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Almostbanned
06/05/09

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Political Correctness can suck my ass. Who care's if someone is offended? I am wayyyy past the point of caring if a bunch of pissy liberals think everything we say is racist. That word is thrown around so much its lost any and all meaning. At least it has to me.

Guess what? Grow a pair of balls and start acting like adults, not a bunch of robotic children who can't form real opinions, but rather only point and shriek at all the things they've been programmed to be 'offended' by.
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mmmmmwhitegirls
06/05/09

@Almostbanned: let me guess..your white aren't you? yeah...so STFU
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TheMac
06/12/09

@mmmmmwhitegirls: Stop silencing the oppressed minority.
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TheMac
06/05/09

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to say something or someone is "racist" is not saying "it or he or she would like to round up every Hispanic person and shoot them" or "it or he or she is just as bad at Hitler." But it reliably enrages at least one dumb commenter every time we suggest that a white person did or said or drew something racist.

For real. I strongly believe that (some) people take such offense to allegations of racism (whether or not they're warranted) because it's either exactly what they were thinking, and they don't think of themselves as racist because they have friends of that blah blah blah...or they feel somehow robbed of the opportunity to express whatever comes naturally to them, and think of it as some sort of reverse-racism or political-correctness run a muck. And, hey, doesn't it really simplify the whole issue to just see racism as a scale with one side being "you" and the other being "Hitler".

Those people are stupid.
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TheMac
06/05/09

@✪TheMac: Also, I don't think the cartoon is particularly racist, although I think the slant-eyes thing should just be eliminated in cartoon drawings all together.
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allyzay
06/05/09

@✪TheMac: and it's always couched in, "if you weren't so sensitive, you'd have noticed..." or "the THINKING PERSON would read this as meaning..." and it's like, sorry dude, i think that if you have to do mental gymnastics to NOT read something as using racist caricatures or tropes then maybe you shouldn't assume that the person who created this thing was bright enough to figure out your convoluted excuse before he turned it in.
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takeouteurotrash
06/05/09

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Pareene,

Your integrity (as far as journalism is concerned) is on par with the hysterics post-9/11. The idiots that enjoy your writing are likely sheltered, as they haven't been able to leave the abode after duct taping themselves into their shelters to avoid anthrax.

If you're paid per page-view, I hope you can afford the extra thick cardboard tonight. It's chilly and rainy...a double whammy.

Hope my eyes help with the shelter.

Best,

Fast Asleep
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Dickdogfood
06/05/09

@takeouteurotrash: "Hope my eyes help with the shelter."

Wow, that's so poetic it's practically stupid! Or do I mean it's so stupid it's practically poetic?
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Pareene
06/06/09

@takeouteurotrash: if there was a thing i could do that was the opposite of banning you, i would do that for you.
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takeouteurotrash
06/06/09

@Pareene: My bad. I didn't know that working the "Politics" beat involved adhering to typical "throw shit at the wall and see if it sticks" rhetoric. I get it. It's your job. What sells is what sells.

However, there's something to be said about what's happened to Gawker over the past few years. Elizabeth left Dealbreaker almost 3 years ago, and that site's kept its integrity, and beyond. Humorous stories mixed with objective information holds a tidy site. Denton, on the other hand, has basically thrown information to the wolves, while asking writers to nail those PVs. Unfortunately, the model has become a "throw headlines out there, and let the commentators carry the weight." I know Gawker pulls in much more revenue than dealbreaker, but you and I both know the content has become a joke (save Lawson's softball television re-caps).

Combing drudge and throwing out some right-wing headline isn't journalism...it's hunting for retards to click your story. Grab your balls and break a story, or you'll continue to be the guy that should've taken Sheila's fall.

