Lol! I don't think there are that many people as tone deaf as you are. Considering you have to keep trying to defend yourself against everyone else on this topic it points towards you being in the minority. You must be fun to hang around with. The underlined part is a joke(not a great one) and most people will be able to identify the humor even though I didn't put an emoji after it. See how it works?
He was reacting to someone’s portrayal of George Floyd that he didn’t agree with. I certainly didn’t appreciate his comment, but I’d say “no thanks” if someone wanted to build George Floyd monument or mural in my neighhood.
Nailed it.
Two things can be true at once. Floyd did not deserve to die and he was a despicable person, a true menace to society, truly a burden. Does not in any way excuse what that policeman did.
Was your friend made a public figure? I am betting not. So your comparing of the situations is irrelevant, not saying it to be mean and sorry about your friend, but completely different situations.
You are completely misjudging support for your position and humor doesn't require emojis...in fact that very example of your stupidity is humor in and of itself to many of us. Happy 4th!!!!
Your free to find it funny. I found it in poor taste and that does not mean you have poor taste. My friends come in every color. California is a true melting point. We will always trash each other with barbs, including my brothers calling me uncle tom. It depends who your with, what kind of relationship you share. We tell polish, jewish,asian, black, ole and lena and we laugh.
Being in poor taste is what makes it funny, if it were not in poor taste we would not be having a conversation...the joke landed.That said you are right on the rest and you are free to find funny the things you find funny.
I am certainly no law expert either, which I've tried to make very clear. I doubt anyone who has the time to take out of their day to post on GH is.
Just because a law exists, doesn't mean a person is forced to file a civil suit. It merely affords the opportunity for legal remediation.
Humans are human, not machines. If you take pleasure in provoking pain and emotional responses from them, you should have to deal with the consequences of that. I hope he will.
Minority on GH, certainly. In the real world, my view is the majority.
Remediation over a personal interpretation of a sentence published in Twitter?
I think you are in the majority to the point that people think the joke was tasteless and unneeded(to which I would agree). But the majority of people don't think it was a form of racist hate speech(as you seem to believe). I think this argument has run its track and I'd rather focus on gopher sports and not ruining a kids life because of a joke.
I get your point, but my guess is that most of the students will be much kinder to the "joke" teller. The "A hole" got his 15 minutes of fame. Part of me hopes that if there is a next time, the students put pressure on the administration. However, I am not sure that will silence the bigoted idiot or not. As you can tell, there are many desiring to come to this idiots aid. The conversation will continue to spin away from decency and toward alleged noble issues such as freedom of speech, and free exchange of ideas. With that said, the other part of me thinks it is better to let the President's words stand, and let the spotlight move off of the idiot.
Kicked out? Perhaps not. Talked to by the Administration? Perhaps so.
There is nothing wrong with telling a joke that is in poor taste, no apologies are owed to people. They get the humor in it or they don't. They can bitch and moan of course, but that doesn't change anything and someone's perceived "moral righteousness" doesn't also absolve them from ridiculous objections to where you force people to effectively double down telling them to pound sand...
You might see Floyd as "despicable, a true menace, a burden," but I see him as a symbol and a victim of systemic racism. He grew up in single parent household in a large public housing project in a section of Houston known as "The Brick." Ya, some kids beat the odds coming out of that environment, but a lot of kids don't escape the violence, drugs, and gangs. I'd guess your description of him comes from his criminal history; so are you calling over two million other black men that are in prison that also?
Your free to think so !
It's a tough situation. Growing up where he did makes it easier to make bad choices which he did many times. Just because he came from a poor situation by no means excuses him from all of the horrible things he did but you can understand how he may have gotten roped into some of these situations. Based on the countless and continuous mistakes he made during the first 30+ years of his life is why I am ultimately against naming any street after him or building statues of him.
I said nothing about two million people, it is case by case, person by person for me. So much of what you say about incarceration is true. As a person of color i feel strongly about systemic racism but i also believe in people following rules and laws and not self inflicting self suffering regardless of color. Taking personal responsibility for yourself is critical and yes, kids that are taught that at home have great advantages. Everyone i know that made it followed rules and order. There are wonderful people of every color and creed and horrible people of every color and creed. I look at white collar pharma criminals in the same vane as cartel and gang street dealers. I said Floyd did not deserve to be murdered. I do see him in a very different way then you do. Breaking into home in a robbery is a vicious and vile display of what it means to be human. Second chance, ok....but what of minimizing his repeated poor choices. What of the people he scared to death. In touch with his kids, what about being there for them. Fyi, i do not watch fox news. I research the public record on what George Floyd did. I respect your opinion but i have my own. In my world no one gets a free card of excuses without taking some personal responsibility. As a society we can do so much better, to help in the right way.
