Wait, wait...while I agree with the point of the original commenter, in what world has anyone suggested that you playing Temptations songs on your guitar is appropriation??

Listening to music is not cultural appropriation. Stealing the music then acting like you created it is.

Yeah, his having the bravery to state the immediately obvious regarding Trump being a fucking traitor doesn’t do much to dissuade me from wanting to lace up my grave dancin’ shoes. 

Herman Cain had one rather major disadvantage, when it comes to courting racist rednecks. 

They would’ve existed, absolutely. But at the very least, they wouldn’t have had the mouthpiece that they did in Palin. As odious as it was, she had a hell of a cult of personality surrounding her 10 years ago. I clearly remember proto-teabaggers clamoring for a Palin/McCain ticket by the end of the 2008 election…

You’re right, that’s definitely appalling. Not to cut the conversation short, but I have to get to bed. Thank you for the insightful and respectful discussion. It definitely gives me a different perspective to look at the issue. Have a great night. 

I think the problem with Kim is she never acknowledged beauty trends that were inspired by African-American women. In fact, when she was asked about those braids she said “Bo Derek do it too!” Kim loves black culture and being “inspired” by it but doesn’t want to acknowledge that. At least she didn’t until after she…

You are in a position to demand nothing!

Celebrities are able to wear a lot of things that normal people can’t wear to work.   

I think one of the major points that makes something “appropriation” vs “appreciation” is the profit motive. If you were to, say, attempt to become famous and make money from belly dancing, that would take what sounds like a lovely practice you currently have, appreciating the dance style, and make it…

The fuck she didn’t. She was the prototype for the exceptionally idiotic, openly bigoted and utterly delusional GOP (vice) presidential candidate. And after she lost, she doubled down on the idiotic bigoted rhetoric. She led the birther charge, and was one of the most vocal assholes of the early teabagger movement. But…

kim is out there wearing a style on her head than many a poc, in many of place of work, cannot without fear of termination or ridicule.

I do as well. For example, I love to belly dance, but worry, as a white woman, that it’s cultural appropriation if I were to pursue learning the various dances, and wanted to perform as part of a dance troupe (not that I’d ever be good enough for that!) 

Am I the only person who struggles with cultural appropriation uproar? I thought different cultures mixing and borrowing from each other was the point of living in a diverse society. Is it reasonable to assume that people of different cultures living together would wall off the ability of their culture being used by…

Oh shut the fuck up.

Well Sarah is dumber than a box of rocks so not really that amazing.

Goddamn, I hope McCain goes to his grave regretting everything he did to kick-start the Teabagger movement, and to make this country a far dumber place overall.

Jesus fucking Christ.  Do people drink stupid over where he ran things?  Because here in LA, he’d be sitting in the last Rail Car reciting the bible while pissing on himself.

Stolen Valor!!!!!!111!!!1! Ignore the fact that Republican black friend Sheriff David Clarke wears dozens of medals that he didn’t earn in combat either.