• nthavoc
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    2 days ago

    Nobody had a problem with that skit or this Tropic Thunder role:

    In fact, people had more of a problem with Ben Stiller’s role playing the “never go full retard” part. Look up actual black face and you see the clear difference.

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      1 day ago

      You base your understanding of racism on this? It’s like trying to say that being a sexual predator is fine because people like Dennis Reynolds.

      Go out in black face if you’re that confident, see how long it takes for you to get called out for it (im sure you can explain to them that it’s ok because Robert Downey did it). Black face didn’t stop being a hate crime because of tropic thunder lol.

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        24 hours ago

        Well I tried. Someone getting all uppity because they can’t tell the difference what blackface was in the 1900’s to a 2008 comedy that was received pretty well by everyone.

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          20 hours ago

          Lol you brought up tropic thunder as a justification, while I was talking about Jimmy Kimmels use of black face which was not received well. One doesn’t cancel out the other.

          Nobody was seriously offended by RDJ’s role, because it’s making fun of white washing during casting rather than a direct depiction of black face. This kind of context is important and clearly missed by most people who use this movie as a justification for racism… Why do you think Brandon Jackson’s character was upset about it the whole movie?

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              19 hours ago

              Lol.

              You completely missed the point of that movie and tried to use it to justify blackface hahaha.

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                13 hours ago

                With dumbass logic comparing rape and racism to pass as an argument and essentially saying I was ok with rape too, let me translate the otherwise polite “you do you” in a language you are accustomed to: Go fuck yourself.