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[SoulUnison]

...but remember never to call these people racist. All they need love and understanding.

/s

Just because they say racist things in public and enact racist policies in private doesn't make someone a racist.
Your character isn't about the things you say or the actions you take. Everybody knows that.

 

[Amikami]

Ok. I can't deal with this shit anymore. Tuning out.

It's okay to tune out sometimes. You have to to get any peace of mind sometimes. But I feel like too many people tune out and never tune back in. Please don't bury you head in the sand because it helps no one. It's the same as turning the other cheek as far as I'm concerned.

 

[RustyNails]

This fuck.

 

[SenorArdilla]

Pretty sure "deprecating" humor isn't a thing.

 

[Blader]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38423942?ocid=socialflow_twitter

Time for the urn.

 

[Voysa Reezun]

Pretty sure "deprecating" humor isn't a thing.

I think he meant "self-deprecating." Like if I were him, I might say, "I'm a miserable, racist old fuck who needs to hurry up and die because my death will be a net positive for the world."

You know, that sort of self-targeted gallows humor.

 

[Enzom21]

So this is one of the people white moderates have been telling PoC to "try and understand" "Maybe they'll be on our side!"? This prick doesn't even see us as human.

The 70-year-old businessman later said his remarks were "about a little deprecating humour which America lost for a long time".

See, this is the bullshit they mean when they say "Everyone is so PC." They're about not being able to tell their favorite nigger joke. Fuck him and everyone like him.

 

[brinstar]

I wonder if this piece of shit could even point out Zimbabwe on a map

 

[AEREC]

Wow. What makes people so hateful?

I would guess small penis, but looking at the guy it's not like he'd have much use for it anyway.

Asking how people can be so hateful then making a totally random hateful comment...cool.

 

[ClosingADoor]

Someone give this guy a dictionary and circle the word 'humor', because he clearly doesn't know what it means. What an asshole.

 

[DorkLord54]

...

1) There are no gorillas in Zimbabwe.

2) The Outback is in Australia, the term you're looking for is veld (Afrikaans/Dutch for 'field', is pronounced 'felt').

3) Most importantly, this sounds super racist, but he's probably just economically anxious, so I shouldn't judge him as a piece of shit.

Spoiler

/s

 

[Jenov]

wtf is it with these awful republican people picking on Michelle Obama. She's been super classy and awesome 1st lady, and seems to be super sweet to everyone. Fuck that guy.

 

[Darth Pinche]

Pretty sure "deprecating" humor isn't a thing.

It think it actually called being a racist piece of shit. I am getting so tired of this.

 

[SuperSah]

vile

 

[Trey]

And this peice of shit works for the school board?

Buffalo School Board, yeah. He's almost universally riviled.

He recently almost lost reelection to the board in his school district to an 18 year old. outspent the kid by thousands of dollars, only won by a few hundred votes.

Buffalo should be completely embarrassed by this. He has a history of doing this but I don't remember his previous comments making national news.

This scumbag needs to leave his position. How people can feel that a man with these views is a good fit for his school board position is absolutely beyond me.

we are. the majority of the schoolboard, teachers, and parents wants him out.

 

[uncredited male]

And he added: "Merry Christmas and tough luck if you don't like my answer."

Have a happy Kwanzaa asshat.

 

[Plasma]

Crude remarks? Can we not just call it what it is, racist.

 

[minor effort]

The 70-year-old businessman later said his remarks were "about a little deprecating humour which America lost for a long time".

Actually, sir, the correct term would be "white supremacist humour". You're making shitty racist jokes because you're a joyless, miserable white supremacist.

Hopefully America permanently loses your brand of humor, and your kind of ideology informing it.

 

[commedieu]

Black people really need to sit down with people like this and talk to them about why it's wrong.

 

[Enzom21]

I wonder if this piece of shit could even point out Zimbabwe on a map

DC's here to help!

This shit happens when you have a homogenized work environment.

 

[Vilix]

He promised no political correctness. /s

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I'm sure that this guy has no idea what he is saying and is absolutely shocked that social media would blow up and call him names. Oh wait.

 

[JaseMath]

Jesus Christ. Fuck this guy.

 

[SlipperyFishes]

Paladino verified to The Buffalo News that he did make the comments.

"Yeah, I'm not politically correct," he said. "They asked what I want, and I told them."

Paladino said he made the statements because of what he considered Obama's ineffective response to the crisis in Aleppo. He called Obama the worst president in the history of the United States and criticized him for "putting criminals back on the streets."

Fuck these cunts and their attempt to paint these comments as humorous. He meant every fucking word.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

well, that's another old man I would like to slap the shit out of.

 

[Matty77]

So tell me again how the deplorables comment was wrong and you could vote for trump but not be racist and xenophobic?

