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BET should be ashamed of themselves. [W:44]

rocket88 said:
Do you make it a habit of watching BET? I'm just wondering how you found out.
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It's a rightwing talking point all over the rightwing blogosphere. He probably saw this during his morning pilgrimage to Breitbart.
 
You need to a moron to enjoy BET programming regularly. It's full of crap. So why should you care what crap they put out to begin with?
 
Cephus said:
And what makes you think he's personally responsible for any of this? BET has been around a lot longer than Obama.
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I sure no one on the Left or in the media will blame him 'personally' He gets blamed for NOTHING. NOTHING is his fault in their eyes.

Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'

Obama: Police who arrested professor 'acted stupidly'

2 off the top of my head.
 
WCH said:
I sure no one on the Left or in the media will blame him 'personally' He gets blamed for NOTHING. NOTHING is his fault in their eyes.

Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'

Obama: Police who arrested professor 'acted stupidly'

2 off the top of my head.
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I fault him for attempting to compromise with the weirdo tea party occupation forces in Congresses, rather than attacking them relentlessly for their bizarre and extremist positions. I blame him for not making fun of Boehner and his phony tan and phony rhetoric. I blame him for not pointing out that Mitch McConnell is a freak.

Will that do?
 
head of joaquin said:
It's a rightwing talking point all over the rightwing blogosphere. He probably saw this during his morning pilgrimage to Breitbart.
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Sorry to disappoint you, but I have not seen or read any other opinion on this issue and in fact didn't even know about this program until sharon mentioned it on another thread last night...

Now assuming of course that your only interest in posting here wasn't just to sling partisan insults, do you have an opinion on this? Do you think that all people regardless of race, should be held to the same societal standards? If so, then in your view what should that standard be... the standard that BET and the black community are held to, or the standards that the rest of us are held to?
 
head of joaquin said:
I fault him for attempting to compromise with the weirdo tea party occupation forces in Congresses, rather than attacking them relentlessly for their bizarre and extremist positions. I blame him for not making fun of Boehner and his phony tan and phony rhetoric. I blame him for not pointing out that Mitch McConnell is a freak.

Will that do?
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Sure but, you're not a TV station that caters to a particular race and perpetuates racism among that race.

IMO, Obama's actions/words or lack thereof have set race relations back several decades. A lot of folks of all races have learned to hate again.

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Obama
 
Grim17 said:
I'll assume that you are in favor of double standards and unequal treatment then.
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you are free to assume what you like, your exposed, biased opinion is meaningless to honest, educated, objective posters around here :shrug:
 
AGENT J said:
you are free to assume what you like, your exposed, biased opinion is meaningless to honest, educated, objective posters around here :shrug:
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I see... You are so far above me intellectually, that it's beneath you to express your opinion and point out the error of my ways.

Thanks for gracing us with your presence and sorry to trouble you with my inferior drivel.
 
Grim17 said:
1.)I see... You are so far above me intellectually, that it's beneath you to express your opinion and point out the error of my ways.
2.) thanks for gracing us with your presence and sorry to trouble you with my inferior drivel.
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1.) not always, not when im bored and need entertainment proving you wrong like i have done before
2.) your aplogize is accepted but not really needed, we need good entertainment around here when honest debate and conversation isnt goin on
 
WCH said:
I sure no one on the Left or in the media will blame him 'personally' He gets blamed for NOTHING. NOTHING is his fault in their eyes.

Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'

Obama: Police who arrested professor 'acted stupidly'

2 off the top of my head.
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So what? Something tells me you've got a hard on for Obama hate.
 
AGENT J said:
1.) not always, not when im bored and need entertainment proving you wrong like i have done before
2.) your aplogize is accepted but not really needed, we need good entertainment around here when honest debate and conversation isnt goin on
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Just as I though, nothing... Have a nice day.
 
Grim17 said:
Just as I though, nothing... Have a nice day.
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LMAO nice try everyone here see you :shrug:
nothing needs done you lost in post 8
 
Grim17 said:
Believe me, I know what racism is.
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If your OP is any indication, then no, you don't.

