Fake Wingnut Outrage of the Day: “George Takei Said ‘Blackface!’” (Or, Liberals Are the Real Racists, Part 91332)

Breitbart commenters say “libs are the real haters,” then launch into frenzied hate speech
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Here we go again. The wingnut mob (led by the Breitbart propaganda-mongers) is pretending to be upset at George Takei, for calling Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas a “clown in blackface.”

Takei was criticizing (rightly) Thomas’s idiotic comments that “slaves did not lose their dignity… because the government allowed them to be enslaved.”

It’s a little odd to use “blackface” to describe a black man, but Takei’s outrage at these comments is fully justified, on target, and stems from his own experience:

My parents lost everything that they worked for, in the middle of their lives, in their 30s [in the Japanese internment during World War II]. His business, my father’s business, our home, our freedom and we’re supposed to call that dignified? Marched out of our homes at gun point. I mean, this man does not belong on the Supreme Court. He is an embarrassment. He is a disgrace to America.

But of course, right wingers are focusing on one word and ignoring the entire context, because that’s how they always play this dumb game of “I know you are but what am I” — as if the problem is the word and not the intent behind it.

So since they’re pretending liberals are the real racists again, let’s have a look at the kinds of comments being posted at Breitbart “News” about this story, shall we?

If you already guessed that they’re dominated by insane homophobic hate speech and overt racism, give yourself a prize. And the most hateful and racist comments are sitting right next to the accusations that liberals are the real haters and racists.

These people. (I’m hiding the quoted comments by default because some of them are really, really ugly.)

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Takei is a racist, gaystoppo, moron. He perfectly encapsulates the left’s racism and hatred.

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I wish I knew what it is about liberals that makes them all so congenitally racist.

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He’s a CLOWN with SLANTED EYES……

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That tape over his mouth is the hard reality
that he has tasted enough of the rainbow and can’t swallow anymore …

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He’s probably been taken in his butt hole by a big black buck!

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It’s really no surprise that liberals would embrace a disgusting racist like
Takei.

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Oh George - Uranus is a destination that way too many men have gone boldly to explore….

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Gay Asians all look alike.

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It seems developing a seriously stretched sphincter muscle carries with it a side effect: a viciously closed mind..

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More racism from the left, what’s new?

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Takei uses dental floss for a blindfold to sleep

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See? It’s never enough for these 2% (and I’m being very generous here) freaks! America’s SCROTUS becomes their own personal d!ld0; they get to paint the entire country with their multi-colored a$$ covered sh!t; they get to do it like dogs in plain sight in their disgusting parades. —-with nobody ever bothering them, but it’s never enough.
I wonder who raped takei when he was younger. Because, according to FACTS & STATISTICS, if he wasn’t raped, then he’s in the MINORITY of the miniscule-minority of his ilk. THE MAJORITY OF ALL GAYS WERE SEXUALLY MOLESTED AND/OR RAPED BY A SAME SEX PEDOPHILE.
THESE ARE FACTS.
EAT IT.

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The only clown with blackface is obama

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Now the japs are calling Thomas an uncle tom.

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Shut up and die you tired old queen.

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I guess when a guy puts his weeny in your backside, this is the thought that results.

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George, do the world a favor and die already!!

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Someone needs to tell him FLAG is spelled with L.

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You know this old queen keeps Preparation H and Depends in business.

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Ever notice how vile and hateful the left is when they speak out against what they disagree with?

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219 comments
1 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:08:39am

Cry about racism with racism, the Breitbart way.

2 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 11:10:19am

I do not believe that gays spend as much time thinking about sex acts as wingnuts do.

3 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:10:41am

And looking at the full context, I have no problem with what Takei said. Thomas’ comments about dignity were crap and tailor made for a right wing audience who loves hearing slavery wasn’t so bad.

4 Iwouldprefernotto  Jul 2, 2015 11:13:01am

I’m betting that George is going to win (in life and in the court of public opinion, but especially in life).

5 EPR-radar  Jul 2, 2015 11:14:57am

RWNJs play this game to deflect from their own obvious racism and bigotry mainly because the MSM lets them get away with it.

I really think it’s time for every news outlet other than Fox News to develop and consistently use a canned “there you go again” spiel in response to this crap from US right-wingers.

6 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 11:16:07am

“Gaystoppo?”

New prizewinning Breitbart nonsense.

7 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 11:17:12am

re: #6 jaunte

“Gaystoppo?”

New prizewinning Breitbart nonsense.

That’s a Bryanism.

8 team_fukit  Jul 2, 2015 11:17:29am

Yet dressing up Obama like a witch doctor… not racist ///

9 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:18:58am

re: #8 team_fukit

Yet dressing up Obama like a witch doctor… not racist ///

Or saying black people vote Dem for “free stuff” and the Dem plantation which you know are things actual GOP candidates say.

10 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 11:19:32am

“Stoppo DeGay.”

11 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 11:21:47am

re: #7 The Vicious Babushka

He kept saying Gay Gestapo. I told him multiple times just to go with Gaystapo. Looks like he finally listened.

12 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:22:38am

I’m sorry but how often do conservatives say offensive crap and just excuse it “I’m just not into political correctness.”

13 Ace-o-aces  Jul 2, 2015 11:23:13am

Here’s another wingnut outrage. Apparently some gay activists on a White House tour took pictures of themselves giving St. Ronnie’s portrait the finger! I mean, how dare liberals complain about a flag that symbolized centuries of racist oppression, when they are going around giving the finger to a picture of a man who opposed much of what they stand for! I mean, it’s not like conservatives have ever done something disrespectful to a picture of Obama.

theblaze.com

14 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 11:23:32am

No racism here, uh uh, no TEH LIBRULS IS TEH REAL RASSISTS!!!!

15 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 11:23:52am

re: #12 HappyWarrior

I’m sorry but how often do conservatives say offensive crap and just excuse it “I’m just not into political correctness.”

Context, reading comprehension, and critical thinking are lost on conservatives.

16 Charles Johnson  Jul 2, 2015 11:24:56am

These people.

17 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 11:25:27am

re: #14 The Vicious Babushka

No racism here, uh uh, no TEH LIBRULS IS TEH REAL RASSISTS!!!!

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18 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:25:36am

re: #13 Ace-o-aces

Here’s another wingnut outrage. Apparently some gay activists on a White House tour took pictures of themselves giving St. Ronnie’s portrait the finger! I mean, how dare liberals complain about a flag that symbolized centuries of racist oppression, when they are going around giving the finger to a picture of a man who opposed much of what they stand for! I mean, it’s not like conservatives have ever done something disrespectful to a picture of Obama.

theblaze.com

Reagan deserves all the hate gays have for him. His administration laughed off AIDS as the “gay disease” for years.

19 Timothy Watson  Jul 2, 2015 11:26:09am

re: #16 Charles Johnson

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These people.

If I had a dog that stupid, I would shoot it.

20 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 2, 2015 11:26:17am

re: #14 The Vicious Babushka

It seems axiomatic that anyone who uses variations of the words “America,” and “patriot,” in their handle understands nothing of their meanings.

21 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:27:49am

re: #20 Higgs Boson’s Mate

It seems axiomatic that anyone who uses variations of the words “America,” and “patriot,” in their handle understands nothing of their meanings.

America that is straight, white, and Chriistian. Patriotic if a Republican is president.

