Utopia Talk / Politics / Blackface or Klansman?

Y2A rank	Sat Feb 02 02:17:53 2019 Blackface
Sam Adams rank	Sat Feb 02 02:31:45 2019 Soot. http://www...men-soot-blackface/2683881002/
Y2A rank	Sat Feb 02 02:33:53 2019 "I asked a Latinx" Stopped reading there.
Average Ameriacn rank	Sat Feb 02 02:35:27 2019 But blacks can still mock me? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteface_(performance)#Whiteface_and_Blackface It is generally accepted that blackface is intrinsically racist, based upon a traceable racial link to slavery and racial segregation. For this reason, blackface is all but extinct in modern art forms. This isn't, however, the case with whiteface. Albeit controversially, whiteface is still employed in modern times as an expression of art. Those who defend the art aim to differentiate it from blackface, often arguing that whiteface does not draw on a legacy of racism in the way that blackface does, and that the art is a wholesome satire of white lifestyles. Opponents of whiteface argue that the art is primarily a vulgar retribution for blackface that derives its comedic value from imposing the indignity of blackface on white people.
tumbleweed rank	Sat Feb 02 02:48:12 2019 i'll guess this thread is about guessing which character is the Virginia Governor in one of his poorly selected yearbook photos: http://wto...9/02/1984-yearbook-780x520.jpg i'll go w/ the klansman
Sam Adams rank	Sat Feb 02 02:58:58 2019 Blackface.
Dukhat rank	Sat Feb 02 03:52:46 2019 They get to chose the picture they put up. And he chose the blackface/clansmen picture? Even back then; that was a fucking retarded thing to do. What's really funny is Republicans love digging up shit like this and they all failed to do so. DaFuq? When did they become so incompetent? Did they get complacent after beating Hillary?
Dukhat rank	Sat Feb 02 03:58:18 2019 That being said, anybody with a social media is fucked if they want to get into politics in the future.
Cherub Cow rank	Sat Feb 02 04:42:13 2019 ""I asked a Latinx" Stopped reading there." Same... instant loss of credibility unless it's the Onion or some satire site.
McKobb rank	Sat Feb 02 12:20:07 2019 Don't eat at the restaurant if you are so frail.
Rugian rank	Sat Feb 02 13:22:12 2019 I'm really not on board with judging a 59 year old man by his behavior when he was a fucking teenager. That being said, he really pissed off the pro-life crowd with those abortion comments, didn't he.
jergul rank	Sat Feb 02 14:19:43 2019 Ruggy I too agree that a man should not be judged. But is should be part of the information voters have about a candidate before deciding to vote for him. Becoming an elected official is not a fundamental human right.
Dukhat rank	Sat Feb 02 17:50:50 2019 He wasn't a teenager. He was 24 and in fucking medical school at the time. Even college ... maybe a pass; but medical school? Come on. And let's not lie; the GOP would've used this in ads 24/7 and defeated him in 2017 if it had come out. The fact that they failed to do so is what's most surprising. The GOP has no real reason for you to vote and depend on attacking Dems. This was the perfect situation. But they are definitely going to "learn" from this and go totall recall on all the Democratic candidates in 2020. I expect to find out Kamala Harris was a lesbian rapist cult-leader a month before the election.
Y2A rank	Sat Feb 02 21:27:01 2019 The asshole won't say which one he was.
tumbleweed rank	Sat Feb 02 21:31:32 2019 worse... he's gonna claim there was a photo mixup & it's not his photo at all
tumbleweed rank	Sat Feb 02 21:33:10 2019 ...that's the 'fake news' reporting anyway, he's speaking soon supposedly... unless the coverage changes his mind
tumbleweed rank	Sat Feb 02 21:42:29 2019 yup... w/ wife as prop, he is claiming neither person him
Pillz rank	Sat Feb 02 22:58:50 2019 Going to riot in the streets?
jergul rank	Sat Feb 02 23:03:31 2019 "yup... w/ wife as prop, he is claiming neither person him" That is worse. What kind of moron would post a picture like that that is not of him? And what kind of "changed man" credibility is he trying to construct with an incredible story? He should have just bit the bullet either way. "that picture does not reflect the man I am today" would cover the unlikely event of neither being him too. "I know wearing an SS uniform is bad, so I will just post a picture of someone else wearing an SS uniform in my year book. All is good, man".
