#103
Posted: 8/19/20 at 7:06pm
ViniFromBrazil said: "Look, I think most people have made their remarks about the topic and all, but I just can't help but wonder why a user popped up from nowhere specifically to post several tweets from Randy Rainbow in a highly controversial topic...
I mean, am I really the only one that finds it suspicious?"
No, you are not the only one. I have searched, but found nothing about this topic except for what has been posted here. That doesn't mean the info is not out there, of course. I exchanged with the OP, but those posts were deleted by BWW. Fair enough. But the fact that he refers to me as a "Boomer," and retitled his own thread to BoomerWorld, makes me question his motives here.
Non sibi sed patriae
#104
Posted: 8/19/20 at 7:22pm
Just seems like a boomer thing to defend racism and get your feelings hurt over being called a boomer is all. I apologize for the hurt it caused. Now it’s Randy’s turn.
That Daily Dot thing was published yesterday morning, but I realize you guys would rather see this as a conspriacy than see the faults in your heros.
#105
Posted: 8/19/20 at 7:40pm
Please don't lump all boomers together. Not a single boomer I know would say that these tweets were not racist nor offensive.
Moreover, none of them would say that the world or humor was different in 2010 - there is nothing in his tweets that were not just as racist or offensive in 2010 as they are today.
Nor in 1965, 1980, 1990, or 2000. Just ask a boomer.
#106
Posted: 8/19/20 at 7:41pm
RR has been such a fixture at BWW that it was inevitable that his trove of old tweets would be posted here eventually, whether it was by this specific OP or someone else.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#107
Posted: 8/19/20 at 7:50pm
theatrepersonNYC said: "Please don't lump all boomers together. Not a single boomer I know would say that these tweets were not racist nor offensive.
Moreover, none of them would say that the world or humorwas different in 2010 - there is nothing in his tweets that were not just asracist or offensive in 2010 as they are today.
Nor in 1965, 1980, 1990, or 2000. Justask a boomer."
You’re right. It was cruddy of me and I’m sorry. It was a reaction to Highland Guy posting (in now deleted posts) that I was a racist for saying “Me no think so.” He said I was making fun of people (he named a specific race!) who are ESL and I pointed out that racists usually wind up telling on themselves.
I won’t use Boomer as insult here again. My grandparents are boomers and they are pretty okay. 
Updated On: 8/19/20 at 07:50 PM
#108
Posted: 8/19/20 at 8:00pm
Wow, those tweets are not only racist but they're so unfunny. How embarrassing for him! But you know the old adage "You reap what you sow" and the other one: "Karma comes back to bite you on the behind" - He will and it does.
Updated On: 8/19/20 at 08:00 PM
#109
Posted: 8/19/20 at 8:07pm
CarlosAlberto said: "Wow, those tweets are not only racist but they're so unfunny. How embarrassing for him! But you know the old adage "You reap what you sew" and the other one: "Karma comes back to bite you on the behind" -He will and it does."
You reap what you sow
Non sibi sed patriae
#111
Posted: 8/19/20 at 8:12pm
Highland Guy said: "CarlosAlberto said: "Wow, those tweets are not only racist but they're so unfunny. How embarrassing for him! But you know the old adage "You reap what you sew" and the other one: "Karma comes back to bite you on the behind" -He will and it does."
You reap what you sow
Corrected. Thank you.
#112
Posted: 8/19/20 at 8:14pm
Wow his tweets are very disappointing, to put it mildly.
I absolutely don’t believe in cancel culture, and I hope he apologises and we can move on. It beggars belief he didn’t delete them years ago.
I absolutely don’t believe in cancel culture, and I hope he apologises and we can move on. It beggars belief he didn’t delete them years ago.
#113
Posted: 8/19/20 at 8:17pm
Same As It Ever Was said: "Just seems like a boomer thing to defend racism and get your feelings hurt over being called a boomer is all. I apologize for the hurt it caused. Now it’s Randy’s turn.
That Daily Dot thing was published yesterday morning, but I realize you guys would rather see this as a conspriacy than see the faults in your heros."
As I see it, no one should take at face value anything that seems righteous... be it an apology from Randy Rainbow, OR you as a poster to suddenly appear with many posts about Randy freaking Rainbow... you know, the world's complex...
#114
Posted: 8/19/20 at 8:21pm
Dear Randy Rainbow Apologists,
Please be advised that it was never okay to be racist or transphobic and post jokes on social media that reflected those sentiments ten years ago. It was not okay ten years ago and it most certainly is not okay now!
It is never okay to be racist or transphobic. PERIOD.
