpthn.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:47:47pm |
Well at least they didn't waggle their goddam fingers!
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nines09 Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:48:20pm |
They're going for the Knickers, or AKA Blah voters. That takes lame to a lower level than previously thought possible.
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:48:55pm |
re: #67 Killgore Trout
It is questionable but the laws of natural selection don't allow for such stupidity. Using the N word in front of a large black dude in DC? That's insanely stupid and pretty much anyone that dumb would not still be among the living and using that word in mixed company of strangers.
This isn't any mixed company of strangers, this is CPAC, packed to the gills this year with white nationalist speakers. I think those guys knew exactly what the audience was there to hear, white people toeing up to the n-word like smarmy little dickheads.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:49:18pm |
Good lord.
There's an earlier version of this, featuring Dana Loesch and husband Chris:
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Decatur Deb Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:49:31pm |
re: #67 Killgore Trout
It is questionable but the laws of natural selection don't allow for such stupidity. Using the N word in front of a large black dude in DC? That's insanely stupid and pretty much anyone that dumb would not still be among the living and using that word in mixed company of strangers.
They were pretty sure they were in a safe zone.
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b_Snark Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:49:34pm |
re: #71 dragonath
Seriously... what the hell is up with the cheering.
The cheering is the real 'tell' in this scenario.
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ramex Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:49:41pm |
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jamesfirecat Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:50:13pm |
re: #72 Interesting Times
From the comments:
Is this real, or is this Poe? I absolutely do not know :/
If it was Poe they wouldn't even acknowledge the idea that Obama might be born in any part of the US.
After all its not like Sarah Palin is part of the continuous states, right?
In short, I think it was real.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:50:17pm |
re: #65 goddamnedfrank
Comedy is supposed to be funny. That wasn't funny and the guy doesn't look laid back about it. The last white comedian I saw use the word in a club was Michael Richards, in an act of career suicide.
John Mayer got in trouble for it a while back too. It has to be done right but it's still happens all the time. Louis CK has done some soft bits on the Nword but here's a harsh one.....
Louis CK explains 'n*****' to Patrice O'Neal on Opie and Anthony *In Typography*. RIP PATRICE.
It's still acceptable in some circles when done with the right spirit.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:50:30pm |
re: #77 Charles Johnson
Good lord.
There's an earlier version of this, featuring Dana Loesch and husband Chris:
[Video]
Yeah, I posted above. It's the original that they project on the screen in the OP vid.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:51:12pm |
re: #82 Killgore Trout
It's still acceptable in some circles when done with the right spirit.
This isn't the right spirit.
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Gus Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:54:21pm |
I sure as hell hope that the Democrats are doing some opposition research here. CPAC 2012 has offered them a mother lode of dirt.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:54:26pm |
re: #84 SH1T My Conscience Says
Our four fathers?
Another primary school dropout?
Genetic engineered polyandrists.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:54:51pm |
re: #85 Charles Johnson
This isn't the right spirit.
Definitely not. That's why I think the black guy probably thought he was doing a bit for a comedy festival or something. Most Americans probably have no idea what cpac is. The guy was probably just working the event and didn't know what it was.
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What, me worry? Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:55:02pm |
Did someone mention it? The fellow that walked out appears to unplug the music which I thought was awesome, whether he worked for them or not.
Even more surprising, but terribly sad, is that no one followed him.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:55:42pm |
FBI releases a Steve Jobes dossier:
[Link: vault.fbi.gov...]
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Decatur Deb Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:57:00pm |
re: #90 Killgore Trout
Definitely not. That's why I think the black guy probably thought he was doing a bit for a comedy festival or something. Most Americans probably have no idea what cpac is. The guy was probably just working the event and didn't know what it was.
Thought you were wrong until I saw the studio version. He might well have been playing the 'justifying' sound engineer.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:57:13pm |
re: #92 (~_^)
FBI releases a Steve Jobes dossier:
[Link: vault.fbi.gov...]
The Occupiers are also starting to target Apple stores. Is nothing sacred?
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Gus Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:57:39pm |
Gawker's picked it up!
Awful White Rappers Drop the N Word at CPAC, Receive Applause
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Interesting Times Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:57:44pm |
re: #81 jamesfirecat
If it was Poe they wouldn't even acknowledge the idea that Obama might be born in any part of the US.
After all its not like Sarah Palin is part of the continuous states, right?
I noticed the person's username is "Favoritetea999" - thinking now that the comment is satire, sprinkled with actual quotes from FoxNation posts. Much like Tina Fey peppered her Palin-Couric skit with verbatim quotes from the real interview.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:58:08pm |
If the walk-out was staged, that's actually worse. It takes away any excuse that they meant to say "knickers," and makes it very clear that they intended to deliberately use a racist slur they knew would be offensive.
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Prideful, Arrogant Marriage Equality Advocate Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:58:33pm |
re: #88 CPAC 2012: A Gathering of Racists
Sorry. Us Democrats are too busy killing Jobs, Babies and Sperm.
///
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What, me worry? Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:59:17pm |
re: #90 Killgore Trout
Definitely not. That's why I think the black guy probably thought he was doing a bit for a comedy festival or something. Most Americans probably have no idea what cpac is. The guy was probably just working the event and didn't know what it was.
