Political Discussions for "Adults"

**Frownland** · 08-05-2020, 12:36 PM

NYC is racist. Two things are racist at the same time. How about that.

OccultHawk · 08-05-2020, 12:40 PM

The Celtics mascot celebrates white pride like mofo but they pulled a bait and switch with the Redskins.

Well played Boston.

~~jwb~~ · 08-05-2020, 12:41 PM

That's not the implication at all. That's like saying if you call Trump racist your implying other people aren't.

And clearly your from there so you know more than me... You:re telling me all the Irish people moved out of southie etc? That's news to me.

It's not like I'm ****ting on Boston in general. I have seen worse. It just seems like a racist town by northeastern standards. NYC is racist too just not as much but if you go to certain places on long island it might as well be the same.

OccultHawk · 08-05-2020, 12:42 PM

NY was hella less racist before white liberals bought Brooklyn.

rostasi · 08-05-2020, 07:33 PM

I think Paul Smeenus is out here...

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rostasi · 08-05-2020, 08:03 PM

rostasi · 08-05-2020, 08:46 PM

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TheBig3 · 08-05-2020, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb

And clearly your from there so you know more than me... You:re telling me all the Irish people moved out of southie etc? That's news to me.

I mean, the people who threw rocks at buses moved out of Southie. The Yuppies moved in from the Midwest. Just to show you the yuppie townie divide, I was walking down Broadway one day and my friends Seamus (I'm not kidding) points and goes:

"There it is, that's the first Starbucks in South Boston"

I mutter "Wow, I guess the revolution's finally arrived"

And this drunk townie (it's 2 in the afternoon on a satuday) turns around, gets in my face and goes "Yeah, has? Has it YARMOUTH?!"

I just laughed because it seemed like a gross overreaction. But yeah, for the most part the Whitey Bulger crowd left town. Which is why, and this is a minor thing admittedly, I generally think Boston gets more of a bad rep than it deserves. When you see stories about someone screaming racial slurs from the cheap seats in Fenway, I would put money on them having been a White Flighter. Or when you see things like the "Straight Pride Parade" that we had - those aren't city folks. They're suburban trash come in from the white enclaves that Occult Hawk and I were discussing.

Now, is that a difference without a distinction? I'm sure the DSA crowd will say so. But I like the nuance of politics, so I mention it.

OccultHawk · 08-05-2020, 11:59 PM

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So neoliberalism is the new anarcho-syndicalism and we’re supposed to double down on status quo capitalism to save the planet and organized human society. Got it Noam, keep getting your Boomer on.

TheBig3 · 08-06-2020, 06:48 AM

I'm queueing this up now, but if Noam is too "Neolib" for you, I wonder if the word has meaning anymore.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	NYC is racist. Two things are racist at the same time. How about that. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	The Celtics mascot celebrates white pride like mofo but they pulled a bait and switch with the Redskins. Well played Boston. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	NY was hella less racist before white liberals bought Brooklyn. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	I'm queueing this up now, but if Noam is too "Neolib" for you, I wonder if the word has meaning anymore. __________________ I've moved to a new address

08-05-2020, 12:41 PM	#7243 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	That's not the implication at all. That's like saying if you call Trump racist your implying other people aren't. And clearly your from there so you know more than me... You:re telling me all the Irish people moved out of southie etc? That's news to me. It's not like I'm ****ting on Boston in general. I have seen worse. It just seems like a racist town by northeastern standards. NYC is racist too just not as much but if you go to certain places on long island it might as well be the same.

08-05-2020, 07:33 PM	#7245 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	I think Paul Smeenus is out here... Postal Workers Say Wednesday Is the Last Day Portlanders Can Mail in Their Ballots With Confidence They’ll Be Counted

08-05-2020, 08:03 PM	#7246 (permalink)
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