#UNCLETIM trends for 11 hours - Will there be MASS account suspensions of White Libs?

[Turgid Member]

Meanwhile, we all know that Senator Tim Scott
is a tap dancing, watermelon eating Uncle Tom
whose primary job in the Senate is to carry Lindsey Graham's bags.

Shame on him.

"watermelon eating uncle tom"?


Are you a racist?

 

[Carmine]

"watermelon eating uncle tom"?


Are you a racist?

No. That's a description for Uncles Tom specifically, not for African Americans

 

[Turgid Member]

No. That's a description for Uncles Tom specifically, not for African Americans

But when you proffer racist canards like "Watermelon eating" you are engaging in racist dialect.


same goes for "uncle tom".

 

[Carmine]

But when you proffer racist canards like "Watermelon eating" you are engaging in racist dialect.


same goes for "uncle tom".

I disagree. Context is everything.

 

[Turgid Member]

I disagree. Context is everything.

There is no context where a person, who I assume in your case is not black, suggests a black person has an affinity for watermelon is not racist.

 

[Carmine]

There is no context where a person, who I assume in your case is not black, suggests a black person has an affinity for watermelon is not racist.

In context, slurs are not only intentional but also finely focused. That's personal animosity, not racism.

 

[Turgid Member]

In context, slurs are not only intentional but also finely focused. That's personal animosity, not racism.

It's racism.

 

[Carmine]

It's racism.

Thanks. It's really meaningful to have access to your opinion.
Maybe I'll someday see the error of my ways.
But for right now, I think your head's up your ass.

 

[Turgid Member]

Thanks. It's really meaningful to have access to your opinion.
Maybe I'll someday see the error of my ways.
But for right now, I think your head's up your ass.

Suggesting black people should go eat watermelon, or calling them uncle tom, is racist, that's a fact. don't believe me, go ask a black guy.

 

[Carmine]

Suggesting black people should go eat watermelon, or calling them uncle tom, is racist, that's a fact. don't believe me, go ask a black guy.

Idiot. You obviously know nothing.
It's black people who call the unappreciated backstabbers among them "Uncles Tom."
I'm just adding a supportive voice to those of my African American brothers and sisters.

 

[Turgid Member]

Idiot. You obviously know nothing.
It's black people who call the unappreciated backstabbers among them "Uncles Tom."
I'm just adding a supportive voice to those of my African American brothers and sisters.

so far, I've seen here you and other white people call him an uncle tom. I also saw you suggest he eats watermelon, a racist canard.

 

[Carmine]

so far, I've seen here you and other white people call him an uncle tom. I also saw you suggest he eats watermelon, a racist canard.

Let's keep this going.
We're obviously got the forum riveted on this discussion.
Entertaining the masses is essential.

 

[Turgid Member]

Let's keep this going.
We're obviously got the forum riveted on this discussion.
Entertaining the masses is essential.

It's about right and wrong here. you were wrong in your racist comments.

 

[Carmine]

It's about right and wrong here. you were wrong in your racist comments.

In America, nothing is about "right and wrong."
Everything is about "us and them."
Do you teach Sunday School?

 

[Turgid Member]

In America, nothing is about "right and wrong."
Everything is about "us and them."
Do you teach Sunday School?

I don't feel that's an excuse for racist canards like you stated.

 

[Carmine]

I don't feel that's an excuse for racist canards like you stated.

I've got your opinion down by now.
Why don't you just repeat it another ten or twenty more times and then let it go?

 

[AProudLefty]

I disagree here. Either we tolerate racism or we speak out against it, no matter which side is engaging in it. "Uncle Tim" is a horribly racist hashtag. It's offensive and twitter should hold those accounts responsible and to the same standard as a rw'er making racist comments or hashtags.

The hashtag probably was created by a troll.

 

[AProudLefty]

Don't worry. Only one poster knows who my post is for.

 

[Turgid Member]

The hashtag probably was created by a troll.

I do not think that would matter, it was picked up and used, took them 11 hrs to address it. That seems like a long time to let a racist hashtag grow.

 

[AProudLefty]

I do not think that would matter, it was picked up and used, took them 11 hrs to address it. That seems like a long time to let a racist hashtag grow.

Well I don't know much about it to know the full story. It's just weird to be triggered by a hashtag.

There have been many offensive hashtags created by trolls.