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Blo 06/16/21 7:42:11 PM #53:	eston posted... Imagine making a whole-ass topic about how you didn't read past the headline To be more fair than TC really deserves, he likely came across this image from someone who, purposefully, did not attach the article along with it. Bullshit, like other forms of shit, rolls downhill. --- insert sig here <cite>Blo posted [p:955105984] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>eston posted... </cite> <quote>Imagine making a whole-ass topic about how you didn't read past the headline</quote>To be more fair than TC really deserves, he likely came across this image from someone who, purposefully, did not attach the article along with it. Bullshit, like other forms of shit, rolls downhill. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThanksUglyGod 06/16/21 7:43:09 PM #54:	Obvious to anyone who's ever talked to a bird <cite>ThanksUglyGod posted [p:955106009] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>Obvious to anyone who's ever talked to a bird </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ssjevot 06/16/21 7:50:15 PM #55:	Has anyone pointed out the irony of a newspaper named after a slaveowner writing an article about the problems of having things named after slaveowners? For the record I am for renaming things if that's what people think is appropriate, I just found this to be rather funny --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss <cite>ssjevot posted [p:955106235] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>Has anyone pointed out the irony of a newspaper named after a slaveowner writing an article about the problems of having things named after slaveowners? For the record I am for renaming things if that's what people think is appropriate, I just found this to be rather funny </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BilalPowell 06/16/21 7:51:09 PM #56:	ssjevot posted... Has anyone pointed out the irony of a newspaper named after a slaveowner writing an article about the problems of having things named after slaveowners? For the record I am for renaming things if that's what people think is appropriate, I just found this to be rather funny Bezos Post coming soon --- Former #1 Birmingham Iron Fan. RIP AAF <cite>BilalPowell posted [p:955106265] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>ssjevot posted... </cite> <quote>Has anyone pointed out the irony of a newspaper named after a slaveowner writing an article about the problems of having things named after slaveowners? For the record I am for renaming things if that's what people think is appropriate, I just found this to be rather funny</quote>Bezos Post coming soon </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RadiantJoyrock 06/16/21 7:51:36 PM #57:	ssjevot posted... Has anyone pointed out the irony of a newspaper named after a slaveowner writing an article about the problems of having things named after slaveowners? For the record I am for renaming things if that's what people think is appropriate, I just found this to be rather funny There's a bit of a difference between naming something after someone who did bad things for the good things they did, as opposed to naming them after it for the bad things. <cite>RadiantJoyrock posted [p:955106278] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>ssjevot posted... </cite> <quote>Has anyone pointed out the irony of a newspaper named after a slaveowner writing an article about the problems of having things named after slaveowners? For the record I am for renaming things if that's what people think is appropriate, I just found this to be rather funny</quote>There's a bit of a difference between naming something after someone who did bad things for the good things they did, as opposed to naming them after it for the bad things. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ssjevot 06/16/21 7:56:23 PM #58:	RadiantJoyrock posted... There's a bit of a difference between naming something after someone who did bad things for the good things they did, as opposed to naming them after it for the bad things. That's a pretty poor excuse. Because I assume most birds weren't named after people because they were slave owners. Many of the articles talk about people where the slave owning was incidental to the reasons they were famous. If you did good things but owned slaves, you still owned slaves. You don't just get a free pass to only be remembered for the good things. --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss <cite>ssjevot posted [p:955106437] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>RadiantJoyrock posted... </cite> <quote>There's a bit of a difference between naming something after someone who did bad things for the good things they did, as opposed to naming them after it for the bad things.</quote> That's a pretty poor excuse. Because I assume most birds weren't named after people because they were slave owners. Many of the articles talk about people where the slave owning was incidental to the reasons they were famous. If you did good things but owned slaves, you still owned slaves. You don't just get a free pass to only be remembered for the good things. