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The Drunken Monk's Sermon
The Miley Scandal
So there's been this HUGE shit storm going on for Miley Cyrus lately regarding a photo that was taken with a few friends where they pull back their eyes in jest presumably of Asians. Well no, "Pacific Islanders" I guess is what is preferred these days. Which is slightly odd to me. The Pacific Islanders hail from Asia.......but they don't like being called Asians? Are Europeans (who are from EUROPE....go figure) going to start wanting to be called "Atlantic continentals"? Or Spaniards, or Americans, or Germans......I dunno, where does it stop?
I just don't understand why people get so damn offensive about a name, that is only meant to signify your region of origin? Maybe the people from Japan don't want to be associated with China peoples? I dunno, because I'm totally lost as to what name I'm allowed to use for what people.....and it frickin' changes depending on who you're talking to!! It's a tad bit frustrating.
Anyways, I digress. This whole Miley photo scandal has just EXPLODED beyond offensiveness, and has crossed over into the insane. There is now a group in Los Angeles who is suing Miley for 4 billion dollars. Did you catch that, 4 BILLION dollars!!!! What in the *bleep*?!! They are claiming they are going to give $4000 to each "Pacific Islander" in the LA area for damages. If I was a "Pacific Islander" I would be more offended by the lawsuit than the pic.
Margaret Cho, who pretty much makes a living being rude, disgusting, and completely offensive towards her race has now taken up arms against Miley as well. Might as well right? I mean it's ok for Cho to make fun of who she calls 'Asians'.....but god forbid someone else has fun with ya!!
It's perfectly ok for people to make fun of red neck hill billie white inbred *bleep*ers from Texas. Shit, you could take pics of that ALL day long, and no one would bat an eye. But you better be ready for a 4 billion dollar lawsuit if you go out and offend anyone else if you're white.....or am I *bleep*in' "Caucasian" now??? Oops, I think I just offended myself by calling me white.
The truth is Miley is a dip shit. I get that. But so is Cho. So is George Lopez who slams the living shit out of whites in his show (that's ok though....he's Mexican so it's ok. Or is he Latino???). And so is this group going after a kid for 4 billion dollars.
I like Carlos Mencia.....at least he dishes it out to EVERYONE!! What's that joke...."I'm not racist, I hate everyone." Seriously, that's him. And if you can take a damn joke, check him out.
In no way do I defend her actions, but I sure as hell wouldn't care if a group of "Pacific Islander" KIDS (yeah we are talking about children here people) were to pull their eyes to make fun of white people (round eyes as they used to say) I sure as hell wouldn't give two shits, let alone have my hand out for my share of 4 billion from it.
Well if nothing else, it has given Miley a little bit more time in the spotlight, Cho a little bit more rope before her career finally flushes down the toilet, and the group filing the lawsuit a cause. Because we don't have more important things to discuss at all, like how California has decided they can't give anyone tax refunds this year. Yeah that one doesn't hit the news does it????
I would really love to see some CIVIL banter on this topic if you guys/gals are up for it.
*disclaimer* Please feel free to make fun of me (Mr. Whitey) if it makes you feel better. Cracker, Honkey, inbred, hill billie most likely all apply however If you call me a "zonie" or "Arizonian" then you're in for a world of hurt. I prefer "Western Desertonian". Thank you.
I just don't understand why people get so damn offensive about a name, that is only meant to signify your region of origin? Maybe the people from Japan don't want to be associated with China peoples? I dunno, because I'm totally lost as to what name I'm allowed to use for what people.....and it frickin' changes depending on who you're talking to!! It's a tad bit frustrating.
Anyways, I digress. This whole Miley photo scandal has just EXPLODED beyond offensiveness, and has crossed over into the insane. There is now a group in Los Angeles who is suing Miley for 4 billion dollars. Did you catch that, 4 BILLION dollars!!!! What in the *bleep*?!! They are claiming they are going to give $4000 to each "Pacific Islander" in the LA area for damages. If I was a "Pacific Islander" I would be more offended by the lawsuit than the pic.
Margaret Cho, who pretty much makes a living being rude, disgusting, and completely offensive towards her race has now taken up arms against Miley as well. Might as well right? I mean it's ok for Cho to make fun of who she calls 'Asians'.....but god forbid someone else has fun with ya!!
It's perfectly ok for people to make fun of red neck hill billie white inbred *bleep*ers from Texas. Shit, you could take pics of that ALL day long, and no one would bat an eye. But you better be ready for a 4 billion dollar lawsuit if you go out and offend anyone else if you're white.....or am I *bleep*in' "Caucasian" now??? Oops, I think I just offended myself by calling me white.
The truth is Miley is a dip shit. I get that. But so is Cho. So is George Lopez who slams the living shit out of whites in his show (that's ok though....he's Mexican so it's ok. Or is he Latino???). And so is this group going after a kid for 4 billion dollars.
I like Carlos Mencia.....at least he dishes it out to EVERYONE!! What's that joke...."I'm not racist, I hate everyone." Seriously, that's him. And if you can take a damn joke, check him out.
