Comments by "upabittoolate" (@upabittoolate) on "So Cal City Mayor Steps Down After Racist Image" video.

veronica, WHAT OTHER INTERPRETATION COULD THERE BE? you're not even being rational here. lookit. if you admit the presence of the stereotype then everything else follows. this is NOT brain surgery. it's blatant racism. he did it, he got caught. he got forced out of his job. what are you missing? i don't want to patronize you but you're being obtuse.
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may i present you with the cenk conundrum? even if you don't take it that way, can you not see how i (a black man) could? i'm not asking you to agree; i'm asking to appreciate the weight of how we (black people & anyone else with 2 functional braincells) took it? that's the issue
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weak sauce
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but it's often used as a black stereotype. the president is black. nuff said
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he's not from podunk nowhere. podunk nowhere doesn't exist anymore. we live in the age of multiculturalism & global networks. what i'm saying is that CA has too many people for him to say "i didn't know it'd be offensive". but your bush problem is a bit of a straw man for more than 1 reason. the main one being that bush rationally thinks he was right. if the mayor thought he was right, he'd still be behind that desk
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that's all fantastic but you don't know what it's like to devote yourself to perfecting an education & a trade but having someone still try to cut you down to subhuman; while you're doing humane work. yes, he's a racist. listen to the refrain. stop being so obtuse
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yes, you ARE being obtuse if you don't know obvious this one is. it's not about our silent suffering as much as it's about people's need to acknowledge what's been happening over the this country's historical course. only a fool would say "maybe he didn't know any better". you can't be an american, in 2009, beyond the age of reason & an elected official but not know that such an email was uncool. quit acting stupid veronica
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god bless you for not knowing the stereotypes. seriously. but you have to know that this has long been the practice of racists. they use this kind of language. he's a boldfaced liar if he claims to not know how it's offensive. i'm black, would you come into my house wearing blackface & not know you've offended me? would you call me nigger & not expect to get hurt?
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yes, you are younger than me. don't take this as pedantic luv, but i know more than you do. it's a fact. there will come a time in your life that you'll see someone & find yourself saying the same thing. i don't need to hold up anything as superior knowledge, i'll take my range of experience over your uninformed conjecture every time. every other person would as well if we're talking about a racial epithet. why? have you ever been called a nigger? have you ever been profiled? case closed
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jackson paid the price just like this guy did. why is it that now, you're against personal accountability?
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the moron is the man you see in the mirror. either way, i never said you were scared. i just dared you to make your jokes in person. black people tend to have flat noses. and if you think that the old adage about the fight being done after a broken nose is true, well then, you must not scrape too much. whatever man, it kinda sounds like fear on your part though. later. cobraman, er cowardboy
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i made no remarks about your gender or your race. i remarked about my own. i suppose reading comprehension is what's alien to you. i won't take any exception or issue but i'll accept your apology in advance. yes, i typed his dissertation. yes i understood because i was with him during most of the process. nevertheless, he sent an email, he's conversant enough that there's no acceptable excuse (esp. considering he's a mayor of a city in 2009). his lack of wisdom is established. so is his racism
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you're kinda young so i won't be mean. it's a stereotype. ask your parents. either way, he's representing for & acting in the best interests of a large group people. he can't lead & be a racist.
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sweetheart, i could have written a book on that. my father wrote his dissertation on that particular subject & it was my fast fingers that put it print. your assertion would be fine except he was a civic leader & he SENT AN EMAIL. game over. no, a resignation is not an admission of guilt but neither is a plea of no lo contendre. if he knew in his heart of hearts that he wasn't doing anything wrong, he'd still be residing over the city. don't be stupid veronica.
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having taken a look at that mayor & sized him up, i know for sure that he knew what he was doing & he's dim. his own citizens agreed. nuff said
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it's a stereotype used as a weapon to attack mr obama's race. what part are you missing? sure, watermelons are delicious. but saying that the white house lawn is gonna be turned into a watermelon patch & the president is black is rather obvious. it's the intent & the symbolic connotations associated with such "humor". don't you get that?
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wow, you really don't get it do you? that's fine keep your head up your ass. if you ever pull it out, if will be the *POP* heard 'round the world
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another case in point about this thread, you took your eye off the ball (accusations of passive aggressive sexism when I [James] did no such thing) while you were trying to be sardonic. now do i make excuses for that or do i hold you to full account? in all fairness, i think you'd say yes. if your answer IS yes. then you can't let the ex-mayor off the hook for what he "may not have known". do you feel what i'm saying yet?
