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"All Black People" Asked to Leave S. Jersey Wal-Mart

Blackdog said:
Could not have put it better myself.

Don't get me wrong either. What Jallman did was funny, he did not know the family was behind him and the family did over react if they were giving him the evil eye.

The announcement over the PA was just so wrong.

I grew up in segregated Chicago, it's not funny.
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No. There was nothing funny about what Jallman did and the very fact he couldn't be man enough to turn around and apologize to that family says a lot about him as a person.
 
texmaster said:
As long as you have no problem being a raging hypocrite go right ahead.
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So you are saying they're the same?

LOL I've never claimed to be tolerant of everything unlike some of you and I certainly never used black racial history as a comparison to homosexual plight in this country.

Is this really that hard for you to grasp? Seriously?
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So you're saying that you are a hypocrite. Okay.
 
RightinNYC said:
So you are saying they're the same?
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Not a bit but as I said you have as well as your buddies have. That's the hypocrisy.

So you're saying that you are a hypocrite. Okay.
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How am I being a hypocrite? I never once claimed I was tolerant of everything.
 
I did not find it funny at all. If it was an employee he should be fired. It wasn't the store's fault, however, and a boycott is an over reaction and probably will make the situation worse. But funny? Not at all.
 
The reason that some people laugh is that it hurts (ref: "Stranger In A Strange Land")

One of my favorite movies was "The Jerk" with Steve Martin. Sometimes the only way to the truth is through humor.
 
LiberalAvenger said:
The reason that some people laugh is that it hurts (ref: "Stranger In A Strange Land")

One of my favorite movies was "The Jerk" with Steve Martin. Sometimes the only way to the truth is through humor.
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Can you shed some light into this post? It hurts who? The person laughing? If so, in what way does it hurt?
 
Throughout "Stranger In A Strange Land" novel, the Martian (stranger) keeps asking why people laugh. The Martian, who was human was born and raised on Mars.

Upon arrival on earth it is a question he keeps asking over and over (Why do people laugh?). I guess the point is that humor is an escape mechanism to rid ourselves of the pain of humor.

If you stop to think of it this seems true:stooges.

[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land]Stranger in a Strange Land - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
 
Growing up in a rural part of San Diego County CA. with people of many races I was never exposed to the racism that I learned about from the problems I saw on TV during the civil right conflicts of the 60s.

I have had friends and employees from every ethnic walk of life and sexual persuasion. In fact my best friend who my children refereed to as uncle was from a minority. I was given the privilege of being beat man at his wedding.

I have always judged people based on there performance human beings and or employees and to this day can't understand why people are racists.

When I was younger the big thing for a time was Polish jokes, and there were jokes about how the first thing the French Army during WW II was taught was how to surrender.

I didn't know that people from Japan were Japanese, because all i ever heard as a kid was Damn Japs, because my Dad and all the men of the day were Vets.

It still didn't affect my treatment of people as individuals. that was up to them.

Some of the posts are funny but I can understand that this incident is upsetting to some people but as was said by another. I believe that an over reaction to the stupid act of one person is not a reflection of the Nation as a whole or the Store where this took place.

Never forget the Tawana Brawley case from 1987 when a HOAX created such a mess and it turned out she was lying to cover her own misdeeds that could have lead to a great deal of death and destruction.

Had it been up to Al Sharpton we would have had riots in the streets across America.
 
Councilman said:
Growing up in a rural part of San Diego County CA. with people of many races I was never exposed to the racism that I learned about from the problems I saw on TV during the civil right conflicts of the 60s.

I have had friends and employees from every ethnic walk of life and sexual persuasion. In fact my best friend who my children refereed to as uncle was from a minority. I was given the privilege of being beat man at his wedding.

I have always judged people based on there performance human beings and or employees and to this day can't understand why people are racists.

When I was younger the big thing for a time was Polish jokes, and there were jokes about how the first thing the French Army during WW II was taught was how to surrender.

I didn't know that people from Japan were Japanese, because all i ever heard as a kid was Damn Japs, because my Dad and all the men of the day were Vets.

