*awaits incoming flamewar*

Quote from: Nick McIntyre on October 16, 2014, 01:51:21 AM

worse than Obama without a teleprompter.

I've never understood why people rag on Obama about using teleprompters. Bush did. Clinton did. Reagan did. Before the time of teleprompters, they used notes and cards.

You expect these guys to memorize entire speeches?

That was a joke, Max.  I'd support Obama over Romney or McCancer/PALIN any day, and have actually laughed at people trying to point at the teleprompter thing as an insult.  It's their version of scraping the bottom of the barrel (until recently, that is).

Quote from: Nick McIntyre on October 16, 2014, 02:03:46 AM

Quote from: Mad Max on October 16, 2014, 02:00:33 AM

Quote from: Nick McIntyre on October 16, 2014, 01:51:21 AM

worse than Obama without a teleprompter.

I've never understood why people rag on Obama about using teleprompters. Bush did. Clinton did. Reagan did. Before the time of teleprompters, they used notes and cards.

You expect these guys to memorize entire speeches?

That was a joke, Max.

My bad. It's tough to tell when it's a joke and when it's some numbskull remark.

Maxy, baby, give me more credit ;w;

>be white cis male
>wake up and check my privilege
>go to make coffee
>check my privilege
>realize coffee beans are picked by slaves
>throw away coffee, apologize to Colombian children
>consider taking shower, but first check my privilege
>running water, soap, shower curtain
>LifeOnEasyMode.jpg
>weep, apologize
>get dressed for work, put on pants, avoiding hetero-normative necktie
>check my privilege
>pants were invented by Iranians in the 6th Century
>cultural appropriation
>apologize to Iranians
>open car door, realize it reeks of privilege
>consider taking bike instead
>check privilege
>bikes are ableism
>apologize to handi-capable people
>take public bus while checking my privilege
>full of people of color
>apologize for slavery and being racist
>they say it's okay
>internalized racism
>weep
>get to work, boss asks why I'm late, crying and pants-less
>apologize for contributing to the patriarchy
>wat.jpg
>apologize for wanting to rape her
>wat.jpg
>unable to control cis-male rape instinct
>rape boss while checking my privilege
>apologize
>arrested, charged, get ten years in prison
>check my privilege, ask to be castrated
>judge denies request because I'm white
>apologize
>go to jail
>cell mate is person of color
>apologize
>check my privilege and ask their pronouns
>get raped by cell mate
>check my privilege
>I've been doing this to Africans for centuries
>shame deep in my butthole
>400 YEARS
>apologize
>mfw I'm still part of the patriarchy

How have you checked your privilege today?

Ugh.

As much as I agree with Jon on key issues, I'm kind of hesitant to take this whole "white privilege" argument with any modicum of credence considering it's such a wide blanket statement on an entire race. O' Reilly does actually make a legitimate point about Asian wealth but it's instantly handwaved with some half assed answer while the audience laps it up facetiously.

But oh well.

"DUDE THOSE REPUBLICANS LMAO AMIRITE"

[audience laughs uncontrollably]

Either I'm becoming more conservative or liberals are becoming more liberal.
I think its the latter.

Kinda sucks cuz now everyone looks insane to me.

People tend to become conservative as they age. Doesn't mean you suddenly think gays are evil, just that you develop a differing mind set. There's an article on it

I always love seeing O'Reilly and Stewart. It's fun to see the two duke it out in-character.

Do I believe that white people have advantages in certain areas over minorities? Of course. That's kinda tautological in the description of 'minority'. Be nature of a democracy, the majority, in whatever demographic, will always hold more power.

But O'Reilly is right, it is relative. A white guy growing up in a ghetto is less privileged (and I really hate that word because of how much it's been abused) than a black guy growing up in middle-class suburbia. To say that any given white person has more opportunity than any given black person is boldfaced racism; it doesn't accomplish anything, and all it does is stereotype based on skin color.

I think it all boils down to socio-economic standing, not necessarily race. It's tough for a black guy, brought up in the ghetto, to get out and make himself a new man. Same goes for backwoods southern hicks who live in trailer homes and make their own moonshine in the bathtub. It's [just as?] hard to get out of there, too. Poverty is an ugly cycle.

Underrated post

Quote from: Mad Max on October 17, 2014, 12:07:26 AM

I think it all boils down to socio-economic standing, not necessarily race. It's tough for a black guy, brought up in the ghetto, to get out and make himself a new man. Same goes for backwoods southern hicks who live in trailer homes and make their own moonshine in the bathtub. It's [just as?] hard to get out of there, too. Poverty is an ugly cycle.

Dig this. Would 'class privilege' be more appropriate then?

I'd say that is more accurate, and less sensational.

Obviously having more money makes life easier, but when you get below a certain point [and usually paired with low value of education] it's a perpetuating cycle that is terribly difficult to break free from. Statistically, there's a ton of single-parent black families in low-income urban areas. That alone makes things more difficult, but combined with things like low quality of education and gang activity, each one of those elements compounds the burden one carries trying to break free from the cycle.