Virginia Governor to Resign over blackface pictures?

[Drich]

honestly do not understand this... the man should be judged on what was acceptable in 1983 not 2019. otherwise we would all be racist homophobic monsters.

Although if it ousts another dim... and shows them to be the party of the confederacy even today, then who am I to argue?

[The Grand Nudger]

Goodness, next thing you're going to tell us is that america has a long and still current history of casual racism and bigotry?  

Racist shit is racist, even when it's okay to be a racist.  If you were doing racist shit in the 80's..it's because you were being racist, but that's probably no indication that everyone was doing racist shit in the 80's.

[The Valkyrie]

While I really hate the idea of blackface, and those who do it in this day and age should suffer the consequences of their action, I think we conveniently ignore other reprehensible acts.



I recently saw someone painted entirely green. How do they think that makes aliens and Hulk feel?

Has anyone seen the tears an alien sheds over this abomination as he's trying to probe an abductee?

What about Hulk?

[Mister Agenda]

My initial thought was that he needs to go, but if the majority of African Americans in Virginia would rather keep him, that's good enough for me. It's not like the succession looks like it can put someone better in place. Which is pretty fucking sad.

[Drich]

Goodness, next thing you're going to tell us is that america has a long and still current history of casual racism and bigotry?  

Racist shit is racist, even when it's okay to be a racist.  If you were doing racist shit in the 80's..it's because you were being racist, but that's probably no indication that everyone was doing racist shit in the 80's.

dressing up like michael jackson was not racist. I remember they sold a jerry curl wig jacket glove and face paint as all part of a kit.

Michael was black back then and little kids (white kids) wanted to emulate him as well as they could and they knew he was not their color. even now if you go onto ebay you can find the wig jacket and glove. 

Ted danson got slamed by a few for doing the same thin in the 90s at the time was dating whoppi goldberg and she had absolutly no problem with it then. which shows even as late as the 90's at best people had mixed feelings about it.. the further back you go the less racist the gesture is and more emulative the gesture becomes. meaning it was no different than a man like robin williams putting on a dress and pretending to be mrs doubtfire. there is no woman hating in doing that it was just a gag then like how a man forced into a gender role gets into shenagans (the bus driver checking out robin williams super harry legs as doubfire and digs them) same thing with black face then.. was just a gag there was even a movie where the white kid took too many self tanning pills.. in the end he learn how hard it realy was to be black

Again I'm not a "dim" and if a rep can replace one that great, but this man loosing his job oversomething that was not only socially acceptible it was apart of the culture is dumb f*ckery on your part.

no one is free of immorality who lived in the 80 that lives now.

[The Grand Nudger]

Plenty of people dressed like michael jackson..without blackface.  Hell, michael jackson dressed like micheal jackson without blackface.  Ziing!

[Drich]

While I really hate the idea of blackface, and those who do it in this day and age should suffer the consequences of their action, I think we conveniently ignore other reprehensible acts.



I recently saw someone painted entirely green.  How do they think that makes aliens and Hulk feel?

Has anyone seen the tears an alien sheds over this abomination as he's trying to probe an abductee?

What about Hulk?

Has anyone seen will Smith's take on the genie of aladin?

he's not only in "blue face" his whole body is blue.. what of the poor bastards in the blue man group? the smurfs or the Navi? (pandora's giant cat people) can we risk a war with giant cats just because will smith want to shite on another beloved 80's movie franchise (karate kid /who never learn karate but kung-fu and annie)+

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Plenty of people dressed like michael jackson..without blackface.  Hell, michael jackson dressed like micheal jackson without blackface.  Ziing!

missing the point moron... it was not evil to dress like him in black face

[The Grand Nudger]

Yes, Drich, blackface was just as "evil" then as it is now, and as it ever was.  That's why we don't do blackface. What's the deal, where you alllllll about blackface back in the 80's or something? Did you think that everyone else was doing it, so..you know, why the fuck not, right? Christ, lol.

[onlinebiker]

Yes, Drich, blackface was just as "evil" then as it is now, and as it ever was.  That's why we don't do blackface.  What's the deal, where you alllllll about blackface back in the 80's or somvething?  Did you think that everyone else was doing it, so..you know, why the fuck not, right?  Christ, lol.

A white guy who " knows what black people are offended by".


Odd.. I was watching a movie with my roommate at the time on HBO.

Silver Streak with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. There' s a scene where Gene darkens his face and Richard trys to teach him to " walk black".

My roommate and I both laughed our asses off. ( of course we were pretty drunk).

I later asked him at work - if he thought the scene was offensive to him, a black guy... He told me - "I know you well enough to know you don't mean to be a prick by asking... But, I' d only be offended if some cracker asked me that just to see how thin my skin is. It was funny, not offensive -- because it was MEANT to be funny."

[The Grand Nudger]

Oh I know right, it's so incredibly presumptuous of me to assert that blackface might be offensive.   Jury's still out on that.

Hell-world, dumbest timeline.