Colored folks, this is a joke people, not being racist (Page 4/17)
84fierotrevor NOV 19, 12:41 PM
ok well i sent it to my friend dre, (he is black) he found it pretty hilerious. and had no problems with it. ive seen black comedians do jokes alot like or similer to this.
i dont see whats so offinsive about it. its not serious its a joke. I don't see blondes being offended by blonde jokes. but if it really honestly for some reson offends you ask him to erase it im sure he is kind and will. I just can't figure out why it would be so bad? its a joke! and it seems to be poking fun of the white people not black. I'm not offended its funny!
stimpy NOV 19, 12:44 PM
It's tacky.
FieroRumor NOV 19, 12:47 PM
Man, some people are just DYING to be offended.

OK -

Everyone here is a freakin' FEEDLIEDORF!

Do you feel offended? Shouldn't you? Don't you know what the word feedliedorf MEANS?!?!?


Sheesh. I bet you that someone on here would get all flustered if I told you when I was five, I stepped on an ant. That's right. I did that. I killed an innocent ant.

Stepped right on it. Squish.

And it was a BLACK ant! *gasp*


It WAS an accident (I didn't see him)

But I guess I'm going to hell.

It wasn't like he said "I'm not trying to be racist, but all (put race here) are feedliedorfs!!!!"

There are times That I cannot help but do THIS:

We are all silly mammals.

Oh well, I guess those people who offend people better keep doing it...if they stopped, then what will those other people have to complain about?

STOP TAKING LIFE SO SERIOUSLY.

*Thunder crackle*


THUS SPOKE FIERORUMOR

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GARY TUCKER NOV 19, 12:51 PM

Can black people be racist? Ask them what they think of Clarence Thomas, or the sharp black woman up now for Federal Judge...they will tell you that these people are not black....The Estrada guy up now for Federal judge was called a Neanderthal by Ted Kennedy last week on C-span...but he can not be a racist...can he? You can not reason with Liberals...The people who want to stop nuclear power generation so we can burn coal and breathe all the precipate pollution which is killing us ever day....No a black person can not be racist...even if they hate all foreigners...call all groups names...hate Christians and demonize them on a regular basis...all of this is ok and they are not racist because they just can't be racist. If a black person does not think like the rest of the black people....he is just not black and is a demon also.
Wudman NOV 19, 12:55 PM
One has to love the anonymity of the net which is a world away from having this discussion in a group. I would ask who of you that enjoyed this so much would tell this in an ethnically mixed group?

Toddster..

My reference was not an assualt on your MLK comment, no clarification needed. Now as far as a good "redneck" joke, I live to close to Southern Indiana to add one to any future stand-up act. I have a feeling that a even if I told a "redneck" joke, allegedly written by a "redneck" to a "redneck" crowd, I might want to watch my back as I exited the theater, if not when I walked off the stage.

What is interesting is that for the most part, the reaction to my opinion on this "joke" is that others have defended it's funniness and in principle the clown that supposed wrote it. I can understand those points of view. People used to think Al Jolston was the funniest thing on the stage. Given the time he was popular, I can understand, though like this weak "joke", I have found that act rather repulsive.

GARY TUCKER NOV 19, 01:05 PM
Hey Wudman..I am offended!!!!I am from the real south...Am I a redneck? I have a PHD in medicinal chemestry...Why can you call jokes redneck? is that not racist?
ChopTop NOV 19, 01:22 PM
I did not defend the joke; I gave my opinion of my reaction to it. A joke by its very nature is going to offend, someone, somewhere, somehow.
The positive aspects this joke has brought forth outweighs the negative. It has providing a lively debate and brought forth many points of view. It has allowed us to learn about our differences, and hopefully teaches us to help respect those differences.
How do you reconcile your feelings regarding your own race using derogatory terms to define itself, or is that OK?

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Wudman NOV 19, 01:28 PM
 
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Originally posted by GARY TUCKER:

Hey Wudman..I am offended!!!!I am from the real south...Am I a redneck? I have a PHD in medicinal chemestry...Why can you call jokes redneck? is that not racist?

More illustrations of what is or isn't offensive, even if not part of a joke. Ff Mr. Tucker is serious about his being offended by my using the word, (encased in quotations), he maks the poinit far better than I have been able too. Mr. Tucker, if you are offended, please accept my apology. I don't recall anyone though, equating being from the south, real or imagined, as being a "R------". (you know what word we won't use now. Not that the now offended individual was referred to as "R------" or anything at all for that matter. By the way, congratulations on having a Phd though I would have expected something more doctoral like to be reflected in your contribution Dr. Tucker. I would have to guess that if I told a joke as described, you would be far more bent out of shape as compared to just talking about it as part of a relatively sane discussion?

DotTC NOV 19, 01:30 PM
 
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Originally posted by Steve Normington:

Like when the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People holds an African-American festival during Black History month to raise money for the United Negro College Fund?

Shouldn't we start a association called the "National Associate for the Advancement of White Boys" .. or White people(dont wanna make the feminist mad ) .. no we couldnt' do that cuz thats racist. Racism exists only in the minds of those who see it.

Wudman NOV 19, 01:36 PM
 
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Originally posted by ChopTop:

I did not defend the joke; I gave my opinion of my reaction to it. A joke by its very nature is going to offend, someone, somewhere, somehow.
The positive aspects this joke has brought forth outweighs the negative. It has providing a lively debate and brought forth many points of view. It has allowed us to learn about our differences, and hopefully teaches us to help respect those differences.
How do you reconcile your feelings regarding your own race using derogatory terms to define itself, or is that OK?

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ChopTop, there is a thread floating around called "White Trash", should be back a page, in it, as I will do here again, I will state that those Blacks who refer to themselves using the "N" word as some sign of respect have lost their mind. I find it perpetrates the issues that many use to make excuses for their situation, regardless if they are Black, White or whatever. It rates as ignorant as any behavior that groups or individuals who use the word to disparge engage in. Moreover, those that use the word freely in music or hate actions are equally part of a minority group of losers.

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