Sorry, because this is a post and not a comment, it can't get "likes." But since it's your birthday, I suppose I can spare an "Excelsior!" (I had a few lying around.)

If it has any lysergic acid diethylamide in it, i will most certainly have some Todd.

Happy Birthday. Thumbs up to you today!

Oh, how I wish StJohnsRule would get a fucking life.

Petromina? is that you?

who published this at 4:37am??

man, humphrey -- you're hardcore.

give yourself a 3% raise -- tell everybody that i said it's alright.

Aww, Damosa, I don't hate you. I often think that you have very good points which you frequently almost make. Sure you could benefit from some research and proofreading (for instance, I'm pretty sure that you'd rather we OWE you than OWN you), but I think your heart is in the right place.

And no, Portlanders don't like to be called racist, you're correct. It's hard for people who think of themselves as liberal but who have very little exposure to people unlike themselves to accept that maybe they are a little prejudiced.

Happy birthday! I hope you can find some validation outside of the Troll Hole.

@ minsk:

they banned a nutjob, not a native american. and this rag isn't racist, it's dumbassist (though not nearly enough.)

Thing is.... pretty much all white people are a bit racist, even if they're well meaning and liberal and unwilling to admit to this. As one of them, I can attest to it. When you see a black person at a distance and think "Hey, is that my friend So-and-so?" then immediately have to admonish yourself in your own head for thinking that one black person might resemble another because of that big racist cliche about they all look the same? Yeah, that's a form of racism. It's not hateful (quite the opposite) but it is keeping people of other races, well... OTHER. I never feel bad for mistaking a white person at a distance for a friend, so WTF?

Oh, and I think Paul Mooney might enjoy being called racist by white people. Pretty sure I recall him saying something about we should have to experience racism too...

"Thing is.... pretty much all white people are a bit racist, even if they're well meaning and liberal and unwilling to admit to this."



You sir or maddam, just might be onto something there!

I guess my point is really this:

With all of the bullshit that non-white people (and yeah, it's not about black people, it's about white people organizing our culture into "us, the whiteys" and "everyone else") put up with on a day to day basis, dealing with the slight discomfort of having your secret prejudice called out is really not a big deal. Probably it wouldn't make you so uncomfortable if it weren't true on some level. Why not just agree, since it's true? Then you can have a real conversation about it without just PCing all over yourself every time it comes up.

Oh, and Paul Mooney is black. You should watch some of his stand up. You could learn things and maybe laugh a little. Or just be stodgy and offended. Whatever.

Honestly, the majority of White people in Portland are cool. Afew are racist dickbags, some others mean well, but have poor judgement.

I'm glad at least that most of MY [White] friends are pretty damned cool. I like to think i'm a good judge of character.

"This rag is racist for banning native Americans."



Well if the Merc. does that, then that IS bullshit! I don't see that they do, what IF SO...

Attic
ghost, :-)

Fuck off ya poser.

Hey birthday bummer, you should stay in the basement alternating between watching bad porn and commenting here. Just. Like. Every. Day for you.......

To Geo Liquor...

Just so you know, not only am i reveling and getting drunk with friends now, i will be attending Krampus Ball tonight, and i will be getting laid.

What will YOU be doing tonight (besides holding your dick in your hand)?

Duh(mosa),

I'll be doing your mom. Don't forget to buy your left hand breakfast......

All races are racist.
Happy Birthday DamosA.

* don't be so trusty of Minsk, if you look closely you can see an astounding resemblance to number six. One of them anyways. Cylon Intelligence.

And happy Birthday Damos.

Wow, am I the only one who noticed Dr. Minsk drop the N-bomb? Uhhhhhhh... happy birthday, Damos!

Aaaaaanyway, this thread is a great example of this point I keep trying to make, that there are 31 flavors of "racism" developed by the academics to explain ANYTHING that may be responsible for the continued average inequality between blacks and whites in the US. And while this discourse can have some use within the academy, but it's a total fucking lobotomy when it gets out in the wild.

I mean, there are real racists in this country. Plenty of them. Especially in Appalachia and the Ozarks, where the refugees of the Confederate army fled. There are cultures of casual racism which are a real problem in some parts of the country, or in any part when someone from this culture gets a perch, as they tend to do in the police force.

There is a whole lot more race-neuroticism, however. We shouldn't confuse the two. Just because it keeps people of different races "other" to each other, really, it's a whole different beast. Seriously, how can you compare people who used to beat, lynch, rape and exploit other human beings, with feeling guilt over that same history? Calling race-neuroticism racism is a really fucked up thing to do, once you stop taking yourself so damn seriously.

But race-neuroticism is still a problem. It definitely does contribute to disparate outcomes. But the solution is to get the fuck over it, not to go deeper.

And seriously, Paul Mooney is fucking sick. Spiritually sick. He literally looks like he has cancer. Just because he's melanin-enriched doesn't mean he's not a moron. Chapelle isn't that much better. There's a reason he went nuts after all, trying to produce self-hating racist shit for the amusement of suburbanites.

This is not to minimize the problems blacks in america face. But calling everything racist just destroys the ability to think clearly about these issues, and the ability to push for the better schools, social services, and the end of the war on drugs and the prison-industrial complex. Instead we get bogged down into stupid arguments about social minutiae.

wow, dr. minsk -- i never would've guessed. NEVER. you seemed so sane and rational compared to multnomahn.

happy birthday! one day late.

"And seriously, Paul Mooney is fucking sick. Spiritually sick. He literally looks like he has cancer. Just because he's melanin-enriched doesn't mean he's not a moron. Chapelle isn't that much better. There's a reason he went nuts after all, trying to produce self-hating racist shit for the amusement of suburbanites."




Dude, you're full of it! How the fuck is Paul Mooney "sick" in any way?! And Dave Chapelle didn't "go nuts", he simply got sick and tired of all the Hollywood bullshit! The fact that you still play into that false narrative is pretty fucked up on your part! And how the Hell can anyone NOT like Dave Chapelle to begin with?!




" I'm pretty sure that you'd rather we OWE you than OWN you)..."




Yes, i caught this. I stand corrected.

You guys arguing with me realize that I'm a self-proclaimed troll.... right?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And here's the best present I can give. COMMENTS CLOSED.