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[Kusand]

Anyone else been following the Trayvon Martin murder? What a fucking travesty that is. I can't believe Florida's laws make it likely this guy is going to walk.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archiv...killing/254776/

This post has been edited by Kusand: Mar 20 2012, 07:59 AM

[Alitaki]

Well hold on here. Does Geraldo mean all people should stop wearing hoodies or just black people? Because I wore a hoodie a hoodie to the gym last night. Thank god no one acted irrationally and overzealous!

[jkman61494]

Well hold on here. Does Geraldo mean all people should stop wearing hoodies or just black people? Because I wore a hoodie a hoodie to the gym last night. Thank god no one acted irrationally and overzealous!

He pretty much said any ethnicity or race that isn't white should not wear any hoodies. But according to Geraldo, if you're white, that's not an issue. In his eyes, you don't look like a criminal menace then.

Honestly, I am very sensitive on racism on both sides. I'm objective enough to question why it's ok for example, an African American couple to say on the HGTV show My First House that their priority is to move to a black community. Can you honestly imagine the storm hat would occur if a white couple said their priority is to move where whites are?

But how are people like Geraldo and Fox News allowed to just unashamedly racially profile someone without the FCC or someone getting involved. I know the first amendment, but really? If 140+ companies leave Rush for calling a woman a prostitute, I'd like to believe Fox News would lose advertisers for having an employee spew racist crap on live tv.

This post has been edited by jkman61494: Mar 23 2012, 02:54 PM

[Knight of Dight]

But how are people like Geraldo and Fox News allowed to just unashamedly racially profile someone without the FCC or someone getting involved. I know the first amendment, but really? If 140+ companies leave Rush for calling a woman a prostitute, I'd like to believe Fox News would lose advertisers for having an employee spew racist crap on live tv.

Because they're Fox News, that's why. People have kind of come to expect shit like this from that network. They don't like it, of course, but it's less of a shock than if it actually came from a reputable network.

And yes, the examples you gave are exactly why "political correctness" is such a ludicrous concept. Everything has a double-standard these days and you have to try very hard not to say something that is upsetting to some group of people. Someone, somewhere is always itching to "get upset" about something. To me, the word "controversy" has lost most of its meaning because it seems like it's used in relation to any kind of event that occurs these days.

This post has been edited by Knight of Dight: Mar 23 2012, 03:02 PM