Moose Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Its no laughing matter, I think comments like that could have you kicked off, even if its a personal joke with someone you know. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Its no laughing matter, I think comments like that could have you kicked off, even if its a personal joke with someone you know. xx Yeah, you're right. An internet forum where we make jokes about recent celebrity deaths is no place for a flippant race-related remark. I'll take a good hard look at my life and evaluate my choices. xx 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I'll just assume you aren't being sarcastic. Good on you, mate. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I'll just assume you aren't being sarcastic. Good on you, mate. xx In all seriousness though, as cunty as the "all [race] look alike" joke is, I'm genuinely surprised to see such exception taken in a thread related to the celebration and mockery of people's deaths. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Better go make a dead celebrity joke on the "which black guy will die next" thread to balance it out. Don't make flippant racist remarks on the forum, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Better go make a dead celebrity joke on the "which black guy will die next" thread to balance it out. Don't make flippant racist remarks on the forum, please. What if a black celebrity dies? Can I make a pun about that? xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 No. Not even if it's REALLY funny? Like Deadzel Washington? xx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Or some hilarious "black death" related remark? xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Deadzel Washington isn't racist. Cool man, talk to you in a bit. Edited October 1, 2014 by Moose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Deadzel Washington isn't racist. Cool man, talk to you in a bit. Right, so I can make a joke about the fact that he's dead (he's not dead, but that doesn't matter - we're talking about any black celebrity here) but not about the fact that he's black? What about when Nelson Mandela died and people were posting Morgan Freeman pics? Was that racist? xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colb Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Being up in arms about a joke featuring black people while ignoring the EXACT same joke about midgets - kinda hypocritical......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Being up in arms about a joke featuring black people while ignoring the EXACT same joke about midgets - kinda hypocritical.........Woah, don't drag me into this, I was making a statement. Anyway, nobody involved is a racist so we could all just chill out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Being up in arms about a joke featuring black people while ignoring the EXACT same joke about midgets - kinda hypocritical......... To be fair, Alk was making fun of me for mixing up two different people, and I was then making fun of how that stereotype is typically applied to a completely different group. But now I'm enjoying learning more about what black people are/are not offended by. xx EDIT: Actually, I did get Cuba Gooding Jr and Don Cheadle mixed up today too, maybe I AM a racist?? EDIT EDIT: Fuck sake, no, it was Terrence Howard and CBJ. So I'm definitely racist. I thought CBJ played Rhodey in the first Iron Man movie. Edited October 1, 2014 by Stroopy121 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I'm pretty chill. I don't think you should make "all black people look the same" jokes on here, even though it was clearly a joke. It perpetuates the culture of casual, joking racism that does nothing to solve the huge problem. I know Stroopy isn't actually racist but that's besides the point. Midgets should not be discriminated either. Well done colb. You're a real smart guy. I have nothing else to add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colb Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) For me the joke was about the stereotype, not black people (or midgets). I think that anyone looking at it rationally would struggle to call it racist or discriminatory (or funny), but it's hard to look at racism rationally, because for sensible adults it's completely baffling how you could hate someone having a different skin colour - so we get to here when we probably didn't have to. My point is that if you're gonna get upset about perceived discrimination - get upset about the WHOLE of discrimination. Picking and choosing is a waste of time. Edited October 1, 2014 by colb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Ok. I think its far better to avoid that sort of humour. I wouldn't say I'm in any way upset or offended, I just think it should be lambasted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 EDIT EDIT: Fuck sake, no, it was Terrence Howard and CBJ. So I'm definitely racist. I thought CBJ played Rhodey in the first Iron Man movie.Who's CBJ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I presume he meant CGJ, but those rounded consonants all look the same. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted October 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I presume he meant CGJ, but those rounded consonants all look the same.RAGIST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I just think it should be lambasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Yeah, CBJ is Cuba Gooding Jr. Honestly, I agree with Moose for the most part. Humour that plays on race, even if it's not necessarily "racist" humour, can give racists a feeling of acceptance. Same goes for rape jokes, "women belong in the kitchen" jokes, or anything like that. However, I do also believe that it can be perfectly acceptable to, in certain circumstances, to make fun of the stereotypes. That's all I was doing (or at least trying to do). XxEdit: to be clear - I think it's ok to mock the stereotypes themselves, not mock the people targeted by those stereotypes. Edited October 1, 2014 by Stroopy121 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 It's cool guys, my friend is a dead small black person. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 He doesn't get on with my gay Islamist red-headed second cousin though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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