Taking Offense - Has It Gone Off The Rails?

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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,990
    dignin said:
    Well, I guess the bigots are even dumber than I thought. The "dark white skin" thing is so fucking stupid, it really makes no sense given what they were attempting to accomplish or say.
    And yeah, wow.... way to fucking go unsung, lmao.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,990
    unsung said:
    No disputing that, but I didn't do it.  So I am not taking blame for it either.
    Right, you should only be taking blame for contributing to and participating in a culture of racism.
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  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Yawn.
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,171
    unsung said:
    Yawn.
    Getting duped is tiring. 
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,990
    edited May 2017
    unsung said:
    Yawn.
    Getting duped is tiring. 
    I figure it's deliberate.
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  • dignindignin Posts: 9,337
    Which one is it Unsung....were you duped? Or are you deliberately sharing misinformation? 

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  • ponytdponytd Nashville Posts: 660
    I was reading about that this morning. Absolute crap. Now, it's possible that burrito place went under because they suck, but for people to call them out for "cultural appropriation' is pure stupidity
  • CM189191CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    ponytd said:
    I was reading about that this morning. Absolute crap. Now, it's possible that burrito place went under because they suck, but for people to call them out for "cultural appropriation' is pure stupidity
    Someone needs to warn Rick Bayless!
  • jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    CM189191 said:
    ponytd said:
    I was reading about that this morning. Absolute crap. Now, it's possible that burrito place went under because they suck, but for people to call them out for "cultural appropriation' is pure stupidity
    Someone needs to warn Rick Bayless!
    Haha, I don't think he's in Portland yet, so he should be safe. But I'm sure those righteous Portland hipsters would run him out of town if he dared try to make a mole in their city. That white dude should stick to burgers I guess. 
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,359
    unsung said:
    jesus christ. how is opening a business in portland stealing from a business in mexico? absurd. 

    so people are only allowed to open a restaurant of their native dishes now? again, absurd. 
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,455
    unsung said:
    jesus christ. how is opening a business in portland stealing from a business in mexico? absurd. 

    so people are only allowed to open a restaurant of their native dishes now? again, absurd. 
    In that case, the US better start loading up on curry.  Oh shit, wrong Indians.

    Agreed, absurd!
  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    #politewhitesupremacy

    That guy should be given a helicopter ride.
  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,398
    Should have seen the shit storm when a couple of guys opened a burger joint called Crazy Burger. Right around a spike in mad cow too. Still open with 2 additional outlets.
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited May 2017
    Should have seen the shit storm when a couple of guys opened a burger joint called Crazy Burger. Right around a spike in mad cow too. Still open with 2 additional outlets.

    Now this is funny.  This is a restaurant I would have opened during the mad cow era just because business would boom.
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,845
    Heat Street is described online as a libertarian, "anti-SJW" site.  So take what you want from that.
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  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,171
    Heat Street is described online as a libertarian, "anti-SJW" site.  So take what you want from that.
    My Libertarian take away: if you're business sucks or you don't know what you're doing, blame the government or someone else. 
  • riley540riley540 Denver Colorado Posts: 1,132
    I was making 9/11 jokes before the second tower fell.
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,171
    riley540 said:
    I was making 9/11 jokes before the second tower fell.
    Ballsy. The Chuck Norris of comedy. 
  • jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Heat Street is described online as a libertarian, "anti-SJW" site.  So take what you want from that.
    Here's something from the HuffPost if that is more palatable :wink: .  - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/portland-burrito-cart-closes-after-owners-are-accused-of-cultural-appropriation_us_5926ef7ee4b062f96a348181
    Sounds like white people in Portland should stick to cooking burgers and meth. Wait, scratch the meth, that was appropriated from Japan. So, burgers then.

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  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,570
    jeffbr said:
    Heat Street is described online as a libertarian, "anti-SJW" site.  So take what you want from that.
    Here's something from the HuffPost if that is more palatable :wink: .  - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/portland-burrito-cart-closes-after-owners-are-accused-of-cultural-appropriation_us_5926ef7ee4b062f96a348181
    Sounds like white people in Portland should stick to cooking burgers and meth. Wait, scratch the meth, that was appropriated from Japan. So, burgers then.

    wow that is pretty ridiculous
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,398
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    edited June 2017
    Yes, taking offense has gone off the the rails.  Taking offense with liberals, that is.
    The anti-left is so consumed with it's obsession, it has to create doctored photos and faux outrage to back up it's delusional attacks on the leftist boogeyman.
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  • OnWis97OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,195
    Of course it has.  You don't have the right not to be offended.  Many people can't hear anything that they don't agree with and not go into the fetal position.  It's probably our ability to use the internet to go into echo chambers; dissent and dialogue are rarely seen anymore and when they come about, we don't know how to handle it.  

    And the right has made a killing on it.  "PC" has become nearly synonymous with "liberals" (and the 400 synonyms used to dismiss rather than discuss).  Liberals need a safe space.  They are intolerant.  Etc. But it's not the left that melts down because Colin Kaepernick does not practice patriotism the way the rest of us do.  The right hates how easily offended people are, until they are as easily offended, then it somehow doesn't count.  The only difference between the Kaepernick issue and all these other things that cause the right to rant about the SJWs is that now they are offended.  And somehow the hypocrisy is barely acknowledged.  All credit to them; they've totally co-opted it to their own advantage. 
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    ^^Yep and don't forget the coffee cups that send the right wing snowflakes into a meltdown.
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,845
  • unsungunsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
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    Thanks, I started that topic.  I felt this story would apply to this thread well.  A little humor.
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,489
    Right...but it's all about the level of outrage.  To immediately call for her to be fired from anything and be shunned for life...that's the fake outrage that drives me nuts.  
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