tumbleweed rank	Sat Feb 02 23:07:08 2019 various claims... that he never saw the yearbook until now, admits submitting the other photos on that page claims he's heard other photos in the yearbook are also misplaced said he did dress w/ shoe polish on face as Michael Jackson in a dance contest once but now realizes inappropriate not resigning
Rugian rank	Sat Feb 02 23:32:45 2019 jergul, Sorry, but your post reads to me like "I too agree that a man should not be judged. But at the same time, a man should be judged." Highlighting embarrassing behavior from someone's days as a minor will necessarily bring on judgement. People tend to do completely stupid shit in their youth; in a just society, such behavior should not normally be considered relevant to gauging someone's conduct in their adult lives. Experience and maturity do tend to significantly change a person. That having been said... Dukhat Member Sat Feb 02 09:50:50 "He wasn't a teenager. He was 24 and in fucking medical school at the time." Assuming this is correct, then a lot of my sympathy goes away in this particular case. He done fucked up. "The GOP has no real reason for you to vote" False. Between preserving our free market and innovative health care industry, maintaining law and order, protecting our constitutional rights (and also our right to life and liberty), keeping our military strong, and fighting for racial and gender equality under the law, there's a million things that Republicans are for. You just don't hear much of it because your WaPo and CNN jerkoff material, which is more obsessed with Democratic talking points like spending $30 trillion on Medicare, raising income taxes to 90% and abolishing border security. You really do come across as someone in desperate need of breaking out of his media bubble. I'd offer you my WSJ credentials if I thought you'd be able to comprehend the content.
kargen rank	Sat Feb 02 23:34:49 2019 Dukhat you seem to have confused your political parties. Do you not remember a recent Supreme Court nomination? Do you not remember all the shit Democrats threw in President Trumps direction? Republicans do try and sling some shit around but Democrats have turned digging up past digressions into an art form.
Rugian rank	Sat Feb 02 23:50:51 2019 "He acknowledged that he had initially admitted to being in the image, but said that "in the hours since I made my statement, I reflected with family and classmates from that time and it affirmed my conclusion that I am not the person in that photograph."" Sounds believable...
obaminated rank	Sun Feb 03 00:20:40 2019 And now he has said he used to dress up in black faces to do Micheal Jackson dances... but that his nickname was coonman... and that is still totally not him in his yearbook photo. Ah, this guy should've just apologised and moved on.
TJ rank	Sun Feb 03 00:31:38 2019 "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" (Sir Walter Scott, 1808).
McKobb rank	Sun Feb 03 00:42:51 2019 Dems have a long history with the klan.
Cherub Cow rank	Sun Feb 03 03:49:17 2019 "in the hours since I made my statement, I reflected with family and classmates from that time [and realized that no one realized that it was I in the Klan costume. Therefore, there is no evidence of wrongdoing, and I will proceed as if there was none.]" :D
Dukhat rank	Sun Feb 03 06:45:37 2019 Wow, Rugian is truly delusional.
kargen rank	Sun Feb 03 10:38:19 2019 No Dukhat you are confused again. You are thinking of yourself.
Y2A rank	Sun Feb 03 12:17:39 2019 His wife had to stop him from moonwalking in that press conference LOL
Rugian rank	Sun Feb 03 16:59:07 2019 Dukhat Member Sat Feb 02 22:45:37 Wow, Rugian is truly delusional. Feel free to point out anything we've said that's incorrect, dog eater. Meanwhile, you and your merry band on post-birth-loving socialists can continue to have your heads in the sand as to why not everyone supports your shit.
Rugian rank	Sun Feb 03 17:00:38 2019 Y2A Member Sun Feb 03 04:17:39 His wife had to stop him from moonwalking in that press conference LOL This entire thing should be the dictionary definition of digging a deeper hole for oneself.
Dukhat rank	Sun Feb 03 17:37:48 2019 Nobody cares what a retard like you thinks Rugian. Pretending you actually read when literally everything you post is dragged from Drudge Report or Breitbart is fucking hilarious. You cleary don't have a college education or chose to ignore it but continue on being a cuckservative for all anyone actually cares.
Rugian rank	Sun Feb 03 17:48:08 2019 That's an amazing post coming from a "Republican" who completely abandoned his stances the second he started reading Vox. And as for education, at least I'm capable of understanding basic math and economics, such as that $3 trillion is more than $700 billion, or that you can't just make jobs appear out of thin air. That automatically places me above you and everyone on your side.
