Memphizz

Lol....he looks like Ving Rhames.....

 

So, no issues with any stereotypes with Mr Wallace?

 

None. It's on a movie. It's only entertainment. What is depicted in a movie is not real life. Stereotypes are somewhat manufactured. I'm ok with stereotypes in the entertainment world. The entertainment world oftentimes makes fun of images and shallow thinking. My issue is when folks let fiction or imagined/manufactured narratives take over their thinking. Most people don't think for themselves. A lot of herd mentality going on you know? It's ok to make fun of stereotypes without being overly offensive. I can take a joke about some stereotypes. Sometimes people are too reliant on racial or gay jokes when they want to entertain someone. I've had to tell a guy before to never tell a particular joke. He thought it was funny, but that particular joke would have got his ### beat. It wasn't making fun of a stereotype. It was downright disrespectful.

 

How did the Germans invade Poland?

They walked in backwards and pretend they were leaving.

Now, that's funny. I don't care who you are.

 

That actually is funny lol...

 

Everything everyone knows was manufactured. You look at Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Joe Louis and you see a certain type of Man that had a level of pride and honour. The manufactured stereotypes came in during the 70s. In the 80s, they manufactured the sag and Ebonics. In the 90s, simping. Today, every time you see a black dude on TV, he’s effeminate. The straight white guy will be dumb. All the black guys will be effeminate. Which is worse, to be dumb or effeminate?

 

Many people started out assuming everyone they meet is also assuming the best about others and learned through experience & observation some people tolerate crime & bad behavior much more than the worst people I'd ever met before. Everyone deserves fair treatment, but it's insane to assume people that behave like criminals & defend criminal culture are just the local book club offering a discount on your next purchase. Some people actively value criminal behavior & culture & other people see what that culture produces and want nothing to do with it. I had humble beginnings, was sometimes seen as white trash, and I won't be around that or participate in it. It leads to worse outcomes for everyone. Behavior is the measure that matters. Make good choices, excuses are only permission slips for failing. Adoption proves it's not a genetic question it is a culture & behavior question.

 

The hinges and what the locks are attached to are even weaker than any lock. Drilling out a rivet that makes the lock irrelevant is simple.

 

Many people have experiences so often and in so many different areas that they can reach a reasonable conclusion. No group is the authority on what people are allowed to notice or conclude. I stopped seeking permission or going 3 miles out of my way in the fruitless effort to show my good will once I saw many prominent voices are immune from all facts, any circumstances. The professional Angry Spokesman are conning the rest of society & it will ALWAYS be 1865 America no matter what. So eff them & my polite response to them or their issue. They threw away all good will responses & the voices that never took them down participated in having that issue understood as a dishonest con game nobody could ever win. Message received. Message remembered.

If I was upset people called white high school drop-outs unintelligent & inbred my efforts would be focused on convincing people to stay the eff in school & don't lust after a cousin. Wanting a holy war declared over a redneck joke or worse would be the least of all of my efforts.