joyboyo53

When a recent member of the forums was questioned on their belief that it is reasonable to compare mexicans to pit bulls, they replied "How is it different? They're both violent breeds of living things."

Maybe its just me, but that doesn't sit right with me. These boards are home for many people from different countries and cultures, so I want to know what you think MB... is racism ok for MB?

The Unfan

No, all humor must be banned!

joyboyo53

Humor is when people think something is funny, not when somebody begins trolling other peoples post in every forum just to try and start an arguement... then goes to the extreme to bring racial comparisons just to make it funny. If you were to make a black joke would the be ok too? It's humor right? No, it's WRONG.

It wasnt racist of him to use the comparison for factual purposes. I didnt appreiciate his untasteful comparison (when he could have used a million other things, better things), but the wasn't the problem. It got racist when he said "How is it different? They're both violent breeds of living things." That is racist....whether its a joke or not.


I didn't want to goto the length to report him without first getting the opinion of the members. Hell, maybe its not racist, maybe I am wrong; I just really dont think that can be seen as anything but a racist comment (even if it is a joke).

Wayfarer

Well, yeh, it should be okay. Freedom of speech and all.

lucifer_sam

Are you for cereal? Are you one of those kids that looks nervously around the room in search of minorities before you laugh at Dave Chapelle? If you're so uptight about racial differences perhaps you should examine your own prejudices.

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joyboyo53

Ya well technically trolling, spamming, advertising, and bumping your own thread is freedom of speech too, and its not allowed on these boards. It is called RULES.

Do you even understand Dave Chappelle? Do you have any idea why he left the show?

"Chappelle also said that he felt some of his sketches were "socially irresponsible". [18][19] He singled out the "pixie sketch" in which pixies appear to people and encourage them to reinforce stereotypes of their races. In the sketch, Chappelle is wearing blackface and is dressed as a character in a minstrel show.[20] According to Chappelle, during the filming of the sketch, a white crew member was laughing in a way that made him feel uncomfortable and made him rethink the show.[18][19] Chappelle said "it was the first time I felt that someone was not laughing with me but laughing at me."

There is a differnece in recognizing racial differences and making tasteless jokes about minorities.

You really weren't kidding.

Wayfarer

Yeh, sure, but the whole point of a forum is for people to discuss things. When you're spamming/advertising, you're not contributing anything to any discussion. A racist can still contribute. Call me crazy but I think people should be allowed to think whatever the hell they want. I mean, if some guy believes that all Mexicans deserve to die, good for him. I'll call him a douchebag and go about my day. Why are people so goddamn sensitive?

CAPTAIN CAVEMAN

a) where did you get that idea
b) yes racism is ok with MB

Urban Hat€monger ?

No it isn't

And thats why we have a Report Post feature which in this case has not been used.

As much as i'd love to spend time reading every rambling from every wannabe political commentator on this forum to check for these things I don't have the time or the patience. So if you see something like this then just report it.

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Case closed.