I’m going to assume you aren’t trolling.

Bryan you’ve once again demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of the concept of trolling. Prior to this nonsense he was making Nazi jokes to be irreverent, now he’s making Nazi jokes because it pisses you (and countless other MSM journalists) off and then you give him free publicity. Obviously this has hurt…

He trained for 15 years in a monastery from the age of 10. He probably does have a better understanding of kung fu/Buddhist culture than a bunch of people in America, regardless of their race/ethnic background.

As an Asian kid growing up in a huge majority white neighbourhood, the most racist thing I ever encountered was in 2nd grade when all the other kids immediately assumed I knew kung fu.

Being Asian doesn’t make you good at martial arts. First, not all Asian cultures have martial arts. Second, not martial arts are Asian in origin. Martial arts is a skill, it must be acquired. Being born in an Asian culture doesn’t mean you are good at martial arts, just like being Canadian doesn’t mean you can play…

Martial Arts are a skill. Saying that a white guy can’t be better at Kung Fu is no less offensive than saying he can’t be better at math.

James, your penultimate paragraph is problematic. I understand the argument you want to make, but the way it is written implies that all people who are of Asian heritage are automatically masters of martial arts. That’s cultural essentialism and is wrong.

...do you even remotely understand who Iron Fist is?

I mean, that is the character.

It’s not the only time the show goes out of the way at how much better at martial arts Danny purportedly is than the many Asian people he is surrounded by, and if it weren’t so mind-bogglingly offensive it’d almost be hilarious. 

I don’t see it as an issue if you bet on yourself/your own team. If you start betting against them... that’s the illegal insider knowledge bit.

“Wanting characters to identify with” implies an inability to identify with what is being offered. If your child only identifies with characters who look like him/her, you’ve failed as a parent. Children should be taught to identify with actions, words, deeds, etc. — not skin color, gender, or perceived background.

Except that is not what they said. They said nothing about enjoying, only identifying with. There is no false equivalence in that comment.

JESUS FUCK LITTLE GIRL DO YOU ARE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO READ GHOST IN THE SHELL DEAR GOD

The only problem is this mistaken and culturally-poisonous viewpoint that someone needs to look the same as you do in order or identify with them.

The audience does that.

It’s possible to make offensive jokes, and for them to be okay.

But the sensitivity of the subject matter should be balanced by the joke being, you know, actually funny. Otherwise you’re just an ass.

I would like to point out that I didn’t post it as a “joke”.

It’s homage to the most iconic role I’ll remember him for, and one of my all-time favourite movie performances. Hudson was fantastic.

Game over, man. Game over. :’(

For fuck’s sake Novak... There’s no such thing as a fucking wage gap. Women DO NOT earn less than men for equal work, you dumbass. Women typically make less overall because they tend to choose careers that don’t pay as well. Maybe you should get your head out of your ass and research a topic instead of spouting…