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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 7:11:24 PM
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Does this change your opinion on him?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_SYH5-ppfw

@18 seconds and wait for it.

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hyperpowder
12/16/20 7:14:29 PM
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Not going to lie, I laughed

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DeadBankerDream
12/16/20 7:14:33 PM
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Wat,
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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 7:17:59 PM
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hyperpowder posted...
Not going to lie, I laughed
I'm not sure you're allowed to say that.

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JlM
12/16/20 7:21:15 PM
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Phew! I was worried this was actually something. Don't try to drag my dude through the mud, please.

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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 7:21:55 PM
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JlM posted...
Phew! I was worried this was actually something. Don't try to drag my dude through the mud, please.
You're saying it's not something?

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Gafemage
12/16/20 7:23:43 PM
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shut df up idc that youre being ironic rn
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Lost_All_Senses
12/16/20 7:24:00 PM
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Welp, time to attack his family.

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Bishop9800
12/16/20 7:24:36 PM
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hyperpowder posted...
Not going to lie, I laughed


same here

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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 7:24:50 PM
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Conflict posted...
That was literally nothing.
Wow. OK.

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Cornhuskers
12/16/20 7:25:11 PM
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Concern trolling, T.C.?
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AlisLandale
12/16/20 7:25:44 PM
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I dont think Alex Trebek has anything to do with how the tv station decided to edit its commercials.

But that was pretty damn fucked up and somebody at that station is/was a trash human being >_>

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KLouD_KoNNeCteD
12/16/20 7:26:50 PM
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tc is not funny
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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 7:27:25 PM
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AlisLandale posted...
I dont think Alex Trebek has anything to do with how the tv station decided to edit its commercials.

But that was pretty damn fucked up and somebody at that station is/was a trash human being >_>
What does editing have to do with it?

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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 7:27:55 PM
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I don't think some people watched to the very end.

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OobyDooby
12/16/20 7:31:17 PM
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Shut the fuck up.
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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 7:35:14 PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigar_store_Indian

People within the Native American community often view such likenesses as offensive for several reasons. .... Other objections are that they perpetuate a "noble savage" or "Indian princess" caricature or inauthentic stereotypes of Native people, implying that modern individuals "are still living in tepees, that we still wear war bonnets and beads." drawing parallels to the African-American lawn jockey.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/stories/articles/2015/10/26/cigar-store-indians-trading-stereotypes/

The figures were a product of their time, a period fraught with prejudice against indigenous peoples. The statues helped to invent and then reinforce the quintessential stereotype of an authentic Native American by often depicting figures with bronze-colored skin wearing feathered headdresses, long fringed skirts or shirts, and moccasins. Critics have compared the characters to racist lawn ornaments of black jockeys.

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nfearurspecimn
12/16/20 7:37:34 PM
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hyperpowder posted...
Not going to lie, I laughed
I chuckled. I'm a bad person.

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nfearurspecimn
12/16/20 7:38:53 PM
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Conflict posted...
Weren't you literally suspended for calling Native Americans 'technologically inferior'? Pardon me if I don't think you actually care about this
tc is tote_all? also he said "technologically inferior RACE" when he didn't need to throw race into it

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SaltyWet
12/16/20 7:39:14 PM
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I'm not watching a 15 min video

Just summarize what happened

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nfearurspecimn
12/16/20 7:40:22 PM
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SaltyWet posted...
I'm not watching a 15 min video

Just summarize what happened
36 second mark

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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 7:41:06 PM
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So if anyone is too young to understand what's going on here. Station Sign-off messages use to use a picture of a Native American. Similarly to how tobacco shops used Cigar Store Indians. This fell out of favor due to their racist overtones. (like how white people use to have lawn ornaments of black caricatures.) What we have here is essentially the Native American version of black face.

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CosmicShadows
12/16/20 7:41:43 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...
So if anyone is too young to understand what's going on here. Station Sign-off messages use to use a picture of a Native American. Similarly to how tobacco shops used Cigar Store Indians. This fell out of favor due to their racist overtones. (like how white people use to have lawn ornaments of black caricatures.) What we have here is essentially the Native American version of black face.


Zzzzz you must be bored
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SaltyWet
12/16/20 7:41:51 PM
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Yeah I don't like him now.

