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[charsace]

So the Tour De France is like N****s in Paris?

I said damn.

 

[Cameron122]

So the Tour De France is like N****s in Paris?

 

[Count Dookkake]

Too bad he wont get shit done, he'll be too busy being on GAF all day, trying to prove everyone is younger and dumber than him!

Too bad you cling so dearly to your "offense."

 

[CrankyJay]

WTF?

This guy just couldn't help himself? Where the fuck did he think that tweet was going?

 

[bjb]

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

Too bad you cling so dearly to your "offense."

I just let it go

 

[Raistlin]

So the Tour De France is like N****s in Paris?

amazing

 

[bjaelke]

So the Tour De France is like N****s in Paris?

Robert Hunter approves.

 

[Skilotonn]

Man, you'd think someone in that position would be smarter than that to know what would happen if he said something like that. He's got to know only a minor population of the world would even know that saying, let alone tie it to what he said. So stupid.

 

[Joates]

A very poor choice of words in a society that places political correctness well above common sense.

At first I was a little shocked, but after seeing the lennon shit, it actually makes sense.

But again, not surprising that people would react with outrage, without stopping to think for a second (probably what he should have done before posting tweet).

 

[Utako]

Before the reference was posted, I assumed he was being crazy racist and calling cyclists jerks. Because they are!

A very poor choice of words in a society that places political correctness well above common sense.

At first I was a little shocked, but after seeing the lennon shit, it actually makes sense.

But again, not surprising that people would react with outrage, without stopping to think for a second (probably what he should have done before posting tweet).

Virtually nobody gets that reference. It was a bad choice.

 

[bud]

maybe he thought he was on 4chan.

 

[NathanMcMahon]

A very poor choice of words in a society that places political correctness well above common sense.

At first I was a little shocked, but after seeing the lennon shit, it actually makes sense.

But again, not surprising that people would react with outrage, without stopping to think for a second (probably what he should have done before posting tweet).

Kind of like in the Negroidal Bagger thread where everyone was shitting on the store owner because his pic was the one shown.

 

[TunaMarshmallow]

Is it bad that I
(i) immediately figured it was a Lennon nod, and
(ii) thought that it was a tasteless and absurd thing to say, while also
(iii) not feeling personally offended, but
(iv) thinking that someone could very reasonably be offended if they had different experiences, a different background, or a different perspective

?

 

[Duane Cunningham]

How do you sleep you c*nt?

Spoiler

John lennon quote

The best part of that lyric is who it was directed at:

Spoiler

Paul McCartney

 

[Count Dookkake]

Is it bad that I
(i) immediately figured it was a Lennon nod, and
(ii) thought that it was a tasteless and absurd thing to say, while also
(iii) not being personally offended, but
(iv) thinking that someone could very reasonably be offended if they had different experiences, a different background, or different perspective

?

Not at all.

This is what an informed and reasonable person would think.

 

[bishoptl]

I got the Lennon reference immediately. He's still a dumb fuck for saying it. You want to appropriate that word for cycling? Really?

Put that fool on blast.

 

[Parch]

I demand affirmative action for bicycles.

 

[ezekial45]

I got the Lennon reference immediately. He's still a dumb fuck for saying it. You want to appropriate that word for cycling? Really?

Put that fool on blast.

Lennon reference?

 

[oxrock]

I'm a cyclist myself and although I don't approve of the word used I agree with the sentiment. I get treated like shit.

 

[TunaMarshmallow]

Not at all.

This is what an informed and reasonable person would think.

Okay.

Also, I think that racism is best understood to be a property that actions/sayings have in virtue of their social meaning, history and consequences, rather than a property that actions/sayings have in virtue of the particular motivations/intentions of their agents in particular cases. So I think that the tweet may well be correctly categorized as racist, regardless of the author's intentions (or lack thereof).

 

[FStop7]

I demand affirmative action for bicycles.

Tricycles, too!

 

[NathanMcMahon]

Is it bad that I
(i) immediately figured it was a Lennon nod, and
(ii) thought that it was a tasteless and absurd thing to say, while also
(iii) not feeling personally offended, but
(iv) thinking that someone could very reasonably be offended if they had different experiences, a different background, or a different perspective

?

pretty reasonable assessment

 

[Socreges]

There should be some kind of Underground Railroad to Victoria for cyclists. We're treated as equals up here.

 

[Messypandas]

Lennon reference?

Bishoptl's just a jealous guy man

 

[Count Dookkake]

Okay.

Also, I think that racism is best understood to be a property that actions/sayings have in virtue of their social meaning, history and consequences, rather than a property that actions/sayings have in virtue of the particular motivations/intentions of their agents in particular cases. So I think that the tweet may well be correctly categorized as racist, regardless of the author's intentions (or lack thereof).

Lower-case racism at worst, as in being potentially insensitive to an ignorant audience.