22 Dave In Austin  Jul 2, 2015 11:31:36am

Late to the game as usual.

23 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:31:44am

OT but Jim Webb is run for president apparently. Heard rumors about Biden too. So much for just Hillary and Bernie.

24 Drive By Commenter  Jul 2, 2015 11:32:01am

re: #20 Higgs Boson’s Mate

It seems axiomatic that anyone who uses variations of the words “America,” and “patriot,” in their handle understands nothing of their meanings.

If I see the words “Patriot, Liberty, Freedom, Constitution, and the colors Red, White and Blue with a star or two on anything, I just wait for the other shoe to drop.

25 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:33:14am

re: #22 Dave In Austin

Late to the game as usual.

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Wonder if she knows what the KKK think of the Dems now since we nominated a black guy for president and one that supports gay marriage too.

26 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 11:33:17am
27 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 11:34:48am
28 Dave In Austin  Jul 2, 2015 11:35:24am

LOL…..

29 Timothy Watson  Jul 2, 2015 11:36:08am

re: #23 HappyWarrior

OT but Jim Webb is run for president apparently. Heard rumors about Biden too. So much for just Hillary and Bernie.

Unbelievable, guy wouldn’t run for reelection for Senate and he’s going to “run” for President? Over/under two months before he quits?

30 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:38:09am

re: #27 jaunte

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Not one word in the article about George being gay, a lot about being interned in his own country though.

31 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 11:38:21am
32 dholmes32  Jul 2, 2015 11:38:37am

re: #23 HappyWarrior

OT but Jim Webb is run for president apparently. Heard rumors about Biden too. So much for just Hillary and Bernie.

JIm Webb’s response to the Confederate flag has been uhm, tepid at best. He’s toast.

I just wish Biden were slightly younger.

Also, Martin O’Malley has thrown his hat into the ring.

33 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 11:39:19am

POTUS is bitchslapping Scott Walker on his own turf

34 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:39:39am

re: #29 Timothy Watson

Unbelievable, guy wouldn’t run for reelection for Senate and he’s going to “run” for President? Over/under two months before he quits?

First day of fall tops. And I very much agree with your accessment of our former senator.

35 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:40:48am

re: #32 dholmes32

JIm Webb’s response to the Confederate flag has been uhm, tepid at best. He’s toast.

I just wish Biden were slightly younger.

Also, Martin O’Malley has thrown his hat into the ring.

Knew about O’Malley and Chaffee. I wish Biden were younger too. I like Bernie and Hillary but I’d love Biden.

36 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:41:18am

re: #31 Kragar

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Shocked I am not.

37 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 11:42:38am

re: #35 HappyWarrior

Mostly old white guys. Which is why Hillary will stand out. She has a lot of baggage, more so than the average politician. Too bad because it would be nice to have a female candidate who wouldn’t be an easy target.

39 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:44:18am

re: #37 freetoken

Mostly old white guys. Which is why Hillary will stand out. She has a lot of baggage, more so than the average politician. Too bad because it would be nice to have a female candidate who wouldn’t be an easy target.

She’d probably run if Hillary wasn’t but I’m a Kirsten Gillibrand fan. I like Warren. Unsure if she’s really president material tho but I like her obvs too.

40 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:45:33am

Sanders
O’Malley
Clinton
Chaffee

Webb

41 Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)  Jul 2, 2015 11:47:02am

I don’t think it’s a good thing to say and I’d be happy to say so to Takei, but it’s not a huge deal. It’s like someone saying ‘uncle tom’. I don’t like it, I think it’s a bad, loaded phrase with problems, but it doesn’t indicate that the person is ‘racist’.

42 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 11:47:33am

re: #40 HappyWarrior

… I feel like… meh … when I read that list.

43 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 11:48:29am

Donald Trump is having a Macys rage right now. If he was POTUS he would nuke every Macys in America.

I should buy something.

44 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:48:39am

re: #42 freetoken

… I feel like… meh … when I read that list.

Very much agree.

45 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 11:48:48am

Damn it, I get a new season of one of the BBC shows I enjoy and what do they do? They kill off the main character in the first 5 minutes so they can bring in a new guy.

46 No Country For Old Haters  Jul 2, 2015 11:49:02am

re: #14 The Vicious Babushka

No racism here, uh uh, no TEH LIBRULS IS TEH REAL RASSISTS!!!!

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47 No Country For Old Haters  Jul 2, 2015 11:49:22am

re: #45 Kragar

Damn it, I get a new season of one of the BBC shows I enjoy and what do they do? They kill off the main character in the first 5 minutes so they can bring in a new guy.

What show?

48 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 11:49:55am

Ramon Ramirez picks up on that video that is being so heartedly spread around the right-wing blogs:

This conservative coming-out video is dead serious

…

I saw the Denny Burk (Albert Mohler’s puppet) jumped on it quite quickly.

49 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 11:50:13am

re: #14 The Vicious Babushka

No racism here, uh uh, no TEH LIBRULS IS TEH REAL RASSISTS!!!!

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#American#Patriotism#is#all#about#the#hashtags

50 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:50:17am

DF, Arthur, other Chicago residents if I’m ever in your fair city, I need some “Chinga tu Pelo” if it’s on tap in honor of our friend Don.

51 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 11:50:27am

@eclecticbrotha just destroying born123 right now

52 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 11:51:54am

re: #13 Ace-o-aces

Here’s another wingnut outrage. Apparently some gay activists on a White House tour took pictures of themselves giving St. Ronnie’s portrait the finger! I mean, how dare liberals complain about a flag that symbolized centuries of racist oppression, when they are going around giving the finger to a picture of a man who opposed much of what they stand for! I mean, it’s not like conservatives have ever done something disrespectful to a picture of Obama.

theblaze.com

In fairness, Reagan did appoint Kennedy to SCOTUS.

But yeah, wingnuts, I feel all your feels about respect for the presidency.

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53 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 11:52:28am

American Conservative Union leader defends Donald Trump: ‘He is not a racist’

The head of an influential national conservative organization defended Donald Trump on Thursday against criticism the Republican presidential hopeful has received over his controversial comments about Mexican immigrants.

“I think it is easy for people to attack Donald Trump over what he said,” American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp said. “I think they ought to listen to what he is saying. I actually know Donald Trump. He is not a racist. He is trying to characterize the fact that a broken immigration system can lead to a lot of problems.”

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I can only hope that Trump is the millstone around the neck of all those clowns.

54 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 11:52:48am

re: #48 freetoken

Wow that blog mentioned in the link is really something. Caitlyn Jenner and the “glamour of evil.”

55 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 11:53:26am

re: #48 freetoken

Ramon Ramirez picks up on that video that is being so heartedly spread around the right-wing blogs:

This conservative coming-out video is dead serious

Not Alone

I saw the Denny Burk (Albert Mohler’s puppet) jumped on it quite quickly.

Wingnut Christians the real minority, the real victims. Film at 11,

56 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:54:23am

re: #52 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

In fairness, Reagan did appoint Kennedy to SCOTUS.

But yeah, wingnuts, I feel all your feels about respect for the presidency.

//

Kennedy was probably the best thing Reagan did but I should add that Kennedy wasn’t Ronnie’s first or even second choice for Lewis Powell’s vacancy.