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nfearurspecimn
12/16/20 7:41:55 PM
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Conflict posted...
No he's Clunkerslim
oh my bad idk why I thought tote_all did that it's hard to keep track since I don't, well, keep track

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KLouD_KoNNeCteD
12/16/20 7:42:42 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...
So if anyone is too young to understand what's going on here. Station Sign-off messages use to use a picture of a Native American. Similarly to how tobacco shops used Cigar Store Indians. This fell out of favor due to their racist overtones. (like how white people use to have lawn ornaments of black caricatures.) What we have here is essentially the Native American version of black face.
You're not funny and nobody likes you.
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doomcrusader
12/16/20 7:42:50 PM
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AmericaTheBrave
12/16/20 7:48:41 PM
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Conflict posted...
Weren't you literally suspended for calling Native Americans 'technologically inferior'? Pardon me if I don't think you actually care about this

But they were...? Is it now un-PC to point out that Europeans had guns and natives did not?

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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 7:52:48 PM
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AmericaTheBrave posted...
But they were...? Is it now un-PC to point out that Europeans had guns and natives did not?
Don't bother. I went down that road already.

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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 8:00:22 PM
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I was going to post Taco's 1982 hit music video "Puttin on the Ritz" and compare the blackface in that music video to what Trebek is doing here and ask if anyone sees a difference. But... I just noticed that, in the last month, Youtube has completely scrubbed that music video off their site. (Either that or Taco wised up and sent a bunch of take down notices.)

So it seems clear that criticizing people for using racist caricatures is not off the table just because it happened in the 80s.

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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 8:06:41 PM
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I mean, come on guys. If someone did this now then you'd be calling for their resignation and you know it.

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Evening_Dragon
12/16/20 8:08:02 PM
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JlM posted...
Phew! I was worried this was actually something. Don't try to drag my dude through the mud, please.


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Kajagogo
12/16/20 8:09:18 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...


I mean, come on guys. If someone did this now then you'd be calling for their resignation and you know it.

I don't think that's true.

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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 8:11:03 PM
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Kajagogo posted...
I don't think that's true.
Maybe you're right. I personally feel like Twitter would explode, but maybe not.

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NeonOctopus
12/16/20 8:13:35 PM
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doomcrusader posted...
That was pretty funny.


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YourDrunkFather
12/16/20 8:13:47 PM
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Stop looking for things to be outraged by

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KawiKa
12/16/20 8:15:14 PM
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doomcrusader posted...
That was pretty funny.


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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 8:17:18 PM
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Conflict posted...
The glaring difference is, that didn't happen -now- and things were way different back then than they are now.

But that's exactly my point. There's an inconsistency with how we deal with these things. Like, we'll burn down politicians who engaged in black face 30 years ago. But Alex gets a pass? Like where is the line between "product of his environment at the time" and "he should have known better?"

Conflict posted...
What exactly do you expect someone to do about a near 40-year old commercial besides apologize

Given the circumstances I certainly don't expect that. But even if Alex were alive I still wouldn't be demanding anything. I just think it's worthy of discussion.

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Jagr_68
12/16/20 8:17:28 PM
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BeyondWalls
12/16/20 8:29:35 PM
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shockthemonkey posted...
Justin Trudeau is still PM, what are you talking about?
I didn't mention Trudeau. There's no shortage of past examples to chose from.

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2019/01/24/florida-secretary-of-state-blackface-politicians-tallahassee-photos-halloween/2670097002/

And you're confused about what we're talking about here. No one is trying to seek a remedy from Alex Trebek. This isn't about an apology or canceling anything. This is a discussion about how we should view the past and the impact that view should have on the present.

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--Zero-
12/16/20 8:32:44 PM
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LMAO 30 years ago

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SquirtleSkwad
12/16/20 8:36:07 PM
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What the fuck lol

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FrankJaegr
12/16/20 8:42:30 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...
But that's exactly my point. There's an inconsistency with how we deal with these things. Like, we'll burn down politicians who engaged in black face 30 years ago. But Alex gets a pass? Like where is the line between "product of his environment at the time" and "he should have known better?"

You really think people who engage in politics like that really take the time to take a step back and realize things like this? Lol
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