Kanye West knows he did something very wrong when...

[Sharwood]

Because he is a "hip" president. Seriously, it is only a matter of time before he attends one or something similar.

Couldn't possibly beat Bill Clinton going to Wrestlemania, and actually allowing himself to be used as part of a storyline. That was awesome!

I've known Kanye was a jackarse ever since I first heard his, ahem, 'music.' I really did wish he'd get on his knees... Then get shot in the back of the head, execution-style. Maybe we can get that now. Better late than never.

 

[IglooDame]

Couldn't possibly beat Bill Clinton going to Wrestlemania, and actually allowing himself to be used as part of a storyline. That was awesome!

I've known Kanye was a jackarse ever since I first heard his, ahem, 'music.' I really did wish he'd get on his knees... Then get shot in the back of the head, execution-style. Maybe we can get that now. Better late than never.

You want to make a martyr out of him (even moreso than he's already tried, that is)?

 

[LucyDuke]

My point on the race thing was basically this.

If the president was white I wonder how long it would take for him to be called out as a racist for calling Kanye West a jackass.

Right! Just like how all the other white people that have called him worse than "jackass" are being called rasists now!

Oh wait. Rasism has nothing to do with this.

 

[Sharwood]

You want to make a martyr out of him (even moreso than he's already tried, that is)?

That, right there, symbolises everything that's wrong with society.

Right! Just like how all the other white people that have called him worse than "jackass" are being called rasists now!

Oh wait. Rasism has nothing to do with this.

Of course you'd say that. You're a rasist.

 

[Aleenik]

Right! Just like how all the other white people that have called him worse than "jackass" are being called rasists now!

Oh wait. Rasism has nothing to do with this.

I was talking about the president, not non presidents.
Of course it has nothing to do with race, that's my point.
Many people it seems try to turn things into being about race and attack some one using racism as their excuse.

And I was saying this because everything seems to be turned into racism, so I figured it shoot and say I bet people would attack a white president as racist if he said something like that.

 

[holy king]

you're not exactly the brightest candle on the cake, huh?

 

[J-man]

I think too much has been said about this already...
OK it was very rude but he apologized and it isn't a really big deal. Case closed

And perhaps this thread should be merged with this one?: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=335260

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Ya its crazy that Wilson is being called a racist.
What he did was wrong, but seriously people like the democrats(Who are preparing to introduce a resolution of disapproval against Wilson today, instead of worrying about important things like o...I dunno, Health care or the wars in the middle east.)Need to move on, there is nothing to suggest what he did was racially motivated.

I'm sure the whole "southern white republican" fact is running through people's minds. Not mine, I just think he's a loudmouthed demagogic reactionary, but I can see where people might assume such things, despite a lack of proof.

Seriously, the guy apologized, lets move on.
Did Harry Reed face this kind of criticism when he yelled that Bush lied? He didn't even apologize and he didn't have to go through a resolution of disapproval and all this other crap.

The difference is that everyone already knew Bush lied. There is no evidence that Obama has done so about the issue he was accused of lying about.

 

[Patroklos]

I'm sure the whole "southern white republican" fact is running through people's minds. Not mine, I just think he's a loudmouthed demagogic reactionary, but I can see where people might assume such things, despite a lack of proof.

Yes, such people are in fact bigots as you suggest.

The difference is that everyone already knew Bush lied. There is no evidence that Obama has done so about the issue he was accused of lying about.

Just in case anyone was tempted at taking the outrage of the left seriously, in comes Cheezy to disuade them!

 

[JollyRoger]

Many people it seems try to turn things into being about race and attack some one using racism as their excuse.

And I was saying this because everything seems to be turned into racism, so I figured it shoot and say I bet people would attack a white president as racist if he said something like that.

You do realize that you are doing what you complain of?

 

[nonconformist]

Obama don't care bout black people.

 

[Aleenik]

You do realize that you are doing what you complain of?

I mean people use it to attack people and stuff, I'm not using it to attack anyone. I'm saying I bet there would be people would would use it to attack say the president, if he was white.

 

[LucyDuke]

I was talking about the president, not non presidents.
Of course it has nothing to do with race, that's my point.
Many people it seems try to turn things into being about race and attack some one using racism as their excuse.

And I was saying this because everything seems to be turned into racism, so I figured it shoot and say I bet people would attack a white president as racist if he said something like that.

I know what you were talking about. I was telling you you're wrong. It has nothing to do with race and it would be idiotic to try to make it about race. Doesn't matter who it is.

 

[Yared]

Would he be called racist if he was white?

Only by the anti-Obama right wing who do everything they can to smear his name.

But by serious media? Nah.

 

[Dumanios]

Probably...

 

[MobBoss]

I think too much has been said about this already...
OK it was very rude but he apologized and it isn't a really big deal. Case closed

And perhaps this thread should be merged with this one?: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=335260

Except he has a track history of this kind of thing. Whats the good in apologizing if your not actually going to change your behavior?

 

[civ_king]

I find jackass a good description of what Kanye did

 

[J-man]

Except he has a track history of this kind of thing. Whats the good in apologizing if your not actually going to change your behavior?

Good point but I meant that there are more pressing problems in the world then this, it's being 'over exposed'.

I find jackass a good description of what Kanye did

Yeah it is. I think it's pretty cool Obama said this.

 

[Holycannoli]

Apparently Wilson also yelled out at Obama the other day because he is a racist too. There can be no other explaination right? Right?

Seriously, I just listened to an audio montage of about 30 prime time pundits claim that.

I heard a democrat today say that maybe we'll have people in white sheets running around again. Something like that.

It was Hank Johnson, just looked it up:


Link to video.

Talking about using racism as a political tool! Like I said, we are going to be hearing cries of racism straight through the next presidential election.

(most people, on both sides of the aisle, do not agree with this idiot, but that's not gonna stop future idiots from saying the same sorts of things)

Obama was 100% correct in calling Kanye West a jackass. I really do hope he gets boycotted. There's no way to defend what he did. What a douche.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Yes, such people are in fact bigots as you suggest.

Read my post again. I didn't say that.