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    Man fined for singing Al Johnson song....

    The UK and PC has gone crazy.....

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/915057...-party-racist/

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    Stupid judge should have taken intent into consideration. The guy appears to be sincere in his intent to just do a skit. I doubt his audience was laughing at the woman, they were laughing at his silly act.

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    For this to end up in Court, obviously the woman made a formal complaint about this. Fcuking stupid ****

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    ...if the protester thought Johnson was insensitive, wait til she sees Jolson...

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    ...if the protester thought Johnson was insensitive, wait til she sees Jolson...
    Heh. There was something niggling, but I missed it.

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    Reading the story, the guy knew he was being a prick to upset the woman, imo.

    This is the sort of stuff we used to have on tv when I was a kid. Probably hardwired into a few generations already.


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    So wait a minute.

    You have a bunch of white guys pretending to be black, dancing to Latin music with their rainbow gay sombreros?

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    ^Ticking all the boxes.

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    "He said: 'I didn’t realise it was racist'."

    Says it all, racism has been so well pimped that the world's most "civilised" are terrified of it, everyone's at risk of offending others each time they say or publish anything, lives and careers are compromised since nobody actually knows what this subjective term means anymore so it's left to snowflakes seeking offence and a weak establishment determined to shame itself by 'protecting' their sensibilities; and with that short sentence he accepts as fact that what he did deserves a criminal record.

    Signs of a society that's so firmly politically correct it will fight to embrace it all the way to the dogs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    Says it all, racism has been so well pimped that the world's most "civilised" are terrified of it, everyone's at risk of offending others each time they say or publish anything, lives and careers are compromised since nobody actually knows what this subjective term means anymore so it's left to snowflakes seeking offence and a weak establishment determined to shame itself by 'protecting' their sensibilities;
    ...let me guess: you're straight, white and settled in your ways...

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    Quote Originally Posted by jabir View Post
    Signs of a society that's so firmly politically correct it will fight to embrace it all the way to the dogs.
    And the motivator for the gaining popularity of the anti PC political sentiment.

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    They'll be banning black comedies next..
    .. and black magic
    .. and black arts
    .. and black hat
    .. and I won't be allowed to use the word "coon" anymore to describe my pet cat from Maine

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    I won't be allowed to use the word "coon" anymore to describe my pet cat from Maine
    ...wouldn't monstrous black cat be sufficient?...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    .. and I won't be allowed to use the word "coon" anymore to describe my pet cat from Maine
    They are the coolest looking cats. The Siberian is similar.

    I put shredded coon on my pizza for that extra bit of tang.

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    I don't think he got fired for wearing blackface , I think he got fired because he did not know it might be offensive to some.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    They'll be banning black comedies next..
    .. and black magic
    .. and black arts
    .. and black hat
    .. and I won't be allowed to use the word "coon" anymore to describe my pet cat from Maine
    You'll have to rename all them, take the prefixes off and suffix them with "Of Colour"

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    ...let me guess: you're straight, white and settled in your ways...
    Great guess, wrong but good guess anyway as TD goes.

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    So to sum up:

    A white man dressed up as a black man to sing a song about a southern slave stereotype to a black woman, and he's claiming there was nothing racist about it.

    Oooooo Kkkkkkk

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    So to sum up:

    A white man dressed up as a black man to sing a song about a southern slave stereotype to a black woman, and he's claiming there was nothing racist about it.

    Oooooo Kkkkkkk
    That's not what he's claiming.
    He's claiming ignorance that it was racist. Not the same thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Attilla the Hen View Post
    That's not what he's claiming.
    He's claiming ignorance that it was racist. Not the same thing.
    Ah yes, the old "I didn't know" defence.

    Always works well.

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    this guy is full of shit.

    of course he knew it was racist....he just didn't care, because he and his white friends thought it was funny....and he assumed his white privilege would let him skate on any consequences.





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    Where has the guy been for the last 10 years? On the Moon?

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    Quote Originally Posted by raycarey View Post
    this guy is full of shit.

    of course he knew it was racist....he just didn't care, because he and his white friends thought it was funny....and he assumed his white privilege would let him skate on any consequences.
    Ray, you missed the opportunity to rave on cultural appropriation, although us whities could take you on for wearing trousers...

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    Does this mean that if a "Person of Colour" applies skin lightener/talc etc to their face. I can report them for doing a "whiteface" and being racist?

    Or does racism only work one way?

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    ^ it was only a matter of time before a bigoted, ignorant, old white guy clumsily began complaining about reverse racism.

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