There’s a quote that appears in Norm MacDonald’s recent book, which goes something like “Applause is voluntary, but laughter isn’t”.
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The difference is: being funny.
Freedom of Speech doesn’t protect you from another US Citizen saying “I don’t like the thing you are saying.” It protects you from the government locking you in jail cause you said that thing. The guy who tackled the flag waving racist went to jail and paid a fine. There was no government action against the flag…
freedom of speech sometimes comes with consequences, my good bitch.
I understand what you are saying, but I’d imagine that to a black person, a white guy waving the Confederate flag is a message of “I wish that you black people were once again property of white people.”
The Confederate Flag: Because why let people just think you’re a racist?
River Phoenix no doubt!
Breaking News: Racist Invites Racist Onto His Television Show.
This is a terribly flawed argument that I’m almost certain was ascertained from a read of a headline and nothing else—considering I include a moment where the artist addresses this exact point—but hey, I’ll bite.
I saw this headline on Facebook while deciding to get out of bed or wait for my alarm, and I thought it was an Onion article.
“If StormFront thinks you’re doing a bang-up job, you’re doing something really, really wrong”
They probably dislike him because he says childish, offensive shit like “death to all jews” under the pretense of a joke. He may be anti-semitic, he may not be. But anyone with a shred of common sense understands some things just are not funny and anyone criticizing him does so rightly in my opinion. It is not edgy.…
every time he’s at the center of a controversy, he gets more defensive than introspective
“But it’s always been a learning and growing experience for me...this whole situation has definitely been that for me. It’s something that I’m going to keep in mind going forward.”
Well, I certainly hope so. But it seems that every time he’s at the center of a controversy, he gets more defensive than introspective, as…
It’s just going to be CSPAN clips for an entire season.
I love how trumps only defense is: “these leaks are illegal!” Meanwhile during the campaign he said he loved Wikileaks and begged Russia to hack Hillary’s emails. Karma is a bitch.
So a dude with more money than most people see in their lives chose to take advantage of economically-disadvantaged individuals for the sake of some anti-Semitic “humor,” and is now surprised that there are consequences that go with that kind of behavior.
Got it.
Having read some of the comments on the previous article…
I mean, not surprising. You can be an idiot on the internet all you want. We’re all dicks sometime. But once you regularly start going, “Hey, lets see how racist and shitty I can be,” even in the context of something like Fiverr, you’re doing it wrong. Everybody’s trolled before. It’s an internet rite of passage.…
Yep, and the article actually says there's nothing wrong with her skimpy costume because "adults can dress how they want." But the old Starfire had emotions and relationships and action and stuff, not just a sexiness that consumed her entire personality.