We’ve totally covered the racism that is rampant on the Times site before, and it is good to check back in and realize they are still going strong. The internets just delivered an awesome story about middle school gangsters being arrested in Clearwater, which for whatever reason struck me as hilarious:
Police arrested seven juveniles this morning at Kennedy Middle School in Clearwater, saying they were gang members involved in a robbery.
Man, I didn’t realize middle school gangsters were such a problem these days. And really, a bunch of 11 year old thugs is a visual that will keep me giggling the whole day through. In typical media fashion the facts are a tad screwy, or at least lacking. The “robbery” was that they took a dude’s jacket, not sure I’d have chosen the word robbery to lead the story. Before I joined a gang when I was 9, I totally had my jacket swiped a few times and I don’t think anyone was ever arrested for robbery on account of it. Second screwy thing isn’t the Times, but rather the 5-0 who charged one of the kids with aggravated battery and trespass with a deadly weapon. The little dude had a knife, probably a pocket knife. And really, fighting in school is aggravated battery these days? Weak.
Anyway, the follow up racism in the comments is the great part here:
waffoe i need skoo fo? wy dees PO- lees beatin’ my haid in fo? play mo rap! wees be provin’ de white man rite, man! My God! Is there any hope left? Posted by: wazzamattaU | January 17, 2008 at 03:06 PM
Wow. Just wow. If you’re going to be a racist, get your shit straight, it was a Latin gang. You know, say shit like ¡híjole! and whatnot. Additionally, the fight started because the hardcore gangsters thought the other kid was a member of Sur-13, or Sureños, another Latin gang. That’s right, no white people were harmed in the making of this story. At least this dude got his facts straight in his racist comment:
They are all illegals or a product of illegals. Thank Sid Klein for making Clearwater a sanctuary city for illegal mexicans. Posted by: Rich | January 17, 2008 at 03:26 PM
And this one:
Deport all of the illegals. Send these punks back to Latin America. Posted by: lute | January 17, 2008 at 03:49 PM
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My “One Laptop Per Hick” (OLPH*) program is finally bearing fruit! Thanks to everyone at the Noise Machine and–gosh– everywhere for all your donations! And thanks to all the Cletii for using their big-keyboard notebooks to exercise the right to free speech. Your AOL starter disks are in the mail.
I tried posting a comment on a story and I got this:
“Your comment has been submitted to our editors. Thoughtful contributions will be displayed online within 24 hours.”
Those comments are neither thoughtful nor do they further the civic discourse that is so vital to a free press. Also, they can’t spell. I hate people that can’t spell!
Lindon, i tottally agriee. You’re riviting persective on this isue is right on!
Why is it apparently OK to show a caricature of an ethnic ‘mafia’ mobster in this post, but you call anyone commenting on Mexian illegal aliens or Blacks a ‘racist’. Do you also want to discourage ethnic slurs, such as your illustration of your stereotype Italian? Or are you only concerned with two types of stereotypes?
Oh shit, hahaha. Ladies and gentlemen, I present our first award for
Most Awesomest Post of the Day!!1!
I was making a slur against kids, I fucking hate kids. I didn’t even notice he was dressed as a gangster.
That’s funny; I thought it was Machine Gun Kelly in that picture. It’s odd to me that someone making a comment about ethnic slurs presumes that anyone in a pinstripe suit with a machine gun is Italian. I suppose your heart is in the right place, though. Think harder next time.
“Think Harder Next Time” That’s Awesome! That slogan should be plastered in maternity wards all across America.
or… maybe something like “Save the Planet – Stop Breeding!
You really need to find a job.
ajanello, what makes your little mind think i don’t have a job? perhaps it’s beyond your 9-5 mentality? Maybe you don’t realize – some people out there are far more creative, productive, and expressive than yourself. Don’t let it get you down though. Keep striving for mediocrity and you might get there one day.
Because you can’t see that references to the ‘Italian Mafia’ aren’t as funny as you would like to think in your idle mind. It’s an ethnic slur, and what you condemn in others is obvious, when you permit Italians to be denegrated. Must I draw a diagram to further explain your hypocrisy?
the awesomeness continues…
Personally I find the term ‘thug’ to be a pejorative against the negro.
that’s Thuggy to you, ; ) and errrr. what? did you just say that? Now that’s racist!
p.s… black is back… and the term you used, is really not appropriate.
is this better?
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