That's a pretty big event. It would be pretty bizarre if he didn't know what it was. Besides, the guy yells, "What? Knickers? I can say Knickers?" [hysterical female laughter] at him as he's leaving.
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Feb 10, 2012 6:59:59pm |
I have a very nice recording of Guillaume de Machaut - Messe de Notre-Dame (written around 1350) playing. I am going to continue to listen to it instead of these doofuses.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:00:22pm |
re: #97 Charles Johnson
If the walk-out was staged, that's actually worse. It takes away any excuse that they meant to say "knickers," and makes it very clear that they intended to deliberately use a racist slur they knew would be offensive.
Yes--the studio take makes that certain. They relied on the inevitable fusion of the words. This demonstrates again that the evil is not in words, but in context and intent.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:00:46pm |
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:00:47pm |
One a related note there's Anne coulter's faggot joke from a few years ago. Perfectly acceptable to me in music, comedy, entertainment, art, satire etc, when done right. A political conference is not the appropriate arena.
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What, me worry? Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:01:13pm |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:02:40pm |
re: #104 Killgore Trout
Esp. if they were trying to prove that the charges of racism are untrue.
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Gus Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:02:44pm |
CPAC is like a Klan rally only without the white sheets and hoods.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:03:27pm |
re: #108 CPAC 2012: A Gathering of Racists
CPAC is like a Klan rally only without the white sheets and hoods.
The BBQ is probably crap, too.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:04:48pm |
re: #108 CPAC 2012: A Gathering of Racists
CPAC is like a Klan rally only without the white sheets and hoods.
Krap rally.
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Prideful, Arrogant Marriage Equality Advocate Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:05:12pm |
re: #106 Sionainn
HA!...That guy had a great folksy sound. He was actually a great singer.
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Prideful, Arrogant Marriage Equality Advocate Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:05:52pm |
re: #108 CPAC 2012: A Gathering of Racists
Apparently now it's white wigs and track suits.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:06:24pm |
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Decatur Deb Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:09:43pm |
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Stanghazi Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:10:06pm |
Embarrassing the majority of americans.
Can't you WAIT for my speech? I'm practicing! It's gonna be a good one!
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BongCrodny Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:10:17pm |
Sez on Crowder's website you can download the video at nationalcenter.org.
Here's a few quotes about National Center from its website:
I applaud the NCPPR staff and supporters for your commitment to educating Americans on... issues that are essential to our Nation’s prosperity and security. For 20 years, you have remained steadfast in your efforts to advance the cause of individual freedom in the United States.
-President George W. Bush
The National Center for Public Policy Research provides a unique and valuable service to the American people and to our nation's leaders... Particularly valuable are the studies that have proven the adverse impact of burdensome regulations and disproportionately high taxes on enterprises and individuals, especially on minorities and start-up businesses.
-Senator George Allen
I think those guys are brave and courageous… They’ve got guts.
-Rush Limbaugh, referring to Project 21Competent self-governance requires an educated citizenry. By providing tens of millions of Americans with facts about breaking issues and supplying a policy perspective rooted in the views of our Founders, The National Center for Public Policy Research helps make our democracy work.
-Ambassador Alan Keyes
The National Center is changing public opinion -- providing Americans with a conservative response to the latest news and policy issues.
-Colonel Oliver North
A good run, a cup of coffee, and the NCPPR… that's how I start my day.
-Michael Reagan
A plethora of derp.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:11:47pm |
And now:
Santorum topping Romney on the first night of our Michigan poll. This may be the biggest surge yet— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) February 11, 2012
Rick Santorum, frontrunner. Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:12:55pm |
Keyword for the next debate drinking thread is 'surge'.
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Gus Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:13:17pm |
re: #119 Charles Johnson
And now:
Rick Santorum, frontrunner. Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor.
#Republican Front Runner Rick #Santorum's Dinner With a White Nationalist lgf.bz/x7fDvj #cbsnews #cnn #msnbc #abcnews #foxnews #npr
— Gus (@Gus_802) February 10, 2012
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palomino Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:14:14pm |
This "rap" piece only seems appropriate given CPAC's open embrace of not just Ron Paul and the JBS, but now the likes of white supremacists like Brimelow.
Hopefully this goes viral to support the notion that CPAC sucks musically...and, oh yeah, is a sick racist organization.
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What, me worry? Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:14:50pm |
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The Questionable Timing of a Flea Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:15:06pm |
re: #104 Killgore Trout
One a related note there's Anne coulter's faggot joke from a few years ago. Perfectly acceptable to me in music, comedy, entertainment, art, satire etc, when done right. A political conference is not the appropriate arena.
Not a theatre/performance art person, but---it seems to me that harsh insult comedy works better when the comedian strikes equally at a whole bunch of different groups and/or can mock themselves--Chris Rock and Lisa Lampanelli being good examples.
What characterizes the humor of Coulter, et al, is mocking the same people for the same reasons consistently, and having no sense of self-reflective humor.
