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24 Nov 2021, 9:49 pm

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the difference is, the racists fled the democratic party en masse when more activist black folk entered the party in the 60s, and those ex-democrats formed the core of what became today's GOP.


I was referring to censorship of TV, movies and the arts.

It seems like the right wants to go back to the days where even words like “pregnant” weren’t allowed, and back to the Hays Code.


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24 Nov 2021, 9:55 pm

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or restricting citizenship [as opposed to non-franchised residence and servitude] to merely the financially talented.


:(

the early years of our republic were like that at least in the south. if you didn't have money, you more often than not couldn't vote [punitive poll taxes] or do much of anything else but toil for those who did. only the lucky, smart/well-connected and strong could escape this. poor whites were only barely a step above the slaves.



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24 Nov 2021, 9:55 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
the difference is, the racists fled the democratic party en masse when more activist black folk entered the party in the 60s, and those ex-democrats formed the core of what became today's GOP.


I was referring to censorship of TV, movies and the arts.

It seems like the right wants to go back to the days where even words like “pregnant” weren’t allowed, and back to the Hays Code.


I don't think there's any putting the genie back in the bottle, now that we can see sex scenes on TV that would have earned a movie an R rating twenty years ago. Then there's the whole matter these days on TV of the common use of the word $hit.


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24 Nov 2021, 9:57 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
the difference is, the racists fled the democratic party en masse when more activist black folk entered the party in the 60s, and those ex-democrats formed the core of what became today's GOP.


I was referring to censorship of TV, movies and the arts.

It seems like the right wants to go back to the days where even words like “pregnant” weren’t allowed, and back to the Hays Code.

for us only, not for them. 2 sets of laws, one for us, another for them, considerably laxer.



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24 Nov 2021, 9:58 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
the difference is, the racists fled the democratic party en masse when more activist black folk entered the party in the 60s, and those ex-democrats formed the core of what became today's GOP.


I was referring to censorship of TV, movies and the arts.

It seems like the right wants to go back to the days where even words like “pregnant” weren’t allowed, and back to the Hays Code.


I don't think there's any putting the genie back in the bottle, now that we can see sex scenes on TV that would have earned a movie an R rating twenty years ago. Then there's the whole matter these days on TV of the common use of the word $hit.

on pay cable only, not on OTA broadcast which still bleeps the sht out of sht.



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25 Nov 2021, 1:13 am

They can't do that to the PBS. That's one of my favourite TV stations.


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25 Nov 2021, 2:28 am

auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
or restricting citizenship [as opposed to non-franchised residence and servitude] to merely the financially talented.


:(

the early years of our republic were like that at least in the south. if you didn't have money, you more often than not couldn't vote [punitive poll taxes] or do much of anything else but toil for those who did. only the lucky, smart/well-connected and strong could escape this. poor whites were only barely a step above the slaves.


And it was the fact that poor whites were socially one wrung above blacks that made said poor whites willing to terrorize and kill blacks to keep that higher social status - - such as it was.


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25 Nov 2021, 2:40 am

Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
or restricting citizenship [as opposed to non-franchised residence and servitude] to merely the financially talented.


:(

the early years of our republic were like that at least in the south. if you didn't have money, you more often than not couldn't vote [punitive poll taxes] or do much of anything else but toil for those who did. only the lucky, smart/well-connected and strong could escape this. poor whites were only barely a step above the slaves.


And it was the fact that poor whites were socially one wrung above blacks that made said poor whites willing to terrorize and kill blacks to keep that higher social status - - such as it was.

that is the drowning pool in action.



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25 Nov 2021, 10:37 pm

What is wrong with a POS character? Man their racism keeps showing.


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25 Nov 2021, 11:20 pm

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What is wrong with a POS character? Man their racism keeps showing.


They're not even trying to hide it anymore.


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26 Nov 2021, 12:09 am

Kraichgauer wrote:
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What is wrong with a POS character? Man their racism keeps showing.


They're not even trying to hide it anymore.


its funny how PoC mind their own business and then get rudely reminded by right wingers they aren't white.



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26 Nov 2021, 2:30 am

cyberdad wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
What is wrong with a POS character? Man their racism keeps showing.


They're not even trying to hide it anymore.


its funny how PoC mind their own business and then get rudely reminded by right wingers they aren't white.


Of course. Otherwise, without being able to do that would mean being white has no meaning to right wingers.


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26 Nov 2021, 12:10 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
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What is wrong with a POS character? Man their racism keeps showing.


They're not even trying to hide it anymore.



Looking back, we have always had POC characters. Did they forget about The Little Rascals? Even Home Alone 2 had a black person in it and Free Willy. They just act like TV shows and films are now including POC characters. But I guess they always had issues with these things too or they had been blind to all this.


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28 Nov 2021, 4:43 am

League_Girl wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
What is wrong with a POS character? Man their racism keeps showing.


They're not even trying to hide it anymore.



Looking back, we have always had POC characters. Did they forget about The Little Rascals? Even Home Alone 2 had a black person in it and Free Willy. They just act like TV shows and films are now including POC characters. But I guess they always had issues with these things too or they had been blind to all this.


POC have definitely been on TV and in film for a long time. Good Times. The Jeffersons. Sanford and Son. They're ok with POC characters, even POC main characters, so long as those characters conform to the stereotypes they're comfortable with.

Conservatives have always hated PBS for the same reason - it combines two of their biggest dislikes. Educating people, and free stuff. Saying "free education" is like saying "fire tornado" to them. Going after the puppets is just the cherry on top, in the form of their dislike of positive representation of minorities.



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29 Nov 2021, 8:15 am

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CPAC wants PBS defunded due to Sesame Street adding an Asian-American Character

Absolute Looney Toons (with apologies to Warner Brother Animation).

Now I’m more than convinced the Right has gone more overboard than the Left.

Here’s a novel idea: how about governing the country responsibly, rather than crucifying a fictional character on a children’s show?

Hey! Cesar! Leave us the f!ck alone!

Cancel Culture.

The right has always been there.


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29 Nov 2021, 12:25 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:
MuddRM wrote:
CPAC wants PBS defunded due to Sesame Street adding an Asian-American Character

Absolute Looney Toons (with apologies to Warner Brother Animation).

Now I’m more than convinced the Right has gone more overboard than the Left.

Here’s a novel idea: how about governing the country responsibly, rather than crucifying a fictional character on a children’s show?

Hey! Cesar! Leave us the f!ck alone!

Cancel Culture.

The right has always been there.



Cancel culture called out but the OP gets banned for "bad faith"

https://www.reddit.com/r/askaconservati ... c_banning/

They can't handle their own hypocrisy being called out but sadly lot of the comments had been deleted and I totally laughed when one of them said they felt gaslighted.


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