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[FGD135]

Racist Ronald Reagan called Africans "monkeys" in taped call with Nixon

I think the primary problem here in this thread is that some people are still stuck on understanding the difference between racism (systemic inequalities based on skin color, cultural norms, etc.) and bigotry (personal hatred of another group due to factors like skin color, cultural norms, etc.).

[DukeTrout]

Four dead in garlic festival mass shooting

The only thing worse than having this discussion over and over would be to accept mass shootings as something so inevitable that they didn’t even warrant further discussion.

[MalevolentPixy]

Man who repeatedly put sleeping pills in wife's coffee sentenced to just 60 weekend days in jail

< sarcasm > Don’t worry, he only poisoned a woman, no one important. It’s not like he attacked another man! </ sarcasm >

[DukeTrout]

Watch CNN host Chris Cuomo threaten man who compared him to fictional mafia moron Fredo Corleone

I am a second generation Italian American and neither I nor any Italian American I know considers Fredo to be an ethnic slur, let alone the “equivalent of the N word”.* It’s a reference to a fictional character, not an entire “race” of people. If this one dude has a problem with it, that’s on him. *we’re white, end of story, and we very much benefit from white privilege. Sure, maybe people from Minnesota or wherever think we’re swarthy, but most places we’re just generic white people. Especial…

[smulder]

Manhattan DA served Google with a "reverse search warrant" in a bid to prosecute antifa protesters

Mmmm, except that even at its best “centrist” is kind of defined by being in the mythical center between whatever the two dominant parties are doing. That means they’re defined not by what they believe but by sitting wherever the fence happens to be. It’s not a place for any woman or man of principle. It’s a way of being smug at not taking a stand.

[Bunbain]

@euansmith

"The corporation said that it was trying to be “apolitical…and is not allowing its publications to take a political stance.” "

But, Disney, “apolitical” is Political.

Art Spiegelman pulled his Marvel Folio Society intro after Disney demanded that he not criticize Trump

"The corporation said that it was trying to be “apolitical…and is not allowing its publications to take a political stance.” " But, Disney, “apolitical” is Political.

[JonS]

The Education of Louis: The Last Action Figures

Oh, the things that Male Mountain Climber, Male Ranger, and Female Swimmer saw and did; you wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Uncle Ryan. They watched i-beams glitter in the dark of the Tanner House basement. All those moments will be lost in time, like toys in eBay. Time to bid.

[smulder]

@spetrovits

Uh, this isn’t Reddit. We know what Byzantine means.

[anon61833566]

The best mental imagery and karma ever.

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/infowars-loses-legal-effort-to-get-sandy-hook-defamation-case-dismissed/150876/25

[DukeTrout]

Rideshare companies' effort to kill California employment bill is failing miserably

I’m sorry, but if you really believe that a wealth hoarder having to forego that second yacht or mansion in order to pay a bit more in taxes is the same as a single, working mother having to decide on health care for her kids or rent… That’s pretty fucked up way of viewing the world. Those people are not victims if they have to pay more in taxes to help their fellow human beings. They are not, especially considering how those very same people get deep social benefits for putting in very little i…

[Mindysan33]

[davide405]

For brilliant work with a sharpie, in service to what makes the bOING bOING BBS the smartest forum on the interwebs

Everyone's investigating Google for antitrust violations...except California and Alabama

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[Mindysan33]

Piketty on the "Brahmin left" and the "merchant right"

There was a time when I might’ve jumped into this with an “it’s more nuanced than that” kind of reply, but that’s started to ring a bit hollow to me. As a white American born in the South, I’ve started to hear disturbing similarities between the sort of apology that claims there’s something more subtle going on in America than rank bigotry and the old canard among Confederate apologists that the Civil War was about something more nuanced than slavery. In either case of course there are finer …

[Wanderfound]

Piketty on the "Brahmin left" and the "merchant right"

okay, i relent. still, if anyone fits that bill, it’s the educated white folks. where else did libertarians come from? or the belief that we are post-racism? neither of these were the province of the working class; that’s all from college-educated whites. the magical thinking is that economic policy will fix social ills. that it’s possible to have virtue without actually confronting pain. perhaps people are finally waking up to the realization that corporate capitalism won’t work; but it’s …

[Mindysan33]

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[Mindysan33]

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/richard-stallman-resigns-from-mit-and-the-free-software-foundation/151608/62?u=mindysan33

[LutherBlisset]

Woman fights to keep her three emotional support monkeys

Monkeys are not pets. They’re highly intelligent wild animals and should not be kept in a house or apartment. They’re not domesticated, ie they’re not adapted to living with humans. They have needs she can’t possibly meet like companionship with the same species, exploration and foraging needs, etc. Just the fact that they’re wearing diapers… I mean. How on earth could they ever be accredited as support animals? I get that she probably feels comfort in having them around but I don’t see them bei…

So much this.
I can’t even take part in that discussion because I’m in between very angry and sad.

[DukeTrout]

Harvey Weinstein's "life ruined", his lawyer complains

As maddening as the “life ruined” concept is, I think this is even worse… “No matter what happens to Harvey Weinstein, he will pay the biggest price there is" This lawyer’s not just saying his life is “ruined”. She’s saying he’s paying a bigger “price” than any person that was sexual assaulted and any of the people that had their career ended by industry boycotts he led. I don’t think there’s an anger gif that’s angry enough.

Sums it up.

[Nightflyer]

Justin Trudeau wore brownface at a party in 2001 when he was a private school teacher

Some people here seem a little too interested in brushing this away, and relitigating other instances of bad behavior as being “not that bad, and you’re hurting our team.” You want to defend sexual harassment and racism, because the guys doing it are on “our” side? No, there is no “our” there. Defending those things means that you see me, and others even less privileged than me, as acceptable sacrifices, so long as you win. Just because someone does good, doesn’t mean that they also don’t do …

[Akimbo_NOT]

@orenwolf

Don’t be a dick in a vagina post.

This needs to be cast in bronze.