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RadiantJoyrock 06/16/21 7:57:07 PM #59:	ssjevot posted... Because I assume most birds weren't named after people because they were slave owners. ssjevot posted... They were. <cite>RadiantJoyrock posted [p:955106462] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>ssjevot posted... </cite> <quote>Because I assume most birds weren't named after people because they were slave owners.</quote> ssjevot posted... </cite> <quote> </quote> They were. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BilalPowell 06/16/21 7:57:32 PM #60:	Birds were slave owners? --- Former #1 Birmingham Iron Fan. RIP AAF <cite>BilalPowell posted [p:955106480] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>Birds were slave owners? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ssjevot 06/16/21 8:06:41 PM #61:	RadiantJoyrock posted... They were. Read the article. The people they talk about were largely famous for other reasons, just like George Washington. --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss <cite>ssjevot posted [p:955106786] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>RadiantJoyrock posted... </cite> <quote>They were.</quote> Read the article. The people they talk about were largely famous for other reasons, just like George Washington. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crazyman93 06/16/21 8:21:36 PM #62:	RadiantJoyrock posted... And yet this is a good article. I wouldn't know. It's behind a fucking paywall. --- let's lubricate friction material! ~nickels, Cars & Trucks <cite>Crazyman93 posted [p:955107261] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>RadiantJoyrock posted... </cite> <quote>And yet this is a good article.</quote>I wouldn't know. It's behind a fucking paywall. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hop103 06/16/21 8:22:44 PM #63:	Washington Post: We don't have anything worth a damn to cover. --- "In the name of the future moon I shall punish you"-Chibi Moon <cite>Hop103 posted [p:955107311] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>Washington Post: We don't have anything worth a damn to cover.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IronWolf87 06/16/21 8:23:00 PM #64:	What a cowardly article. Birds ARE racist AF and it's about time we addressed it. I once had a blue jay fly up to me and whisper in my ear "Go back to Ireland ya god damn Mick!" And don't even get me started on the shit humming birds talk about. <cite>IronWolf87 posted [p:955107319] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>What a cowardly article. Birds ARE racist AF and it's about time we addressed it. I once had a blue jay fly up to me and whisper in my ear "Go back to Ireland ya god damn Mick!" And don't even get me started on the shit humming birds talk about. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Machete 06/16/21 8:25:54 PM #65:	emblem boy posted... Why be dishonest the answer to this question is very simple... LRodC is the topic creator. That's it. There is literally nothing else to it. --- I do not receive notifications, so using the @ feature will not do anything. I might see your post and respond though if I have already been in the topic. <cite>Machete posted [p:955107428] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>emblem boy posted... </cite> <quote>Why be dishonest</quote> the answer to this question is very simple... LRodC is the topic creator. That's it. There is literally nothing else to it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BilalPowell 06/16/21 8:26:20 PM #66:	Crazyman93 posted... I wouldn't know. It's behind a fucking paywall. The Bezos way --- Former #1 Birmingham Iron Fan. RIP AAF <cite>BilalPowell posted [p:955107447] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>Crazyman93 posted... </cite> <quote>I wouldn't know. It's behind a fucking paywall.</quote>The Bezos way </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kuwab0 06/16/21 8:40:32 PM #67:	Polly wants a cracker --- https://imgur.com/QfpP05s https://imgur.com/vdnZ1o6 https://imgur.com/zTgf822 <cite>kuwab0 posted [p:955107939] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>Polly wants a cracker </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mustachedmystic 06/16/21 8:48:28 PM #68:	RadiantJoyrock posted... ITT: Nobody reads the article and the uneducated right wing masses make a fool of themselves again Even that bird could tell, just by reading the headline, that it isn't calling birds racist. --- Vegy is a 30 year old man, who's pretending to be a 60 year old woman that likes to act like a 57 year old man that pretends to be a horny 16 year old boy. <cite>mustachedmystic posted [p:955108231] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>RadiantJoyrock posted... </cite> <quote>ITT: Nobody reads the article and the uneducated right wing masses make a fool of themselves again</quote>Even that bird could tell, just by reading the headline, that it isn't calling birds racist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 06/16/21 8:49:41 PM #69:	BilalPowell posted... Thomas Edison was also racist, so any of you who uses lightbulbs are racist. Henry Ford was literally a Nazi. Nobody's allowed to drive an automobile which uses assembly line technology. <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:955108265] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>BilalPowell posted... </cite> <quote>Thomas Edison was also racist, so any of you who uses lightbulbs are racist.