Rugian rank	Sun Feb 03 17:49:50 2019 "HURRR DURRRR white people bad rich people evil women so oppressed" That's literally the level of discourse we have to deal with from the new left. And you accuse conservatives of being stupid. Hilarious.
Sam Adams rank	Tue Feb 05 00:41:33 2019 Lol the african lt governor that would take over for the blackface dude also raped someone.
Y2A rank	Tue Feb 05 06:25:03 2019 Is that legit or does it come from some the water is turning the frogs gay type source?
Rugian rank	Tue Feb 05 06:29:20 2019 WaPo apparently refused to even cover that story because it couldn't be corroborated. Somewhere in DC, Brett Kavanaugh is actively fantasizing about pulling a Columbins at WaPo headquarters.
Rugian rank	Tue Feb 05 06:40:07 2019 Also "The 39-year-old Democrat called it suspicious that the allegation surfaced amid a time when he could possibly assume the governorship if Northam steps down. "Does anybody believe that's a coincidence?" Fairfax asked." http://www...ies-sexual-assault-allegation/ If Kavanaugh spent his entire career on the Supreme Court trying to lock up media pundits and Democrats out of spite, I wouldn't blame him.
Rugian rank	Tue Feb 05 06:40:07 2019 Also "The 39-year-old Democrat called it suspicious that the allegation surfaced amid a time when he could possibly assume the governorship if Northam steps down. "Does anybody believe that's a coincidence?" Fairfax asked." http://www...ies-sexual-assault-allegation/ If Kavanaugh spent his entire career on the Supreme Court trying to lock up media pundits and Democrats out of spite, I wouldn't blame him.
Rugian rank	Tue Feb 05 06:42:03 2019 Anyway, Believe Women. #MeToo
tumbleweed rank	Tue Feb 05 07:42:11 2019 A) Supreme Court is lifetime position affecting everyone VA governor is single term, affecting Virginians B) 'Big League Politics' website's top story currently is about their discussions w/ Alex Jones... seems good reason to be skeptical (their initial sex assault story was a facebook post screenshot as the total evidence) C) obviously the story isn't dead, as lots of news sites reporting it now that more info known
Dukhat rank	Tue Feb 05 07:48:35 2019 I actually don't think Northram should step down as long as he apologizes and admits it was inappropriate. Apparently, those pictures could've been the yearbook editors trolling Northram as nobody has definitively said that he was the one in the picture. That would be an interesting development if that wasn't him. If it's not, he can probably salvage things IMO though the dems would pay a significant price. His Michael Jackson blackface thing was a little bizarre but at the same time, Michael Jackson was huge back then and blackface not used for racism but for imitating a star isn't that big a deal especially on Halloween. Dems need to save their shock for things that actually matter like rape. Guy is clearly not a racist anyways.
tumbleweed rank	Wed Feb 06 21:09:06 2019 "In 1980, when I was a 19-year-old undergraduate in college, some friends suggested we attend a party dressed like rappers we listened to at the time, like Kurtis Blow, and perform a song. It sounds ridiculous even now writing it. But because of our ignorance and glib attitudes – and because we did not have an appreciation for the experiences and perspectives of others – we dressed up and put on wigs and brown makeup. This was a onetime occurrence and I accept full responsibility for my conduct." ~ Virginia attorney general Mark Herring, third in line for governor
Sam Adams rank	Wed Feb 06 21:22:28 2019 Omg black face paint! The worst! ... Black people go out and murder 8000 people per year. Crickets
Y2A rank	Wed Feb 06 22:12:50 2019 Sam must have done blackface at some point in his life, that's why he so defensive about it.
Sam Adams rank	Wed Feb 06 22:16:53 2019 Nah, i just am opposed to overhype exxageration and retardation.
obaminated rank	Wed Feb 06 23:02:46 2019 Hahaha. The Virginia Democrat party is imploding
Rugian rank	Thu Feb 07 00:49:31 2019 Who's fourth in line for governor? Time for that person to start panicking.
kargen rank	Thu Feb 07 01:01:36 2019 I'm guessing any political aspirations I may have had are gone because I was one of the Indians in a first grade Thanksgiving play?
