the thread made fun of AA's for not getting over fried chicken and watermelon jokes. (Reply #122)

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Wed Dec 10, 2014, 02:11 AM

bettyellen (47,209 posts)

122. the thread made fun of AA's for not getting over fried chicken and watermelon jokes.

that was the context, Manny knows that dozens of people were disgusted. Not sure why he is pretending to be unaware of it all.

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Can people here have an adult conversation? [View all]	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	OP
Again, Manny...who are the Third Wayers on DU who are	MineralMan	Dec 2014	#1
Um...	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#4
Well, then, that was informative as Hell.	MineralMan	Dec 2014	#7
Sorry. Content added. nt.	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#8
What does that link have to do with DU and adult conversations, Manny?	MineralMan	Dec 2014	#12
He is satirizing Obama and his peeps and doing it effectively.	Vattel	Dec 2014	#38
No...he's not effective. The people who were tortured deserve better OPs....not schtick that comes	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#40
And do these people deserve better speeches than Obama's speech about "real patriots"	Vattel	Dec 2014	#41
If the President says it, it's different.	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#42
Manny, all they want is for you to just STFU about all these little	Zorra	Dec 2014	#49
That woman was thinking bad thoughts	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#50
My guess is that she was illustrating those bad thoughts with sarcasm. nt	Zorra	Dec 2014	#103
President Obama presented us with hard truths that quite a few Americans seem unwilling	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#46
Hard truths like the one about torturers being real patriots	Vattel	Dec 2014	#47
Hard truths....like we'd all like to pretend that there wasn't a time in America when	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#52
Obama individually lauds the torturers. At least Manny doesn't do that.	Vattel	Dec 2014	#53
He lauded no one...he just reminded those who like to pretend they were always	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#54
Torturers are patriots?	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#58
Well, Manny...did not Bush and our media portray them as such? Did not Bush's	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#59
President Obama said the torturers were patriots.	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#61
Cite?	YoungDemCA	Dec 2014	#69
No...he didn't. But you keep up your search for adult conversation. nt	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#71
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA	ForgoTheConsequence	Dec 2014	#66
Yes ...they are willing to break international and moral laws for our country.	L0oniX	Dec 2014	#79
You keep spinning Obama's words. Obama praised the torturers by calling them "real patriots."	Vattel	Dec 2014	#63
Obama praised no one...he just reminded us that not everyone was so pure in retrospect.	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#74
Toture ain't like smoking pot	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#81
I have no idea what you mean. nt	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#84
Great, you can join the rest of us	Union Scribe	Dec 2014	#108
I defend no torturer. But damn...America bears the responsibility for torture, don't we? nt	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#111
No. Torturers and the people who guide them do.	Union Scribe	Dec 2014	#117
You know....that's kind of like saying that only the Nazis killed Jews. Lots of good Germans, and	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#126
As much as the Germans or Japanese did.	R. Daneel Olivaw	Dec 2014	#130
You get my point..which is why I'm happy tax dollars paid for Japanese internment	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#131
We owe them Nuremberg trials. nt	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#135
Why not a Truth and Reconciliation Tribunal? nt	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#190
" We let Bush and Cheney decide the moral compass....to our shame."	R. Daneel Olivaw	Dec 2014	#113
2004....elected. 2003....Iraq War. Do we all not owe something to the victims	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#115
Shit yes, but as a 15 percenter we didn't know what was happening	R. Daneel Olivaw	Dec 2014	#119
Our system of justice would never bring a just criminal verdict. And I	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#133
The point is to bring it and not sit down.	R. Daneel Olivaw	Dec 2014	#137
As if Bush did any different when his approval ratings were in the 30s.	merrily	Dec 2014	#183
Bullshit.	nilesobek	Dec 2014	#207
