Things that make you go.......WTF? Part II

[David]

All dickheads like Josh Thomas, that former MP and now the Coco pops clan are doing is trivialising the issue.

Doing that just makes people who are sympathetic to the real issue become less sympathetic and eventually resentful of the whole thing.

I’m doubtful that anyone who ever seriously cared about combating racial injustice is going to suddenly become hostile towards it because of some scattered instances of "PC gone mad". Anyone who says that is just pushing their own agenda and was never genuinely sympathetic to begin with.

[think positive]

OK, I'm not arguing simply because I never saw anything like that in the ads. Maybe it was there, maybe it wasn't

Well that’s obviously because you are drinking from the wrong glass - get thee some of these and bang - the light will shine down on thee and you will be enlightened and understand that this is the way forward ( the only way and the only voice) .......

https://www.cafepress.com.au/+drinking_glass,46246442

damn hell, baby bibs??? i thought i was bad brainwashing my kids with black & white!

[roar]

All dickheads like Josh Thomas, that former MP and now the Coco pops clan are doing is trivialising the issue.

Doing that just makes people who are sympathetic to the real issue become less sympathetic and eventually resentful of the whole thing.

I’m doubtful that anyone who ever seriously cared about combating racial injustice is going to suddenly become hostile towards it because of some scattered instances of "PC gone mad". Anyone who says that is just pushing their own agenda and was never genuinely sympathetic to begin with.

Well, I am one person who was seriously concerned about racial (and other) injustice, and now, though still wishing for a fairer, more just, society, I am almost completely turned off the cause due to the highjacking of (imo) important causes by every phucking do-gooder this side of Mars.

[Pies4shaw]

Mars = Carlton. That should be banned, too.

[roar]

^^ That's fair enough.

And I'm not really "almost completely turned off the cause", just turned off many of the people within.

[David]

All dickheads like Josh Thomas, that former MP and now the Coco pops clan are doing is trivialising the issue.

Doing that just makes people who are sympathetic to the real issue become less sympathetic and eventually resentful of the whole thing.

I’m doubtful that anyone who ever seriously cared about combating racial injustice is going to suddenly become hostile towards it because of some scattered instances of "PC gone mad". Anyone who says that is just pushing their own agenda and was never genuinely sympathetic to begin with.

Well, I am one person who was seriously concerned about racial (and other) injustice, and now, though still wishing for a fairer, more just, society, I am almost completely turned off the cause due to the highjacking of (imo) important causes by every phucking do-gooder this side of Mars.

Nothing wrong with feeling cynicism towards the opportunists and hangers-on (e.g. all the wealthy companies who have suddenly become "woke" about race), along with the vapid posturing on social media, but I do think we need to keep our eye on the ball here: focusing on the organisations and individuals who use their wealth and political connections to perpetuate disparities and keep people down, because while they might not so visibly post annoying stuff on Twitter, they're the ones with the real power here.

[What'sinaname]

^ WTF is this "woke" thing? Don't you mean awaken?

[Wokko]

^ WTF is this "woke" thing? Don't you mean awaken?

To be "Woke" means to be conscious of trendy social issues, usually paired with "virtue signalling" or letting others who hold the same views know that you hold those views too by expressing them, loudly and often, usually on social media.

The irony that every powerful corporation, media outlet and most politicians back these same views is totally lost on these folks who think they're fighting the man, when it's the Man who's funding and pushing the whole thing.

[David]

It’s basically the intersectional left version of being red-pilled.

[What'sinaname]

I see. The Websters Dictionary describes it as African American Vernacular English.

Are we still chill with non African Americans to imitate how African Americans talk?

[K]

^ Thought it was comedian, Josh Thomas heading up the campaign on twitter.

Don't know what "it" refers to, but maybe it's Pie Josh Thomas, which explains why he's gone missing from the forward line.

[stui magpie]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-16/ ... s/12360798

[David]

I see. The Websters Dictionary describes it as African American Vernacular English.

Are we still chill with non African Americans to imitate how African Americans talk?

I think you'd be surprised (or maybe not?) to read just how many commonplace terms have emerged from AAVE. "Cool", "jazz", "hipster" are just a few that come to mind.

[Jezza]

Next time I visit the supermarket I'm buying 'Coon Cheese' and 'Coco Pops'

[stui magpie]

Next time I visit the supermarket I'm buying 'Coon Cheese' and 'Coco Pops'

Get some Chicos and Redskins from the lolly aisle, some Uncle Ben's microwave rice, some Stubbs BBQ sauce and some Aunt Jemimah pancake mix and syrup while you're there.