Cherub Cow rank	Thu Feb 07 01:28:43 2019 Kargen, you goddamned racist, did you just admit to cultural appropriation? And it doesn't matter how long ago it was because the gold fish that is social media is only now aware that a transiently provocative food bit has been dropped in its tank, so don't even try to get out of this outrage cycle until it's distracted by the next food bit in 24 hours. ... OMG, the new fast and furious movie looks *lit*!
jergul rank	Thu Feb 07 03:06:10 2019 Kargen Raise it during your election cycle. As example of changing norms and something you would never permit teachers or parents to inflict on young children today.
swordtail rank	Thu Feb 07 21:33:22 2019 Republican Virginia Senator Edited Yearbook Containing Blackface Photos, Racist Slurs, Including N-Word: Report By Alexandra Hutzler On 2/7/19 at 1:21 PM http://www...ok-racist-photos-slurs-1322593
McKobb rank	Fri Feb 08 03:17:18 2019 I'm offended by pandaface white bitches walk around with!
kargen rank	Fri Feb 08 03:43:10 2019 I'm thinking if nobody calls you out on stupid shit after five years goes by you get a pass on it. Not illegal shit just the stupid shit. Also until that happens the same standards should apply to celebrities that we are applying to politicians. That includes professional athletes.
tumbleweed rank	Sat Feb 09 00:32:47 2019 the actual black guy has a new accuser of rape in 2000, so that should finish him off
Rugian rank	Sat Feb 09 01:12:15 2019 Who would have thought that Virginia would end up being the biggest shithole in the south? Nuke Richmond
Rugian rank	Sat Feb 09 01:28:48 2019 Although how messed up is it that being a state (not even federal) politician now means that you'll be judged for what you did in fucking HIGH SCHOOL? Thank God I grew up before the age where half your life is recorded on social media...I would have been so screwed Kargen's idea of a statute of limitations on what can be considered offensive is a good one...but it will never come to pass. I pray for the career of anyone old enough to predate the Civil Rights era.
Billah rank	Tue Feb 12 07:22:03 2019 There is so much great facial recognition technology and science now Should be easy to figure out.
smart dude rank	Tue Feb 12 07:51:50 2019 Yeah! Technology! We're gonna science the shit out of that grainy year book picture!
Billah rank	Tue Feb 12 08:06:58 2019 Smart dude ive got all the computer programs to enhance those images.
smart dude rank	Tue Feb 12 08:16:26 2019 Why don't you just "enhance" those images and solve this problem that nobody else in the country has managed? Huh? I guess you're too busy drinking piss, is that right?
Cherub Cow rank	Tue Feb 12 08:27:00 2019 Smart dude, Billah has like, all the programs.. like.. Paintshop, and Photoshop.. and... umm.. After Effects if you want to add some animations to the picture.. Illustrator if you want to draw little devil horns on them.. And like, with Paintshop you can zoom in on the 20x20 pixel area that makes up their faces, and like, you know.. like, science it.
smart dude rank	Tue Feb 12 08:31:50 2019 Billah probably programed them himself, probably while riding his "fixie," probably while drinking piss.
Billah rank	Tue Feb 12 13:54:37 2019 You can look up the programs Im talking about. A couple professional photoshop plugins to use would be Imagenomic Noiseware or Topaz Labs DeNoise. After that you could use an HDR multiple exposure method to bring out even more details. After that you could use other programs to sharpen the photos even more. But I would want an original high quality scan of the photo and someone else would have to do all the facial recognition geometry processing because I have no idea how that works.
Cherub Cow rank	Wed Feb 13 02:16:32 2019 Cool, yeah, just like, you know, let's do those things, and it'll be done or whatever. We should already have the answer. I'll hit refresh until someone does the legwork.
smart dude rank	Wed Feb 13 06:30:10 2019 "Facial recognition expert Kent Gibson gave his analysis to Inside Edition. 'I don't think anyone could do facial recognition on the image of the blackface, no, there's nothing there, there's no definition whatsoever,' he said." http://www...es-racist-yearbook-photo-50490 Billah just proved this idiot wrong. Because something something plugin and something something acronym.
Cherub Cow rank	Wed Feb 13 07:44:56 2019 Billah has all the software, smart dude, he just like, you know, needs someone to geometry that stuff.
Billah rank	Wed Feb 13 09:10:23 2019 He is a facial recognition expert but that doesnt mean he is any sort of photo restoration expert. Like I said you would have to use both methods for a proper analysis.
smart dude rank	Wed Feb 13 14:00:00 2019 I'm wondering what Billah thinks facial recognition experts actually do. Stare at pictures of faces all day?
Cherub Cow rank	Wed Feb 13 20:31:22 2019 They're like, really good at telling Daniel Radcliffe apart from Elijah Wood
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