It still didn't affect my treatment of people as individuals. that was up to them.

Some of the posts are funny but I can understand that this incident is upsetting to some people but as was said by another. I believe that an over reaction to the stupid act of one person is not a reflection of the Nation as a whole or the Store where this took place.

Never forget the Tawana Brawley case from 1987 when a HOAX created such a mess and it turned out she was lying to cover her own misdeeds that could have lead to a great deal of death and destruction.

Had it been up to Al Sharpton we would have had riots in the streets across America.
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That's because Al Sharpton is a racist. There are racists on both sides of the issue who exploit it for money.
 
Councilman said:
I started out being serious here and then in the first response Reverend_Hellh0und blew that right out of the water and I have to admit what was said was funny.

We were off to the races from there, however all the joy left Mudville when I saw this the above post and the mental picture came into focus. I thought I have seen the spandex woman and does she get around.

At that point I felt sad followed immediately by being sort of sick to my stomach and then the thought of the woman trying to reach her goal of 1000 lbs popped into my head and how her Mr. Lucky supports her effort.

Now it's like a song you can't get out of your head. I think they call them flash backs. I'm having spandex flash backs.

Thanks pal.
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SUrely you know of the peopleofwalmart website...

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1069 said:
If children laughed, it was no doubt out of confusion, discomfort, and fear.
As a parent, I can't imagine having to explain that one.

"It was supposed to be a joke."
"But why is it funny? I don't get it."[/QUOTE]

That has kinda been my response. IF it was supposed to be a joke it obviously wasnt very funny.

I really DONT understand how anyone could consider the event 'funny' and I have a pretty seriously dark sense of humor...

Still...people are what people are...and SOME people (of EVERY race) are ignorant and racist and make stupid comments. (referring to the person making the comment at WalMart). On reflection...I have a nephew that I could EASILY see being the culprit here...and it wouldnt have been 'racist' to him...just a product of an immature sense of humor and a lack of a developed frontal lobe to filter out right and wrong choices.
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My friend Poncho (black man, ex-marine, who does building maintenance on Thursdays) came into my office this morning with a newspaper. He said "do you want to read something hilarious"? Then he flipped open the paper to the "Walmart incident".

We both laughed. I told him I heard about it yesterday. We laughed again. It's just silly business.

I do have a concern about black children who may have been puzzled, and their parents struggling for a response to them. I have a Mulatto grand-daughter that's 11. I would have hated to have to explain the joke to her. But, I think that I would have been able to at her current age.

Hey, it's a lot better than the Cracker Barrel and Denny's episodes of the recent past. They were serious.
 
The people who are boycotting the store and coming here, getting all bent out of shape over a prank, are the punch line.

You're hysteria is what makes this funny.
 
Jerry said:
The people who are boycotting the store and coming here, getting all bent out of shape over a prank, are the punch line.

You're hysteria is what makes this funny.
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for the record...

People that express 'approval' and think it is 'funny'...just good natured folk.

People that disagree (and I dont think anyone has advocated grabbing up pitch forks and torches or called for a boycott) and dont think it was funny..."getting all bent out of shape...hysteria..."

okiedokie then...
 
I wasn't there, so I don't know the level of "funny". I know my first reaction wasn't laughing and it wasn't anger...it was, "What the hell is wrong with people - way to look like an idiot".

I'm sure it was someone playing what they saw was a prank, but I've always found it odd that normally the people that pull pranks like this are the first ones to get their skivies in a knot when the tables are turned.

It's only funny if they aren't talking about you - kind of thing.
 
VanceMack said:
for the record...

People that express 'approval' and think it is 'funny'...just good natured folk.

People that disagree (and I dont think anyone has advocated grabbing up pitch forks and torches or called for a boycott) and dont think it was funny..."getting all bent out of shape...hysteria..."

okiedokie then...
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Posts like that are exactly what I'm talking about :lol:
 
TheGirlNextDoor said:
I wasn't there, so I don't know the level of "funny". I know my first reaction wasn't laughing and it wasn't anger...it was, "What the hell is wrong with people - way to look like an idiot".

