Posted on 02/07/2019 3:18:38 AM PST by fruser1
I think the fact that he’s dressed as a woman and looks wasted in the photo should not be discounted as clues to other skeletons someone is waiting to spring on him.
It certainly is not silly. It is the entire point. Why do actors, actresses or comedians get a pass at painting their faces in today’s society (not hundreds of years ago) while everyone else does not? That is the reason I referenced a modern movie which was created after the picture of Ralph Northam was taken,and I did not make reference to something that was made hundreds of years ago.
This is all about power and control. Leftists condemn those who do the exact thing they themselves do. Then, they make up excuses, just like you did, on why it was fine for the leftist to do it but not ok for anyone else to do it.
This is the double standard.
JoMa
I was in college at the same time most of these politicians were and I did attend my share of parties. I never once saw anyone in blackface. Hard for me to get my head around this prevalence among politicians.
“The question is”
The answer is that unilateral disarmament doesnt work. As long as the left uses this weapon to take out patriots, patriots need to use it to.
When the left realizes this weapon hurts them too, it can stop.
Same sorta reason we have a nuclear stockpile. It’s not because we want to nuke folks, it’s there for the deterrent.
Wuss.
Halloween is all about being something you’re not.
I had no racial intent and as far as I could tell offended no Blacks.
Yea, things have changed alright....for the worse IMO.
Exactly! Thanks for stating that so succinctly.
I just don’t get this uproar over black face! It’s coming from the younger generation... older folks may not look at it the same way. And those younger folks are guilty of very harash rude... so what’s the fuss over? The media and even congress, control people by name calling? Lordy, it’s pitiful to give in for such pettiness.
obama and hillary called us conservatives names ... turned us into dumb people who can’t think for ourselves... we have no brains.. and worse.
The black race don’t like black face? It brings back the times when they were slaves? It’s been a long time since any of them were ‘slaves’.. in that vein. But look at what the years have brought.
The slaves were freed... and ever since, the black race has tried to keep all of them on their own “plantation”.
I go back to around 30 years ago... A black friend of my son sent his daughter to private school, to get a better education... and was hit on by other blacks, telling him he was trying to be white... you think you are better... etc. The guy was trying to make it better for his children and was turned on by those he knew.
The black race, as a whole... (exceptions of course), stayed with the wrong party... the democrats... and still today, it’s a shame to go Republican. What has the dem party done for them? welfare, Sanger, babies without a father in the mix, money in the wrong places, absolute loyalty to the dems and then wonder why it isn’t working. They are not allowed to get out of the rut of that control, and make something of themselves.
We decimated Japan in the war... and since then, their society has put the utmost importance on education. We used to have goods here in the US to buy.. and if it said “made in Japan”, it was considered junk. Not so today. They honed in on the one thing... education... and that was the goal for their kids. They have become the techs of the world.... and I know parents who have taught their children more than just “school”... they speak more than one language and use their talents for many things.
The black race, had it done the same, would be in a position today to be the greatest in whatever they chose. The ones who did, have succeeded.. those who did what their bosses told them to... are just stuck. Self appointed leaders took the reins and led them down the wrong financial path... THEY took the money and gave nothing back. Sharpton... Jackson... come to mind.
There was a church in Atlanta led by Long. He invited an investor to speak in his church... it was a huge black attended church.. and Long backed the man. Many invested in this man’s scheme and lost all their savings. CBS did a story on this and it was on local TV. The reporter ask one elderly black man if he invested and the man said he did. Did he lose everything, yes. The reporter asked if he was still going to the church and the man said, “Yes.”.
They won’t leave their enslavers and the enslavers keep them in by threats and name calling... or more. Why? Why can’t they be successful? Why can’t they “act white” if that is anything to label? Why can’t they see the democratic party has done nothing for them but keep them down so they’ll keep voting for them.. which makes absolutely NO sense.
So what is wrong with black face... I’m not sure... I had a JFK holloween mask at one time... and after he was killed, I would not let my kids wear it for holloween... I thought it was not proper.. and I can see the same for black face... but this is being carried way too far... and it’s political... Political is used so much it’s lost its flavor.. yet people are still controlled by it.
We’ve lost our common sense and let emotions and men/women in power control what we think and what we react to. Some have also lost their ability to have a mind that works and can sift through the mess that is out there every day... put there for people who won’t think for themselves.
Hm. His T-shirt said “Katrina victim” on it. Dumb and heartless thing to do.
Do not expect people who are offended though to forgo their First Amendment right to object.
Democrat?
As to Mike Ertel, my informatio is that a vengeful ex-wife put the picture out and set his resignation in motion.
Applying today’s insane standards to a time long gone, which will never come back.
You’re right and all I’m saying is that since it’s the left, who’ve convinced young people of this through education and media, who are using this as a PC weapon politically, the PC nonsense won’t stop until they too realize it’s nonsense. And that won’t happen until it’s beaten into their head that it harms them too.
In the meantime, don’t bring a knife to a gunfight. VA trio needs to go. If the next election cycle we stop hearing how repubs are falsely accused of bigotry, we can back off.
But not before...
He’s GOP.
You may be right, but being in the right seldom deflects politically tinged upset.
The purpose of ‘black-face’ in the Jim Crow South was for democrats to undermine the black community by propping up negative stereotypes that were NOT true about black citizens.
Blacks were made to look childish, silly, easily frightened, violent, or stupid. Those stereotypes allowed white citizens to ignore the violence done against black citizens.
Black-face served the same purpose for democrats back then that FAKE HATE CRIMES serves for them today against conservative Americans. Democrats create a negative stereotype of conservatives - then they (and their cohorts in the press) use fake hate crimes to hold up those stereotypes.
Steven Lemongello is right - there needs to be one standard...
As a kid, I had a white spitz dog as my favorite pet. I used that in logging into some things on the intenet. So when asked what my favorite pet was, the answer was “whitey”. that was her name.
One time a year ago, I typed that name in and the message came back to me “do not use profanity”. I had to think.. what profanity?
Well... they took that name and basterdized it for anyone to use. It goes into all corners of our lives.. and it’s sheer idiotic... making everything worse.
“Again, why offend Black people?”
I am a Christian straight white male over 60 and from the South. Per the tolerant Progressive left it is now acceptable to disrespect, degrade, insult, and even persecute me. Why would I give a flying fig if something I do or say “offends black people”?
An illegal killing a citizen doesn’t get this much attention.
Or, anger.
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