57 allegro  Jul 2, 2015 11:54:50am

re: #45 Kragar

Damn it, I get a new season of one of the BBC shows I enjoy and what do they do? They kill off the main character in the first 5 minutes so they can bring in a new guy.

Death in Paradise?

58 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 11:55:00am

re: #46 No Country For Old Haters

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You guys are debating American1Patriot? Why? He’s a patriot. He says so.

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59 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 11:55:45am
60 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 11:55:58am

re: #47 No Country For Old Haters

What show?

Death in Paradise. Set in the Caribbean, a British protectorate has a English police inspector assigned to lead the local police force. The senior police Sgt for the locals is Danny John-jules, who played Cat on Red Dwarf. Ben Miller had played the inspector for the first 2 season, but they had him killed off and the first episode of season 3 was the new guy solving his death.

61 No Country For Old Haters  Jul 2, 2015 11:55:59am

re: #58 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

You guys are debating American1Patriot? Why? He’s a patriot. He says so.

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I’m not. I’m just taunting an idiot. I’m pretty sure that’s what Twitter is for.

62 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:56:10am

Coming out as conservative is so hard.// Man cons are some drama fucking queens. For a bunch of people who claim they ARE the majority, they have a huge victim hood complex.

63 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 11:56:26am

re: #57 allegro

Death in Paradise?

Thats the one.

64 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 11:56:35am

re: #56 HappyWarrior

Kennedy was probably the best thing Reagan did but I should add that Kennedy wasn’t Ronnie’s first or even second choice for Lewis Powell’s vacancy.

Yeah we could have gotten Slouchin To Gomorrah Bob Bork. Who’s now dead. So Kennedy’s a lot better than Bork, although if Bork had been appointed then kicked the can during a Dem admin we could have someone better than Kennedy now. Anyway.

65 CuriousLurker  Jul 2, 2015 11:56:45am

I could be wrong, but I think Takei was probably using “blackface” the same way people use “Oreo” (black on the outside, white on the inside). What I mean, is in the sense that Thomas’ comments about slaves having dignity are very similar to claims made by whites trying to downplay the horrors of slavery & the Confederacy (see Michele Bachmann, Cliven Bundy, and others).

BTW, I tweeted this earlier. It was a very informative, interesting read:

66 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 11:56:47am

re: #62 HappyWarrior

“Shunned for living in a neighborhood without a gate.”

67 No Country For Old Haters  Jul 2, 2015 11:57:30am

re: #63 Kragar

Thats the one.

BBC actors have zero job security. It’s rare for an actor to last more than a couple of years before being replaced.

68 Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 2, 2015 11:57:33am

re: #31 Kragar

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I saw that was a documentary made by Janet Porter, who seems to be a one of the most pleasant looking reich wing extremists I have ever seen.

f2a.org
rightwingwatch.org

69 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 11:58:10am

I see Limbaugh keeps carrying water for Trump.

With the rallying of the far right around Trump, how can Good Hair claim that Trump doesn’t represent the GOP?

70 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 11:58:32am

re: #64 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Yeah we could have gotten Slouchin To Gomorrah Bob Bork. Who’s now dead. So Kennedy’s a lot better than Bork, although if Bork had been appointed then kicked the can during a Dem admin we could have someone better than Kennedy now. Anyway.

True but the votes Kennedy made or didn’t make that Bork would not. And he’ll who knows in this universe maybe Bork is still alive. Stevens retired at 90 I think.

71 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 11:58:36am

re: #69 freetoken

I see Limbaugh keeps carrying water for Trump.

With the rallying of the far right around Trump, how can Good Hair claim that Trump doesn’t represent the GOP?

Trump becoming the new wingnut hero?

72 Saint Stephen  Jul 2, 2015 11:58:43am

re: #46 No Country For Old Haters

If the picture accompanying a tweet includes stars and stripes, (s)he’s probably a right winger.

73 Aunty Entity Dragon  Jul 2, 2015 11:59:21am

re: #65 CuriousLurker

I could be wrong, but I think Takei was probably using “blackface” the same way people use “Oreo” (black on the outside, white on the inside). What I mean is in the sense that Thomas’ comments about slaves having dignity are very similar to claims made by whites trying to downplay the horrors of slavery & the Confederacy (see Michele Bachmann, Cliven Bundy, and others).

BTW, I tweeted this earlier. It was a very informative, interesting read:

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I thought that was obvious that ‘blackface’ was used in the 19th century minstrel show sense.

74 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 11:59:50am

re: #72 Saint Stephen

If the picture accompanying a tweet includes stars and stripes, (s)he’s probably a right winger.

A lot of wingnuts have changed their profile avi to the Confederate flag but HURR HURR IT A DEMOCRATS FLAG!!!!!!.

75 No Country For Old Haters  Jul 2, 2015 12:00:27pm

re: #72 Saint Stephen

If the picture accompanying a tweet includes stars and stripes, (s)he’s probably a right winger.

That’s almost synonymous with “scoundrel wrapped in a flag.”

76 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:00:31pm

re: #65 CuriousLurker

I could be wrong, but I think Takei was probably using “blackface” the same way people use “Oreo” (black on the outside, white on the inside). What I mean is in the sense that Thomas’ comments about slaves having dignity are very similar to claims made by whites trying to downplay the horrors of slavery & the Confederacy (see Michele Bachmann, Cliven Bundy, and others).

BTW, I tweeted this earlier. It was a very informative, interesting read:

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That’s how I interpreted his comments too CL. I think he could have phrased it better but there was a lot running through his mind: decades of persecution as a gay man and memories of internment during WWII.

77 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 12:01:15pm

Says the guy whose clothing line was made in China & Mexico==>

78 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 12:01:16pm

Is Ben from Children of the Corn tweeting yet about how George Takei is a Leftist leader like George Soros and that white lady trying to be black?

79 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:01:20pm

re: #73 Aunty Entity Dragon

I thought that was obvious that ‘blackface’ was used in the 19th century minstrel show sense.

20th too sigh. Think we had a GOP leader that was revealed took part.

80 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:01:57pm

re: #78 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Is Ben from Children of the Corn tweeting yet about how George Takei is a Leftist leader like George Soros and that white lady trying to be black?

Early in California still.

81 allegro  Jul 2, 2015 12:02:07pm

re: #67 No Country For Old Haters

BBC actors have zero job security. It’s rare for an actor to last more than a couple of years before being replaced.

In this case, it was the actor’s choice. I read an interview with him where he said he loved doing the show but he could no longer handle the juggling between that and his other projects. I was so disapponted to hear he wouldn’t be back for the third season. I loved that character.

82 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 12:02:29pm

re: #77 The Vicious Babushka

Says the guy whose clothing line was made in China & Mexico==>

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Left all the Workforces to get Food Stamps and Obama phones!!!!!

83 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 12:03:29pm

re: #74 The Vicious Babushka

A lot of wingnuts have changed their profile avi to the Confederate flag but HURR HURR IT A DEMOCRATS FLAG!!!!!!.

The Confederate battle flag is the real American flag.

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84 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 12:03:45pm

re: #77 The Vicious Babushka

We need leaders who understand business.

Fire the old, the poor, and the uneducated!

85 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 12:04:53pm

During the next GOP admin those who “left the workforce” will be moochers who don’t want to work. Today they’re Obama casualties.

86 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 12:05:03pm

I scout various local news outlets looking at what the masses are saying… or at least what the publishers want to publish of what the masses are thinking.

