The States: At Least Michigan is Better Than Indiana

[French Rage]

Re: The States: At Least Michigan is Better Than Indiana

Christ, Virginia. Any elected officials left who didn’t do blackface?

I'd say the Lt Gov, but technically........

[bronconick]

Re: The States: At Least Michigan is Better Than Indiana

That's probably why the Governor dug in his feet. Lt. Gov - possible sex scandal, Att. Gen- Another blackface scandal. That then goes to the GOP Speaker of the House.

Doh.

[Rover]

Re: The States: At Least Michigan is Better Than Indiana

That's probably why the Governor dug in his feet. Lt. Gov - possible sex scandal, Att. Gen- Another blackface scandal. That then goes to the GOP Speaker of the House.

Doh.

Only if we're sure he hasn't done blackface too!

[wolverineTrumpet]

Re: The States: At Least Michigan is Better Than Indiana

Only if we're sure he hasn't done blackface too!

Nah, double standard. It's fine if a Republican does it.

[trixR4kids]

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Nah, double standard. It's fine if a Republican does it.

Sir racism does not make me happy ,,, all though I agree it is much better if the democant’s do it so we do not have to ignore it !!!

— Walter(Owen's Grandp (@walterowensgrpa) February 6, 2019

[mookie1995]

Nah, double standard. It's fine if a Republican does it.

Mookie KNEW ted danson was a republican!!

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: The States: At Least Michigan is Better Than Indiana

Gov. Whitmer had better settle in for four years of this.

https://amp.freep.com/amp/2792427002...mpression=true

[Kepler]

Re: The States: At Least Michigan is Better Than Indiana

Gov. Whitmer had better settle in for four years of this.

https://amp.freep.com/amp/2792427002...mpression=true

Can we get the state house before then? The country is turning on these jokers, and when the slide comes it may be gargantuan. The entire non-slave state GOP is living on borrowed, stolen time.

[Spartanforlife4]

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Can we get the state house before then? The country is turning on these jokers, and when the slide comes it may be gargantuan. The entire non-slave state GOP is living on borrowed, stolen time.

Only if the current lawsuit about gerrymandered districts goes through. Otherwise we're screwed until 2022 for the bipartisan committee maps to take effect.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Can we get the state house before then? The country is turning on these jokers, and when the slide comes it may be gargantuan. The entire non-slave state GOP is living on borrowed, stolen time.

Not betting on it. Rural Michigan is barely a step above Alabama in the category of derps and 'phobes per square mile.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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This poll says 29% of Rs think black Face is ok.

Guessing that’s low

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...ace-acceptable

[Kepler]

Re: The States: At Least Michigan is Better Than Indiana

This poll says 29% of Rs think black Face is ok.

Guessing that’s low

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...ace-acceptable

From the article:

White people were much more likely to find another white person wearing blackface acceptable compared to black people.

If there's a "no sh-t" award for investigative journalism I am nominating that sentence right there.

Although I suppose you could read it as "blackface is considered to be ineffective when done by black people and thus not acceptable." For whatever reason I immediately imagined mookie making that joke when I read it. "That's me inside your head."

[Handyman]

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Ok I am sure this belief will get me flamed by some but there needs to be a distinction between "Blackface" and costumes of Black People. I am not speaking of any singular story we have because honestly I havent looked that deeply into them but I think that in general this argument is being distorted a bit. (this is an extension of an argument I had the other day with my gf and her parents not in response to anything here per se)

Lets say, back in high school I dressed up as Michael Jordan for Halloween. That is NOT Black Face IMHO. If that picture surfaced today though I would be forced to apologize. To me that is going too far.

True Black Face plays off stereotypes and is used to mock and ridicule Black People. Those people should be destroyed.

Again I am speaking in generalities...I dont know if any of these clowns are claiming any of that but we have all seen this before. Someone does something offensive, Liberals make it the "Outrage Du Jour" and it goes viral, Twitter activists start looking for anyone who did anything that tangentially relates and destroys everyone they can, it all backfires in spectacular fashion. The goal here is to out the racists not play gotcha with everyone who may or may not be racist but did something years ago that now is deemed racist. Dont sacrifice the game because you need to showboat after scoring.

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: The States: At Least Michigan is Better Than Indiana

Ok I am sure this belief will get me flamed by some but there needs to be a distinction between "Blackface" and costumes of Black People. I am not speaking of any singular story we have because honestly I havent looked that deeply into them but I think that in general this argument is being distorted a bit. (this is an extension of an argument I had the other day with my gf and her parents not in response to anything here per se)

Lets say, back in high school I dressed up as Michael Jordan for Halloween. That is NOT Black Face IMHO. If that picture surfaced today though I would be forced to apologize. To me that is going too far.

True Black Face plays off stereotypes and is used to mock and ridicule Black People. Those people should be destroyed.

Again I am speaking in generalities...I dont know if any of these clowns are claiming any of that but we have all seen this before. Someone does something offensive, Liberals make it the "Outrage Du Jour" and it goes viral, Twitter activists start looking for anyone who did anything that tangentially relates and destroys everyone they can, it all backfires in spectacular fashion. The goal here is to out the racists not play gotcha with everyone who may or may not be racist but did something years ago that now is deemed racist. Dont sacrifice the game because you need to showboat after scoring.

I don't disagree but again we have to go all the way to the to the other extreme before we can find the normal.

Rev Al Sharpton said a million times over the course of the last week that he saw many white guys dressing up as Michael Jackson without the makeup on. That appears to be the standard the African American community wants and frankly I don't have a problem with it.

[dxmnkd316]

Re: The States: At Least Michigan is Better Than Indiana

Ok I am sure this belief will get me flamed by some but there needs to be a distinction between "Blackface" and costumes of Black People. I am not speaking of any singular story we have because honestly I havent looked that deeply into them but I think that in general this argument is being distorted a bit. (this is an extension of an argument I had the other day with my gf and her parents not in response to anything here per se)

Lets say, back in high school I dressed up as Michael Jordan for Halloween. That is NOT Black Face IMHO. If that picture surfaced today though I would be forced to apologize. To me that is going too far.

True Black Face plays off stereotypes and is used to mock and ridicule Black People. Those people should be destroyed.

Again I am speaking in generalities...I dont know if any of these clowns are claiming any of that but we have all seen this before. Someone does something offensive, Liberals make it the "Outrage Du Jour" and it goes viral, Twitter activists start looking for anyone who did anything that tangentially relates and destroys everyone they can, it all backfires in spectacular fashion. The goal here is to out the racists not play gotcha with everyone who may or may not be racist but did something years ago that now is deemed racist. Dont sacrifice the game because you need to showboat after scoring.

I can't say I've seen a lick of outrage over a costume of a black celeb. Do you have any sources for that? The only outrage I've seen is over costumes that include blackface.