And, wow, it's not even a proper stereotypical depiction. Grammar's practically perfect, lack of contractions, and what kind of gang leader has her own throne? Never mind that no gang would make a member out of a random kid in a matter of minutes. They'd at least test her out, see if she can run drugs or steal stuff without getting caught.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I'm still weirded out that Tumblrites are cool with rejecting centuries of comedic tradition just because they want to feel outrage.
What's this about now?
People on Tumblr were saying that the entire concept of satire is useless because of this one Colbert joke. That's what I was referring to when I said "centuries of comedic tradition".
I'm still weirded out that Tumblrites are cool with rejecting centuries of comedic tradition just because they want to feel outrage.
What's this about now?
You should always take satire at face value, without actually looking over the context or intent. And even if you know it's satire, you should be offended anyways, because outrage is empowerment.
Stephen Colbert is under fire because his show's Twitter account tweeted this: "I am willing to show #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever.” This is a reference to an old skit, in which Colbert performs a racist Chinese impersonation "accidentally" captured on live feed, and then apologizes for it in the laziest way possible when caught. The attack came soon after, from a 23-year old hashtag activist named Suey Park, who started the #NotYourAsianSidekick campaign last year, and it quickly trended.
Twitter has an extraordinary ability, more than any other media, to encourage speaking before thinking. Did anyone stop, for even a moment, to ask themselves the reason Colbert made that joke? Did anyone question, even for the briefest flash, the motivations behind it? One microsecond of consideration would reveal the following: Colbert plays a parody of a rightwing hack. Rightwing hacks make racist statements. Therefore Colbert is parodying the racist statements of rightwing hacks. It would be weird if he didn't parody their fictitiously color-blind racism--it's a major feature of their personalities. Look at Fox News.
^^^ I get the feeling that the people who took offence at that joke would take serious umbrage at you calling your own country that, if they actually understood what "limey" meant in the first place (given their tiny reference pools and intense self-involvement).
As to the Meenah thing from a few pages ago... she sounds like a punk chick from Jersey.
i don't suppose the assumption was that Asians would have to 'swallow their pain' since i'd be shocked if Colbert intended to inflict pain on America's Asian community in the first place, but that doesn't mean he can't cause inadvertant offence
^^^ I get the feeling that the people who took offence at that joke would take serious umbrage at you calling your own country that, if they actually understood what "limey" meant in the first place (given their tiny reference pools and intense self-involvement).
really?
see this is it, i don't wish to be insensitive, but there's a limit
But I feel like people really get twisted in knots over inadvertent offence when there are far more insidious things that are actually dangerous to people, in and out of media. Take into consideration the creepy rationalisation of authoritarian attitudes and loss of life in action movies, or the skewed ethnic and social representations in media, government and business.
^ Not a slur, but very dated and generally very rude when used as anything other than an adjective describing, I dunno, art history or whatever.
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
also i wrote like a page on that post because lol
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
terrifying
fyi, also, Racism.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Maybe that's just me though.
this is the first i've heard of him being accused of racism though
i don't follow the show in Limeyland, so my exposure to his material is entirely over the intarwebs
it's a fair complaint, of course
it still doesn't mean Colbert himself is racist
i don't suppose the assumption was that Asians would have to 'swallow their pain' since i'd be shocked if Colbert intended to inflict pain on America's Asian community in the first place, but that doesn't mean he can't cause inadvertant offence
see this is it, i don't wish to be insensitive, but there's a limit
it's certainly not PC but i've never seen it used as a term of abuse
Edward Said famously wrote an attack on 'oriental studies'; it's a little dated now but still worth a read