We're in different times... a rebound from times of political correctness. I don't know how much things have fundamentally changed. Even look at movies out like Borat now --- (which on one level I liked, on another I was a little disturbed with). I know Sasha Cohen is jewish, but I think he crosses the line a little too far with all this 'jew' rhetoric ... seeing him on Jay Leno throwing this around was just a little disconcerting. On one hand, we all know he is supposed to be mocking the anti-semitic, but I'm honestly not sure middle america (nor even coastal) truly gets it. It almost seems to me a permission slip to hate, and not very productive. So I think the potential damage out there might be a little greater than what we get out of the humor.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you simply don't understand the glaringly obvious fact that there is no comparison between a black man using the word 'honky' which no white person gives a damn about and a white man using the word nigger which is representative of the white man's enslavement of the blacks in America. You do recall that blacks were slaves and not allowed to drink at the same fountain as a white, pretty recently, right? Do you also recall that whites were not enslaved by blacks and that blacks did not chain whites and whip them, rape their women, cut their children's throats and call them honky? Again... it's suggestions like this, that a black's use of honky is equivalent to a white's use of the N word, that undermines the apologists here. To suggest that honky is as racially charged as the N word is so absurd that one has to believe that anyone who suggests it knows it's a load of shit, but they're saying it anyway. At least try to make your claims using an argument that isn't blatantly wrong. Cutten said it way better than I. Amazing that this post came right on top of his.
El Cubano is a minority himself who lives in a diverse, challenging neighborhood. tradernot would shit in his pants if he were a Cuban dude living in mellow Miami Roads next to a bunch of blacks. Here's facts. Since the black man was first enslaved in America he has killed more whites than vica versa. Blacks have a much deeper, visceral hatred of whites than vica versa. When a black utters socially acceptable words like honky or cracker he speaks with greater venom than when most whites say nigger. Unless someone has lived in areas where whites are the minority they are clueless and ignorant to the fact that blacks commit crimes in numbers that would knock your socks off. Personally I find calling someone a tag name a cheap insult. "Hey fatso!" How original. But we ALL use such terms. How many times does a woman cut us off and now suddenly become a "bitch" or "cunt." Expecting people to contemplate the use of use language connotatively is onerous. I used "shine" in this thread. I guess there's now a dreaded "s" word also. Will the PC police please chirp in and tell me if there's any other banned words one should be aware of?
"When a black utters socially acceptable words like honky or cracker he speaks with greater venom than when most whites say nigger." There is no lack of venom when you speak... "Personally I find calling someone a tag name a cheap insult. "Hey fatso!" How original." Oh yes Pabst, you are sooooo original. LOL! You are as cheap as they get when it comes to spewing insults...
I heard there would be a float with Borat, Richards, and Mel in todays parade, but the rain scared em off. Wow, someone snapped a still of Cosmo during that outburst. didn't think it was this bad.
What a repugnant thread. Makes one embarrassed to be a trader. ET: A friendly where place the racists, misogynists, and homophobes can feel at home. H
I could care less if you think i am a racist.. as Pabst pointed out....come down to the grove and make a wrong turn ask for direction and get killed while other blacks watch and perhaps even laugh...sit back on your couch and watch the Dennis beating for getting out of his truck and then tell me that the word "HONKY" doesnt carry the same weight....the bottom line is that i am not a racist im just think there is a huge double standard here...
As I said here before, it takes strength of mind to fight against the honey-trap of bigotry. You wish we had those thoughts. Your worst fear is that we don't. Harold never gets involved in these things, but this thread was apparently enough to prompt him to chime in. Your neophyte newb name calling reveals you to be an internet loser. Get a life or another username. This one is outed.
funny, the religious bigot chimes in. nothing in what the guy said proves he believes blacks to be an inferior race. he has proven one thing, he is a bad stand-up comic. you cowards can throw him under the bus and then go crawl back under the rock you came from, getting ready to pounce and destroy another persons lives for representing the very thoughts you attempt to convince yourselves you don't have. gutless, spinelss, wonders ... bend-over-and-take-it idiots