I'm sure it was someone playing what they saw was a prank, but I've always found it odd that normally the people that pull pranks like this are the first ones to get their skivies in a knot when the tables are turned.

It's only funny if they aren't talking about you - kind of thing.
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I actually would have found it even funnier if they HAD been talking about me.

If they would have said, "All the mouthy, slutty bitches leave the store." I would have LOL'd
 
rivrrat said:
I actually would have found it even funnier if they HAD been talking about me.

If they would have said, "All the mouthy, slutty bitches leave the store." I would have LOL'd
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Huh.

I guess it's all in the delivery. When you hear the above joke in your head, are you imagining the voice of George Carlin or David Cross or somebody?
 
Cardinal said:
Huh.

I guess it's all in the delivery. When you hear the above joke in your head, are you imagining the voice of George Carlin or David Cross or somebody?
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It's just the absurdity of the whole situation that makes it amusing. It's the fact that you KNOW they can't be serious that makes one realize that it's a ****ing joke. It's the ability to laugh at oneself that makes it amusing. It's the ability to laugh at absurdity. The ability to take a joke. The tendency to NOT be so ****ing serious and be offended at everything that makes it amusing.

In my scenario and armed with Jerry's info regarding the ease of use of the intercoms, I would have considered a retaliation. picking up the phone and saying something along the lines of "On behalf of all of the mouthy, slutty bitches here, come and make us." Or maybe, "Grouping up all of the sluts isn't going to increase your chances of getting laid."

Anywho... Every-****ing-person in this country KNOWS that 'blacks leave the store' could NOT have been an official message from Wal-Mart. We ALL KNOW this. Therefore, it was a prank. That would have been immediately evident anyone with a ****ing brain. Armed with that knowledge, it's quite easy to find humor in it.
 
it's not funny. whoever made that announcement is a racist idiot.
 
Jerry said:
The people who are boycotting the store and coming here, getting all bent out of shape over a prank, are the punch line.

You're hysteria is what makes this funny.
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Well, all I can say is it was a prank that obviously wasn't appreciated by some people, specifically blacks/African Americans like myself. As a man, I was surprised to read such racist foolishness, but as a Black man I'm offended; even moreso by the response by many here who honestly think something like this was funny.

What I'd like to know is how are those who took offense to this racist act the punch line? I mean, if the situation was reversed I think most white people would take offense as well. So, how is it that those who are now boycotting suddenly the people in the wrong here? Granted, as I understand the situation it wasn't Walmart's fault, but the incident happened in one of their stores so they have to take responsibility for it, right or wrong. Regardless, how are those who are boycotting that or any other Walmart store now in the wrong for showing their displeasure for standig up against a racist act?

Overkill? Maybe...but that still doesn't place the victims of racism in the wrong.
 
disneydude said:
I never said that...I just said that I choose not to shop in the same stores.....
But I also think that ugly people often choose to keep themselves that way. As anyone who knows me could tell you, my scale of good looking people is quite wide. I find about 90% of the population attractive. Its only when people make no effort, which appeared to me to be the case of the people that I saw in Wal-Mart.
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I agree with ethereal... your arrogance shows by your comment.
 
I didn't really think it was funny. I know if I were there and I heard an announcement that said "All white/black/Chinese/Mexican people leave now", my first reaction would be "great, some idiot got their hands on the intercom". The exception would be if they mentioned Irish in some way, so close to St. Patty's day. Then I'd laugh because I would just assume it was some joke. My second would be "well maybe I should leave just in case some racist guy of said race plans on shooting everyone else in the store". I'll admit, I'm kinda paranoid. As soon as the supervisor apologized, I would have thought "good they got the mike away from the idiot", of course I still might have left the store, from that whole paranoia thing.

I think it's funny now how everyone is overreacting to what seems to have been some stupid prank. It's not Walmart's fault that idiots sometimes get lucky. They'll most likely find out who it is, if it's an employee, they'll fire him. No matter if it was an employee or not, they'll probably ban him from Walmart.
 
Jerry said:
Posts like that are exactly what I'm talking about :lol:
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That you find that post hysteria is hysterical! :2wave:
 
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