Things that made you laugh today (Political Version)

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

I've heard that saying all my life and I don't think it was ever used in the context of "Oh you got cotton picking hands because you're black."

Even when you look up what "cotton picking hands" means on the internet it's usually used a way to mean "damn", which is how I have always heard it used.

People are much too sensitive. She immediately apologized and said she didn't mean it in an offensive way but not good enough for the mob! They went to the principal, walked out of class, and she was escorted from the building and will never be allowed back on campus.

It's nuts. I want these idiots to go through each and every movie that has ever existed where they use the term "cotton picking hands" and demand the studios to remove that movie from streaming services and won't sell it ever again. But naww, that won't happen. Hollywood is too woke. Better go after a teacher who didn't mean anything by it.

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I mean, what was the primary occupation of slaves in the 1800s? Picking cotton. It doesn't take any great leap.

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Originally Posted by Gelston

I mean, what was the primary occupation of slaves in the 1800s? Picking cotton. It doesn't take any great leap.

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So everyone's a victim.

A white supremacist one time used the okay hand gesture so now it's a racist hate symbol, no matter the context.

It's crazy.

Every time St. Patrick's Day rolls around I don't give a single shit that people have basically devolved the holiday into Irish people being a bunch of drunk idiots. People need to stop being the victim all the time.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

So everyone's a victim.

A white supremacist one time used the okay hand gesture so now it's a racist hate symbol, no matter the context.

It's crazy.

Every time St. Patrick's Day rolls around I don't give a single shit that people have basically devolved the holiday into Irish people being a bunch of drunk idiots. People need to stop being the victim all the time.

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Or, you know, just don't say stupid shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHNflREF-sQ

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Originally Posted by Gelston

Or, you know, just don't say stupid shit.

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Or people can stop playing the victim. She immediately apologized for saying nothing wrong to begin with, then explained it wasn't meant to be offensive, and was still immediately escorted from the property like some sort of criminal and fired from that school.

This is what I was talking about the other day with internet censorship and how the rules are too broad. Just say "hate speech" isn't allowed and suddenly an otherwise non-offensive term like "cotton picking hands" is deemed hate speech and you lose your rights.

Stop being a victim.

I'm pretty sure the last time I heard that phrase used was on Bugs Bunny or some shit, back when Saturday mornings kicked ass.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

Or people can stop playing the victim. She immediately apologized for saying nothing wrong to begin with, then explained it wasn't meant to be offensive, and was still immediately escorted from the property like some sort of criminal and fired from that school.

This is what I was talking about the other day with internet censorship and how the rules are too broad. Just say "hate speech" isn't allowed and suddenly an otherwise non-offensive term like "cotton picking hands" is deemed hate speech and you lose your rights.

Stop being a victim.

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Or people can just not say stupid shit.

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Originally Posted by Methais

I'm pretty sure the last time I heard that phrase used was on Bugs Bunny or some shit, back when Saturday mornings kicked ass.

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I'm really waiting for the day when whoever owns Looney Tunes has Bugs Bunny do a special where he personally apologizes for all of the shit he and his friends have said in the past.

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Originally Posted by Gelston

Or people can just not say stupid shit.

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Wasn't too long ago when here on the PC a lot of people were giving you shit for calling everyone a "faggot" and I said the same thing in your defense then: people need to stop playing the victim all the time.

Why aren't you showing this woman the same courtesy? Should you lose your job for saying "stupid shit"? Have you "evolved" on this issue over the past couple of years?

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

Wasn't too long ago when here on the PC a lot of people were giving you shit for calling everyone a "faggot" and I said the same thing in your defense then: people need to stop playing the victim all the time.

Why aren't you showing this woman the same courtesy? Should you lose your job for saying "stupid shit"? Have you "evolved" on this issue over the past couple of years?

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If I was in a teaching setting, I wouldn't have called a student a faggot. This is the PC. Different place.