I thought we all agreed that Caitlyn Jenner is a beautiful woman with the exquisite bravery of a beautiful butterfly flying against the wind? Seriously, though, it's really funny how hateful the SJWs become when you don't fall in line with their politics. Consider the racist insults that are hurled at Clarence Thomas, for example.
I'm confused. Isn't holding Jenner to the same standard as anyone else, and lambasting her support for Cruz's policies the perfectly consistent thing for the Left to do? What's the alternative? To give Jenner a "trans people can do no wrong" pass? Or is everyone supposed to just stand and applaud every political view?
Should we all swear up and down that everyone's political opinion is "stunning and brave" so that we don't trample on the feelings of conservatives?
You think I'm the bad guy in this civil rights drama? I'm telling you to be more like Martin Luther King. Just because you're on the right side of history doesn't mean you can say or do whatever and then drape yourself in his mantle. You have to actually do what he did.
This sounds like "Trans people need to act like an actual saint or they'll never get equal rights in America" which does sound kind of cruel, actually. The whole reason King is so famous is he went above and beyond what most people were capable of.
Also, isn't a large section of Letter from a Birmingham Jail about how telling downtrodden people to wait for their rights and always behave in an orderly manner is just another system of oppression that encourages a negative peace? That the reason for protests and complaints is to produce a pressure in the minds of society that can be used to improve it? Or am I remembering it wrong?
Seriously, why's it so bad for people to be pissed off that the world is more dangerous for them than everyone else?
This sounds like "Trans people need to act like an actual saint or they'll never get equal rights in America" which does sound kind of cruel, actually. The whole reason King is so famous is he went above and beyond what most people were capable of.
Also, isn't a large section of Letter from a Birmingham Jail about how telling downtrodden people to wait for their rights and always behave in an orderly manner is just another system of oppression that encourages a negative peace? That the reason for protests and complaints is to produce a pressure in the minds of society that can be used to improve it? Or am I remembering it wrong?
Seriously, why's it so bad for people to be pissed off that the world is more dangerous for them than everyone else?
Come on, dude. I try to deescalate this back into a proper WCT thread, and you come at me with this line of flagrant strawmen? Either chill out or take it to Debate. And either way, start reading more and assuming less, because seriously, man, damn.
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Seriously, why's it so bad for people to be pissed off that the world is more dangerous for them than everyone else?
Because Asians are seriously underrepresented in just about any form of media in the U.S. and no one seems to care about it.
Plus Chris Tucker makes a joke about Asians in a ceremony that gained a tremendous amount of criticism for not being inclusive, without recognizing the above-mentioned fact.
Seriously, why's it so bad for people to be pissed off that the world is more dangerous for them than everyone else?
Because Asians are seriously underrepresented in just about any form of media in the U.S. and no one seems to care about it.
Plus Chris Tucker makes a joke about Asians in a ceremony that gained a tremendous amount of criticism for not being inclusive, without recognizing the above-mentioned fact.
And he gets what amounts to a "tsk, tsk".
I didn't even hear about that one. Link?
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I think he means Chris Rock at this year's Oscars. My own take is that people complaining about the joke didn't listen all the way to the punchline, which completely reverses it. And sure enough, the only video I could find cuts off the ending. It went something like:
"If you think that joke was terrible, tweet about it on your iPhone, which Asian kids also made."
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I think he means Chris Rock at this year's Oscars. My own take is that people complaining about the joke didn't listen all the way to the punchline, which completely reverses it. And sure enough, the only video I could find cuts off the ending. It went something like:
"If you think that joke was terrible, tweet about it on your iPhone, which Asian kids also made."
I can't find the joke offensive, since I don't even know what the joke was about beyond that it featured three Chinese kids or some such.
But, the point I wanted to make was two-fold-
It does annoy me that people talk about under representation on a broad level while rarely, if ever, mentioning Asians.
-When was the last time you saw an Asian lead in an Hollywood film?
-When was the last time you saw an Asian play an actual ******* American instead of some "martial arty" person or "mystical" or some such?
(Granted, I only really pay attention to big-budget crap like the Avengers; I'm sure there are tons of movies out there that feature such people and are big-budget. I'd appreciate it if y'all point me to them).
Is there a certain point that a group must reach in order for whatever discrimination it receives exerts any legitimacy on a national level?
