Jesus. They were a middle of the road band. I think the real racists were the ones putting them on a pedestal because they were a novelty. Well, a novelty if you hadn't heard of Fishbone or Bad Brains.Dr. Medulla wrote:I remember being called a racist back in the late 80s for not thinking Living Color were the greatest band ever. Seriously.JennyB wrote:Maybe it's a Cult of Personality disorder.Kaleb wrote:Isn't that a personality disorder?
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The guy in question was middle class and white and had just discovered black musicians (hey, it's Saskatchewan), and decided anyone who didn't love all black musicians (or at least the ones he loved) were racist.JennyB wrote:Jesus. They were a middle of the road band. I think the real racists were the ones putting them on a pedestal because they were a novelty. Well, a novelty if you hadn't heard of Fishbone or Bad Brains.Dr. Medulla wrote:I remember being called a racist back in the late 80s for not thinking Living Color were the greatest band ever. Seriously.JennyB wrote:Maybe it's a Cult of Personality disorder.Kaleb wrote:Isn't that a personality disorder?
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Dr. Medulla wrote:The guy in question was middle class and white and had just discovered black musicians (hey, it's Saskatchewan), and decided anyone who didn't love all black musicians (or at least the ones he loved) were racist.JennyB wrote:Jesus. They were a middle of the road band. I think the real racists were the ones putting them on a pedestal because they were a novelty. Well, a novelty if you hadn't heard of Fishbone or Bad Brains.Dr. Medulla wrote:I remember being called a racist back in the late 80s for not thinking Living Color were the greatest band ever. Seriously.JennyB wrote:Maybe it's a Cult of Personality disorder.Kaleb wrote:Isn't that a personality disorder?
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...whereas most people fronting the 1985 PiL lineup would turn the gun on themselves first.
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...whereas most people fronting the 1985 PiL lineup would turn the gun on themselves first.
Really? The bits that have emerged thus far suggest someone who is quite mentally ill, possibly paranoid schizophrenic."If James Holmes isn't executed," former Denver prosecutor Craig Silverman told Reuters, "Colorado may as well throw away its death penalty law."
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One minor thing that bugs me is he claims to be the joker and has dyed red hair. Avoiding any ginger jokes, the joker had GREEN hair. That was pretty basic.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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That's also nagged (is that the word I want?) at me. Maybe we're asking too much of a guy who isn't right in the head, but that kind of detail seems pretty glaring.matedog wrote:One minor thing that bugs me is he claims to be the joker and has dyed red hair. Avoiding any ginger jokes, the joker had GREEN hair. That was pretty basic.
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http://www.colblindor.com/2010/03/16/re ... blindness/Dr. Medulla wrote:That's also nagged (is that the word I want?) at me. Maybe we're asking too much of a guy who isn't right in the head, but that kind of detail seems pretty glaring.matedog wrote:One minor thing that bugs me is he claims to be the joker and has dyed red hair. Avoiding any ginger jokes, the joker had GREEN hair. That was pretty basic.
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tepista wrote:http://www.colblindor.com/2010/03/16/re ... blindness/Dr. Medulla wrote:That's also nagged (is that the word I want?) at me. Maybe we're asking too much of a guy who isn't right in the head, but that kind of detail seems pretty glaring.matedog wrote:One minor thing that bugs me is he claims to be the joker and has dyed red hair. Avoiding any ginger jokes, the joker had GREEN hair. That was pretty basic.
Stop being racist against color blind people.
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My gay uncle is color blind. So that makes you a homophobe, too.Dr. Medulla wrote:tepista wrote:http://www.colblindor.com/2010/03/16/re ... blindness/Dr. Medulla wrote:That's also nagged (is that the word I want?) at me. Maybe we're asking too much of a guy who isn't right in the head, but that kind of detail seems pretty glaring.matedog wrote:One minor thing that bugs me is he claims to be the joker and has dyed red hair. Avoiding any ginger jokes, the joker had GREEN hair. That was pretty basic.
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I only hate what Jesus tells me to hate.JennyB wrote:My gay uncle is color blind. So that makes you a homophobe, too.Dr. Medulla wrote:tepista wrote:http://www.colblindor.com/2010/03/16/re ... blindness/Dr. Medulla wrote:That's also nagged (is that the word I want?) at me. Maybe we're asking too much of a guy who isn't right in the head, but that kind of detail seems pretty glaring.matedog wrote:One minor thing that bugs me is he claims to be the joker and has dyed red hair. Avoiding any ginger jokes, the joker had GREEN hair. That was pretty basic.
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Monkey Assisstant is color blind.Dr. Medulla wrote:I only hate what Jesus tells me to hate.JennyB wrote:My gay uncle is color blind. So that makes you a homophobe, too.Dr. Medulla wrote:tepista wrote:http://www.colblindor.com/2010/03/16/re ... blindness/Dr. Medulla wrote: That's also nagged (is that the word I want?) at me. Maybe we're asking too much of a guy who isn't right in the head, but that kind of detail seems pretty glaring.
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Semi-segue: My wife employs three students for her research project, and I've been referring to them as her helper monkeys.tepista wrote:Monkey Assisstant is color blind.
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Are they color blind?Dr. Medulla wrote:Semi-segue: My wife employs three students for her research project, and I've been referring to them as her helper monkeys.tepista wrote:Monkey Assisstant is color blind.
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They would have been found out by now and sent to prison, wouldn't they?JennyB wrote:Are they color blind?Dr. Medulla wrote:Semi-segue: My wife employs three students for her research project, and I've been referring to them as her helper monkeys.tepista wrote:Monkey Assisstant is color blind.
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