Racism - Forever and Always

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  1. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    yeah, I refuse to purchase Apple TV so I haven't seen a match in quite awhile.
     
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  2. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
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    Tottenham Hotspur FC
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    United States
  3. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
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    Arsenal FC
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    United States
    This is crazy and sickening.....People will get killed .....Deplorable is too nice to describe that lot.

    Donald Trump ramped up his anti-immigrant rhetoric against the Haitian immigrants who are legally living in Springfield, Ohio:

    TRUMP: Do you think Springfield will ever be the same? You have to get them the hell out. You have to get them out.

    CROWD: Send them back! Send them back! Send them back!
     
  4. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Dang, even we got for four or five folks who post weekly. Y'all are a charter club.
     
  5. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
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    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    Our fans have trickled as we got worse post Marsh. Maybe we get good again ans people show up
     
  6. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
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    DC United
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    United States
    Or a MAGA fan
     
  7. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
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    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
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    DC United
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    United States
    In the same way that anti-trans rhetoric was always a wedge issue for across-the-board homophobia & misogyny, anti-migrant/'illegal immigrant' rhetoric was always a wedge for hostility to all immigrants (and pluralism in general).
     
  8. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
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    Chicago Fire
    I live in PA where, as has been mentioned before, immigration is the biggest issue for MAGAts around. And we do have a lot of immigrants here. I never go a day without hearing someone speaking in Spanish. And it's pretty common to hear Spanish being sung from car stereos this time of year, what with windows being down and all.

    I can't for the life of me see how that's a problem. If someone doesn't like music being sung in a foreign language, then they need to avoid walking by my house on Saturday afternoons in the summer, because there's going to be an opera on the radio. though on average three of them over the 52 weeks might be in English
     
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  9. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
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    DC United
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    Vanuatu
    FYP. I'm pretty sure Trump said something to the effect that immigration would be ok if the immigrants were coming from someplace like Norway. His mother was a Scottish immigrant. Another of the many things I blame the British for.
     
  10. roby

    roby Member+

    SIRLOIN SALOON FC, PITTSFIELD MA
    Feb 27, 2005
    So Cal
    Voice of Firestone on Sat....Sunday was Italian aires for sing-a-longs. :)
     
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  11. Dutch Donald Duck gets new neighbours:
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    Winner Eva with the design of new neighbor named Eva Hamerslag (Dutch for Hammerblow) and son Lex for Donald Duck. The winning cartoon character will be given a prominent place on the cover of the magazine and will regularly appear in the adventures of Donald Duck. © REUTERS
     
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  12. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
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    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
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    DC United
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    United States
    Oh, of course.

    My wife is Bulgarian, and I learned a long time ago that there are certain (white; usually conservative) men you just don't share that info with because "Oh, you got an Eastern European woman" tends to take the conversation in a certain direction.
     
  13. ??
     
  14. bigredfutbol

    bigredfutbol Moderator
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    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
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    DC United
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    United States
    Creepy assumptions about how Eastern European women are more "naturally feminine", compliant & deferential; basically the assumption is that you're a conservative man who avoided the horrible fate of having to settle for a Western feminist woman.
     
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  15. Ah, okay. ike the perception of Asian women.
    Boy, do you wish them to hook up with a Thai woman....:ROFLMAO:
    They have a certain reputation...
     
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  16. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
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    Chicago Fire
    That's pretty funny because pretty much every Central and Eastern European woman I've ever met has an EXTREMELY low tolerance for bullshit.
     
  17. bigredfutbol

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    Sep 5, 2000
    Woodbridge, VA
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    DC United
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    United States
    Fun fact: "I love your accent" isn't the great pick-up line a lot of American guys think it is.
     
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  18. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No words....


    Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) deleted the following tweet after he was confronted by Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford (D-NV) on the House floor, Punchbowl News reports:

    “Lol. These Haitians are wild. Eating pets, vudu, nastiest country in the western hemisphere, cults, slapstick gangsters… but damned if they don’t feel all sophisticated now, filing charges against our President and VP. All these thugs better get their mind right and their ass out of our country before January 20th.”

    On the House floor, Horsford later said Higgins has brought “discredit and disgrace” to Congress by his tweet and moved to censure the Louisiana Republican.
     
  19. ElNaranja

    ElNaranja Member+

    Houston Dynamo
    United States
    Jul 16, 2017
    You can't be censured for trying to invite a pogrom against Haitian Americans. Not supporting the genocide in Gaza though? Hand them out like candy.
     
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  20. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
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    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    That's real cool. Representation is important for all kids.
     
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  21. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I'm kinda on the fence about this one. The other animals don't look White. They look like animals. Donald Duck isn't racially, politically "White"- he simply has White feathers. Any child should be able to identify with him. Besides, a duck with dreads can't fly!

    I could make the legit argument that these folks are actually othering Black people thru making Donald White by default, but I won't...
     
  22. Val1

    Val1 Member+

    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
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    Arsenal FC
    But to complete the stereotype, anyone thinking this can't differentiate between Eastern European women and Russian mail order brides.
     
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  23. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    We saw it when he slithered down the escalator. Scapegoating & riling up Whitelandians.
     
  24. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    Donald Duck is a heel, a f********ing asshole, and I don’t know if anyone should be trying to claim him. Although it is clear that he would be culturally white.

    Worrying about the the realities of a duck flying with dredlocks, when the duck does all the things a human does, is just plain silly. C’mon. This is an escape from reality. All we need is internal consistency. The only thing that keeps Roadrunner v Coyote consistent is that roadrunner gets away while everything backfires on coyote. They can live on Mars and it still works.

    All this is, is trying to make very old IP more relevant to today. I think introducing new and interesting characters is much better than a soulless Poochie-style character (Simpson’s joke) pandering to basic common denominators.

    anyway, surprisingly, I care deeply about this topic, I just found out. :laugh:
     

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