And I also wanted to keep things relatively light-hearted so I want with what seemed random.
Asians/Asian-Americans show up fairly frequently as tech people as well. They generally are given secondary roles though. Can't think of too many leads.
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Asians/Asian-Americans show up fairly frequently as tech people as well. They generally are given secondary roles though. Can't think of too many leads.
Most of Lucy Liu's roles, but it's hard to think of other examples. I guess she's the Asian Will Smith.
Uh... almost half the cast of Hawaii Five-O, true to the state's demographics (though as far as I can tell Chin Ho and Kono aren't any nationality more specific than "Asian").
And... Harold and Kumar?
Yeah, it's pretty bad.
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You have a political party actively trying to roll back the rights earned by gays, blacks, and the poor and you think it's funny they care?
I think the level of vitriol being displayed because Caitlyn Jenner doesn't profess the political beliefs she's "supposed" to is why we as a country can't have nice things anymore.
It's funny and disappointing to see how people in a group will turn on you the moment you start believing something they disagree with.
I never thought Caitlyn Jenner was a hero anyways, to be honest.
Not a direct one, but ancillary to the entire point of the thread and to the direction I've been trying to take it recently.
I wasn't really just trying to be funny or provocative with this thread- The concept of identity is something that I do find interesting and something that I think virtually everyone has to grapple with eventually.
See, that's the fun part about the U.S. right now- I think the country is in midst of a giant identity crisis (one that occurs every generation or so probably to varying degrees of scale), and not a single person likes what they're seeing.
Nice things like being able to use a public washroom, employers barred from refusing to hire you based on your gender identity, and such?
Nice things like people talking out their disagreements and a government that actually governs.
People need to experience war and famine to come together. Today, we still have too much to force us to come together. It is only whenever we sacrifice everything the world will be rebuilt after devastation. This often means to change something simple, people often have to commit suicide and be wounded for people to look at a civil structure longer than 30 seconds.
Why bother? Until there is some blood, no one has any real skin in the game.
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I thought we all agreed that Caitlyn Jenner is a beautiful woman with the exquisite bravery of a beautiful butterfly flying against the wind? Seriously, though, it's really funny how hateful the SJWs become when you don't fall in line with their politics. Consider the racist insults that are hurled at Clarence Thomas, for example.
Not just the SJW's. I've been finding more and more that the E-Left only thinks everyone's opinion matters if you agree with them and the E-Right just doesn't care what your opinion is, you're wrong.
Rather sad how fast people flock to someone only to leave them like that, though. Really makes me hope I never get famous.
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I can't really relate to the transgendered part but I relate strongly to the notion that if an individual in a minority group doesn't fall directly inline with the narrative of that group, they are despised by that group. For example, my wife is a black female. She is also a former Soldier who fought in two wars and was WIA. A real life hero. We met in the service then later I went law school and she got an MBA. She leans far right politically, mostly because as a household with two high earners we get screwed hard come tax season. I introduced her to Thomas Sowell, one of the most intelligent right wing economists in the world (who happens to be black), and she really relates to him. The amount of hatred and vitriol she gets from her peers because she doesn't fall lock and step with their narrative is astounding. I think that is a huge issue in America that impedes progress. A lot of minority social groups have the attitude if you aren't with us then you are against us. You can't express your opinion as an individual. If your values don't fit the group narrative then you are a traitor. This is the most racist and prejudicial of attitudes because it seeks to reduce a vibrant individual into a collection of stereotypes and group think. One doesn't have to subscribe to a preset collection of beliefs merely because they have more melanin in their skin and XX chromosomes. It also completely shuts down dialogue. If you think a black female must think a certain way and a white male must think a certain way, not because they came to those beliefs of their own volition but because that's simply the way one with those characteristics think, then we can never improve social justice. If our race and gender predetermine our beliefs then what's the point of even debating, you won't be able to change me and I won't change you. We will never see eye-to-eye if you genuinely believe I must think a certain way because I am a white male and you must think a certain way due to your characteristics.
To the point-I actually respect Jenner for standing up for her beliefs in the face of pressure to change them.
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I thought we all agreed that Caitlyn Jenner is a beautiful woman with the exquisite bravery of a beautiful butterfly flying against the wind? Seriously, though, it's really funny how hateful the SJWs become when you don't fall in line with their politics. Consider the racist insults that are hurled at Clarence Thomas, for example.