The op was an exercise in male privilege?	Doctor_J	Dec 2014	#55
And my racism.	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#62
nope, that was the watermelon debacle. still playing the martyr over that huge gaffe, eh?	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#64
The one that never existed?	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#65
Perhaps you could saunter over to the African American group and explain how "low" they all are	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#68
As I suspected, no such post exists	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#78
Post removed	Post removed	Dec 2014	#85
Can't supply a link?	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#87
context: after many threads about POC offended @ fried chicken and watermelon issue- your response:	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#92
Seriously?	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#94
Very fucking seriously Manny. You KNOW you offended people and apologized, but the apology	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#100
Do you have the link that has ben asked for?	R. Daneel Olivaw	Dec 2014	#116
there are three in this thread- here is the "apology" and it contains a link to the original...	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#120
I believe that you need to grow a more robust covering to satire.	R. Daneel Olivaw	Dec 2014	#125
satire doesn't use reverse racism to argue with POC that their feelings are wrong, LOL...	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#154
Funny ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#192
Thank you bettyellen. I was just looking for that.	sheshe2	Dec 2014	#168
got three alerts so far- no hides. one imagines that I alerted for calling someone else stupid.....	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#171
No, just hundreds of links complaining about the imaginary post	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#121
It was not imaginary and you know it!	sheshe2	Dec 2014	#169
gaslighting bullshit!	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#173
Manny not for nothing - I write this with respect	JustAnotherGen	Dec 2014	#177
hundreds of posts exist on DU calling attention to your racial gaffes, watermelon, Mike Brown.....	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#112
Am I reading this correctly? ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#189
Okay...where is he joking about chicken and watermelon?	NaturalHigh	Apr 2015	#210
Okay. n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Apr 2015	#211
So why didn't you particpate in the discussion in the AA group? nt	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#76
What discussion?	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#80
The discussion in the AA group over the racial offensiveness of some of your OPs.	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#83
Post removed	Post removed	Dec 2014	#86
stupid? like not aware that fried chicken and watermelon have been used to slur blacks stupid?	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#89
Still can't find my watermelon post?	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#91
no comment on that amazing exchange- where you learn for the very first time in your life......	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#97
Jury Results.	AtheistCrusader	Dec 2014	#107
brilliant- they missed that I did supply links, and was subject to a direct personal attack.	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#114
You certainly didn't link to your characterization of what the post would contain.	AtheistCrusader	Dec 2014	#118
the thread made fun of AA's for not getting over fried chicken and watermelon jokes.	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#122
I disagree with your interpretation of it.	AtheistCrusader	Dec 2014	#136
I know, it's plausible deniability Manny, har har har.....	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#139
I realize it may seem impossible but	AtheistCrusader	Dec 2014	#140
Yeah, the gefilte fish thread was full of people who it never occurred to that the OP was an	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#144
I'm not inside Manny's head, so this is speculation but...	AtheistCrusader	Dec 2014	#146
he was making fun of POC upset by slurs- it's THAT simple.	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#150
Welp.	AtheistCrusader	Dec 2014	#151
the "reverse racism" card been played once too often for it to be a mistake-	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#153
I try to cut him some slack.	AtheistCrusader	Dec 2014	#156
he called me a liar for referencing a thing he did and apologized for- how more full of shit can	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#158
And speaking of juries...	TreasonousBastard	Dec 2014	#178
