That makes sense for the hypothetical shirt, but not for the one with Negan.
The shirt in question is about viciously beating people to death....while smiling & cracking wise.
But that aspect doesn't offend the SJWs.
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Oh, jeez. "Racist" Walking Dead T-Shirt pulled due to complaints
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The shirt in question is about viciously beating people to death....while smiling & cracking wise.
But that aspect doesn't offend the SJWs.
Yup. The OP shirt wasn't racist.
The rhyme at some point was racist. But most people don't know the original version or no longer associate it with racism: it's a common schoolyard method of choosing. And in the context of the shirt, it's clearly just referencing actions in the show, which aren't racist, but merely vicious and disturbing. (A-ok!)
Claiming racism on something like this merely delegitimizes real instances of racism. It's like the boy who cried wolf.
Jeremiahcp
Well-Known Jerk
Well that is what I was going for, so I am glad it came across.
Thehoodedmonk
Member
The only way one has free speech is to defend it, otherwise you will not have it.
Thehoodedmonk
Member
No where in the constitution does it say Americans have the right to free speech, it says that the government will not pass any law restricting free speech. As for everybody else we can and do restrict freedom of speech.
Thehoodedmonk
Member
"Eeeny Meeny Miiny Moe, catch a ****** by the toe, if he hollers make him pay fifty dollars every day." Don't know why anyone would create such a saying.
That's only one version.
Those looking for racism will see what suits them, & ignore other versions.
What's interesting is that they entirely ignore the most obviouis meaning, ie,
that Negan used it to randomly select someone to violently beat to death.
To use a bad word offends them....not the murder of a human being.
Warped values I say.
Thehoodedmonk
Member
I'll give my own reply here, talking about freedom of speech, we don't have it, wake up everybody! See that quote above about Eeeny Meeny......and notice how they, not me, put in the "stars"? See how people are scared to death to say the word? Well I am not.
Jeremiahcp
Well-Known Jerk
VioletVortex
Well-Known Member
May I ask a very good question? How can a t-shirt, an inanimate object in case you weren't aware, discriminate and disfavor a certain race?
By being seen as a micro-aggression by someone just itching to be offended.
VioletVortex
Well-Known Member
The thing is that, if you disagree with what a t-shirt says, you can make one expressing that.
That's the sensible way to respond.
Don't expect it.
Jeremiahcp
Well-Known Jerk
"talking about freedom of speech, we don't have it, wake up everybody!"
He freely said.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
But, why would any sane, reasonable person be looking to be offended?
Exactly!
Epic Beard Man
Bearded Philosopher
Epic Beard Man
Bearded Philosopher
There is a difference between "free speech" and "consequential speech" (that is speech with consequences) we're not entirely free to say or do anything without repercussions. People often misconstrued freedom from government tyranny because one can exercise their "freedom" speak out against government, and speech that can cause harm and punishment. Speech is not free, it is decreed by law and very much by the larger society, the freedom aspect is the illusion.
Your link doesn't show racist origins.
Unless.....
Hana, man, mona, mike;
Barcelona, bona, strike;
Hare, ware, frown, vanac;
Harrico, warico, we wo, wac
.....means something more to you than to me.