Consider Fenton, Michigan:

LIBERALS PAINT ANYONE who does not agree with their agenda as being intolerant and full of hate. The truth is that they are hateful and intolerant of anyone who is not totally in agreement with their warped view of the world.
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DONALD TRUMP IS the left’s worst nightmare because he has no agenda other than saving America. He tells it like it is and shrugs off the lies and distortion of the corrupt media. He is spending his own money and is beholden to no one. Listen to him before judging.
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THE SUPREME COURT is a joke. Its decisions are pre-determined due to appointments made over the last six years. Further, three of them are clearly exhibiting Alzheimers-like symptoms. Yeah, that’s a good gang to have making complex decisions that affect all Americans.
•••
Most conservatives simply go about their lives. Why do liberals feel they have to flaunt, screech and scream about their private matters? Most of America has zero interest in your personal preferences, the same as you should have for ours. Thank you.
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ONLY ONE THING to say about Friday’s Supreme Court decision, ‘Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.’ Also, it’s still not a marriage - no matter what any court says.
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IN OUR CIVILIZED society, I think it’s time we do away with the NAACP, the congressional black caucus, black history month, black universities and schools, and Black Entertainment Television. I find all of these offensive and racist.
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IF YOU WANT to know what the future holds for the USA, just read the book “Atlas Shrugged.” It’s interesting, entertaining and dead-on accurate.

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Sounds like the icier parts of the Bible belt. Here’s a winning comment:

ISIS CALLS US infidels (without religion).Our media and Supreme Court are providing the propaganda to recruit terrorists. The Supreme Court has affirmed that our government condones immoral behavior. Turn on the TV and you will see almost every Commandment violated daily. They are providing a great recruitment tool for terrorists.

Yeah, because we should make decisions on what ISIS thinks is right and wrong.

87 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 12:05:47pm

re: #86 freetoken

So, if we we’re more like ISIS, ISIS would leave us alone. I see.

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88 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 12:05:56pm

POTUS still kicking Scott Walker’s ass==>

89 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:06:19pm

re: #86 freetoken

I scout various local news outlets looking at what the masses are saying… or at least what the publishers want to publish of what the masses are thinking.

Consider Fenton, Michigan:

Sounds like the icier parts of the Bible belt. Here’s a winning comment:

Yeah, because we should make decisions on what ISIS thinks is right and wrong.

Yes let’s not offend ISIS./:

90 CuriousLurker  Jul 2, 2015 12:06:22pm

re: #73 Aunty Entity Dragon

I thought that was obvious that ‘blackface’ was used in the 19th century minstrel show sense.

Right, a white person pretending to be black. It’s not exactly the same as Oreo, but I think they’re close (blackface being worse, IMO). But the wingnuts will always twist things around, so… *shrugs* It’s what they do.

91 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 12:06:40pm

re: #86 freetoken

DONALD TRUMP IS the left’s worst nightmare because he has no agenda other than saving America.

Please proceed….

92 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:07:08pm

re: #87 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

So, if we we’re more like ISIS, ISIS would leave us alone. I see.

/

Holy ChristoIslamic Alliance activate!

93 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:08:13pm

My worst nightmare, no because I know my fellow Americans wouldn’t make that sideshow freak clown our president.

94 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 12:08:54pm

re: #86 freetoken

THE SUPREME COURT is a joke. Its decisions are pre-determined due to appointments made over the last six years.

Like Kennedy, who Obama appointed during the gov shutdown illegally.

/

95 Dave In Austin  Jul 2, 2015 12:09:46pm
96 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 12:10:20pm

re: #95 Dave In Austin

FALSE FLAG!!!

97 CuriousLurker  Jul 2, 2015 12:10:48pm

re: #87 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

So, if we we’re more like ISIS, ISIS would leave us alone. I see.

/

Exactly. ‘Cause they’re totally not killing scores of fellow Muslims every day. //

98 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 12:11:16pm

LOL POTUS be kicking ass & taking names

99 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 12:11:19pm

re: #86 freetoken

IN OUR CIVILIZED society, I think it’s time we do away with the NAACP, the congressional black caucus, black history month, black universities and schools, and Black Entertainment Television. I find all of these offensive and racist.

Freedom

/

100 Dave In Austin  Jul 2, 2015 12:11:52pm

re: #96 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

FALSE FLAG!!!

Shouldn’t that be “FALSE TAG”!!1!!11

101 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:13:41pm

re: #98 The Vicious Babushka

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Saw this bumper sticker once, the Unions: the folks that brought you the weekend.

102 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 12:14:24pm

re: #98 The Vicious Babushka

Weekend-having thugs!!!

103 WhatEVs  Jul 2, 2015 12:15:01pm

re: #43 The Vicious Babushka

Donald Trump is having a Macys rage right now. If he was POTUS he would nuke every Macys in America.

I should buy something.

Make sure that you use a gift card that says “Bought to celebrate Macy’s dumping Trump” :-)

104 wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2015 12:15:05pm
105 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 12:15:59pm

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

106 Drive By Commenter  Jul 2, 2015 12:16:36pm

re: #65 CuriousLurker

What I hear George saying is “No way is Clarence a black man. He’s a clown in black face”. Which he is. His definition as to what can and cannot provide dignity is a prime example of words a “clown” would say. An ignorant clown devoid of empathy and reason. Clown is a put down in many ways.

107 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 2, 2015 12:18:31pm

re: #37 freetoken

Mostly old white guys. Which is why Hillary will stand out. She has a lot of baggage, more so than the average politician. Too bad because it would be nice to have a female candidate who wouldn’t be an easy target.

Democrats do better than Brand X at electing women. To my mind that’s not yet good enough.

108 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 12:18:57pm

re: #105 The Vicious Babushka

2013:
Gay Washington Imam marries gay Muslims at mosque

109 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 12:20:43pm

re: #105 The Vicious Babushka

Washington - A Washington Imam has become a local hero amongst the gay community as he quietly conducts marriage ceremonies for gay Muslim couples.

Imam Daayiee Abdullah is a progressive Muslim and America’s first openly gay Imam. The African-American Islamic convert is a specialist in Sharia law: however, his interpretation of the Koran differs from the mainstream Islamic view of homosexuality.

The Washington Post conducted an interview with Abdullah who runs Washington’s Light of Reform Mosque. He said “if you have any same-sex marriage, I’m available.” The Imam revealed he has conducted low-profile wedding ceremonies for gay Muslim couples, which could lead to repercussions if details emerged.

110 iossarian  Jul 2, 2015 12:20:50pm

re: #108 jaunte

2013:
Gay Washington Imam marries gay Muslims at mosque

No true Imam.

111 iossarian  Jul 2, 2015 12:22:48pm

Gay Muslims all up in your beezness!

112 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 12:23:50pm

LOLWHUT==>

113 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 2, 2015 12:23:57pm

re: #109 Kragar

Aha! Caught you! That really was an ISIS flag at the San Francisco Pride parade.

114 calochortus  Jul 2, 2015 12:24:26pm

re: #81 allegro

In this case, it was the actor’s choice. I read an interview with him where he said he loved doing the show but he could no longer handle the juggling between that and his other projects. I was so disapponted to hear he wouldn’t be back for the third season. I loved that character.

