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Post by lildude8218 on Nov 19, 2019 19:18:31 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2019 19:19:23 GMT -5
And the thing is, you could do the exact same structure of the joke without having to go racist with it. "Cover himself in steaks and walk among vultures," boom, done. Is it funny? No, but it conveys the same intent without the deep dish racism.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Nov 19, 2019 19:20:32 GMT -5
And the thing is, you could do the exact same structure of the joke without having to go racist with it. "Cover himself in steaks and walk among vultures," boom, done. Is it funny? No, but it conveys the same intent without the deep dish racism. Yea, the same point gets across without the racism but nope dude went that route |
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Post by FinalGwen on Nov 19, 2019 19:21:14 GMT -5
Every time you think he can't sink lower. And shame on NWA for letting this make air. They're never going to be taken seriously while they let bigotry like this pass.
EDIT: You know what, even beyond the bigotry, 1.2 million people in Ethopia died between 1983 and 1985. The pictures of the abject suffering (described as 'hell on earth' by BBC journalists) went worldwide like never before, and are still harrowing to this day. And he thinks that's the appropriate setting for a racist joke to... Get Trevor Murdoch over?
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Post by Dub H on Nov 19, 2019 19:27:36 GMT -5
And the thing is, you could do the exact same structure of the joke without having to go racist with it. "Cover himself in steaks and walk among vultures," boom, done. Is it funny? No, but it conveys the same intent without the deep dish racism. "Cover yourself in BBQ Sauce and run with the pitbulls" |
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Post by Tenshigure on Nov 19, 2019 19:28:22 GMT -5
I played this back five times just to confirm if I heard what he said correctly in disbelief. It’s like he wants to sabotage his career as far as relevance. Quite the opposite: the guy knows he's bulletproof. We're not even out of the month of November and the guy has been featured on this forum on at least four separate occasions where he's saying things that would get a common person fired from their job. The NWA won't endorse his antics, but they'll let him stay front-and-center as their mouthpiece for their product. No careers will be sabotaged, he'll simply gravitate to the next group who will salivate at the opportunity if they ever grow a backbone. |
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Post by abjordans on Nov 19, 2019 19:28:51 GMT -5
I know I am going to regret asking this, but why is this racist? If he said another food aside from fried chicken, would it be racist? Because I honestly don’t think he was trying to insinuate all black people like fried chicken. I think that is just a good everyone knows.
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Post by chronocross on Nov 19, 2019 19:29:17 GMT -5
Might wanna but a content warning: racism on that. That's not even a new Cornette-ism, I swear he's said that in the past. Yeah, he's said that a lot in the past, also referencing Dick Murdoch when he was aligned with the Midnights in early 88. Unfortunately, nothing's changed with old Jim there. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Nov 19, 2019 19:30:59 GMT -5
I know I am going to regret asking this, but why is this racist? If he said another food aside from fried chicken, would it be racist? Because I honestly don’t think he was trying to insinuate all black people like fried chicken. I think that is just a good everyone knows. The racism is all black people like fried chicken. If he said taking watermelon it would been the same thing because those are two foods that are always associated with black people He didn’t say just chicken in general, he said fried chicken. It’s so blatant it’s disgusting |
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Nov 19, 2019 19:31:45 GMT -5
I made the decision the other day not to watch NWA Powerrr due to Jim Cornette's hate-rage-racism gimmick that's seemingly overwritten any other personality traits.
Billy Corgan and his team had months, MONTHS to edit this off the show. So Billy Corgan is just as racist as Jim. Even if they remove Jim from commentary, I won't support Billy's product, he's complicit in this making the air.
Adios, NWA. Maybe you can try again with the next owner.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2019 19:34:26 GMT -5
I know I am going to regret asking this, but why is this racist? If he said another food aside from fried chicken, would it be racist? Because I honestly don’t think he was trying to insinuate all black people like fried chicken. I think that is just a good everyone knows. I mean... I'm finding myself kind of flummoxed on how to explain how it's racist given how directly so it is. He basically said that a bunch of starving black people would tear someone apart (given it was the context of talking about how Murdoch is tough enough to do it) for a food that stereotypes say all black people love. That... is unbelievably racist. If it were some other food it'd still be... incredibly iffy, but I'm struggling to think of a way it could have been worse than it is without involving slurs. |
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Nov 19, 2019 19:35:46 GMT -5
I know I am going to regret asking this, but why is this racist? If he said another food aside from fried chicken, would it be racist? Because I honestly don’t think he was trying to insinuate all black people like fried chicken. I think that is just a good everyone knows. You question how is this racist then immediately mention the fact fried chicken came into play. You clearly get it. |
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Post by Lupin the Third on Nov 19, 2019 19:37:39 GMT -5
I said it before, I'll say it again.
Jesus Christ, Cornette.
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Post by Gawk Rivers on Nov 19, 2019 19:38:33 GMT -5
Jim Cornette saw everyone defending him and immediately went nice job kid but check this shit
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Post by spagett on Nov 19, 2019 19:39:39 GMT -5
If he'd said steaks or sausages or whatever and still done the motorbike and Ethiopia lines it would still be incredibly distasteful and just a nasty unpleasant thing to say. But Fried Chicken?
It beggars belief.
Also not a surprise that it's a line he used in 1989 either. Cornettes entire mindset seems to be 30 years behind the times.
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Post by King Devitt: What Plants Crave on Nov 19, 2019 19:40:50 GMT -5
There HAS to be some backlash on him over this.
How much more shit can this dude get away with?
Also, what does he have to do to actually get backlash?
You can outright call someone a pedophile just for having a nice smile, and make recycled racist jokes, and it's STILL not enough to get this guy ousted?
And it's just the tip of the iceberg with his archaic judgmental views.
Wow.
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Post by Gawk Rivers on Nov 19, 2019 19:40:59 GMT -5
Also, considering NWA Power is a taped show, I think it also needs to be stressed that they consciously left this shit in when they could have edited it out with a couple seconds of audio muting.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Nov 19, 2019 19:41:13 GMT -5
Jim Cornette saw everyone defending him and immediately went nice job kid but check this shit The only thing missing now is for him to cut a promo on someone black and call them boy to complete the whole thing Like damn, I still can’t believe that shit left his mouth and no one went wait a min what the f*** he said and edited that out |
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Nov 19, 2019 19:42:22 GMT -5
Yes Dave, an error you've known about for months and could've corrected at any time, but didn't.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Nov 19, 2019 19:42:34 GMT -5
I mean, at this point, there's nothing shocking anymore.
Dude is in permanent facepalm territory, and it seems like he's trying to see just how much he can get away with.
By this time next week, he'll be referencing the Holodomor. -.-
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