I have no problem with Clarence Thomas's race. I do have a problem with him being Antonin Scalia's hand puppet for his entire term on the Supreme Court.
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You don't call "dying to removal" if the removal is more expensive in resources than the creature. If you have to spend BG (Abrupt Decay), or W + basic land (PtE) to remove a 1G, that is not "dying to removal". Strictly speaking Goyf dies to removal, but actually your removal is dying to Goyf.
You don't call "dying to removal" if the removal is more expensive in resources than the creature. If you have to spend BG (Abrupt Decay), or W + basic land (PtE) to remove a 1G, that is not "dying to removal". Strictly speaking Goyf dies to removal, but actually your removal is dying to Goyf.
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Should we all swear up and down that everyone's political opinion is "stunning and brave" so that we don't trample on the feelings of conservatives?
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This sounds like "Trans people need to act like an actual saint or they'll never get equal rights in America" which does sound kind of cruel, actually. The whole reason King is so famous is he went above and beyond what most people were capable of.
Also, isn't a large section of Letter from a Birmingham Jail about how telling downtrodden people to wait for their rights and always behave in an orderly manner is just another system of oppression that encourages a negative peace? That the reason for protests and complaints is to produce a pressure in the minds of society that can be used to improve it? Or am I remembering it wrong?
Seriously, why's it so bad for people to be pissed off that the world is more dangerous for them than everyone else?
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Because Asians are seriously underrepresented in just about any form of media in the U.S. and no one seems to care about it.
Plus Chris Tucker makes a joke about Asians in a ceremony that gained a tremendous amount of criticism for not being inclusive, without recognizing the above-mentioned fact.
And he gets what amounts to a "tsk, tsk".
Art is life itself.
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I can't find the joke offensive, since I don't even know what the joke was about beyond that it featured three Chinese kids or some such.
But, the point I wanted to make was two-fold-
It does annoy me that people talk about under representation on a broad level while rarely, if ever, mentioning Asians.
-When was the last time you saw an Asian lead in an Hollywood film?
-When was the last time you saw an Asian play an actual ******* American instead of some "martial arty" person or "mystical" or some such?
(Granted, I only really pay attention to big-budget crap like the Avengers; I'm sure there are tons of movies out there that feature such people and are big-budget. I'd appreciate it if y'all point me to them).
Is there a certain point that a group must reach in order for whatever discrimination it receives exerts any legitimacy on a national level?
And I also wanted to keep things relatively light-hearted so I want with what seemed random.
Art is life itself.
Uh... almost half the cast of Hawaii Five-O, true to the state's demographics (though as far as I can tell Chin Ho and Kono aren't any nationality more specific than "Asian").
And... Harold and Kumar?
Yeah, it's pretty bad.
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Now I think about it, there aren't that many black major characters either really. Aside from like, sporting and military characters.
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It's funny and disappointing to see how people in a group will turn on you the moment you start believing something they disagree with.
I never thought Caitlyn Jenner was a hero anyways, to be honest.
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I wasn't really just trying to be funny or provocative with this thread- The concept of identity is something that I do find interesting and something that I think virtually everyone has to grapple with eventually.
See, that's the fun part about the U.S. right now- I think the country is in midst of a giant identity crisis (one that occurs every generation or so probably to varying degrees of scale), and not a single person likes what they're seeing.
People need to experience war and famine to come together. Today, we still have too much to force us to come together. It is only whenever we sacrifice everything the world will be rebuilt after devastation. This often means to change something simple, people often have to commit suicide and be wounded for people to look at a civil structure longer than 30 seconds.
Why bother? Until there is some blood, no one has any real skin in the game.
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Not just the SJW's. I've been finding more and more that the E-Left only thinks everyone's opinion matters if you agree with them and the E-Right just doesn't care what your opinion is, you're wrong.
Rather sad how fast people flock to someone only to leave them like that, though. Really makes me hope I never get famous.
To the point-I actually respect Jenner for standing up for her beliefs in the face of pressure to change them.
You want to elaborate, or just be insulting?
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I have no problem with Clarence Thomas's race. I do have a problem with him being Antonin Scalia's hand puppet for his entire term on the Supreme Court.
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Are you planning on enlightening anyone, or just trolling and harassing others?
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