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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]This discussion is making me question how much of the outrage about Jeong's tweets is manufactured for partisan purposes and how much is really a result of acute snowflakeism. Are you folks really this threatened by someone picking fun of you? She is basically turning a mirror on you and you are having a heart attack. It's astonishing. [/quote]
Don't you get it? It's not about this one racist. It's about the revelation of the double standard that liberals, and the NYT is particular, have when it comes to racism - and which you demonstrate again and again with each of your posts.

Against blacks: Completely unacceptable. Against whitey? So funny! [/quote]

It is not a double standard. Like it or not, there is a history of racism against minorities that extends to this day. There is not a similar history regarding "white people". Yes, there has been prejudice against specific groups of whites such as the Irish and Italians, but when that occurred they were not completely considered white (which is itself revealing).

For example, why is the "n-word" unacceptable? Because if its meaning? Not really. It's because of the historical context of the word. When Jeff Foxworthy makes jokes about rednecks, he is viewed as funny and wildly popular among those about whom he jokes. Similarly, minority comedians can make fun of the groups to which they belong. Why? Because they don't represent a threat to those communities. When Foxworthy jokes about rednecks, the targets of his humor know he is only joking and that he doesn't present any sort of threat to them. On the other hand, if  an "East coast liberal" -- even a white one -- made jokes about rednecks, it would generate lots of objection. All of this has to do with context. Jeong's context is that she presents no real threat to white people. There is a certain absurdity even in the idea her being a threat.

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Speaking of absurdity...   :roll: [/quote]

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