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From:
ben gill
To:
seeklektek ,
Date:
Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:48:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
Re: [idm] Re: PCness and unspeakability
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<20030115184858.28779.qmail@web20704.mail.yahoo.com>
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quoted 14 lines I mean, what, Eddie Murphy or> > I mean, what, Eddie Murphy or > > Chris Rock on race stereotypes is far more > > extreme...and don't give me that crap about being > able > > to talk shit about only your own race. Talk shit > > about one, same as talking shit about all. > > > Great examples: > I don't find either Eddie Murphy nor Chris Rock to > be funny, particularly > not > when they attack any racial dynamic: > so there you go.
Seek, I never said they were funny. Read carefully. I said they were more extreme. And now I'm saying that yes, people find that funny. And now I'll say that yes, I find them funny. If you don't, that's OK. But realize others do, and allow their point of view to exist in tandem with yours.
quoted 3 lines It wouldn't be so fucking funny to you, perhaps, if> It wouldn't be so fucking funny to you, perhaps, if > you were > Japanese.
Fuck yeah, dude. Damn str8. I agree completely. But I'm just a honky, so I laugh at that shit, while I know others cringe.
quoted 8 lines Freedom of speech includes the freedom to speak> Freedom of speech includes the freedom to speak > one's > mind about racism: I call it as I see it: freely > speaking. > > And *I* *do* have the *balls* to say what *I* really > mean *and* > to say it *mean*.
Oy vey...don't you see that your support is also Peter's? And those stars--now I know you mean business. Thanks for clearing that up. Off to watch Teletubbies, Ben __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org