The Oldiesfreak Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts III

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Well, not that I sympathise with this man a lot, but even so, wouldn't it be cheaper and quicker to simply use a wooden platform and a rope (preferably with a long drop to break the neck).

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I am fiercely loyal to my country of birth, but I am under no such illusions that they will always have the same loyalty to me.

Anything can happen when you're a controversial 2% of the population. It feels good to know there's an option.

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I agree with all of these.  And Macklemore is nothing special.  I don't know if Macklemore's success is because of white racism though.  I think his "socially conscious" lyrics, sales and cuteness all factor in.

Kanye is far more socially conscious than Macklemore, the latter has just taken on an issue that's basically safe (especially in 2013/14) and devoted a third of said song to insisting he wasn't gay. Meanwhile, actual intelligent lyrics about the systematic racism that pervades America today are rejected by the Grammy committee.

I think Macklemore has pretty uninteresting lyrics, but homophobia is still a major issue, particularly in the hip-hop and black community.  Plus, his music is just safer and more wholly positive.  There's a reason why he's perceived as more of a politically aware artist.

I like Kanye's music, but he does throw around the N-word and he's a fairly misogynist and materialistic in his lyrics.  I don't see how he has much of a social conscience outside of protesting for Kanye West's rights.

White liberal racism example #2523647

How is anything I said racist?

Nothing was racist, but you are taking the fact that Kanye is using the N-Word and saying that sets a bad example. All socially conscious rappers use that term. It is sometimes offensive and sometimes not, all depends on who is saying, why they are saying it, and if it ends in -a or -er. They are after all different terms.

Secondly, Kanye is actually anti-consumerist, and has spoken out against being overly materialistic. As for misogynism? Lol, just Lol. Too $hort is misogynist, Kanye not at all.

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Nothing was racist, but you are taking the fact that Kanye is using the N-Word and saying that sets a bad example. All socially conscious rappers use that term.

Lol, is that like a No True Scotsman thing?

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I'm sure a black 50 years ago would be relieved if the dialect of the whites in his area made use of the former.

How much time have you spent in the black community?

And where is anyone condoning whites using that word in either form? Kanye isn't white the last time I checked.

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Nothing was racist, but you are taking the fact that Kanye is using the N-Word and saying that sets a bad example. All socially conscious rappers use that term.

Lol, is that like a No True Scotsman thing?

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I'm sure a black 50 years ago would be relieved if the dialect of the whites in his area made use of the former.

How much time have you spent in the black community?

And where is anyone condoning whites using that word in either form? Kanye isn't white the last time I checked.

Which black community?

My point is it is the same term, no matter the pronunciation, with the same racist past.

Kayne is promoting that word to his white listeners, associating blacks with a term with deeply dehumanizing connotations.  That matters a lot more than the color of his own skin. 

So basically you don't like rap post Public Enemy?

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People can be weird about these things.  There are also Christians only, Jews only, and Muslims only dating sites.  Presumably the Hindu all were married at age seven in marriages that were arranged when they were infants, so that one may not exist.  Oops.  I stand corrected.  A google search turns up a large number of Hindu dating websites as well.

Anyway, there are some people who only want to make it with someone who has a particular characteristic.  As bedstuy said, such websites are really good things, not only because they help these people with their insular tendencies, but also because they save the rest of us from awkwardness and frustration.  Doncha hate it when a hot Libertarian chick won't have anything to do with you only because you're a Mao photo-carrying member of the Communist Party? I know I do.

To be fair, people whose core values are similar have less reason to divorce later.  Also, people lead busy lives, and you can't always count on meeting Mister Right at the synagogue or the Republican National Convention or a Ku Klux Klan rally or whatever, so if that's the only sort of person you want to hook up with, then the ethno-specific dating websites do serve a valid purpose. 

What's wrong with this? Seems like a good quality, true and funny post to me.

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I want to see Hillary Clinton wearing some crocs.

... that will then be put on wiki feet.

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I was fairly neutral on libertarianism before Obama but the events of the last five years have convinced me that it is not only misguided but positively destructive.

Our President is not awful because he likes "big government" but because he is an incompetent weakling that had zero business being President in the first place. In fact, I would be willing to bet at least 95% of conservatives would be comfortable with big government if they trusted the people in power.

The GOP needs to run on a platform that restores order to American society. That means less focus on tax cuts and more focus on stopping homosexual supremacism. 

19th century libertarianism is extremely unappealing to ordinary people. I know liberals believe that the GOP is merely interested in helping the rich, but even if that was true the GOP could not get votes without appealing to many ordinary people as well. The basis for this appeal is that Republicans are a coalition of people who do not like their society being destroyed.

Moreover, libertarianism not only does nothing to defend ourselves, but actually permits the opposition unrestricted free reign. It is literally the same thing as unilateral disarmament.

The best Republican President can be determined by which one is currently most hated in the media establishment. By that standard, I would say Nixon is the one to emulate, minus his idiotic mistakes in Watergate.