Current Events > It is official. The solar eclipse was racist.

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http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/20/the-eclipse-is-racist-because-it-fails-to-affect-enough-black-people-the-atlantic-suggests/
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riots and looting ensue
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Could you imagine going to college getting your writing degree and becoming a journalist to write up stupid shit like this and clickbaits all day?
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Highwind07 posted...

She is arguing that the eclipse is akin to segregation.

What.

Like the black only graduations and black only meetings?
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I was like "lol daily caller" so I attempted to read the original article. I finished the first two paragraphs and it really was insane...


But for some reason there's like 12 more paragraphs. Jesus Christ.

And it's listed in their science section.

HypnoCoosh posted...

riots and looting ensue

It did not happen in their own neighborhood so why would they burn it down?
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Do you guys ever let the knee jerk racial resentment y'all feel drop. It's not blaming the eclipse as a racist thing, It's using the path of the eclipse to investigate the demographics and history of the states it went over. Like why do y'all get taken in by this bullshit, is it really that appealing to believe the elite man is racist against white people?

Highwind07 posted...

Medz2017 posted...

Highwind07 posted...

She is arguing that the eclipse is akin to segregation.

What.

Like the black only graduations and black only meetings?

It is more like an observation on the demographic patterns of populace in the U.S of Blacks vs Non Blacks.

could that do with the percentage of the population that is black or maybe less black people traveled to the best spots to witness it? None of this was segregated.
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There were two kinds of people yesterday.

One who could appreciate the beauty that for a couple hours, the entire country stopped glaring at each other with animosity and turned their gaze all to the same thing in sky.

And the other who couldn't help but feel oppressed and go on a whiny SJW rant.

These are the kind of people who want "oppression" to be around forever, otherwise their life has no purpose.

Iirc, In 2024 the totality runs through Detroit though, so let's wait for the article bitching about the giant oppressive white thing casting its shadow on a black city.

_RETS_ posted...

There were two kinds of people yesterday.

One who could appreciate the beauty that for a couple hours, the entire country stopped glaring at each other with animosity and turned their gaze all to the same thing in sky.

And the other who couldn't help but feel oppressed and go on a whiny SJW rant.

These are the kind of people who want "oppression" to be around forever, otherwise their life has no purpose.

Iirc, In 2024 the totality runs through Detroit though, so let's wait for the article bitching about the giant oppressive white thing casting its shadow on a black city.

Holy fuck people like you are the worst. Why do you get taken in by this shit.

Looks like the author was trying to use metaphors but just came off sounding insane and long winded.
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Idiot writing article = official
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Horus_Leftfield posted...

Do you guys ever let the knee jerk racial resentment y'all feel drop. It's not blaming the eclipse as a racist thing, It's using the path of the eclipse to investigate the demographics and history of the states it went over. Like why do y'all get taken in by this bullshit, is it really that appealing to believe the elite man is racist against white people?

Read the full article. It was nothing more than a typical victimization-first liberal looking for a reason to bitch about racism and finding a completely inappropriate event as an excuse to do so.
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Horus_Leftfield posted...

_RETS_ posted...

There were two kinds of people yesterday.

One who could appreciate the beauty that for a couple hours, the entire country stopped glaring at each other with animosity and turned their gaze all to the same thing in sky.

And the other who couldn't help but feel oppressed and go on a whiny SJW rant.

These are the kind of people who want "oppression" to be around forever, otherwise their life has no purpose.

Iirc, In 2024 the totality runs through Detroit though, so let's wait for the article bitching about the giant oppressive white thing casting its shadow on a black city.

Holy fuck people like you are the worst. Why do you get taken in by this shit.

"Taken in". What are you even talking about?

Horus_Leftfield posted...

Do you guys ever let the knee jerk racial resentment y'all feel drop. It's not blaming the eclipse as a racist thing, It's using the path of the eclipse to investigate the demographics and history of the states it went over. Like why do y'all get taken in by this bullshit, is it really that appealing to believe the elite man is racist against white people?

Blaming everything on vengeful minorities means never having to take responsibility for your own failures, of which I'm assuming these people collect like Pokemon cards.
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hockeybub89 posted...

Idiot writing article = official

Yep.

That's like taking that photo of that open-mouthed white nationalist from Charlottesville and saying "It's official, conservatives are racist."
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"this is not explained by the implicit bias of the solar system. It is a matter of population density, and more specifically geographic variations in population density by race, for which the sun and the moon cannot be held responsible"

Literally right at the top. She's using metaphor to try and make a weird point, but hey, feel free to get butt hurt over it.
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justaguy3492 posted...

