W: Transformers brain trust led by Michael Bay and Akiva Goldsman have hired seven writers, all white males
Antibody
May 29, 15:37
see, even white dudes can be oppressed in Hollywood
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tristafé
May 29, 15:42
+1
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oakley77
May 29, 20:22
Should've hired some Chinese guys.
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MattW
May 29, 16:07
They should know the target audience best.
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tatoufan
May 29, 16:09
Not sure if serious...
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Antibody
May 29, 17:00
So? Who complains when a sports team drafts all black athletes?
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Fitch3k
May 29, 17:55
So, your point is... You're a racist?
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tawdryhepburn
May 29, 19:56
Yeah the racist is the person who doesn't care what race anyone is and is perturbed by race being pointed out. That makes sense.
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Fitch3k
May 29, 20:13
There is not a single piece of your initial post that wasn't entirely in line with white supremacist rhetoric.
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tawdryhepburn
May 29, 20:53
And your retort of "if we'd just stop pointing out obvious racism it would go away" just adds an exclamation point.
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tawdryhepburn
May 29, 20:54
A: your implication is that the natural state of a white man is mental while the natural state of a black man is physical ie animalistic.
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tawdryhepburn
May 29, 20:57
B: Your choice of comparison point to sports is suspect and cliche in and of itself.
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tawdryhepburn
May 29, 20:57
C: Your willful ignorance of the vast, VAST majority of the jobs - especially the plum ones - going to a specific group.
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tawdryhepburn
May 29, 20:58
D: Begging the question fallacy / implication of 'reverse racism' (a phrase and concept used only by bigots)
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tawdryhepburn
May 29, 21:00
(Second post): E: If we'd stop talking about racism, it would go away -- repeat of playing the victim, implication of 'reverse racism'
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tawdryhepburn
May 29, 21:01
F: reframing the debate to place yourself as the arbiter of justice... (more inside)
tawdryhepburn
May 29, 21:04
G: Also... 'all black athletes.' That's disproven if you have eyes. This is a room of ALL white men. implies a monolithic view of minorities
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tawdryhepburn
May 29, 21:06
So, you were 8 kinds of racist in fewer characters than a tweet. But yeah, you're not a bigot.
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tawdryhepburn
May 29, 21:06
Get a life!
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hawkfanatic2
May 29, 21:55
How about you get the facts? Tawdry's laying them out for you.
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CG63
May 29, 22:32
I have an awesome life. Due in large part to the fact that in my teens, I was always treated as a kid going through a hard time. (int)
tawdryhepburn
May 30, 08:10
I'm black and Cuban, but hope you got off on feeling morally superior for a little while, you really must have needed it.
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Fitch3k
May 30, 04:05
What makes me uncomfortable is having race brought up like anyone is a seperate entity from person. And that the norm isn't just person.
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RebelScum
May 30, 06:56
It makes me uncomfortable when I'm told I can't do as well on a test bc my skin and need different standards.
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RebelScum
May 30, 06:57
It makes me uncomfortable when I'm told I need help getting a job and some industries are so beyond me I need reduced levels of entry
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RebelScum
May 30, 06:59
It makes me feel uncomfortable when the excuse used is there needs be a larger pool of ideas, like I must have a black brain bc my skin
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RebelScum
May 30, 07:01
My brain doesn't think any differently. I was raised in the same culture and treated the same except for individuals like you
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RebelScum
May 30, 07:02
You're not saving me, you're not helping me, you're the ones trying to make me be and feel different.
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Fitch3k
May 30, 07:04
I
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tawdryhepburn
May 30, 07:42
*I'm not trying to 'save' anyone. I'm talking as a white dude, to a white dude.
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tawdryhepburn
May 30, 07:44
Whatever helps you sleep. But don't you white saviors, sorry allies, have protocols against denying a persons ethnicity?
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Fitch3k
May 30, 08:07
And since we're sharing credentials: at 17, I was almost murdered by Nazi skinheads on 2 separate occasions because of my Jewish heritage.