IIRC, the “other project” was his family. His kids were starting school so the family couldn’t come with him for the 6 months of on-location work.
I miss him too, but after the first few episodes where the new guy is unnecessarily awkward, I think it remains a good show.
The newest season has some other changes, but at least they didn’t kill anyone to get there.

115 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 12:24:45pm

Meanwhile, up where it snows a lot:

MN Senator: Bathroom bill needed because Caitlyn Jenner still likes women

In a lengthy interview on Thursday, Sen. Warren Limmer, Rep. Abigail Whelan, and AM 980 KKMS radio host Paul Ridgeway explained why the trio are pushing for a bill that would bar transgender youth from using school facilities that match their gender and repeal gender-inclusive policies in Minnesota schools. All three said the bill, dubbed the “Bathroom Bill,” will be a major issue in the 2016 legislative session.

Limmer, a Republican from Maple Grove, followed up on remarks by Rep. Whelan, a Republican from Anoka, and Ridgeway who criticized Caitlyn Jenner, who came out as a transgender woman in May. Limmer made a bizarre claim as to why the “Bathroom Bill” is necessary:

[…]

Hear the host struggle with the term “transgender”:

Video

116 wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2015 12:25:35pm
117 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 12:25:52pm

re: #112 The Vicious Babushka

That makes no sense whatsoever.

118 CuriousLurker  Jul 2, 2015 12:25:55pm

re: #65 CuriousLurker

The author of that WaPo article? I just looked up his books, Lies My Teacher Told Me and The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader, and I see there are certain segments of society that hate what he’s written (especially the latter book) with the passion of a thousand burning suns.

Just put them both on my Kindle wishlist, heh.

Some of his other stuff looks interesting too.

119 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 12:26:01pm

re: #114 calochortus

IIRC, the “other project” was his family. His kids were starting school so the family couldn’t come with him for the 6 months of on-location work.
I miss him too, but after the first few episodes where the new guy is unnecessarily awkward, I think it remains a good show.
The newest season has some other changes, but at least they didn’t kill anyone to get there.

I just watched the first episode of season 3 last night.

120 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 12:26:48pm

Hmm… why can’t I get the Soundcloud to embed correctly?

121 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:27:17pm

re: #105 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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Idiot.

122 Skip Intro  Jul 2, 2015 12:27:46pm

re: #67 No Country For Old Haters

BBC actors have zero job security. It’s rare for an actor to last more than a couple of years before being replaced.

Actually, Miller asked to be replaced. Being on location for 6 months a year was a problem for him.

123 The Vicious Babushka  Jul 2, 2015 12:28:02pm

re: #115 freetoken

Meanwhile, up where it snows a lot:

MN Senator: Bathroom bill needed because Caitlyn Jenner still likes women

Here the host struggle with the term “transgender”:

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It’s like none of the people complaining about transgenders using the ladies’ room, even the women, realize that all ladies’ rooms are equipped with stalls.

124 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:29:21pm

re: #123 The Vicious Babushka

It’s like none of the people complaining about transgenders using the ladies’ room, even the women, realize that all ladies’ rooms are equipped with stalls.

They realize, they just hate more.

125 Charles Johnson  Jul 2, 2015 12:30:28pm

re: #105 The Vicious Babushka

What will Obama say when a gay couple attempts to get married in a mosque!

OK. What is this supposed to mean? I can usually translate wingnut to English, but this one makes no sense at all. Pure wingnut word salad.

126 allegro  Jul 2, 2015 12:32:52pm

re: #123 The Vicious Babushka

It’s like none of the people complaining about transgenders using the ladies’ room, even the women, realize that all ladies’ rooms are equipped with stalls.

I got kinda trapped and felt up a bit once when exiting one of those stalls. Being that it was a ladies room in a gay bar, I didn’t find it surprising. Kinda flattering actually. Heh.

127 Charles Johnson  Jul 2, 2015 12:33:05pm

Are they trying to say Obama wouldn’t like it if a gay couple wanted to get married in a mosque? WTF?

OK, I’m gonna stop trying to figure it out. It gave me a headache.

128 Ian G.  Jul 2, 2015 12:33:20pm

re: #105 The Vicious Babushka

I’ll answer that. His response will be “the 1st amendment protects any institution, church, synagogue, mosque, that will not perform a same-sex marriage, just as it protects any house of worship that will perform such a marriage.”

I’ve been to one same-sex marriage so far in my life. It was held in a church. Someone needs to remind these clowns that not all churches are anti-gay. And not all mosques either.

129 Skip Intro  Jul 2, 2015 12:34:39pm

President Trump’s first act will be to declare war on Mexico, I guess.

Billionaire to billionaire: Carlos Slim cuts ties with Donald Trump

businessreviewusa.com

130 calochortus  Jul 2, 2015 12:35:24pm

re: #127 Charles Johnson

Are they trying to say Obama wouldn’t like it if a gay couple wanted to get married in a mosque? WTF?

OK, I’m gonna stop trying to figure it out. It gave me a headache.

No, Muslims get rights from Obama the rest of us don’t. How would Obama decide who had more rights? The gheys who want to marry? The Muslims who naturally would want to cut their heads off? ‘Tis a puzzlement.

131 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:35:47pm

re: #127 Charles Johnson

Are they trying to say Obama wouldn’t like it if a gay couple wanted to get married in a mosque? WTF?

OK, I’m gonna stop trying to figure it out. It gave me a headache.

The implication to me is they believe Obama would force a church to do a ssm but not a mosque. Lot of stupid there.

132 ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2015 12:36:48pm

re: #65 CuriousLurker

I could be wrong, but I think Takei was probably using “blackface” the same way people use “Oreo” (black on the outside, white on the inside). What I mean, is in the sense that Thomas’ comments about slaves having dignity are very similar to claims made by whites trying to downplay the horrors of slavery & the Confederacy (see Michele Bachmann, Cliven Bundy, and others).

BTW, I tweeted this earlier. It was a very informative, interesting read:

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What is the history of ‘black face” anyway? Black actors were not on stage because they were not allowed in the theaters and whites didn’t want to see them anyway. They’d probably get up and walk out. So they had white people in black face acting black which was not honest and very cliched and mocking of how “blacks really are (wink).”

Isn’t Takei saying Thomas is acting Black the way a white person would act Black so he can be on the Supreme Court stage? And he cannot really act “too Black” by acknowledging the real Black experience and the facts of it, or he would not be accepted by the majority White culture and the position he has forged as a conservative court member.

In short Thomas will never speak the truth because he is still looking for White acceptance and doesn’t want to be kicked off the stage. So he says his acting lines the way the White audience wants to hear them. Really he is a Black man in black face which is just strange and unnatural.

I know one thing, it is damn hard to frame the words in this discussion so as not to come off wrong and offensive. I hope I am not.

I still remember a time I was walking into a restaurant with my best buddy who is Black. As were were going in he held the door for a Black woman and her Black male companion grabbed the door and said, “I don’t need some uncle Tom helping hold the door, I got it.”

I remember we talked about that all through dinner and my friend said he gets that a lot. It was freaking sad. I didn’t understand where it came from and he said probably because I was with you and the way I speak and act white by holding the door. It was stunning. We were just two guys. Still are.

133 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 12:37:55pm

With bonus Dana Loesch volunteer boycott.

134 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 12:38:30pm
135 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jul 2, 2015 12:39:17pm

re: #133 jaunte

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With bonus Dana Loesch volunteer boycott.

