RE: Bill Maher 6/9/17
June 12, 2017 at 9:28 am
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2017 at 9:31 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(June 12, 2017 at 7:59 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Yes, overall Dr. Laura is a cunt, I agree. At the the same time as a Self-help personality her schtick is to berate anyone who considers themselves a victim of any kind. She takes a radical and unsympathetic position with callers to take control of their own lives. Her appeal is that occationally she says the harsh truth that listeners wish they could get away with sometimes. I'm thinking her about those coworkers that come by my desk to whine and complain about their job and I just sit there thinking to myself if you are so unhappy why don't you find another job.
Sounds like her schtick is being a cunt. There's a time and place for harsh truths. Reading the transcript above, I don't see much she says that's apt or to the point regarding race. I see her telling a black person to shut up about racism. No doubt it's entirely a coincidence that Schlesinger is white.
(June 12, 2017 at 4:16 am)Zen Badger Wrote: My main objection is that the word is offensive(which it is) but it's ok to use if you're black.
Well no, it isn't.
Nigger quite simply has no other context, it only exists as an insult mean't to put black people in their place, at least in the minds of white supremacists.
And when I hear black rap music that uses the word prolifically (and I get to hear a lot) I have a hard time agreeing with the people that complain that the word is sooooo offensive...... unless they use it.
Or take it in a larger sense. Let's grant for the moment that only blacks can say "nigger / nigga". The idea of a gangsta rapper complaining about being offended is hilarious ... many OGs built careers on offending the fuck out of people, Cube included, and now Cube wants his feelings considered?
