Newt's not racist. If he was racist he'd be supportive abortions for minorities.

Cubansaltyballs: Why would he want abort them? That would decimate the labor pool for janitors, shoe shines, and rappers with big lips and bling.

To the contrary, less minorities means less competition for those coveted jobs. It's simple supply and demand.

Speaking of being factually incorrect. Watch any interview with Stephen Spielberg about "Red Tails" and you will hear him say that he had to pay for it because Hollywood refused to fund a movie with an all black cast.

Actually part of our platform is aborting black babies. We've never made that secret.

timujin: Black people have no role models? Um...
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also, that douchbag has one of the most whiny, grating, unpleasant voices I've heard in a long time.

That's a very short list.
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BigTexas: Speaking of being factually incorrect. Watch any interview with Stephen Spielberg about "Red Tails" and you will hear him say that he had to pay for it because Hollywood refused to fund a movie with an all black cast.

Same thing happens with gay movies in Hollywood.

That's pretty much what I'd expect from someone loathsome enough to head a PAC for Gingrich.

Was that 'entertainer' thing really racist? To be honest I'm not getting any bells ringing there.

Not racist but #1 with racists.

BigTexas: Speaking of being factually incorrect. Watch any interview with Stephen Spielberg about "Red Tails" and you will hear him say that he had to pay for it because Hollywood refused to fund a movie with an all black cast.

You're telling me that the billionaires who run movie studios are soulless jerks who live without principles, and love money above all else? This is news to me, and you have convinced me that both sides are exactly the same. Therefore, I shall vote for Newt Gingrich!

So I guess none of these people are role models?

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That's a very short list.
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I was listening to this live and doubting whether he was actually a republican because he sounded like such p*ssy.

/was odd how easily he flowed between horrendous stereotypes
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I wonder if the result of the Republican primaries can be all the electors declaring "None of the candidates are worth running against Obama", rather than picking one of the failures to represent their party.

Speaking as a black person, I can say that the last thing I would care about would be a movie with Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrance Howard and Ne-Yo playing pilots in a George Lucas film. These "Black films" don't do bad because they're full of black casts, they do bad because they're shiatty films that over-emphasize the fact that the characters are black so much, it makes them unreal; it ends up becoming so integral to the storyline to the point that Non-black viewers start feeling awkward about it.

It's clear these films are targeted specifically for black folks, so you can't be surprised when people who aren't black don't care to see it. But, if you made an action movie had Will Smith, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington and Idris Elba playing a band of bad-ass ex-government assassins trying to protect the President against a terrorist threat, you'd see that problem vanish.


/But, it'd be expensive as shiat.

PartTimeBuddha: Was that 'entertainer' thing really racist? To be honest I'm not getting any bells ringing there.

It could be a faint allusion to minstrel shows. And I think Newt has been using some coded language. But in this case, I believe Newt was responding to recent events - Obama singing at an Apollo theater fundraiser - and not blowing a whistle.

AdolfOliverPanties: toddalmighty: BigTexas: Speaking of being factually incorrect. Watch any interview with Stephen Spielberg about "Red Tails" and you will hear him say that he had to pay for it because Hollywood refused to fund a movie with an all black cast.

George Lucas. And yes I heard him say it too.

That's because movie theaters don't accept food stamps. Duh.

Is that why Spike Lee thought about letting Tom Cruise audition for Malcolm X?

Black people can only have black role models?

BigTexas: Speaking of being factually incorrect. Watch any interview with Stephen Spielberg George Lucas about "Red Tails" and you will hear him say that he had to pay for it because Hollywood refused to fund a movie with an all black cast.

Yeah, when he said that bullshiat I was like "I did not know you could stuff that much bullshiat in one person." It was practically spraying on the screen.

And Rev. Al demonstrated exactly why I like Rev. Al in that interview. He farking tore that guy a new hole, and he did it with brutal efficiency. You could practically hear that idiot thinking "Shut up you farking n*gg*r! You're totally exposing me for the racist douchebag we all know I am!"

When did someone from /b/ take over as spokesperson?

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How can you have a civilization with people like this who live in a schitzoid fantasy world and instead of using reason simply spout off their delusions?
You can't argue with someone who lives in a delusional world that has no correspondence to reality.

You can't have a civilization when you have people like this guy who are happy to forsake truth and babble like a crack addict in public.
This raving, rabid lunatic needs a rubber room and injections twice a day, not a public forum to embarrass himself by frothing his madness in public

Also, didn't Mr. Fishburne make something about the Tuskegee Airmen a while ago?

I just can't handle these "interviews" where the participants constantly talk over each other, constantly interrupt each other, shift topics on a dime, never finish a thought, and throw loaded words and phrases around.

Why can't they just, you know, talk? One person says something, then the other person responds.

If someone says something you don't agree with you don't have to CUT THEM OFF RIGHT AWAY AND DON'T LET THEM FINISH. You can wait for them to finish their statement and then respond with your explanation of why they're wrong.

I was first taught that in kindergarten. I guess they must've forgotten it.

AdolfOliverPanties: Whizzy: But, if you made an action movie had Will Smith, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington and Idris Elba playing a band of bad-ass ex-government assassins trying to protect the President against a terrorist threat, you'd see that problem vanish.

Just watched season one of "Luther" from the BBC. Am watching season two this weekend. Terrific series. Idris Elba was great in that.

I had no idea that the British Elba played Charles Miner on The Office as well as Heimdall in Thor.
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Dude is a hell of an actor. He should be a BIG star.

You missed the most important one--



Idris Elba IS a big star.

PartTimeBuddha: Was that 'entertainer' thing really racist? To be honest I'm not getting any bells ringing there.

Yeah, it connects to the idea that black people exist to entertain whites. They can sing and dance, but not be taken seriously or given respect. The old idea that being an entertainer is not a respectable profession. It goes back to the sort of conception of the world that says that a black person can only get into a white nightclub if he's on stage.

skepticultist: PartTimeBuddha: Was that 'entertainer' thing really racist? To be honest I'm not getting any bells ringing there.

Yeah, it connects to the idea that black people exist to entertain whites. They can sing and dance, but not be taken seriously or given respect. The old idea that being an entertainer is not a respectable profession. It goes back to the sort of conception of the world that says that a black person can only get into a white nightclub if he's on stage.

Horse hockey. They can also be behind the bar.

propasaurus: toddalmighty: BigTexas: Speaking of being factually incorrect. Watch any interview with Stephen Spielberg about "Red Tails" and you will hear him say that he had to pay for it because Hollywood refused to fund a movie with an all black cast.

George Lucas. And yes I heard him say it too.

CSB:
I know the director of Red Tails. Smart, talented, ambitious young man. I remember when he was just starting out in the biz as a PA/gofer. He worked hard, worked his way up the ranks.

Would you consider Lucas' statement he made on the Daily Show legit, then?

skepticultist: PartTimeBuddha: Was that 'entertainer' thing really racist? To be honest I'm not getting any bells ringing there.

Yeah, it connects to the idea that black people exist to entertain whites. They can sing and dance, but not be taken seriously or given respect. The old idea that being an entertainer is not a respectable profession. It goes back to the sort of conception of the world that says that a black person can only get into a white nightclub if he's on stage.

But Obama was singing a song by Rev Al Green. I appreciate a lot of coded language, but I think this is too close to the actual truth of what Obama was doing to carry an additional emotional/racist charge.

Of course, Obama probably made things more difficult by being awesome at it.

I should highlight that I'm not in the US so it's likely I'm missing the overtones you speak of, but I think it's worth baring in mind that perhaps they aren't there on this occasion. (just this one!)