</quote> Henry Ford was literally a Nazi. Nobody's allowed to drive an automobile which uses assembly line technology. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AmericaTheBrave 06/16/21 8:53:43 PM #70:	They are really running out of things to call racist. --- https://imgur.com/Asq1ds6 <cite>AmericaTheBrave posted [p:955108396] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>They are really running out of things to call racist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RadiantJoyrock 06/16/21 8:56:04 PM #71:	AmericaTheBrave posted... They are really running out of things to call racist. No there's plenty of racist things out there to be called out. <cite>RadiantJoyrock posted [p:955108482] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>AmericaTheBrave posted... </cite> <quote>They are really running out of things to call racist.</quote>No there's plenty of racist things out there to be called out. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrMallard 06/16/21 9:04:13 PM #72:	IronWolf87 posted... What a cowardly article. Birds ARE racist AF and it's about time we addressed it. I once had a blue jay fly up to me and whisper in my ear "Go back to Ireland ya god damn Mick!" And don't even get me started on the shit humming birds talk about. fucking lol But yeah, as that article snippet shows, there's a lot of traumatic, racist history tied to the naming of birds. Just because you don't value the topic, doesn't make it ineligible for discussion or without merit. "These birds were named after great men who did great things!" yeah, and some of those great men were incredibly cruel and racist, even for their time. Imagine being an Indian dude who's really into a bird like the furrowed drakehawk or something, and learning it's named after some guy named Edgar L. Furrows, a man who was notorious for beating and raping his Indian servants in the British Raj, but who really liked hawks. We don't have to imagine worst case scenarios like that, because as that article snippet shows, there are birds whose name stems from cruel, racist figures - like a man who bought a girl in Africa and would draw her being brutally murdered. What good did that man do that offsets the deeply disturbing nature of his racism? Is there a point where we should go "yeah this guy owned indigenous and African slaves and we have records of cruel and violent acts committed against them, but he funded ornithological studies into finches so he gets his own finch, his importance to birds supercedes the documented violence he committed against his slaves and the legacy of his estate which is still horrifically racist"? Should people not be disgusted by the history and legacy of that man, and how his legacy is perpetuated through his ornithological presence? --- If I don't want to put my dick in them then it's bad character design. You can quote me on that. - Gurifisu <cite>MrMallard posted [p:955108778] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>IronWolf87 posted... </cite> <quote>What a cowardly article. Birds ARE racist AF and it's about time we addressed it. I once had a blue jay fly up to me and whisper in my ear "Go back to Ireland ya god damn Mick!" And don't even get me started on the shit humming birds talk about.</quote>fucking lol But yeah, as that article snippet shows, there's a lot of traumatic, racist history tied to the naming of birds. Just because you don't value the topic, doesn't make it ineligible for discussion or without merit. "These birds were named after great men who did great things!" yeah, and some of those great men were incredibly cruel and racist, even for their time. Imagine being an Indian dude who's really into a bird like the furrowed drakehawk or something, and learning it's named after some guy named Edgar L. Furrows, a man who was notorious for beating and raping his Indian servants in the British Raj, but who really liked hawks. We don't have to imagine worst case scenarios like that, because as that article snippet shows, there are birds whose name stems from cruel, racist figures - like a man who bought a girl in Africa and would draw her being brutally murdered. What good did that man do that offsets the deeply disturbing nature of his racism? Is there a point where we should go "yeah this guy owned indigenous and African slaves and we have records of cruel and violent acts committed against them, but he funded ornithological studies into finches so he gets his own finch, his importance to birds supercedes the documented violence he committed against his slaves and the legacy of his estate which is still horrifically racist"? Should people not be disgusted by the history and legacy of that man, and how his legacy is perpetuated through his ornithological presence? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sheiky-Baby 06/16/21 9:07:11 PM #73:	Blackbirds singing in the dead of night --- Don't you dare die on me, or else I will never speak with you again! <cite>Sheiky-Baby posted [p:955108878] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>Blackbirds singing in the dead of night </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Machete 06/16/21 9:46:38 PM #74:	catboy posted... you know what, you're right I knew that before I clicked on the topic. Anyone playing along is disingenuously concerned trolling. Topic should be gone by now. Blatant clickbait with intentionally false topic title. --- I do not receive notifications, so using the @ feature will not do anything. I might see your post and respond though if I have already been in the topic. <cite>Machete posted [p:955110169] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>catboy posted...</cite> <quote> you know what, you're right </quote> I knew that before I clicked on the topic. Anyone playing along is disingenuously concerned trolling. Topic should be gone by now. Blatant clickbait with intentionally false topic title.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Purple_Cheetah 06/16/21 10:46:18 PM #75:	Next they're gonna have an article about how woodpeckers and cuckoos are assholes. <cite>Purple_Cheetah posted [p:955112207] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>Next they're gonna have an article about how woodpeckers and cuckoos are assholes. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MalachiteXWater 06/16/21 11:02:56 PM #76:	If they want rename birds I dont mind.Towns renamed themselves sometimes due to referencing lynching or some other horrible thing. --- I like lasagna <cite>MalachiteXWater posted [p:955112808] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>If they want rename birds I dont mind.Towns renamed themselves sometimes due to referencing lynching or some other horrible thing. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale 06/16/21 11:05:08 PM #77:	Birds are absolutely racist. I was at a travel center at 6AM and all the crows were on one side and all the seagulls were on the other side. >_> --- she/her https://imgur.com/mptS9Qj <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:955112898] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>Birds are absolutely racist. I was at a travel center at 6AM and all the crows were on one side and all the seagulls were on the other side. >_> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PC-Builder_Pony 06/16/21 11:06:08 PM #78:	I'm not surprised --- Mac Book Pro 16 - 6-Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz - 32gb DDR4 2667 MHz - Radeon Pro 5500M 8gb - 2TB Apple SSD <cite>PC-Builder_Pony posted [p:955112939] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>I'm not surprised </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlackJackCat 06/17/21 12:15:04 AM #79:	Birds are assholes lmao --- This issues still comes to mind now and then Cake was baking in the oven and mother was making tea for us <cite>BlackJackCat posted [p:955114834] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>Birds are assholes lmao </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kakapo 06/17/21 12:33:43 AM #80:	BlackJackCat posted... Birds are assholes lmao Username checks out --- Did my singing please you? No, the words you sang were wrong 24 hour party parrot <cite>Kakapo posted [p:955115248] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>BlackJackCat posted... </cite> <quote>Birds are assholes lmao</quote>Username checks out </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YellowSUV 06/17/21 3:46:19 PM #81:	Background_Guy posted... Reminder that this is an actual album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeHCUIsPH50&list=PL7CE65E16B050C578&index=2 --- We all live in a Yellow SUV! a Yellow SUV! <cite>YellowSUV posted [p:955137525] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>Background_Guy posted... </cite> <quote></quote> Reminder that this is an actual album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeHCUIsPH50&list=PL7CE65E16B050C578&index=2 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IronWolf87 06/17/21 10:18:03 PM #82:	YellowSUV posted... Reminder that this is an actual album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeHCUIsPH50&list=PL7CE65E16B050C578&index=2 Damn, even Tupac wasn't this ahead of his time. <cite>IronWolf87 posted [p:955151214] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>YellowSUV posted... </cite> <quote>Reminder that this is an actual album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeHCUIsPH50&list=PL7CE65E16B050C578&index=2</quote> Damn, even Tupac wasn't this ahead of his time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vicious_Dios 06/17/21 10:23:24 PM #83:	First world non-issues stories be like: --- S / K / Y / N / E <cite>Vicious_Dios posted [p:955151383] in Washington... [t:79517623]...</cite> <quote>First world non-issues stories be like: </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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