Please explain his "Apology" in the context of his current denial. Thanks. n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#193
My comment has nothing to do with the OP, but why I don't participate in the jury system on DU.	still_one	Dec 2014	#159
yep, some people can get away with anything, yet those who challenge them get swarmed with	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#160
I understand your point. Things were much more fair when moderators made the	still_one	Dec 2014	#162
and with the new system there is bigger incentive to	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#164
I considered editing it.	AtheistCrusader	Dec 2014	#161
it was shitty to post that nasty poor excuse for a juror's attack.	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#163
It didn't occur to me that there is an alert for jury results.	AtheistCrusader	Dec 2014	#188
At least to me when I served on juries here on DU, personal bias seemed to	still_one	Dec 2014	#165
posted it twice, but I'd also love a link to your well received OP about Mike Brown-	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#129
I'm reading this post with my mouth hanging WIDE open	Number23	Dec 2014	#143
what set me off is this "woe is me, falsely accused of racist posts bullshit.	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#145
I am literally DYING laughing. This mess is so transparent, so pitiful and so bizarre that it simply	Number23	Dec 2014	#147
yeah, the nasty insults and phony outcry - for links already posted- seems to have actually fooled	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#149
Gas Lighting -	JustAnotherGen	Dec 2014	#180
What?	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#195
I didn't say that to you	JustAnotherGen	Dec 2014	#196
Unfortunately ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#198
No it's not	JustAnotherGen	Dec 2014	#199
No we won't ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#200
Posted without comment.	Bobbie Jo	Dec 2014	#186
!!!	Number23	Dec 2014	#203
Hoist, not Hoisted.	AtheistCrusader	Dec 2014	#148
Nailed it...	SidDithers	Dec 2014	#191
+1 nt	steve2470	Dec 2014	#194
Aloha bettyellen.. your post got alerted on and here are the results.. :)	Cha	Dec 2014	#167
I didn't alert on it- but apparently there are minions who know I alerted on the direct insult to	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#170
I'm sorry...did you not post a thread about "gefilte fish" and then apologize for	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#99
the excuse was he "didn't understand" why blacks find it problematic....	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#101
Oh...I think those two threads are priceless, given the context of the watermelon/chicken thread.	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#102
I missed that one- got a link? Manny demands links- let's give him them!	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#104
Here you go~	sheshe2	Dec 2014	#172
oh gosh, I thought that was someone else.....	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#174
he only cares to use it to make him some sort of a martyr here, LOL.	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#142
you APOLOGIZED over it- not that it was credible, but you apologized, LOL....	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#127
and discussing it on thread after thread in GD...	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#90
Can't find it?	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#93
It's already posted- with CONTEXT- that thing you find soooo very inconvenient.	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#95
Good night.	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#96
I posted two links- canpost a dozen more to show you are completely aware how offended POC were....	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#98
....	sheshe2	Dec 2014	#166
You're referring to your post, a post you called racially insensitive, but not racist?	CreekDog	Dec 2014	#209
+1	sheshe2	Dec 2014	#77
The Irish who died of famine probably also deserved better than Jonathan Swift's	KingCharlemagne	Dec 2014	#106
Holy Crap...I needed that laugh! No....there's another Swift work that is more apropos....	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#109
I think I saw a Twain comparison here- and I had to stop myself before asking	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#123
Oh yeah!! Nailed it! nt	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#128
Swift helped to establish a - dare I say it? -- great movement	KingCharlemagne	Dec 2014	#185
Sometimes sarcasm is the only way to deal with hypocrisy.	JDPriestly	Dec 2014	#175
Dammit Manny...	99Forever	Dec 2014	#43
Mostly, I must not think bad thoughts	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#44
That's All You've Got	ProfessorGAC	Dec 2014	#10