#115
Posted: 8/19/20 at 8:55pm
I am not defending Randy Rainbow. Here is the twitter page that could be the origin for exposing him.
https://twitter.com/spookperson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1295479922790502400%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailydot.com%2Funclick%2Frandy-rainbow-tweets%2F
#116
Posted: 8/19/20 at 9:22pm
Dolly80 said: "Wow his tweets are very disappointing, to put it mildly.
I absolutely don’t believe in cancel culture, and I hope he apologises and we can move on. It beggars belief he didn’t delete them years ago."
I absolutely don’t believe in cancel culture, and I hope he apologises and we can move on. It beggars belief he didn’t delete them years ago."
Y'all are free to move on, but the thousands of marginalized people's backs he built his racist career on probably wont be able to. Lmao. I for one am not ready to move on after his apology (that he still hasn't issued, despite deleting the tweets and liking praise for his latest video on Twitter.)
I wanna see the monthly donations he'll be making to The Okra Project. I wanna see him give his BroadwayWorld show (or whatever it is) to a black trans person.
Do you know how many white celebrities just fully do not have racist pasts? Do you know how many cis celebrities have known to never say the T slur? Like......many of them. Some of y'all still do not get it.
They/them.
"Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."
#117
Posted: 8/19/20 at 9:56pm
Same As It Ever Was said: "This board is weird."
I love you.
#118
Posted: 8/19/20 at 10:09pm
Owen22 said: "Same As It Ever Was said: "This board is weird."
I love you.
"
Stick to this thread then, it might be his only contribution to the board...
#119
Posted: 8/19/20 at 10:17pm
People need to blame the messenger. Tale as old as time.
Updated On: 8/19/20 at 10:17 PM
#120
Posted: 8/19/20 at 10:39pm
CarlosAlberto said: "Dear Randy Rainbow Apologists,
Please be advised that it was neverokay to be racist or transphobic and post jokes on social media that reflected those sentimentsten years ago. It was not okay ten years ago and it most certainlyis not okay now!
It is never okay to be racist or transphobic. PERIOD."
The key word here is context. Words have no meaning outside of their context. As I have said before, it was not ok to traffic in words and ideas that were at the expense of others 50 years ago. RR was born into a world in which we knew better than to make jokes that exploited prejudice and made bigots feel like they were validated. RR entered 2020 knowing that his cruel jokes that have been highlighted in this thread were still out there and he did nothing to address his past. In the last 72 hours nothing he has done suggests that he gets it. We have been talking lately about systemic racism. This, friends, is what we are talking about. Face it. Reject it. Stop apologizing for it. Some of what I am reading in this thread is beyond pathetic.
#121
Posted: 8/19/20 at 11:08pm
So, he said all this. He never bothered to delete it until today. He didn't care about hurting or offending every single person he targeted. So, don't give him space here at Broadway World. Don't watch his videos. Don't make threads highlighting his videos so he gets more attention.
So, Rob and the rest of the staff: You have a choice to make. When you proclaimed "Black Lives Matter", did you mean it? When you proclaim that you stand with LGBQIA+ people, did you mean it? If so, please don't pay, employ, or give a platform to a man that says racist, homophobic, Islamophobic, sexist, violent, horrifying statements that are not jokes. There is nothing funny about that man. Nothing at all.
I wanna see him give his BroadwayWorld show (or whatever it is) to a black trans person.
Amazing idea. This man will never issue a genuine apology. Your move, BWW.
Updated On: 8/19/20 at 11:08 PM
#122
Posted: 8/19/20 at 11:37pm
Time has an inverse relationship with contrition. It seems the oxygen has just about escaped here. 'tis a shame.
#123
Posted: 8/19/20 at 11:45pm
Hogan is right, and as I poked fun at another ATC poster earlier, this person also has it right:
https://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat_new/d.php?id=2495244
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#124
Posted: 8/20/20 at 3:31am
CindersGolightly said: "Dolly80 said: "Wow his tweets are very disappointing, to put it mildly.
I absolutely don’t believe in cancel culture, and I hope he apologises and we can move on. It beggars belief he didn’t delete them years ago."
Y'all are free to move on, but the thousands of marginalized people's backs he built his racist career on probably wont be able to. Lmao. I for one am not ready to move on after his apology (that he still hasn't issued, despite deleting the tweets and liking praise for his latest video on Twitter.)
I wanna see the monthly donations he'll be making to The Okra Project. I wanna see him give his BroadwayWorld show (or whatever it is) to a black trans person.
Do you know how many white celebrities just fully do not have racist pasts? Do you know how many cis celebrities have known to never say the T slur? Like......many of them. Some of y'all still do not get it."
To be fair, I’m pretty sure he built his career on his Trump videos- not these racist tweets.
#125
Posted: 8/20/20 at 3:39am
The racist tweets were barely read by the look of the twitter stats. There is a certain irony that exposing them could actually make people more offended than they originally did.
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
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