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Taking Political Correctness Too Far

Secret Chief

Secret Chief

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OK I've watched the Goldberg intro and am none the wiser without examples or explanations. I shall have to remain in ignorance on this one and assume the PC gone too far idea remains in the arena of right wing Daily Mail style outrages.
 
Secret Chief

Secret Chief

Very strong language
DreadFish said:
Maybe this is white people apologizing for what they did to black people in the past. "We're sorry that black people were (kinda still are) second-class citizens and this show reminds us of that, so we have to say it."

If im getting actually offensive, someone please tell me.
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So far I'm only offended by the feline domestic violence.
 
Twilight Hue

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Skwim said:
I agree that a warning is far more preferable than outright pc censorship; however, in the Tom and Jerry cartoons I honestly fail to see any racism.
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Anybody care to take a stab at explaining it?
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I know. Remember Uncle Remus? Zippity Do Da? I even Miss Aunt Jemima with the nappy on my syrup bottle.
 
Skwim

Skwim

Veteran Member
Nowhere Man said:
I know. Remember Uncle Remus? Zippity Do Da? I even Miss Aunt Jemima with the nappy on my syrup bottle.
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Yup
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And how she's changed, along with Betty Crocker.
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Apple Sugar

Apple Sugar

Active Member
So when there was no racism or racist undertones in the original Tom and Jerry cartoon, now in the new world order inhabited by thought police and political correctness, the contemporary version of Orwell's 1984, "Ministry of Truth", we're going to implant racist undertones and warnings to taint the cartoon so as to imprint the psyche of contemporary viewers of it.

In order to fight racism.

Oh, good! Yeah Woops! You explain it.
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Kilgore Trout

Kilgore Trout

Misanthropic Humanist
I'm sure it's only a matter of time before they ban Tom and Jerry altogether for wrongly promoting the predator-prey paradigm, an inherently violent and unfairly hierarchical system.
 
dust1n

dust1n

Zindīq
I'm not sure what I find more humorous; the doomsday appeal to a meaningless warning on a service no one here uses or the lack of understanding American history and the even more lacking of understanding how to go about accessing easily accessible information about American history.

Generally, people don't generally liked to be portrayed in correctly.

The character trope is derived Uncle Tom's Cabin, along with a couple other racist stereotypes. The book caused such a controversy, because although the plot is essentially the evils of slavery, black people were depicted in a narrow sense as functions of a larger narrative. These characters were taken and used very variously for productions based off the work, in which the characterizations were used positively, neutrally, and negatively in terms of depicting black people into the early 20th century.

It's almost a little insane how much these characterizations are still embedded in the American psyche 150 years later...
 
Shadow Wolf

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
When I first read of that, I just assumed that much like the Looney Tunes, the "bad" stuff is so lost on today's audience that you'll need to know a good deal about the times and social attitudes from wince it came to be able to pick up on the negative stuff. And of course kids don't see stuff like that in the same way adults do. Uncle Remus may have a questionable background, but as a kid how was I to see it or even see it when I was to busy singing along with "my oh my what a beautiful day."
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
In the news....
Greek Life retreat cancelled after banana peel found in tree
  • A Greek Life retreat at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) was promptly cancelled this weekend after a banana peel was found hanging in a tree.
  • A student said he threw the peel because he could not find a garbage can, but the incident made some students uneasy, so the school “felt it was imperative to provide space immediately to students affected by this incident.”
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I often throw banana peels into trees, bushes, & planting beds.
Can someone explain the connection between this, & the apparently racially themed threat in the article?
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
In the news.....
CNN contributor calls Georgetown fan's outfit 'anti-Semitic'; later apologizes
A Georgetown student in the stands for the Hoyas' game against Syracuse on Saturday found himself accused of being anti-Semitic on Twitter because of the outfit he was wearing, the Daily Mail reportedSunday.

Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist and political commentator for CNN, posted tweets during the game and after the game about a fan who was wearing a bacon-themed suit. During the game, Rosen said the suit was anti-Semitic; after Syracuse won, Rosen again pointed out the fan, saying "Bigots lose."

The fan identified himself as a Georgetown student on Twitter, and he (and other Hoya fans) pointed out a reasonable reason for wearing a bacon suit: His name is Michael Bakan -- pronounced like "bacon."


Looking at the commentary in the article, it appears that the only reason it's OK for him to wear
a bacon suit is his name. If he were named Smith, would he then be a bigot for liking bacon?
 
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Augustus

Augustus

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Revoltingest said:
Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist and political commentator for CNN, posted tweets during the game and after the game about a fan who was wearing a bacon-themed suit. During the game, Rosen said the suit was anti-Semitic; after Syracuse won, Rosen again pointed out the fan, saying "Bigots lose."
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How would it be anti-Semitic?

Is Syracuse strongly associated with the Jewish community? Or is bacon-themed couture simply intrinsically anti-Semitic (and presumable Islamophobic too)?
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Augustus said:
How would it be anti-Semitic?

Is Syracuse strongly associated with the Jewish community? Or is bacon-themed couture simply intrinsically anti-Semitic (and presumable Islamophobic too)?
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All good questions.
But it's hard to understand how some folk are so over-eager to be offended.
Even our best local Jewish deli serves bacon.
 
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