Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[PDH]

Yes the same people who get their panties in a wad if a fantasy village features more than one race.

You are not referencing me, are you?

That seemed to have been aimed at the gamer/movie types who scream when a character is a person of color.

[grumbler]

That seemed to have been aimed at the gamer/movie types who scream when a character is a person of color.

Or, more accurately, when the actor playing the role is a person of color.

[Razgovory]

Can we just leave politics out of this and maintain the status quo?

[PDH]

That seemed to have been aimed at the gamer/movie types who scream when a character is a person of color.

Or, more accurately, when the actor playing the role is a person of color.

I would say that is the crux of the problem - people can't get beyond the actor to the performance, they get stuck on the color.

[Josquius]

That seemed to have been aimed at the gamer/movie types who scream when a character is a person of color.

Or, more accurately, when the actor playing the role is a person of color.

I would say that is the crux of the problem - people can't get beyond the actor to the performance, they get stuck on the color.

I think we might be giving racists too much credit here.

There is valid criticism of "I just don't think he looks right for the part", such as for instance the (way it presented on the surface) upset over black Anne Boleyn or weird non racially linked casting of fictional characters.
But then a lot of the criticism, often claiming to be the first type, is purely from a "I don't want black people" pov.
Looking beyond how the person looks to the performance is very possible with the first. Actors who seem miscast can win over people who genuinely give a shit about the show.
With the second though... No. Its all about how they look.

[garbon]

Exhibit 1

[Josquius]

Exhibit 1

Don't be dumb.

[Valmy]

Yes the same people who get their panties in a wad if a fantasy village features more than one race.

That's it. My patience and tolerance for you is gone. All your oppression is now your fault.

[garbon]

Yes the same people who get their panties in a wad if a fantasy village features more than one race.

That's it. My patience and tolerance for you is gone. All your oppression is now your fault.

[HVC]

Yes the same people who get their panties in a wad if a fantasy village features more than one race.

That's it. My patience and tolerance for you is gone. All your oppression is now your fault.

He still hasn't apologized for his microaggression of calling me white

[grumbler]

I've never seen the historical Anne Boleyn herself so don't know why I would be traumatized by seeing her being portrayed by a non-WASP actor.  Perhaps a black Huck Finn (unless Jim was played by a white actor) might startle me for a bit, but if the actor can carry the role I soon forget who is the actor and just pay attention to the character.  Female Starbuck and Female Dr. Keynes didn't faze me for a second. 

[crazy canuck]

The right actually does care quite a bit about people being gay - conversion therapy wasn't funded by right wing evangelicals for nothing.

It is laughable that the right wishes to be all liberal democratic except for the fact that they were provoked somehow.

[viper37]

The right actually does care quite a bit about people being gay - conversion therapy wasn't funded by right wing evangelicals for nothing.

It is laughable that the right wishes to be all liberal democratic except for the fact that they were provoked somehow.

ranting about gays when using the phrase "shoving it down my throat" might not be the wisest choice of words. It looks more like people making fun of American right-wingers while sowing dissent.

[Eddie Teach]

The right actually does care quite a bit about people being gay - conversion therapy wasn't funded by right wing evangelicals for nothing.

It is laughable that the right wishes to be all liberal democratic except for the fact that they were provoked somehow.

"The right" is not some monolithic entity. Maybe he really doesn't care.

[Josquius]

Possible. But somehow unlikely given this post.