.....	monmouth4	Dec 2014	#6
+1,000,000 nt	Andy823	Dec 2014	#37
You're requesting Manny identify the OP and the Du members? Seriously?	2banon	Dec 2014	#57
First off, where did I say it was DUers saying this?	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#60
Looking forward to some more "cops are great threads"	Katashi_itto	Dec 2014	#176
Alright, got your sarcasm.	Xyzse	Dec 2014	#2
Manny, you are unhinged. JK	NCTraveler	Dec 2014	#3
Funny about "adult" conversation - ask for reasons to be FOR the TPP, and	djean111	Dec 2014	#5
You wrote something startling.....	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#13
It is news to me that any corporation can sue to overturn local or federal rules and	djean111	Dec 2014	#16
As to your first point....yeah. Go read the sick chicken case where 4 butchers took on FDR's	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#19
And in 10 minutes, or less ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#28
love your GIFs! I can't believe we are having the denial about mocking POC concerns again here..	bettyellen	Dec 2014	#110
Except a court case isn't a treaty.	NewDeal_Dem	Dec 2014	#141
I show up at elections. No need to imply that I don't. n/t	djean111	Dec 2014	#35
UNCTAD rule like all rule is bad because we at least aspire to be self governing	TheKentuckian	Dec 2014	#70
It is astounding to me how so many people who fancy themselves as being politically savvy	YoungDemCA	Dec 2014	#72
I thank you. I find a firm grasp of civics tends to win arguments around here. nt	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#75
More than likely GMO people.	aspirant	Dec 2014	#23
This message was self-deleted by its author	1000words	Dec 2014	#9
You know....as misanthropic as I am, I have not been able to engage in sarcasm yet. I'm	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#17
I quoted Caddyshack to Third Way Manny, and got some posts hidden, so I don't want to participate in	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#11
+1 nt	steve2470	Dec 2014	#15
yeah, TPP has nothing to do with things like torture and police abuse	JI7	Dec 2014	#22
Agreed	Bobbie Jo	Dec 2014	#25
Yes it is	lunasun	Dec 2014	#88
Well said...nt	SidDithers	Dec 2014	#31
+1,000,000 nt	Andy823	Dec 2014	#36
Another "+1"	YoungDemCA	Dec 2014	#73
what the hell? You quoted a movie and got a post hidden	Number23	Dec 2014	#204
Well...Third Way Manny tends to be pretty thin-skinned, for a fictional character.	msanthrope	Dec 2014	#205
Engage in effective activism, the end	steve2470	Dec 2014	#14
the best we can do is some hand-me-down, fourth-rate buffoonery masquerading as pasquinade.	LanternWaste	Dec 2014	#18
Not really. There are many adult conversations on DU.	MineralMan	Dec 2014	#20
+100 nt	okaawhatever	Dec 2014	#26
Post hoc ergo prompter hoc. Very cool.	LanternWaste	Dec 2014	#34
K&R! n/t	whatchamacallit	Dec 2014	#21
This doesn't seem like an adult conversation.	el_bryanto	Dec 2014	#24
Well, it didn't start as one, since the original post	MineralMan	Dec 2014	#27
TWM posts are attempts at adult conversation?...	SidDithers	Dec 2014	#29
i think because Fate actually did care about the issues	JI7	Dec 2014	#33
Seems your act has run its course ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#30
Nah, it's just as effective as ever.	ForgoTheConsequence	Dec 2014	#67
You put the hummus WHERE? ... nt	TBF	Dec 2014	#32
Hey ...you aren't getting pessimistic are yah?	L0oniX	Dec 2014	#39
Oh noes!	99Forever	Dec 2014	#45
Awesome!	Katashi_itto	Dec 2014	#48
Listen to George Carlin, he answers all your questions	NoJusticeNoPeace	Dec 2014	#51
With you, Manny? You often make it a bit hard. nt	Hekate	Dec 2014	#56
thank you. n/t	7wo7rees	Dec 2014	#82
Sure. When you dispense with the Bart Simpson snark.	bluestateguy	Dec 2014	#105
In speech class I learned never	Sweeney	Dec 2014	#124
with all the other stuff going on in this thread	marym625	Dec 2014	#132
I'm followed around by a swarm of intellectually-challenged gnats	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2014	#134
It's horrible	marym625	Dec 2014	#138
This message was self-deleted by its author	1000words	Dec 2014	#152
of course!	marym625	Dec 2014	#155
This message was self-deleted by its author	1000words	Dec 2014	#157
Oh! You are very naughty!	JustAnotherGen	Dec 2014	#179
I don't see much at all going on in this thread	Capt. Obvious	Dec 2014	#197
Sounds more like "Straw-Manny"	JoePhilly	Dec 2014	#181
Holy shit, Manny, you really pissed off the Serious People!	Odin2005	Dec 2014	#182
lol	Marrah_G	Dec 2014	#184
I think we must have duplicate ignore lists!	Hatchling	Dec 2014	#202
Thank you!	Marrah_G	Dec 2014	#206
Evidently....	Triana	Dec 2014	#187
Perhaps my all-time favorite thread on DU. Thanks Manny.	Scuba	Dec 2014	#201
"You're gonna love Soylent Green."	BeanMusical	Dec 2014	#208

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