It's sad when the most entertaining information on this site is spewed from one of Denton's deranged "commentator" drunk nights. Perhaps Nick should drink more often than not.
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allyzay
06/06/09

@takeouteurotrash: okay you are actually claiming gawker has ever had integrity and hasn't always been about being incredibly, extremely obnoxious (and often poorly written) to get attention so i've decided you are being extremely hilarious. either that or you seriously should try looking at actual news sites, and not joke gossip blogs?
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ShanghaiLil
06/05/09

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Is it just me, or does NR increasingly read like something the tin-foil hat brigade put out during recreation hour at "the home."
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bluebears
06/05/09

@ShanghaiLil: its not you. during the election I would sometimes log onto The Corner just because it was so fascinating watching them all gradually lose their shit. Publicly. In written form.
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Steverino Begins
06/05/09

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I bet they deleted "America's First" from the title at the last minute.
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StickyGerbil
06/05/09

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In the old days it was easier to keep track of who conservatives hated: poor, black inner-city mothers on welfare. Now they hate young white girls who don't marry the boy who got them pregnant, strong Latinas and Buddhists too. And gays.

Is there a list we could refer too somewhere?
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rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny
06/05/09

@StickyGerbil: I think it's shorter to make a list of people that they like really.
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Ofmyself
06/05/09

@rmric0.now.with.more.free.time: @StickyGerbil: White men?
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
06/05/09

@Ofmyself: Yeah, just so long as it's not in a gay way.
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allyzay
06/05/09

@StickyGerbil: they always hated all of those people you just listed...?
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Mediahohoho
06/05/09

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Oh. So you mean that's not supposed to be Jonah Goldberg?
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SaraRueful
06/05/09

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OK, here we go: Steven Seagal is one of those Hollywood people who hang with the Dalai Lama, right? And he proclaims himself to be Native American. And there are tons of Native Americans in Mexico. And Mexico = Puerto Rico pretty much! So this is CLEARLY racist!
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She_of_the_Socks
06/05/09

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Yes, this cartoon is Chronicles of Ridic. But you do realize Asian and Latino are not mutually exclusive categories, no?
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Mediahohoho
06/05/09

@She_of_the_Socks: Melting pot!
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ShanghaiLil
06/05/09

@Mediahohoho: Cuban/Chinese restaurants. Need I say more?
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Mediahohoho
06/05/09

@ShanghaiLil: Love it. Of course, I live in Sunset Park where the pollo asada meets the moo goo gai pan.
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Fuzzy Dunlop
06/05/09

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I think the only possible racist aspect is the slant-eyed Asian caricature. The idea of caricaturing someone as Buddha to parody their "wisdom" ain't racist, and it doesn't become racist just because the caricatee is a minority herself. And calling her a "wise Latina" ain't racist, since it's a legitimate play on a comment that she herself made about the wisdom of Latina women.
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SaraRueful
06/05/09

@Fuzzy Dunlop: You're new here, aren't you?
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NerD: Blattella
06/05/09

@Fuzzy Dunlop: I'm sure you also are just as rational about the "magic Negro" because it has the word "Magic" in it, and Magic was once used to describe Earvin "Magic" Johnson.

If you think there is only one item of possible racism here, you might need new glasses, as you are thinking every person who isn't white looks alike.
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onebadclam
06/05/09

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The NR is apparently taking cover art tips from MAD Magazine. Do they also have a fold-in back cover?
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HiredGoons
06/05/09

@onebadclam: good call.
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rudi_freude
06/05/09

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Lotus in the SCOTUS.
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fileunder
06/05/09

@rudi_freude: Nice!
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Cheap Shot
06/05/09

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whoa!!! so wrong on many levels. Offensive to Asians AND Latinos!
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LittleLolly
06/05/09

@Cheap Shot: and Yogis!
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HiredGoons
06/05/09

@LittleLolly: and women. and judges.
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olivia2.0
06/05/09

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I would really appreciate it if someone would explain this to me. No, really.

Also, THAT'S RACIST!
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bluebears
06/05/09

@olivia2.0: yeah, this is beyond bizarre. I seriously have stared at it for a good two minutes trying to figure out what the hell they were going for.
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HiredGoons
06/05/09

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Wow. I just... wow.
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