re: Racist receipt in Opelousas

What a pathetically weak man that is.

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It's like watching someone be blackmailed and everyone else just going along with it.

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This entire thing is like being blackmailed as country, and for whatever reason the vast majority of people who COULD simply say, "Nah...I'm not doing that," and have it actually matter and keep this all from happening by sheer force of will have caved and are being lead around by their noses while a few of us stand around shaking our heads at these idiots walking themselves to the slaughter.

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"I know the skin color of the person who kidnapped your baby, but I can't reveal it to the police for obvious reasons".

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Literally a scene out of Superbad.

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Absolutists can be annoying. Not every reference to race constitutes "racism" or even "bigotry."

Saying "That uppity spade in the fancy suit" or "those loud smokes in the corner" is a pretty good indicator of some deep-seated racism.

Saying "That Black man in the tweed jacket" or "the Black family near the window" is just a benign physical description.

Absolutists struggle with understanding the difference.

The problem lies in catering to the Absolutists. As a small kid many moons ago, I remember rolling my eyes when Howard Cosell would be ringside at a boxing match between a Black and a White, insisting on referencing "the boxer in the dark trunks" to avoid saying "Black."

The hoe with the c section and no kids.

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Absolutists struggle with understanding the difference.

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It's not so much that they struggle with it, it's that they understand that by pushing this they are placing "the other side" into a situation with no good outcome. Either acquiesce and get laughed at for being weak, or refuse and get called a bigot.

Not sure if you saw it, but during that nonsense at Evergreen College a few years back, one of the most troubling things I saw was the University President in the cafeteria, while staff there were essentially held hostage by "students," being told to stop raising his arms while he spoke because it was threatening! Keep in mind, this guy could not have been a bigger Beta by the looks of him, so he could have been wielding a machete and no real person would have felt threatened. But, he immediately listened to the demand and lowered his arms and stood there like a tin soldier talking while keeping his arms flat against his sides while the "students" laughed at him for obeying. He might as well have wet his pants on command to place a cherry on top of his emasculation.

Other than a small amount of idiots that get swept up in this narrative of being a perpetual victim, I don't believe for a second anyone is truly an absolutist for any reason other than political games.

Sure...could the restaurant have in place a system that does this job better than describing patrons? Obviously. Is what this person wrote racist or bigoted or insulting in any way? Obviously not.

How bad has it gotten when they have to post a news story about so called racist shite in Opelousas...

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My post included a certain tongue-in-cheek sarcasm that clearly did not convey itself well in the written word.

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Nope...caught it. I was just using your post as a jumping off point.

Should they have said the colored people by the window?

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Is black not the color of their skin?

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More of a dark cocoa. Perhaps a singed toast.