The fact that BET and the black community determined right from the beginning that Martin, simply because of his race, is the victim and Zimmerman is the bad guy who needs to be convicted of murder, says it all... You can call it what ever you like, but it is what it is.
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First, "the black community" didn't do anything. I'll give you that many, if not most, blacks are sympathetic toward Martin though. Second, the notion that black people who have rallied around Martin did so simply because of his race is erroneous. The fact that he was an unarmed teenager not doing anything wrong when he was spotted by Zimmerman has much to do with it as well. To say otherwise is preposterous.

It was my impression that black people did not want to be judged, or discriminated against by the color of their skin... According to you, that is only the wish of "white Americans", which is news to me.
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Not wanting to be judged and discriminated against because of skin color is separate from wanting "colorblindness" as societal constant. Perhaps, many black people want "colorblindness" is particular contexts, but many of them certainly do not as a general rule.

Let me also rephrase what I said... BET is presenting Martin as a victim when there's been no trial, so if Zimmerman was the victim here and was only defending himself, their pronounced support of Martin is an attempt to change public opinion, which can taint jurors and subvert justice.
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Oh please. Where were you various television programs decided that OJ, Casey Anthony, the Tsarnaev brothers, Jodi Arias, Jerry Sandusky, Drew Peterson, Josh Powell and others were guilty before their trials? "Innocent until proven guilty" is a standard that only courts are required to uphold. The rest of us, including BET, can do and say whatever the hell we want. Nobody is subverting justice. It's the court's job to find an untainted jury. If they can't, then congratulations George Zimmerman because you get a mistrial.

You believe what you want to believe, but I've followed this case and seen the reactions from the black community and their leaders. We've been down this road before, and lord help us if Zimmerman is found not guilty.
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LOL. A white person invoking fear of angry black people. How original. Keep your women indoors, everybody.

My distaste for racism is based on my values and beliefs, and has nothing to do with politics. If you don't like it, that's too GD bad...
If you don't like me quoting MLK, that's too GD bad...
If you think what I believe is BS and don't like it, that's too GD bad...
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First, I can't imagine how you have a distaste for racism when you don't even appear to know what racism is. Second, this has nothing to do with what I "like", this has to do with you and several other white conservative men misusing MLK's words in a stupid manner. And guess what? It doesn't help the stereotype about how conservatives feel about black people.

If you think it's stupid for me to want people to stop judging others based on race, than I think you have let your political beliefs replace your morals.
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I didn't say that it was stupid of you to want people to stop judging others based on race. I said it looked stupid and is stupid to misuse MLK's words in order to support your BS positions. Get it right.
 
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ThePlayDrive said:
LOL. A white person invoking fear of angry black people. How original. Keep your women indoors, everybody.
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I didn't realize that Marc Lamont Hill was white?

When did that happen?


First, I can't imagine how you have a distaste for racism when you don't even appear to know what racism is.
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Then how about you tell me what you call people who choose one persons side over another in a dispute, based not on right and wrong, or on the facts, but based on the race of that individual?



Second, this has nothing to do with what I "like", this has to do with you and several other white conservative men misusing MLK's words in a stupid manner.
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Then why don't you tell me exactly what King's actual quote means then:

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."​

Was he not saying that he wanted future generations of black people to be judged by society based on their actions and character, rather than on the color of their skin?

Do you think King dreamed of a double standard and wanted this to only apply to how white people judged black people... Or do you think he wanted this standard to apply everyone and wanted race to no longer be used as a method on which to judge a person?

I did not misuse Kings words.



And guess what? It doesn't help the stereotype about how conservatives feel about black people.
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I guess wanting to eliminate racial predjudices from our society is a sure sign of hatred for black people...

I certainly can't argue that logic.

<sarcasm off>



I didn't say that it was stupid of you to want people to stop judging others based on race. I said it looked stupid and is stupid to misuse MLK's words in order to support your BS positions. Get it right.
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Tell me the position I am supporting that you feel is BS?
 
JackFrost said:
You find BET talking about Trayvon Martin as a person and/or a human being sad and disturbing?
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Yes Jack, that is exactly what my post said... I guess expecting an honest reply from you was expecting a bit too much.
 
Grim17 said:
It's too bad you have to resort to dishonesty to prop up your obviously flawed beliefs.
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How am I being dishonest? The second anyone thinks of Trayvon as a person and voices it, you go off on them, sometimes starting threads like this. Examples include:

-The President of the United States
-BET
-Myself and other DP users

I am probably missing a whole lot, but you get the idea.
 
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