Cancelled!

Gern Blansten

cincybearcat said:

Gern Blansten said:

Of course black people can be racist. Why do they think that is so important to address?

Just more of them chipping away at whites being racist as some sort of justification. 

I was reading a book with a work group as part of E&I events last year and it was making the point and the distinction between discrimination and racism.  And to be racist you had to have power...and society was all about white power so, therefore, blacks could not be racist, but could be discriminatory.  

I found that book equal parts eye opening and frustrating.  And I found that part to be silly as it seemed they were defining a word to what they wanted.  So I don't think it's as cut and dry as you do.

I might not be cut and dry....just confused maybe

I get the power thing for sure. But blacks can be racist toward asians, hispanics, etc., so we might be arguing semantics.

But yeah...if blacks have animosity toward whites it is more likely because they have suffered racial incidents from whites. It's like saying native americans are racist toward whites.

Go Beavers

Merkin Baller said:

There’s a recent history behind the phrase “it’s ok to be white” which probably played into how that poll panned out. 

https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/its-okay-be-white

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_okay_to_be_white

https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/its-okay-to-be-white-yes-but

And Rassmussen is right wing but pretends to be legitimate. They used used a question essentially designed to troll, and like the adl link says it was part of a trolling campaign, and then pretend that it’s a valid measurement of attitudes. 

Gern Blansten

Go Beavers said:

Merkin Baller said:

There’s a recent history behind the phrase “it’s ok to be white” which probably played into how that poll panned out. 

https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/its-okay-be-white

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_okay_to_be_white

https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/its-okay-to-be-white-yes-but

And Rassmussen is right wing but pretends to be legitimate. They used used a question essentially designed to troll, and like the adl link says it was part of a trolling campaign, and then pretend that it’s a valid measurement of attitudes. 

That was kind of my original point....it's clearly meant to cater to right wingers that don't feel like racism is an issue because it isn't their fault they are white and because black people can be racist.

cincybearcat

I had no idea about the phrase being used in that manner...

OnWis97

Merkin Baller said:

There’s a recent history behind the phrase “it’s ok to be white” which probably played into how that poll panned out. 

https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/its-okay-be-white

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_okay_to_be_white

https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/its-okay-to-be-white-yes-but

Yeah, it's a ridiculous phrase. My gut reaction is "it's neither 'ok' or 'not ok' to be white." So at my most rigid, I might answer "no."

It's a stupid question. Lots of polls are created with agendas. I doubt Scott Adams put a lot of thought into what, if anything, that means. It was just an excuse to raise his white fist.

Gern Blansten

The right is using the CRT argument as a dog whistle. Claiming ridiculous things are being taught to fire up their ignorant white base.

Merkin Baller

cincybearcat said:

I had no idea about the phrase being used in that manner...

Neither had I until this Scott Adams story blew up & I read that AR Moxon piece I linked. 

The Juggler

Is this where that white supremacy hand gesture originated? That "ok" one?

Gern Blansten

https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1630248431460700162

he's really fixed on how no one is disagreeing with him....yet millions disagree with him

static111

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1630248431460700162

he's really fixed on how no one is disagreeing with him....yet millions disagree with him

Does he really believe that millions don't disagree with him.  I would venture to say a minority of people actually agree with him.

OnWis97

Someone's gotta be paying him. He'll get his money for being a martyr rather than for whatever else it is he publishes. Somebody wants a race war.

Gern Blansten

I have some Dilbert cartoons from 30 years ago that I cut out of the paper because I thought they were so fitting to my job experiences.

I don't recall politics ever entering his cartoons but I haven't paid much attention to him for several years.

Gern Blansten

https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1630186244327227393

wtf?

brianlux

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1630186244327227393

wtf?

wtf? indeed!  Crazy talk. Sounds like Adams needs some help.  Maybe a good shrink to get him back in touch with reality.

Merkin Baller

brianlux said:

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1630186244327227393

wtf?

wtf? indeed!  Crazy talk. Sounds like Adams needs some help.  Maybe a good shrink to get him back in touch with reality.

He's a supremacist. He believes the rest of us are the ones out of touch w/ reality.

The Juggler

I think this guy loves the attention he's getting and will parlay this into some kind of grift. Might've been his intention all along. 

Gern Blansten

The Juggler said:

I think this guy loves the attention he's getting and will parlay this into some kind of grift. Might've been his intention all along. 

definitely possible...very strange

mickeyrat

Gern Blansten said:

The Juggler said:

I think this guy loves the attention he's getting and will parlay this into some kind of grift. Might've been his intention all along. 

definitely possible...very strange

I didnt listen to his video, but read where he was to have said he knew he would get "canceled " that his career would be over......

Poncier

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1630186244327227393

wtf?

If I saw him walking down the street I'd for sure think he was black...

static111

I watched the video.  There is no way to take it out of context.  The context is he said that crazy shit and thinks that makes him smarter than everyone else.

Gern Blansten

static111 said:

I watched the video.  There is no way to take it out of context.  The context is he said that crazy shit and thinks that makes him smarter than everyone else.

that was my thought as well....he's so confident that it confuses everything

gimmesometruth27

Poncier said:

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1630186244327227393

wtf?

If I saw him walking down the street I'd for sure think he was black...

he's kinda got that whole navin r johnson vibe going on.

tbergs

The Juggler said:

I think this guy loves the attention he's getting and will parlay this into some kind of grift. Might've been his intention all along. 

RNC key note 2024?

brianlux

Merkin Baller said:

brianlux said:

Gern Blansten said:

https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1630186244327227393

wtf?

wtf? indeed!  Crazy talk. Sounds like Adams needs some help.  Maybe a good shrink to get him back in touch with reality.

He's a supremacist. He believes the rest of us are the ones out of touch w/ reality.

A bit of an egomaniac as well, I would say.

tempo_n_groove

static111 said:

I watched the video.  There is no way to take it out of context.  The context is he said that crazy shit and thinks that makes him smarter than everyone else.

He's the white version of Kyrie Irving.

tempo_n_groove

static111 said:

I watched the video.  There is no way to take it out of context.  The context is he said that crazy shit and thinks that makes him smarter than everyone else.

TY.  It's just weird to think the way he does.  You have to be in some sort of bubble where you don't interact with other ethnicities and races.

Merkin Baller

tempo_n_groove said:

static111 said:

I watched the video.  There is no way to take it out of context.  The context is he said that crazy shit and thinks that makes him smarter than everyone else.

TY.  It's just weird to think the way he does.  You have to be in some sort of bubble where you don't interact with other ethnicities and races.

It's called racism. He's racist.  

Gern Blansten

https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1630566204145537025

He's still saying he was taken out of context...

static111

tempo_n_groove said:

static111 said:

I watched the video.  There is no way to take it out of context.  The context is he said that crazy shit and thinks that makes him smarter than everyone else.

He's the white version of Kyrie Irving.

What did Kyrie Irving do?

mickeyrat

static111 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

static111 said:

I watched the video.  There is no way to take it out of context.  The context is he said that crazy shit and thinks that makes him smarter than everyone else.

He's the white version of Kyrie Irving.

What did Kyrie Irving do?

he was kanye before kanye went kanye. flat earther too.