Fri Feb 1, 2019, 09:47 PM
WhiskeyGrinder (19,175 posts)
"Dumb." "Wrong." "Stupid." "One silly thing." "Years ago." "Whomst among us."
Y'all, Northam's costume was RACIST. Straight-up racist. Not acknowledging it was racist makes it sound like you're excusing him.
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WhiskeyGrinder | Feb 2019 | OP |
TDale313 | Feb 2019 | #1 | |
LBM20 | Feb 2019 | #2 | |
snpsmom | Feb 2019 | #3 | |
jrthin | Feb 2019 | #4 | |
irisblue | Feb 2019 | #5 | |
BlueStater | Feb 2019 | #6 | |
uponit7771 | Feb 2019 | #7 | |
UniteFightBack | Feb 2019 | #8 | |
yardwork | Feb 2019 | #9 | |
jalan48 | Feb 2019 | #10 | |
yardwork | Feb 2019 | #11 | |
underpants | Feb 2019 | #12 | |
akraven | Feb 2019 | #13 |
Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 09:54 PM
TDale313 (7,750 posts)
1. Yep.
also, the nickname Coonman. And he’s admitted it was him. This was not so long ago that a mid-20s Med school student would not have been aware this was racist af.
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Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 09:56 PM
LBM20 (1,580 posts)
2. Yes, racist. AND dumb, stupid, foolish, etc. But yes, also YEARS ago. MANY years ago. So it
doesn't mean that it should define the man's entire life nor his life today. Let's be FAIR. People make mistakes and people change.
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Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 09:59 PM
snpsmom (396 posts)
3. yes indeed. n/t
Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:01 PM
jrthin (4,703 posts)
4. Totally agree. Were he standing next to the blackface or
the ku klux klan person, I'd have a headache as to his poor choice. But, he's either in the blackface or ku klux klan outfit. That is just unacceptable. And it saddens me that people on this site are saying that this was years ago and it's forgivable. Well, it's not.
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Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:05 PM
irisblue (30,171 posts)
5. This was last week
Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:07 PM
BlueStater (7,596 posts)
6. I agree that it was racist.
The question is has he exhibited any signs that he's a racist throughout his political career? Not from what I can tell.
https://wtkr.com/2018/08/24/gov-northam-honors-historic-african-american-cemetery-in-hampton/ People CAN change and become better. I'm not even referring to just Northam specifically. And when they do change and prove themselves to be better human beings, I feel that we should forgive them and not hold the people they used to be against them for the rest of their lives. Northam should probably resign, but that doesn't mean I think people should forever dismiss him as a racist for who he was 35 years ago and never take into account who he is in the present. |
Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:09 PM
uponit7771 (88,365 posts)
7. I don't think anyone isn't acknowledging it was racist
Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:10 PM
UniteFightBack (8,231 posts)
8. His 'reason' was awful....I mean really. He should of come fully clean - repent...go into it a
little more...express deep regret...blah blah blah. I mean DUH. He's gotta go.
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Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:13 PM
yardwork (55,682 posts)
9. I'm about the same age as Northam.
In my college yearbook there were photos of fraternity boys wearing Confederate uniforms. It was a thing at the time. This particular fraternity had a Confederate Ball or some damn thing every year.
I didn't participate. Nobody I knew would have dreamed of participating. Those were Confederate uniforms. I can't imagine anybody dressing up in minstrel blackface or in a klan costume, even in the late 70s or early 80s. It would have been considered extremely racist then. I don't know much about Northam. Maybe he has changed a lot. Maybe he's no longer incredibly insensitive, privileged, and racist. He certainly was all those things in 1984. |
Response to yardwork (Reply #9)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:15 PM
jalan48 (13,533 posts)
10. Well, he voted for Bush and Cheney twice so I'd say he hasn't changed much.
Response to jalan48 (Reply #10)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:21 PM
yardwork (55,682 posts)
11. Well ffs.
I can't even post what I'm thinking.
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Response to yardwork (Reply #9)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:31 PM
underpants (174,603 posts)
12. By all accounts he really is a good man
but it’s clear that he’s resigning and should.
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Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:45 PM
akraven (1,975 posts)
13. I knew that in 2nd grade and I'm 64.
It was FUCKING stupid. Period.
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