In no way do I defend her actions, but I sure as hell wouldn't care if a group of "Pacific Islander" KIDS (yeah we are talking about children here people) were to pull their eyes to make fun of white people (round eyes as they used to say) I sure as hell wouldn't give two shits, let alone have my hand out for my share of 4 billion from it.
Well if nothing else, it has given Miley a little bit more time in the spotlight, Cho a little bit more rope before her career finally flushes down the toilet, and the group filing the lawsuit a cause. Because we don't have more important things to discuss at all, like how California has decided they can't give anyone tax refunds this year. Yeah that one doesn't hit the news does it????
I would really love to see some CIVIL banter on this topic if you guys/gals are up for it.
*disclaimer* Please feel free to make fun of me (Mr. Whitey) if it makes you feel better. Cracker, Honkey, inbred, hill billie most likely all apply however If you call me a "zonie" or "Arizonian" then you're in for a world of hurt. I prefer "Western Desertonian". Thank you.
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You're awesome, kik.
Always loved that not a racist/hate everyone thing too. Its a great attitude. Heh.
Slippery slope. I am not a fan of Miley Cyrus, so screw her and her untalented ass. The lawsuit is pretty excessive, but I'm not mourning for her or anything. Boo hoo, poor little rich girl.
Also, it's considered distasteful for "white people" to make fun of "ethnic groups" because the West has been the greater power in recent history, running around the world like they own the place, kidnapping Africans, bunch of other terrible stuff. Heh, people have committed atrocities against their own race for a while, but there's some odd unspoken rule somewhere saying that someone of ANOTHER color can't make fun of someone of a differing skin tone. I guess a lot of it stems from the supposed racial frustration of being suppressed by whitey. There's a lot of theories anyway.
Bleh.
Jokes are jokes, but you never know if the person in question is being serious. Racism sucks, and I hate being on the receiving end. No, I don't mean some dumb broad pulling at her eyelids (hope she falls down some stairs -- famous people should set better examples for their impressionable followers)... I mean REAL racism, like when someone glares at you for no damn reason on the street or a business establishment treats you like shit even when your money is as good as the next person's.. and generally being kicked around because people think that they can get away with it. You don't even want to know some of the shit people have said or done to me because of my skin. So if anyone tells me America is over racism, I'm going to club them in the face with my 360 controller AFTER they kiss my ass.
And no, I will not get over it.
It's not like White people were the ONLY people enslaving mofos either, but for some reason that era takes precedence in the history books. There are still mass genocides happening in Africa between black tribes. In reality white people screwed some shit up. I get that, but that wasn't ME.....and I can't apologize forever for something someone else did.
Anyway, I guess my whole beef is that if we're going to start slapping down lawsuits for 4 billion dollars for Miley making inappropriate gestures, then we need to do it to EVERYONE who makes fun of other races......because right now it seems pretty racist that we're going after some lame ass white girl rather than George Lopez, or many of the black comedians slammin' races as well.
To tell you the truth I don't like that idea either. I like the fact we can make fun of each other and have a great laugh doing it. I love the fact that a black man feels comfortable enough to get on stage and make fun of stereotypes that fit me......they wouldn't be stereotypes if there wasn't a little bit of truth in them after all.
Anyways, only suppression I do is between me and my wife
edit: Your wife is awesome.
That is unless all the rubbish is started by her 'people' for publicity. In which case she should be flayed, strung and quartered.
The lawsuit is completely unnecessary. But I still don't think she was right. Another issue is her fame, the fact that is an idol many young kids admire. She should be a little more responsible than that, considering such.
Uhm, what?
Education.. lack there of. We're too busy being afraid of racism and offensive shit that we don't bother trying to address the issue. People say it's over, get over it, but that's just a shallow response to a problem that we're nowhere near resolving. We can get closer to understanding it with education, but people dismiss these things as outdated... like, "Oh, stop crying, we're all equal now."
No, we're not. We never will be if we keep up this avoidance mentality. Miley Cyrus was wrong, but so are the "advocates" suing/attacking her for it. After this fiasco is over, we won't be better off.
Same goes with sexuality, but thaaaaat's a story for another day.
I have a pic of a friend of mine who happened to be black. He's holding his fingers up to another friend of mine's head in a gun gesture, who is of course white. I'm certain that if anyone stole my pic and published it, someone would scream that I was depicting "African Americans" as violent towards whites. The reality is, we were all just having a good time. Not a single one of us looked at it as a racial issue, and the thought wouldn't have crossed our minds to look at each other in such a context.
I think we (as a society) need to stop trying to dig up dirt on famous people to begin with. Obviously, private personal pics are meant to be kept as such anyway. Chances are every one of us has a pic that could be taken in a negative way and we would be embarrassed to see released to the public.
If Miley had posted it in a blog, or took out full page ads depicting this shit, then I would say she needs to take full responsibility for her actions......but a private pic taken with friends and meant to be kept private, well I think we all need to be a bit more tolerable when it comes down to that aspect.
There was no malicious intent, and hopefully she really did learn a lesson to be more respectful of others. Other than that, that trumped up lawsuit needs to be dropped and she needs to fade into oblivion like we all really want her to do anyway.