Escape Goat
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Its like 50 Cent tweets.
Bill O Reilly: "Asian People Are Not Liberal, You Know, By Nature."
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Its like 50 Cent tweets.
That's what we were saying about Limbaugh pre-2010 and then it turned out that a lot of idiots still listen to him.
These dudes have major influence with a large group of Americans unfortunately.
freenudemacusers
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He was probably getting B's in his engineering classes.Hes been banned.
That's what we were saying about Limbaugh pre-2010 and then it turned out that a lot of idiots still listen to him.
These dudes have major influence with a large group of Americans unfortunately.
like I've said before, the worst thing about the Obama re-election is that it exposed that we have a lot of awfully dumb people in this country. And no, I'm not talking about the people that voted for him or that disagreed with his policies.
MWS Natural
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Didn't Republicans say the same thing about Hispanics after the election?
Edag Plata
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How is this any different than saying blacks who are conservative aren't really black?
You shut the fuck up about Grant Hill and his family.
Why was the indication given to you that it's different?
edit: ^oh, is this a personal bone to pick or something? lol
I would think the statement is more offensive to liberals than it is on a racial level.
The implication is that Asians are industrious and hard-working people (racial stereotype), therefore they're not naturally inclined to be liberal; implication there being that liberals are lazy fucks.
It's racially stupid, but the insults are aimed at another group.
Uh no. I think you should probably rethink that one.
EDIT: I guess what I mean to say that any sort of generalization (especially racial) is not a good idea. It's insulting to both Asians and liberals, to a much smaller degree. I would think at this point most liberals aren't really phased by antyhing this dude says.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-gops-asian-american-fiasco/
The American Conservative is not some hack magazine.
The American Conservative is not some hack magazine.
Dude Abides
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Correct. He's insulting liberals first. In his mind he's complimenting Asians by saying they are naturally conservative.
"Of course, being conservative is by nature of all races. Like African-Americans, for instance; they used to be hard working. Really hard working, for very little pay. Almost no pay, in fact. I should have prefaced this by saying that I have plenty of black friends who would agree with me here."
But also being a racist douche by implying that an entire race is by nature industrious and hard-working. As if they cannot choose to be lazy and are instead voting Liberal out of some race wide stupidity.
Asian Americans have stronger "family values", are more likely to be employed in the private sector than blacks or whites and have amongst the highest business ownership rates in the country.
That is a group that wouldn't be liberal, "by nature".
But then the current Republicans aren't really the party of good economics anymore, so I don't know why they'd stay with the GOP.
That is a group that wouldn't be liberal, "by nature".
But then the current Republicans aren't really the party of good economics anymore, so I don't know why they'd stay with the GOP.
monchi-kun
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As a brown asian I fear travelling to the midwest because of fox news. I'm afraid of going into any of the deeply conservative strongholds in this country.
Cornbread78
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Wait, ...What? Did you just say all Republicans are racists? Just interested to know; I really could care less twhat thsi idiot says, and I'm an independant fence sitter by nature, but that is just a little bit um pressumtious and racist in and of itself.
LOL, RG3, RG3.....
Didn't we just get this from ESPN a couple weeks ago.....?
Takamura-San
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That was O'Reilly?
Sickboy007
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He's too oblivious for that shit, what he's saying here sounds like the most natural thing of the world in his mind.
thetrin
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I too am a brown asian, and the midwest frightens me as well. Hey, at least they don't think we're lazy. How can we be, when we're taking all of their jobs?
Well, not all Republicans are Zionists, either, and yet the Republican Party is the Zionist party in America. Just because it's an official unofficial part of their platform doesn't mean that every single member believes it down to their soul. But, on the other hand, they obviously can't feel too strongly the other way either, can they?
I've heard that the midwest frightens brown asians, you know, by nature.
Perhaps. I did put more emphasis on the thread title's quotation and the end of the transcript than on the beginning. In a re-read, I don't know what he means by invoking the social problems in Hawaii and then citing the large Asian minority population. Is he implying they're connected?
Yep, that's what I was getting at. He's an idiot, so he thinks his Model Minority racial stereotyping is a compliment and overall good thing. In the mind of Bill O'Reilly, he's intending to be complimentary to Asians and offensive to liberals. But he's stupid so he doesn't see the folly in this.
You're right. It's why I described him as being racially stupid. He thinks he's being a friend to Asians by saying how they're so hard-working and industrious (read: Good, Moral, Virtuous People) but he's also being a racist douche.
gutter_trash
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and they also have one of the lowest voter turnout, so who cares in the end
As much as I don't like the guy I have to agree that most people from Asia are more towards the right than the left.
Most of Asia/middle east/south east asian countries have conservative governments. When they immigrate they tend to be more conservative and slowly get liberal. That's my experience anyway.
Most of Asia/middle east/south east asian countries have conservative governments. When they immigrate they tend to be more conservative and slowly get liberal. That's my experience anyway.
Two issues here-
1) While you're right that he's first and foremost attacking liberals (Asians Good, Asians Not Like Liberals, Liberals != Good), I really find it difficult to find anything he says about liberals offensive no matter how heinous. That wasn't what I meant by invoking racism and stereotyping.
2) Racism can take the form of a compliment
Still totally racist.
edit: Well, this was all already covered. Nice work everybody, good stuff
teruterubozu
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Asians, perhaps?
Considering Republicans actually think their conservative ideals constitute "fiscal responsibility", believing this is far less of an act of mental gymnastics.
gutter_trash
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1st generations don't vote. Maybe their kids do but not the 1st gens
thetrin
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The beauty of white privilege is that white people are the only group of people that have no demographic-wide nature. They're both lazy and hard working, smart and stupid, short and tall. Every other race, however, is totally homogenous.
It's the distinct lack of elephants and cows on the road that sets me off kilter.
monchi-kun
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...and stop asking me to do your math homework white people!
Not that it's really surprising, but I don't think much of O'Reilly's analysis of Hawaii's social problems, either. Believe it or not, when you create a state with a huge cost of living, defund public schools in favor of private schools, and build a service economy around tourism, you're going to get a huge permanent underclass. It's a testament to the Bishop estate and to a lesser extent the homestead lands that the problem isn't worse.
damnit man, how can you just stereotype us like that?!
Cornbread78
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yeah, go say that to Yao Ming's face... I dare ya
Dark Octave
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I know it's out of context because I didn't read/see the entire conversation but it almost reads like "it shouldn't be this way" or "damn... *shakes head*".
thetrin
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I think you might have missed the subtle sarcasm of my post.
A woman I had never met before once told me "You're probably great with numbers". What the fuck is that supposed to mean?
speculawyer
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I guess Asians just want free stuff.
fallengorn
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So... I guess I'm a DINO?
monchi-kun
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Clearly your liberal lifestyle has eroded your math skills
teruterubozu
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The thing is they also do enforce the drug laws in Hawaii pretty strictly. The days of Maui Wowee are long over - it's basically zero tolerance out there because of the meth problem.
Cornbread78
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Whites are a significant majority (~72%, ~64% Non-Hispanic White). There are probably more White Protestant Evangelicals than all Asians combined. Obviously the larger population segments merit more attention on subsegments because those subsegments contain a meaningful number of votes.
But you know that's what he thinks; he's practically telegraphing what's on his mind. His entire "fall of the white establishment" tirade after the election ended is more than enough evidence to indict him of that mindset.
...oh my God, that's why that random guy trying to hire me on the street thought I'd be good with computers. I literally did not get it until I read this post.
ProfessorLobo
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No it's cause they're not enforcing drug laws!!! Next.
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