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b_Snark Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:15:32pm |
Anybody who wants to better head to Canada pretty quick, there's been talk of building a mote between Canada and the US, and if we do, we're not likely to lower the drawbridges until the GOP joins the real world.
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jamesfirecat Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:15:45pm |
re: #119 Charles Johnson
And now:
Rick Santorum, frontrunner. Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor.
Look on the bright side, maybe we're not really living in 2012, maybe it's still 1912 and we're all communicating to each other on cool brass typwriter machines, that would at least explain this sort of casual racism....
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Kragar Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:15:50pm |
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What, me worry? Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:16:59pm |
re: #117 I'm embarrassed to be an American
Don't fret. We still do good work, even if some of us are assholes.
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Gus Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:18:53pm |
Well. After this you can understand why these folks don't believe in evolution, climate change, a great deal of science, etc.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:19:55pm |
re: #99 marjoriemoon
That's a pretty big event. It would be pretty bizarre if he didn't know what it was. Besides, the guy yells, "What? Knickers? I can say Knickers?" [hysterical female laughter] at him as he's leaving.
Trust me. I've attended GAL (Guild of America Luthiers) and VSA (Violin Society of America) conferences before. None of the attending staff had any idea who we were nor did they care at all.
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Stanghazi Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:20:26pm |
re: #132 Killgore Trout
Trust me. I've attended GAL (Guild of America Luthiers) and VSA (Violin Society of America) conferences before. None of the attending staff had any idea who we were nor did they care at all.
Are you downplaying this in your usual way?
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Kragar Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:20:56pm |
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:21:52pm |
Federal law prohibits discrimination by race, national origin and religion. Virginia law allows adoption to married couples and single adults — gay or straight — but does not extend to gay couples.
McWaters said the bill doesn't change who can and who cannot adopt children in Virginia. Instead, he said, it preserves the rights of faith-based organizations to carry out their services without violating the tenets of their religious beliefs.
But critics say the current regulations allow faith-based adoption agencies — which account for more than half of the 80 placement agencies that receive state funding — to discriminate against gay children or a prospective gay parent if their lifestyle conflicts with the religious beliefs of the organization.
Further, they argued that the legislation would sanction an even broader and arbitrary discrimination, because it potentially allows any private placement agency licensed by the state to make up its own changing set of discriminatory rules in administration of services.
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freetoken Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:22:04pm |
re: #126 jamesfirecat
Look on the bright side, maybe we're not really living in 2012, maybe it's still 1912 and we're all communicating to each other on cool brass typwriter machines, that would at least explain this sort of casual racism...
From the events of CPAC, it appears you got the digits in the wrong order... the year appears to be 1219.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:23:20pm |
re: #135 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot
So kids born with the mark of the beast can go to atheist families?
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Lidane Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:24:19pm |
re: #135 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot
*sigh*
These people are bound and determined to send us back to the 1600's, aren't they?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Feb 10, 2012 7:49:04pm |
re: #100 marjoriemoon
But why would they stage it?
To make it funnier.
I can see these guys thinking it's HIGH-larious that the black guy walks out, giving them an opportunity to go "I can say knickers! Can't I? Heheheh!" dramatically.
I'm not sure that's what happened, but I actually have no doubt that people weird enough to do this show (and that gag) would think it added to their schtick.
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Decatur Deb Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:11:04pm |
re: #140 SanFranciscoZionist
To make it funnier.
I can see these guys thinking it's HIGH-larious that the black guy walks out, giving them an opportunity to go "I can say knickers! Can't I? Heheheh!" dramatically.
I'm not sure that's what happened, but I actually have no doubt that people weird enough to do this show (and that gag) would think it added to their schtick.
If you look at the studio-produced version, they do the same bit, with an actor playing their black sound engineer.
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Ben G. Hazi Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:46:24pm |
Yet another jaw-dropping moment from CPAC, as right wing “comedians” Steven Crowder and Chris Loesch perform an absolutely nauseating “rap” song, wearing “founding fathers” powdered wigs.
Kin to Dana?
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Ben G. Hazi Fri, Feb 10, 2012 8:47:39pm |
re: #119 Charles Johnson
And now:
[Video]Rick Santorum, frontrunner. Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor.
In Michigan, where George Romney made his name in politics and business.
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Ben G. Hazi Sat, Feb 11, 2012 12:46:00am |
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Ayeless in Ghazi Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:20:52am |
re: #97 Charles Johnson
If the walk-out was staged, that's actually worse. It takes away any excuse that they meant to say "knickers," and makes it very clear that they intended to deliberately use a racist slur they knew would be offensive.
I think it was staged and I think that makes it worse on several levels,
For one thing, involving black people in racist performances like this - getting them to collude in their own oppression - validates the racist's view of them as people with no integrity.
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Ayeless in Ghazi Sat, Feb 11, 2012 4:27:30am |
re: #132 Killgore Trout
Trust me. I've attended GAL (Guild of America Luthiers) and VSA (Violin Society of America) conferences before. None of the attending staff had any idea who we were nor did they care at all.
I tihnk he almost certainly didn't fully understand what he was taking part in. In other words he was tricked, which adds another level of repulsiveness to this fiasco.
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