Jesus was the original MMA fighter.

/

136 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 12:40:19pm
137 wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2015 12:41:10pm

re: #127 Charles Johnson

Are they trying to say Obama wouldn’t like it if a gay couple wanted to get married in a mosque? WTF?

OK, I’m gonna stop trying to figure it out. It gave me a headache.

SQUIRREL!

138 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:42:02pm

Why would beating the crap out of someone be Christian? No diss on MMA or Christians but not everything a Christian does has to be “Christian” I love baseball, music, etc. it’s got nothing to do with my spirituality.

139 freetoken  Jul 2, 2015 12:42:28pm

re: #133 jaunte

Starting yesterday all UFC fighters now can only wear approved Reebok gear, so that headband is no longer allowed anyway.

American fundamentalists have targeted Latin America for decades and now there are large fundamentalist, often pentecostal, communities down south. I don’t know if it is a passing fancy or if it will last centuries, but I do believe these kind of religious movements have effects that last for generations.

140 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:42:35pm

re: #136 jaunte

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Enjoy your new friend Jim.

141 wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2015 12:42:52pm

re: #116 wrenchwench

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142 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 12:42:56pm

Today’s tcot talking points before they’re tweeted:

143 Mike Lamb  Jul 2, 2015 12:45:24pm

re: #105 The Vicious Babushka

STUPIDEST MEME OF THE DAY==>

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How does one say Mazel Tov in Arabic?

144 Ian G.  Jul 2, 2015 12:45:38pm

re: #142 jaunte

Giuliani’s idiotic line below gets my blood pressure up.

145 ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2015 12:45:41pm

re: #127 Charles Johnson

Are they trying to say Obama wouldn’t like it if a gay couple wanted to get married in a mosque? WTF?

OK, I’m gonna stop trying to figure it out. It gave me a headache.

Isn’t it as simple as Obama is a secret Muslim…still.

146 Amory Blaine  Jul 2, 2015 12:46:07pm

re: #14 The Vicious Babushka

So the toothless lick-spittle brigade will boycott Macy’s now? I’m sure they’re quaking in their boots at the zero dollars it will affect their bottom line.

147 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 12:46:28pm

re: #144 Ian G.

Giuliani’s idiotic line below gets my blood pressure up.

Once again, we’ll be greeted as liberators.

148 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jul 2, 2015 12:47:32pm

Sister of Dylan Roof sets up a go fund me to fund her wedding and honeymoon

The Charleston Massacre took place and our lives were forever changed. The media abused our privacy and published all of our wedding information and destroyed our dream day. Destroying the first day of Michael and my life together.

There is an update that the Go Fund me has been cancelled but that is some real Chutzpah.

149 ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2015 12:47:53pm

Happy Warrior,

You may have missed it, but I mentioned in the last thread I checked out your user image. I take it that is your niece. She’s got some big eyes and is a real cutie. Looks like she is a happy child too.

150 Shiplord Kirel  Jul 2, 2015 12:47:56pm

re: #147 jaunte

Once again, we’ll be greeted as liberators.

Will our troops be greeted as liberators when Jade Helm kicks off in 13 days? FREE TEXAS!

151 Khal Wimpo  Jul 2, 2015 12:48:06pm

Somewhat off-topic, but apropos of the overall zeitgeist in this thread: why the GOP base loves Donald Trump - he’s just as much of an ignorant, angry racist as they are.

Trump doesn’t just represent the Republican base on immigration. He is the Republican base on immigration. His anxieties are their anxieties. And his rhetoric—a revanchist stew of foreign policy belligerence, small government ideology, anti-elite agitation, and raw bigotry—reflects and appeals to a meaningful part of the Republican electorate.

152 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 12:48:33pm
153 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:48:40pm

re: #142 jaunte

Today’s tcot talking points before they’re tweeted:

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One of the guys in the photo family lore says is a distant relative. Doesn’t offend me though I can’t speak definitely as a relative but this bothers me far less than denying gay and lesbians some of whom are vets their equal rights and not caring for vets. The guys in that photo never saw that moment as heroic.

154 ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2015 12:49:36pm

re: #151 Khal Wimpo

Somewhat off-topic, but apropos of the overall zeitgeist in this thread: why the GOP base loves Donald Trump - he’s just as much of an ignorant, angry racist as they are.

Add they hope they can be successful like him and still be blockheads. Their perfect dream station in life.

155 No Country For Old Haters  Jul 2, 2015 12:50:20pm

re: #152 Kragar

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156 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:50:30pm

re: #149 ObserverArt

Happy Warrior,

You may have missed it, but I mentioned in the last thread I checked out your user image. I take it that is your niece. She’s got some big eyes and is a real cutie. Looks like she is a happy child too.

I did. Thank you, yeah she’s quite happy. Loves to dance already. My SiL says it’s the Latin blood. Seeing her and her folks next week for the first time since their cross country move.

157 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 2, 2015 12:50:50pm

re: #138 HappyWarrior

Why would beating the crap out of someone be Christian? No diss on MMA or Christians but not everything a Christian does has to be “Christian” I love baseball, music, etc. it’s got nothing to do with my spirituality.

I played rugby in my younger days. That made me a devout believer in cheering from the sidelines.

158 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jul 2, 2015 12:52:12pm

re: #14 The Vicious Babushka

Apparently there are no Asians in America.

Or Asians are white, take your pick.

159 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jul 2, 2015 12:52:22pm

re: #144 Ian G.

Giuliani’s idiotic line below gets my blood pressure up.

Maybe Trump let him in on the seekrit plan

160 goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2015 12:53:12pm

Ted Cruz supports Donald Trump.

Cruz said, “I don’t think you should apologize for speaking out against the problem that is illegal immigration. I recognize that the PC (political correctness) world of mainstream media—they don’t want to admit it, but the American people are fed up. Now listen, we are also a nation of immigrants and we should celebrate legal immigrants, but Donald Trump is exactly right to highlight the need…”

“Are they mostly drug dealers and rapists that are coming across the border?” host Brian Kilmeade asked.

“They’re not mostly that, but Donald Trump has a way of speaking that gets attention, and I credit him for focusing on an issue that needs to be focused on,” Cruz said.

Cruz seems to think that if he can get the nomination he’ll be able to attract Latino’s on the basis of his last name alone. That’s not going to happen, in fact he’s probably hurting his chances at reelection in Texas.

161 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jul 2, 2015 12:53:17pm

hearing reporters ask other gop officeholders why trump has such high poll ratings with their precious “constituency”: priceless

162 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:53:25pm

re: #158 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Apparently there are no Asians in America.

Or Asians are white, take your pick.

Or Native Americans.

163 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸  Jul 2, 2015 12:55:25pm

re: #12 HappyWarrior

I’m sorry but how often do conservatives say offensive crap and just excuse it “I’m just not into political correctness.”

their working definition of “political correctness”:

good manners

164 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:55:31pm

re: #160 goddamnedfrank

Ted Cruz supports Donald Trump.

Cruz seems to think that if he can get the nomination he’ll be able to attract Latino’s on the basis of his last name alone. That’s not going to happen, in fact he’s probably hurting his chances at reelection in Texas.

Rich words from someone who comes from the group that benefits from a very liberal immigration policy. And shut the fuck about political correctness, calling out bigotry isn’t pic run amok. It’s decency.

