Does anyone remember the movie with robert downey jr where he was in blackface?
Curious to hear what everyone thought.
Just saw this tweet: "Remember, it's not racist unless conservative white people say it's racist."
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Well, that's just good sense.
I'm getting a little tired of threads that seem to only exist to stir up arguments.
Well this thread was edited heavily.
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I'm guessing there was originally substantial banter between TD's post and Jordan's post? Is that what was scrubbed?? Such a shame, if so. Wouldn't it be nice if the Moderators had to disclose a reason any time they mysteriously cleaned up a thread?
It might be nice to get a PM or something, because then you would know not to do it again. In theory.
Unfortunately it seems as though what got deleted is partially from someone who won't get it or care.
This really wreaks of a desperate publicity stunt.
She's a Mormon and a Republican. What else needs to be said.
^ wow, just wow. talk about pure hate ^
She's a Russian and an idiot. What else needs to be said.
^ wow, just wow. talk about pure hate ^
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction - Martin Luther King Jr
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Mormons are the worst.
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I sincerely doubt it was a publicity stunt. I think she's just stupid.
from everything ive seen and heard she is genuinely a nice person. whether you think it outragous or not is certainly up for debate but i dont think anyone could say there was any hate or mocking involved. She is probably a person who is colorblind, who doesnt see color and therefore was not aware that it could be offending. I can understand that.
I havent heard the actress she portrayed, or the creator of the character have expressed outrage or condemned her. they would be the ones to consider most.
Stupid would be a compliment.
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Here's a handy flow chart that takes in all the nuances, including intent , racist or not, and whether or not you are "an ice person" to help you understand whether or not you should don blackface:
Should you wear black face this Halloween? --------------> No.
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If no, but what if you are "not racist at all"? ------> especially NO
What if you're a "Russian"?
...or an internet troll?
Why don't you get original material...?
Bootlegging is a hard habit to break.
This is a friend's boyfriend, who went as Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus as Sergeant Lincoln Osiris in Tropic Thunder. Would this be in bad taste even though Downey's character, Lazarus, is actually white, but his character in the movie-within-a-movie, Osiris, is supposed to be black? (This is also in Massachusetts.)
I'd say yes. It's a very obscure plot point in a movie. So, I am sure that most people won't get it and would be understandably offended.
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