Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by islesfan:

So is the word "Nappy" a racist term or is it just a word describing someone's hair?

Both. Is "slanty eyed" a racist term or just one that describes someone's eyes? Is "towel head" a racist term or just one that describes their headdress? Is "whitey" a racist term or just one that describes skin color?

Honestly, I think those are bad analogies.

Do asian people tell other asian people that they have "slanty eyes"?

Do people from india call other indians "towel heads"?

Do white people call other white people "whitey"?

Is saying that someone has "ashy" skin, racist too?

I have to say, I find this line of reasoning very ironic coming from you. Maybe I missed something else, but I recall a thread where rvhoss said he thought you were a black dude with dreadlocks. When you told him you were Asian he posted a picture of a chubby Asian kid along with the words "is this you?"

You ran up and down the board calling him a racist simply for posting a picture of an Asian boy. Why? Might it have something to do with what you presumed to be his intent?

Posted by arkrud:

At the end this is about freedom off speach right.
Do you want to sacrefise this fundamental right in attempt to prevent people express opinions that some communties doesn't like? It's up to people to listen or not.
You start regulate it and at the end you get only "freedom" like was in soviet countries when you can say only what allowed to say.
We see the fundamental right getting attacked in US on all fronts by goverment, by congregations and different groups.
I would be more upset with restictions on what you can say on the radio that whith what was actually sad.

[Edited by - arkrud on 04-13-2007 11:59 AM]

[Edited by - arkrud on 04-13-2007 12:00 PM]

[Edited by - arkrud on 04-13-2007 12:00 PM]

I have to say, I find this line of reasoning very ironic coming from you. Maybe I missed something else, but I recall a thread where rvhoss said he thought you were a black dude with dreadlocks. When you told him you were Asian he posted a picture of a chubby Asian kid along with the words "is this you?"

You ran up and down the board calling him a racist simply for posting a picture of an Asian boy. Why? Might it have something to do with what you presumed to be his intent?

Posted by oohah:

I have to say, I find this line of reasoning very ironic coming from you. Maybe I missed something else, but I recall a thread where rvhoss said he thought you were a black dude with dreadlocks. When you told him you were Asian he posted a picture of a chubby Asian kid along with the words "is this you?"

You ran up and down the board calling him a racist simply for posting a picture of an Asian boy. Why? Might it have something to do with what you presumed to be his intent?

It is because dude is a troll. He doesn't really care about anything, he is just here to fight with people. When truebloser dropped the "jigaboo" and spook" terms on Isiah after the brawl, Rich called truebloser on it a minute later. Did viles chase Truebloser around for weeks and months calling him a racist? No, he went after Rich.

That tells you all you need to know about this: "man", his character, and his agenda.

oohah

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by islesfan:

So is the word "Nappy" a racist term or is it just a word describing someone's hair?

Both. Is "slanty eyed" a racist term or just one that describes someone's eyes? Is "towel head" a racist term or just one that describes their headdress? Is "whitey" a racist term or just one that describes skin color?

Honestly, I think those are bad analogies.

Do asian people tell other asian people that they have "slanty eyes"?

Do people from india call other indians "towel heads"?

Do white people call other white people "whitey"?

Is saying that someone has "ashy" skin, racist too?

I have to say, I find this line of reasoning very ironic coming from you. Maybe I missed something else, but I recall a thread where rvhoss said he thought you were a black dude with dreadlocks. When you told him you were Asian he posted a picture of a chubby Asian kid along with the words "is this you?"

You ran up and down the board calling him a racist simply for posting a picture of an Asian boy. Why? Might it have something to do with what you presumed to be his intent?

His only reason for posting it was to ridicule my ethnicity.

What other reason could there have been?

Were people denouncing rvhoss for it? Were you?

I thought he was ridiculing your weight, or perhaps insinuating you were but a child.

And truth be told, No, I wont defend everyone from every joke. I enjoy giving and taking a ribbing, but do take a stand at the voting booth.

Regardless, if you can be sensitive enough to draw racist innuendo from a picture of a chubby Asian boy, why not from racially charged language?


[Edited by - blueseats on 04-13-2007 12:38 PM]

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by islesfan:

So is the word "Nappy" a racist term or is it just a word describing someone's hair?

Both. Is "slanty eyed" a racist term or just one that describes someone's eyes? Is "towel head" a racist term or just one that describes their headdress? Is "whitey" a racist term or just one that describes skin color?

Honestly, I think those are bad analogies.

Do asian people tell other asian people that they have "slanty eyes"?

Do people from india call other indians "towel heads"?

Do white people call other white people "whitey"?

Is saying that someone has "ashy" skin, racist too?

I have to say, I find this line of reasoning very ironic coming from you. Maybe I missed something else, but I recall a thread where rvhoss said he thought you were a black dude with dreadlocks. When you told him you were Asian he posted a picture of a chubby Asian kid along with the words "is this you?"

You ran up and down the board calling him a racist simply for posting a picture of an Asian boy. Why? Might it have something to do with what you presumed to be his intent?

His only reason for posting it was to ridicule my ethnicity.

What other reason could there have been?

Were people denouncing rvhoss for it? Were you?

I thought he was ridiculing your weight, or perhaps insinuating you were but a child.

And truth be told, No, I wont defend everyone from every joke. I enjoy giving and taking a ribbing, but do take a stand at the voting booth.

Regardless, if you can be sensitive enough to draw racist innuendo from a picture of a chubby Asian boy, why not from racially charged language?


[Edited by - blueseats on 04-13-2007 12:38 PM]

He posted another pic of an asian man with a thin face.

Now is there any question what his motive was?

Was I still being sensitive?

Isles, I'm not trying to get you or defend RV, I was trying to help you answer the questions you asked. Was I useful to you in that regard or not?

Posted by eViL:

Posted by islesfan:

What I'm understanding is that there are double standards.

Apparently it's ok to ridicule asians solely on the basis of their ethnicity.

I think this is what Blue is saying: even if "nappy" is not an inherently racist term (which I guess is up for debate), the context in which it was used was definitely racist. Just like, a picture of an Asian man is not inherently racist, but was construed as racist, by you, because you inferred an intent behind the posting of the picture.