165 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:56:11pm

re: #161 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸

hearing reporters ask other gop officeholders why trump has such high poll ratings with their precious “constituency”: priceless

I’m pleasantly surprised honestly. Good for the media.

166 Amory Blaine  Jul 2, 2015 12:56:47pm
167 ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2015 12:58:37pm

re: #160 goddamnedfrank

Ted Cruz supports Donald Trump.

Cruz seems to think that if he can get the nomination he’ll be able to attract Latino’s on the basis of his last name alone. That’s not going to happen, in fact he’s probably hurting his chances at reelection in Texas.

I have big problems when someone states “now listen” before a statement. We can discuss any time you want, but don’t tell me to listen like you are some super important wiz.

If John Kasich gets in the running, listen to him. He many times starts of his lines with things like “Let me tell you something” and the like. As if we should be ready to receive the absolute truth and are incapable of noticing it.

Grrrrr.

And with that…back to work! later.

168 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 12:59:08pm

I’m sure Ted would be just peachy if Donald said Cuban immigrants were nothing but drug dealers and scumbag politicians. And

169 Amory Blaine  Jul 2, 2015 12:59:32pm

Obama pushes economic agenda in La Crosse, chides Republicans

President Barack Obama came to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Thursday to promote a new rule that would boost overtime pay for 5 million American workers and contrast his economic policies with Republicans.

But he also took aim at Gov. Scott Walker’s policies without mentioning the governor’s name.

Obama said in Wisconsin “Your right to organize and bargain collectively was attacked. Your…education funding was cut. Your minimum wage has been stuck in place.”

Obama added that corporations and the wealthy have received hundreds of millions of dollars in tax cuts.

He compared policies in Wisconsin to those in Minnesota, which has a Democratic governor and a lower unemployment rate.

170 Amory Blaine  Jul 2, 2015 1:01:01pm

Scott Walker files papers to run for president

171 goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2015 1:02:03pm

What exactly is it with people putting peas in stuff where it doesn’t belong? First it was Carbonara and I was amused at their naïveté. But this guac thing makes me feel like there’s some pea industry ratfuckery going on.

172 Amory Blaine  Jul 2, 2015 1:02:56pm

re: #154 ObserverArt

Add they hope they can be successful like him and still be blockheads. Their perfect dream station in life.

Holding onto the money that daddy gave him while creating a living on his name doesn’t make him successful. Average at best.

173 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 1:03:03pm

re: #171 goddamnedfrank

There’s a Pea Industry?

174 goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2015 1:04:32pm

re: #173 jaunte

There’s a Pea Industry?

The Pod People.

175 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 1:04:44pm

Watch out for the Peatato chips.

176 ObserverArt  Jul 2, 2015 1:05:31pm

re: #172 Amory Blaine

Holding onto the money that daddy gave him while creating a living on his name doesn’t make him successful. Average at best.

It’s all about the Benjamins. Who cares where they came from…he’s got his.

177 Amory Blaine  Jul 2, 2015 1:05:34pm

Bacon peas.

178 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 2, 2015 1:06:14pm

re: #171 goddamnedfrank

You sound like someone who’s never had a peaburger with deep fried peas and a pea shake.

179 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 1:07:18pm
180 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 1:07:43pm

re: #178 Higgs Boson’s Mate

You sound like someone who’s never had a peaburger with deep fried peas and a pea shake.

Flavored with peacante sauce

181 wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2015 1:08:35pm

Just don’t start spelling it ‘pee’.

182 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 2, 2015 1:08:49pm

re: #180 Kragar

Flavored with peacante sauce

With peacan pie for dessert.

183 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 1:09:12pm

re: #179 Kragar

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That’s why three Christian denominations approved ssm. Give it up Weiner.

184 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 1:09:18pm

re: #182 Higgs Boson’s Mate

With peacan pie for dessert.

And tomorrow we can have peazza!

185 Jenner7  Jul 2, 2015 1:09:20pm

Jim Webb and the Democrats’ white-man problem

washingtonpost.com

“I think this is where Democrats screw up, you know?” Webb said. “I think that they have kind of unwittingly used this group, white working males, as a whipping post for a lot of their policies. And then when they react, they say they’re being racist.”

Wow. Switch parties, Webb. Please. I don’t need you on my side.

186 jaunte  Jul 2, 2015 1:09:36pm

Big Pea is rolling.

187 Shiplord Kirel  Jul 2, 2015 1:10:05pm

re: #179 Kragar

Right Wing Watch @RightWingWatch
Michael Savage: Gays plan to throw pastors in prison and eventually to death in the Coliseums bit.ly

Imagine the ratings!

188 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 1:10:28pm

Peaskey

india Pea Ale

sirrachia with peas

189 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 2, 2015 1:11:52pm

“All we are saying, is Give Peas a Chance….”

190 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jul 2, 2015 1:13:20pm

re: #185 Jenner7

Webb was pretty much of a bonehead SECNAV under Reagan. Webb resigned because not even Reagan was willing to build a 600 ship Navy.

191 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 1:14:13pm

re: #185 Jenner7

Jim Webb and the Democrats’ white-man problem

washingtonpost.com

“I think this is where Democrats screw up, you know?” Webb said. “I think that they have kind of unwittingly used this group, white working males, as a whipping post for a lot of their policies. And then when they react, they say they’re being racist.”

Wow. Switch parties, Webb. Please. I don’t need you on my side.

I’m a white working male and I’m of the belief of you don’t want to be called racist, don’t act fucking racist. Sigh Jim. Thanks for beating George Allen really but thank you for resigning to get Tim Kaine too.

192 No Depression  Jul 2, 2015 1:16:42pm

re: #151 Khal Wimpo

I can confirm this. My semi-wingnut dad thinks Trump’s candidacy is an attempt to prompt a conversation among the GOP candidates instead of the campaign of shameless self-promotion it so clearly is. He’s especially fond of Trump’s suggestion that we re-invade Iraq and take its oil for ourselves, international law be damned.

193 allegro  Jul 2, 2015 1:20:07pm

re: #177 Amory Blaine

Bacon peas.

Wasabi peas. Wait, I like those.

194 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 1:20:56pm

Webb refuses to acknowledge that many white working class voters drove themselves out of the Democratic tent by being more angered by civil rights advancement than conservative policies that didn’t support better wages and benefits. And that’s sadly a fact. You can only blame the hippies and civil rights activists for so much.

195 Khal Wimpo  Jul 2, 2015 1:22:13pm

re: #167 ObserverArt

I

If John Kasich gets in the running, listen to him. He many times starts of his lines with things like “Let me tell you something” and the like. As if we should be ready to receive the absolute truth and are incapable of noticing it.

Grrrrr.

The one that gets me going is all the RWNJs who preface their bullshit statements with “The facts are that … ”

When the facts are everything but. There should be a giant Chyron that pops up on the screen at this point that says “BULLSHIT ALERT! BULLSHIT ALERT!” and then pops up the relevant charts, bargraphs & historical context that contradicts what they are saying…

196 Kragar  Jul 2, 2015 1:22:21pm
197 HappyWarrior  Jul 2, 2015 1:22:55pm

Sad irony is the Republicans who many WWC voted against like Dewey, Eisenhower, or ‘60 Nixon cared a lot more about their welfare than Reagan, Dubya, or Romney did.