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tawdryhepburn
May 30, 08:25
In my nice, wealthy part of the city. 30ish miles from the 'rough' neighborhood where I went to school. #ForTheRecord
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tawdryhepburn
May 30, 08:26
That's detestable, and an overwhelming majority of people would say so. People start to divide over whether people like those thugs have
Fitch3k
May 30, 09:30
Oh no, that's right I'm just an Uncle Tom, bc I don't fit your narrative and your white supremacist, sorry white superior morals, know what is to be black
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Fitch3k
May 30, 08:09
Even granting that I am wrong about your race/ethnicity, all of my points stand because I was talking about your rhetoric.
tawdryhepburn
May 30, 08:12
7 writers got a job, good for them, if anyone else wanted to be one of those writers and wasn't, they need to work at being a better writer
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Fitch3k
May 30, 07:06
So... you're a racist who has no idea how people actually get jobs writing movies of this size?
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tawdryhepburn
May 30, 07:44
This I will concede I am not in the industry, but all other experience has shown me the only thing that matters to employers is if you can make $$$
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Fitch3k
May 30, 09:26
You'll have a harder time trying to change the world, than improving yourself. Just be better than all your competition
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Fitch3k
May 30, 07:10
Promoting any other attitude to minorities is only going to hurt them. And that does more than make me uncomfortable, that's real racism
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Fitch3k
May 30, 07:12
That's real hate, that really keeps ppl down. Just another white upper middle class system of controlling blacks
Fitch3k
May 30, 07:14
With their pseudo social science that tells them what's best for the negros. What's best is to stop keeping score.
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Fitch3k
May 30, 07:16
If this was confusing, I am Fitch3k and Rebelscum (a new port when I couldn't remember my old).
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Fitch3k
May 30, 07:18
FYI: Running multiple active accounts is grounds for deletion/banning. Rarely enforced, but... maybe don't brag about cheating?
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tawdryhepburn
May 30, 08:33
Please don't misread that as a threat: admins stopped reading our blather some time ago, I bet. And I have no desire to silence anyone.
tawdryhepburn
May 30, 08:37
Ya know I'm going to keep going bc you are so offensive a racist and so damn self righteous about it
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Fitch3k
May 30, 07:50
I volunteer with under privileged youth teaching things they don't have a dad to learn from like, tying a tie, polishing shoes
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Fitch3k
May 30, 07:51
We work mostly with teens that are willing, but they get trounced on by their peers, they're sell outs, the world should change for them
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Fitch3k
May 30, 07:56
The worst problem minorities face is crippling doubt, and it comes from white progressive liberals telling them the man hates them
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Fitch3k
May 30, 07:59
Don't dress proper, don't speak proper, your different and that would be conforming. It operates like a cult, go after low esteem targets
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Fitch3k
May 30, 08:00
From broken families, and let them think all their problems is the world's fault and the world needs to change not them.
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Fitch3k
May 30, 08:01
And if you sign up with the progressives, we'll make the world change for you! How about you admit to the kid it does suck his dad isn't
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Fitch3k
May 30, 08:03
Around to teach him how to tie a tie, it's not ok that dad isn't around, but he can still learn and better his life.
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Fitch3k
May 30, 08:04
If you're a minority and it upsets you, you need to look at yourself and stop being reactionary
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Fitch3k
May 30, 07:08
2 things... take it to the life forum, and use the ADDITIONAL MESSAGE area in the form. There is no need to post every sentence in front.
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Rocket123 aka PVL Admin
May 30, 11:07
I apologize for the length of this. I was using a clear A/B/C/D format as a rhetorical tool and then... Well...
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tawdryhepburn
May 30, 11:51
Lol black Cuban hispanic
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mike255
May 30, 05:36
....and the real racist finally pipes up!
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BSmurf
May 30, 06:34
I don't even know what this is meant to imply?
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Fitch3k
May 30, 07:26
Now, now. RebelScum says that he is Black and Cuban. I'll accept that. (int)
tawdryhepburn
May 30, 08:20