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again, i know about racial perjoratives more than you do. would you be so obtuse to even deny that? have you ever been on an airplane & seen a woman clutch her purse (ON AN AIRPLANE)? have you watched people cross the street because they're afraid? have you ever smelled a people's fear? has anyone ever tried to tell you that you should be playing basketball instead of treating patients then see that person get indignant when you don't accept it as a compliment?...
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i did no such thing. i call men or women sweetheart. i call men or women my dear, my frind, mate, chum, sparky, dude, etc. you took a colloquialism & distilled sexism. i'm very glad you pointed that out too. that's the root of this argument. you'd accuse me of sexism when there is none. but you'd forgive him of racism because you think he doesn't know any better. do you see your own paradox?
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if at age 22, you know the stereotype then he knows the stereotype. he's the mayor of a town that's just outside the nations 2nd most populated city. there's no excusing that. to answer your question, i wouldn't send a racist email... EVER. yes, he realized it was racist. he's just dim
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it's interesting that you'd try to tell a black man about the truth of racism. thanks for your patronage but not thanks. i haven't dismissed anything. i'm trying to show you that THIS one is obvious. you'd have to be irrational to say otherwise. YES, i'm close to this situation. YES, i've grown weary of people assuming that i'm somehow, 2nd class because of a higher melanin concentration. YOU, are less qualified to talk about race because you didn't catch the obvious instance with that mayor
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i suppose that was an attempt at humor. i don't have big lips or dark skin. you're a buffoon for saying that. nevertheless, if you didn't get the analogy, just say that instead of trying to make racist jokes. better yet, why not make the same joke to a black man in person? go ahead. see how many chuckles it gets
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no, it adds up to your presentation of a very weak argument in order to satisfy benefit of the doubt. ultimately, it is sexist. yes, in the eyes of a racist, i'm more threatening than you & i'm targeted more than you. yes, i know it better than you do. i won't apologize for that. no, there's a fundamental difference between that mayor & me my dear: i don't do racist & claim to speak for the best interests of a large group of people. youth is sometimes a bitter pill but it's a reality.
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it's offensive because he used that stereotype as a weapon for a racial attack on president obama. a flag is just threads & ink. but if you hang it upside down or burn it or fly it lower than another flag, you're offending americans & we'll take it as disrespect with malice. (forgive me) c_nt is merely a four letter word but if you say it to a woman, you may offend her sensibility. "mojado" is just "moist" in spanish but if you call a chicano person by that word, be ready to fight. feel me?
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have you ever had a patient in an exam room try to shoo you away because they thought you were a janitor instead of the health care provider? have you ever had some crazy woman say that a large black man carved a "B" on her face & the only description is a 6'4", black man then find out it was a lie? was that you that she described? no. it was ME. you're goddamned right, i'm an expert on people trying to insult me on the basis of race. yes, i know more than you do
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i never said i had any authority. i said that my racism-o-meter has been used a little more than yours given my age, race & gender. you may be a minority but you're not targeted the way black men are in this country. you're not called "animal". i've lived enough to know that your experience, however diverse it may be, has failed you from seeing very simple truths. 1) talking racism to a black man is like arguing aspirin with a pharmacist; i know it more than you do.
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if it wasn't racist, he wouldn't feel the need to resign. would you plead guilty to a crime you didn't commit? would you quit your job because someone accused you of sexual harassment & you know, in your heart of hearts, that you did no such thing? be honest
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progressive is cool but are you black though? a better question: as a reasonable & rational person, don't you see how i (a black man) might take offense?
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that's not what i'm saying my dear. he's in an area where he's a little more aware. he's in an age of information technology. he's of the age grade where he knows better. the racism is self-evident. his stupidity is self evident. what i'm not understanding is how you're missing that fundament of this argument. if you acknowledge the stereotype then you MUST acknowledge how it's being used in an offensive way. evidence? he resigned; he knew it too. why are you missing that?
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i don't know what scares you. i said "make that joke to a black man in person". you can call me all the names you please... on the internet. but why don't you go tell your little jest to a man in the flesh then see how far you get. lemme know how that comes out for ya. laters
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