198 allegro  Jul 2, 2015 1:23:47pm

re: #195 Khal Wimpo

The one that gets me going is all the RWNJs who preface their bullshit statements with “The facts are that … “

When the facts are everything but. There should be a giant Chyron that pops up on the screen at this point that says “BULLSHIT ALERT! BULLSHIT ALERT!” and then pops up the relevant charts, bargraphs & historical context that contradicts what they are saying…

Like Colbert’s word. That would be perfect.

199 Nyet  Jul 2, 2015 1:23:52pm

I think Takei’s comment is inartful and borderline. I also think that, given the context, he didn’t cross the border.

200 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 2, 2015 1:24:22pm
201 goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2015 1:24:39pm

re: #192 No Depression

I can confirm this. My semi-wingnut dad thinks Trump’s candidacy is an attempt to prompt a conversation among the GOP candidates instead of the campaign of shameless self-promotion it so clearly is. He’s especially fond of Trump’s suggestion that we re-invade Iraq and take its oil for ourselves, international law be damned.

Tell him that the United States has considered “plunder of public or private property” a war crime since the Allied Control Council of 1945.

202 Khal Wimpo  Jul 2, 2015 1:26:36pm

re: #192 No Depression

I can confirm this. My semi-wingnut dad thinks Trump’s candidacy is an attempt to prompt a conversation among the GOP candidates instead of the campaign of shameless self-promotion it so clearly is. He’s especially fond of Trump’s suggestion that we re-invade Iraq and take its oil for ourselves, international law be damned.

It’s the linear-thinking, or more correctly, no-thinking approach to the world. Problem? Hit it with a hammer. Still a problem? Get a bigger hammer.

Toddlers usually grow out of this kind of approach to the world. Deeply flawed narcissists apparently do not; wealth allows a level of arrogance in this country that has become absolutely toxic, and a threat to our existence as a democracy.

203 iossarian  Jul 2, 2015 1:26:40pm

re: #199 Nyet

I think Takei’s comment is inartful and borderline. I also think that, given the context, he didn’t cross the border.

You have to look at people’s body of work (and I don’t mean Star Trek). Everyone has local areas of their worldview and/or instances of self-expression that cross various lines, be it an off-color joke that you tell after a couple of beers or (as is the case here) something you say in the heat of the moment without really thinking about it.

Bottom line: the folks setting fire to churches in the South are bad racists; Takei is not.

204 Nyet  Jul 2, 2015 1:27:34pm

re: #203 iossarian

Yep.

205 Nyet  Jul 2, 2015 1:28:22pm

If Limbaugh calls Obama that, that will be racism though. Context.

206 GlutenFreeJesus  Jul 2, 2015 1:28:49pm

George has a black friend. Therefor he can’t be racist.

207 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 2, 2015 1:29:58pm
208 Khal Wimpo  Jul 2, 2015 1:30:51pm

re: #203 iossarian

You have to look at people’s body of work (and I don’t mean Star Trek). Everyone has local areas of their worldview and/or instances of self-expression that cross various lines, be it an off-color joke that you tell after a couple of beers or (as is the case here) something you say in the heat of the moment without really thinking about it.

Bottom line: the folks setting fire to churches in the South are bad racists; Takei is not.

Yeah, my response to what Thomas said was to post a page on this here blog that included lurid photos of the dehumanizing torture and abuse of slaves. Didn’t want to get into the hot-button issue of his race, since the point is really that what he said was incredibly short-sighted & dumb.

Takei and his family were, themselves, dehumanized & stripped of their dignity, property and damn near their lives. And then there’s Teh Ghey and years of being mocked by RWNJs. So maybe he had a gut reaction from a really, really, angry and hurt place.

I think Takei kinda gets a pass on this one.

209 goddamnedfrank  Jul 2, 2015 1:31:43pm

Clarence Thomas has been trolling female, minority and gay Americans for some 24 years. That’s the context that Takei’s admittedly harsh statement fits within.

210 wrenchwench  Jul 2, 2015 1:33:05pm

re: #192 No Depression

Welcome, hatchling.

211 aagcobb  Jul 2, 2015 1:33:11pm

re: #134 Kragar

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My wife read some crap on the internet and told me not to allow our daughter to get the Gardasil vaccine. I’ll have to do it behind her back; no way our daughter is going to face a lifetime of risk from cervical cancer just because she found anti-vaccer propaganda on the internet.

212 CuriousLurker  Jul 2, 2015 1:34:59pm

re: #137 wrenchwench

SQUIRREL!

LOL—once you start looking for it, you see that darned squirrel everywhere.

213 Tigger2  Jul 2, 2015 2:03:37pm

re: #14 The Vicious Babushka

No racism here, uh uh, no TEH LIBRULS IS TEH REAL RASSISTS!!!!

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They’re really amusing assuming that all white people are with them just because of the color of our skin.

214 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jul 2, 2015 2:53:30pm

Just saw this and it fits here:

215 meteor  Jul 2, 2015 3:47:32pm

Takei in 2024!

216 gocart mozart  Jul 2, 2015 4:32:28pm
What will Obama say when a gay couple attempts to get married in a mosque!

OK. What is this supposed to mean? I can usually translate wingnut to English, but this one makes no sense at all. Pure wingnut word salad.

Let me attempt to unpack the several layers of stupid. The moron thinks that churches and mosques are now forced to gay marry people. Obama, being a gay Muslim sharia supporter will be torn over which side he should be outraged at.

217 ibob  Jul 3, 2015 11:36:31am

Very, very late to this conversation. This is a great vaccine w/ only injection site redness or pain as side effects. I had my oldest daughter get the first injection in the series as soon as it was available. It covers both the main HPV strains that cause cervical cancer and genital warts. There is a new vaccine out now that covers even more strains. Now recommended boys be vaccinated also since it is the main cause of oral cancer not associated with smoking.

I have not seen a case of genital warts in a young woman who was vaccinated before becoming sexually active in the years since the vaccine has been available. This is absolutely incredible since we used to see them every day.

We have also seen a huge drop in abnormal Pap smears requiring biopsies much less surgery. Don’t underestimate the anxiety that goes with being told you have an abnormal Pap smear and have to a biopsy followed by more frequent Paps for at least two years.

The vaccine is actually against the protein capsule around the virus so there is no HPV virus in the vaccine. The capsule is required for the virus to be infective.

The HPV vaccine has made a significant decrease in two of the most frequent problems we used to see in ob/gyn (genital warts and cervical dysplasia).

218 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jul 3, 2015 11:39:46am

re: #217 ibob

I was just at the upper end of the age limit when it started coming out and my insurance didn’t cover it. I made the decision not to get it at that point, which hopefully I will never regret. (Five hundred dollars is a lot when you are a grad student.)

My sisters both have had it, and one did nearly faint in the doctor’s office afterwards. My mother’s response to this side effect was to make sure my sister wasn’t the one driving to/from the doctor’s office for the next shots in the series.

219 ibob  Jul 3, 2015 11:39:49am

re: #211 aagcobb

My wife read some crap on the internet and told me not to allow our daughter to get the Gardasil vaccine. I’ll have to do it behind her back; no way our daughter is going to face a lifetime of risk from cervical cancer just because she found anti-vaccer propaganda on the internet.

My recent comment was actually meant for you. Hope you see it.


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