Either way, dumb move.

 

[Stinkles]

I see what he was getting at but it was still a poor use of the word. I think the apology is enough but I know there will be people calling for his head.

It would have been a decent analogy if the "problem" he was discussing was (vastly) more important than an American's choice of transit. In fact choice is the most obvious differentiator in his metaphor.

I am a cyclist. I occasionally have to deal with shit drivers. Ask me if I'd rather be enslaved and demeaned and retarded in social and economic progress for hundreds of years.

 

[marathonfool]

He's an idiot for comparing the treatment of cyclists on roads to the plight of black suffrage.

 

[joelseph]

Is it bad that I
(i) immediately figured it was a Lennon nod, and
(ii) thought that it was a tasteless and absurd thing to say, while also
(iii) not feeling personally offended, but
(iv) thinking that someone could very reasonably be offended if they had different experiences, a different background, or a different perspective

?

Not at all.

This is what an informed and reasonable person would think.

lol jesus

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

Okay.

Also, I think that racism is best understood to be a property that actions/sayings have in virtue of their social meaning, history and consequences, rather than a property that actions/sayings have in virtue of the particular motivations/intentions of their agents in particular cases. So I think that the tweet may well be correctly categorized as racist, regardless of the author's intentions (or lack thereof).

What you say is very true.... and logical, but I grew up listening to The Beatles and John Lennon so I am going to say "it's probably not racist"

Eh, it's a reference to John Lennon.

Not necessarily smart, but probably not racist.

 

[Socreges]

lol jesus

What's wrong, my son?

 

[NathanMcMahon]

lol jesus

you're right, jesus would respond in the same reasonable way too.

 

[Count Dookkake]

What you say is very true.... and logical, but I grew up listening to The Beatles and John Lennon so I am going to say "it's probably not racist"

I thought you said you let it go?

lol.

Spoiler

I did not grow up listening to that stuff.

 

[joelseph]

What's wrong, my son?

Nothing, it was the perfect.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

I thought you said you let it go?

lol.

Haha sorry, it was staring at me in the face and I just had to, now I am really done!

Spoiler

<3 CountD.

 

[jamesinclair]

He's sorry he said it because now he's going to catch a heap of shit.

Also, if that's not what he meant to say, then what did he mean to say? What characteristics does he equate that word with?

Based on the "cycle for three months and youll learn" he appears to mean that cyclists get shit for no other reason than being a cyclist.....aka, like a black person being disrespected for his color.

Clearer example:
Black guy in car gets pulled over for being black
Cyclists gets hit by car due to 100% fault of motorist, and gets ticket for being a cyclist.

 

[Lhexh]

All racism aside keep that shit on the sidewalk. Bicyclist rarely are coherent. They give no fucks and carry a sense of entitlement to the road.

 

[Socreges]

All racism aside keep that shit on the sidewalk. Bicyclist rarely are coherent. They give no fucks and carry a sense of entitlement to the road.

I thought attitudes like this would go away once Obama was in the White House.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

All racism aside keep that shit on the sidewalk. Bicyclist rarely are coherent. They give no fucks and carry a sense of entitlement to the road.

Keep cyclist on the sidewalks?

Where do you live? because where I live you get fined if you are caught biking on sidewalks.

 

[ezekial45]

Bishoptl's just a jealous guy man

I just don't get what he's referring to.

 

[freenudemacusers]

I thought attitudes like this would go away once Obama was in the White House.

Obama doesn't care about bicycle people.

 

[Izick]

I understand what he's trying to say but...come on, man.

 

[hwalker84]

 

[FStop7]

All racism aside keep that shit on the sidewalk. Bicyclist rarely are coherent. They give no fucks and carry a sense of entitlement to the road.

It's illegal to ride on the sidewalk in most places brah.

 

[NathanMcMahon]

It's illegal to ride on the sidewalk in most places brah.

hipster

 

[Duane Cunningham]

I just don't get what he's referring to.

Imagine there's no reference. It's easy if you try!

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

Imagine there's no sidewalks. It's easy if you try!

"You may say...I have a Dream..er"

 

[Coins]

Everyone that's screaming how racist he is needs kicked in the junk. It's obvious what he meant. He went overboard for sure but he isn't the next grand dragon.

 

[The Technomancer]

All racism aside keep that shit on the sidewalk. Bicyclist rarely are coherent. They give no fucks and carry a sense of entitlement to the road.

Hey, you know who gives no fucks? Drivers who refuse to recognize me as a vehicle at a four-way stop, leading to frequent situations where I have the right of way and start to pull into the intersection, only to slam on my brakes because some asshole thought it was his turn.

 

[jamesinclair]

All racism aside keep that shit on the sidewalk. Black people rarely are coherent. They give no fucks and carry a sense of entitlement to the road.

Oh my.

Looks like the editor guy was right.