Economic anxiety my ass.

 

[RawNuts]

The 70-year-old businessman later said his remarks were "about a little deprecating humour which America lost for a long time".

This is killing the art of comedy.
I can forgive crude jokes about race no problem, as long as they're actually funny, and not just trying to be as edgy as possible.
"Humour" in this manner is not the kind of witty, self-aware attack on a stereotype that can help us to come to terms with our own prejudices. Instead, this is just straight mean-spirited racism, the kind of "jokes" that you would expect to see on stormfront.

 

[psychowave]

Yeah but guys, lets meet halfway with these people.

/s

...but remember never to call these people racist. All they need love and understanding.

/s

Remember guys, calling these people racist makes you the real racist!

 

[SFenton]

He and I clearly have way different scales of deprecating humor.

 

[Unknown One]

How about somebody send this fucker to the outback.

 

[Bgamer90]

we are. the majority of the schoolboard, teachers, and parents wants him out.

Yep, I'm seeing the update stories now. I live in Buffalo too.

 

[The Kree]

Another racist who can't admit to be racist.

 

[Netherscourge]

Dear 2016,

You can have him.

 

[Holy Order Sol]

bruh there isn't even a joke in there

 

[kess]

PC culture huehuehue

It's just so goddamn easy

 

[Zereta]

Yep, fuck it. Back to not being able to sympathize with people who voted for Trump/believe in anything he stands for.

 

[Username1198]

Dear 2016,

You can have him.

Oh shit lmao.

Yea fuck that guy.

Pure human garbage.

 

[Staal]

Deep, this guy can't think straight...

 

[whytemyke]

My big hope for 2017 is that he gets skull fucked by rabid dogs and slowly dies of rabies

LOL JK HOPE HE UNDERSTANDS MY DEPRECATING HUMOR!!! But if he doesn't them he should just get over it.

 

[Trey]

a deeper look into Carl Pallidino's history: http://buffalonews.com/2016/12/23/carl-paladinos-harsh-2017-wish-list-causes-firestorm-social-media/

During the campaign, Paladino appeared on National Public Radio and described supporters of Trump as people frustrated with government who “want the raccoons out of the basement.”

In June 2015, Paladino commented during a political rally in Olean about “damn Asians” and other “foreigners” attending the University at Buffalo.

And during his run for governor in 2010, Paladino received national attention for circulating emails, including pornographic images, and one that included the use of the N-word.

 

[| Praxis |]

Asking how people can be so hateful then making a totally random hateful comment...cool.

It's all in the game.

 

[Kaako]

His kind will hopefully die off sooner than they can reproduce & condition their offspring into the same cycle of fear & hate. If not, we'll be there every step of the way to educate and bring them back to the land of the living. That's a promise.

 

[Imperfected]

we are. the majority of the schoolboard, teachers, and parents wants him out.

Have you considered a mob with pitchforks and torches?

 

[Camp Freddie]

wtf is it with these awful republican people picking on Michelle Obama. She's been super classy and awesome 1st lady, and seems to be super sweet to everyone. Fuck that guy.

I agree. From my UK perspective, Michelle has been the best First Lady in my lifetime, and possibly the entire history of America. She's an incredible public speaker, highly intelligent, highly active in support of good causes and an inspiration to millions of kids. I can't remember anyone here giving a shit about previous first ladies, with the possible exception (for all the wrong reasons) of Hillary during the Lewinsky affair.

 

[KernelPanic]

Pretty sure "deprecating" humor isn't a thing.

I think he means he means people should be allowed to make such racist despicable comments and society should find them generally amusing.

There's quite a lot of people who can't sleep at night that such comments aren't socially acceptable.

Oh and they don't think it's racist.

 

[Slayven]

I agree. From my UK perspective, Michelle has been the best First Lady in my lifetime, and possibly the entire history of America. She's an incredible public speaker, highly intelligent, highly active in support of good causes and an inspiration to millions of kids. I can't remember anyone here giving a shit about previous first ladies, with the possible exception (for all the wrong reasons) of Hillary during the Lewinsky affair.

Gop hate first ladies that do more than smile and nod.

 

[Kinsei]

His kind will hopefully die off sooner than they can reproduce & condition their offspring into the same cycle of fear & hate. If not, we'll be there every step of the way to educate and bring them back to the land of the living. That's a promise.

The majority of white millennials voted for Trump. Just waiting for racism to die off is not a valid strategy.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

Go to hell, you ignorant punk.

 

[Effnine]

And people wonder why our education system is fucked. This guy better get booted from the school board.

 

[KernelPanic]

The majority of white millennials voted for Trump. Just waiting for racism to die off is not a valid strategy.

That kind of thinking tends to get passed down from generation to generation.