"this is not explained by the implicit bias of the solar system. It is a matter of population density, and more specifically geographic variations in population density by race, for which the sun and the moon cannot be held responsible"

Literally right at the top. She's using metaphor to try and make a weird point, but hey, feel free to get butt hurt over it.

It is stupid to misrepresent the article as "SJW says eclipse is racist" because that's inaccurate and disingenuous.

It is also stupid to use an event that for just a moment brings pretty much everyone together to bitch about racism

Article doesn't say eclipse is racist. But it is a really stupid fucking article. Like the whole idea behind it.

This was a rare moment where people got along to enjoy a wonder of the solar system. Idiot professor that writes for the Atlantic is like you know what would be a good way to make this about race? Write about how racist all the states the eclipse passes over are.
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Horus_Leftfield posted...

_RETS_ posted...

There were two kinds of people yesterday.

One who could appreciate the beauty that for a couple hours, the entire country stopped glaring at each other with animosity and turned their gaze all to the same thing in sky.

And the other who couldn't help but feel oppressed and go on a whiny SJW rant.

These are the kind of people who want "oppression" to be around forever, otherwise their life has no purpose.

Iirc, In 2024 the totality runs through Detroit though, so let's wait for the article bitching about the giant oppressive white thing casting its shadow on a black city.

Holy fuck people like you are the worst. Why do you get taken in by this shit.

I mean you need to admit that this guy used the eclipse to rant about something completely unrelated and unnecessary given the event. Like seriously he couldn't shut the fuck up about racism to enjoy a solar phenomenon and used it as a launching point to bitch. lokk at both sides of this.
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@The_Admiral posted...

Horus_Leftfield posted...

Do you guys ever let the knee jerk racial resentment y'all feel drop. It's not blaming the eclipse as a racist thing, It's using the path of the eclipse to investigate the demographics and history of the states it went over. Like why do y'all get taken in by this bullshit, is it really that appealing to believe the elite man is racist against white people?

Read the full article. It was nothing more than a typical victimization-first liberal looking for a reason to bitch about racism and finding a completely inappropriate event as an excuse to do so.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/daily-caller/
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Somebody needs to tell these people the story of the boy who cried wolf. Most people hear the word "racist" now and just roll their eyes and think, "...sure."
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These people will invent examples of racism and oppression if they need to. Anything to keep the oppression olympics going on and on and on.

--kresnik-- posted...

Somebody needs to tell these people the story of the boy who cried wolf. Most people hear the word "racist" now and just roll their eyes and think, "...sure."

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/daily-caller/
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sktgamer_13dude posted...

--kresnik-- posted...

Somebody needs to tell these people the story of the boy who cried wolf. Most people hear the word "racist" now and just roll their eyes and think, "...sure."

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/daily-caller/

You already posted that. Read the original article posted in the atlantic and make up your mind before writing it off because the daily caller spun it as the left being the left
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sktgamer_13dude posted...

--kresnik-- posted...

Somebody needs to tell these people the story of the boy who cried wolf. Most people hear the word "racist" now and just roll their eyes and think, "...sure."

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/daily-caller/

This site claims The Atlantic has a left-center bias. IE a "slight to moderate liberal bias." Haha that's not true at all. It's pretty much a very left to far left site.

that article gave me aids
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The Atlantic’s longwinded law professor assures readers that “implicit bias of the solar system” is “presumably” not the cause of eclipse’s failure to affect enough black people.

So, not what the article says, at all.
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Literally Daily Caller...you know, the site that employed and still employees open white nationalists and gave guys like Jason Kessler a platform to express their bullshit beliefs. Lmao
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sktgamer_13dude posted...

@The_Admiral posted...

Horus_Leftfield posted...

Do you guys ever let the knee jerk racial resentment y'all feel drop. It's not blaming the eclipse as a racist thing, It's using the path of the eclipse to investigate the demographics and history of the states it went over. Like why do y'all get taken in by this bullshit, is it really that appealing to believe the elite man is racist against white people?

Read the full article. It was nothing more than a typical victimization-first liberal looking for a reason to bitch about racism and finding a completely inappropriate event as an excuse to do so.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/daily-caller/

I didn't read the Daily Caller article, I clicked the link and read The Atlantic article. My original post stands.
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looks like she was tracing the line of the eclipse to highlight racism along the path through the different states. She's not wrong about what she's saying, but the reason for this is weird.
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Like, this is a dumb metaphor for sure.
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