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Originally posted by Raven69
Were they cold?

Cold, dark, uninviting, and covered with a thick putrid slime...which is about what I expected.

Originally posted by Red Night
Cold, dark, uninviting, and covered with a thick putrid slime...which is about what I expected.

Let's leave Greta van Susteren's vajayay out of this. 😕

Originally posted by no1marauder
I was saying you gave an irrational reason because you did. There's nothing intrinsically racist about a black man being shown in chains; in this case the image was of a heroic character who resisted slavery. I compared this image to a picture of Martin Luther King in jail, neither you or any others could give a coherent reason why the first is "racist" ...[text shortened]... gnificant problem with the site and makes these forums considerably less than they could be.

I've been repeatedly told, its a fictional character, Kunte Kinte. Thank you for that. Thank you letting me know.

When I first saw the pic itself, I had no idea who this was. Was I supposed too? All I saw, was a black man in chains. Does my opinion/interpretation, make me irrational?

I'll say this again : My intellectual ability, on reasoning/thought/opinion/understanding/views is only as good as to the extent of how I percieve it to be, how I percieve myself, in which I will say it, to that extent.

If I failed to say this or that, and I've not satisfied you, with what I've said, (not that I expect to, at this point), then I do apologise that you are struggling with it.

Originally posted by no1marauder
You poor baby. You don't seem to have a problem directing hate at others, Mr. Phony.

So you agree he is right then. It wouldn't make any difference.

Originally posted by Elamef37

When I first saw the pic itself, I had no idea who this was. Was I supposed too? All I saw, was a black man in chains. Does my opinion/interpretation, make me irrational?

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Of course not. Most rational people would react the same way, particularly under the circumstances.

Originally posted by Red Night
Of course not. Most rational people would react the same way, particularly under the circumstances.

And that pretty much answers all the questions. It dots all the i's and cross's all the t's. How more rational could anyone ask for.

I say if there was any debate Elamef37 has won it hands down.

Originally posted by cashthetrash

I say if there was any debate Elamef37 has won it hands down.

She had right on her side.

Originally posted by cashthetrash
And that pretty much answers all the questions. It dots all the i's and cross's all the t's. How more rational could anyone ask for.

I say if there was any debate Elamef37 has won it hands down.

🙄

Originally posted by Red Night
Of course not. Most rational people would react the same way, particularly under the circumstances.

No, they wouldn't. "Most" people on this board did not go running to the Site Admins demanding/asking/requesting that the avatar be removed as "racist". And the poster admits she didn't have any idea who the character depicted was or in what context the image was used!

Censorship based on outright ignorance? Not a good thing.

Originally posted by Red Night
She had right on her side.

Absolutely, there is no doubt about it. Never was for any true rational thinkers.

Originally posted by Red Night
She had right on her side.

Should the mini series Roots have been banned from television because it had "racist" images of black men in chains?

Originally posted by no1marauder
Should the mini series Roots have been banned from television because it had "racist" images of black men in chains?

A black person takes offence at an avatar of a black guy in slave chains.....and you DEFEND THE AVATAR OWNER?????

Am i the only sane one here?

Originally posted by cashthetrash
I say if there was any debate Elamef37 has won it hands down.

...and yet no1 keeps squawking away. 😞

Originally posted by no1marauder
No, they wouldn't. "Most" people on this board did not go running to the Site Admins demanding/asking/requesting that the avatar be removed as "racist". And the poster admits she didn't have any idea who the character depicted was or in what context the image was used!

Censorship based on outright ignorance? Not a good thing.

It would have been ignorant of me, if I knew it was a fictional character, if I knew it was Kunte Kinte, and I still 'ran' to the Admin, to request its removal. That's ignorance.

Originally posted by huckleberryhound
A black person takes offence at an avatar of a black guy in slave chains.....and you DEFEND THE AVATAR OWNER?????

Am i the only sane one here?

Have you actually bothered to read ANY of my posts?