A writer named Lisa Warren wrote a story yesterday afternoon on the Huffington Post. It was headlined "Two Black Role Models Done In By Hubris." One of those two "Black Role Models" was the president. (The other one was some athlete.) "It is tragic when an icon falls. When a black icon stumbles the tragedy seems doubly problematic," she wrote. The responses are apparently not quite what she expected! (Somehow!) Fortunately, she has her Twitter to keep her warm.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
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OH MY GOD THE WANDA SYKES PROPHECY COMES TRUE!!!!
http://comedians.jokes.com/wanda-sykes/videos/wanda-sykes---turned-to-milk
(From 1998)
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And Glenn Beck apparently compared Tiger to OJ, so clearly Wanda Sykes is some kind of witch.
feministing.com has the best response:
http://www.feministing.com/archives/019353.html
Semi-related: did you know the Museum of Tolerance, before leading you on a tour, gives you the option of walking through one of two doors, one labeled "Prejudiced" and one "Unprejudiced"?
The "Unprejudiced" door is locked.
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that's a weird/interesting spin on the old Museum of American History African-American exhibit that had White and Colored doors to walk through at the end. Just another thing that makes a strong point, methinks.
Meanwhile, this article that woman wrote is THE most idiotic thing I've ever heard of.
and behind the other one is a tiger. (No, not that Tiger.)
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Unfortunately they kept getting sued by the people who broke their noses slamming into that locked door.
I can't believe she used the "reneged" word!
But really, that is a stupid article.
I know, 'reneged.' She could have just said 'Indian-giver.'
"When a black icon stumbles the tragedy seems doubly problematic." Thanks to an expensive and tasteful education, I've learned that saying something "seems problematic" is just the ultra-passive-aggressive way to avoid saying "this bothers me for reasons I'm too lazy / ashamed to enumerate."
Two Jewish Role Models, Joe Lieberman and WWF wrestler Bill Goldberg, done in by Hubris.
In the past few decades, the two most famous and arguably most successful jewish men in America have taken a huge fall. It has become clear that both pro wrestler Bill Goldberg, once a world title contender, and Senator Lieberman, an "Observant" Jew, suffer from a surfeit of hubris which has finally caught up with them. If both men somehow thought they were untouchable, they have been put to right. Both have crashed to earth and it may well be true that they can never recover their earlier status again.
This has so got to go on. Two Cartoon Role Models, Wil E. Coyote and and Sylvester the Cat, done in by Hubris.
In the past few decades, the two most famous and arguably most successful Cartoon animals in America have taken a huge fall. It has become clear that both Wil E. Coyote, once assured of a roadrunner feast, and Sylvester the Cat, guaranteed a small roast bird, suffer from a surfeit of hubris which has finally caught up with them. If both cartoons somehow thought they were untouchable, they have been put to right. Both have crashed to earth and it may well be true that they can never recover their earlier status again.
Yes. Yes it does. Amazing.
Two claymation Role Models, A.C Beebop, and Gumby, done in by Hubris.
Over the past half-century, the two most famous and arguably most successful claymation characters in America have taken a huge fall. It has become clear that both A.C Beebop, once leader of advertising juggernaut grape-related artists the California Raisins, and Gumby, a horrifyingly misshapen green humanoid with a talking horse sidekick, suffer from a surfeit of hubris which has finally caught up with them. If both talking clay figures somehow thought they were untouchable, they have been put to right. Both have been smushed to earth and it may well be true that they can never recover their form again.
Two Cultural Role Models, Roman Polanski and Michael Jackson, done in by Hubris.
Over the past half-century, two of the most famous and arguably most successful cultural figures in the West have taken a huge fall. It has become clear that both Roman Polanksi, once heralded as one of the greatest young directors in Hollywood, and Michael Jackson, a horrifyingly misshapen green humanoid with a talking horse sidekick, I mean, a singer and dancer with hits like Thriller and Earth Song, suffered from a surfeit of hubris which finally caught up with them. If both cultural figures somehow thought they were untouchable, they have been put to right. Both are now facing the prospect of endless emptiness: Jackson has passed away and Polanski is under house arrest in Switzeralnd. It may well be true that they can never recover their form again.
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Two Black Role Models, Lewis Black, and Michael Ian Black, done in by hubris.
Over the past half-century, two of the most famous and arguably most successful Blacks have taken a huge fall. It has become clear that both Lewis Black, once heralded as one of the greatest complainers of the absurdities of life, and Michael Ian Black, who has amourous tendencies toward several different decades in recent history, suffered from a surfeit of hubris which finally caught up with them. If both Blacks somehow thought they were untouchable, they have been put to right. Nothing new of note has really occured to either of them, but certainly I've gone this route for obvious wordplay reasons.
Two Black Hole Models, Infinite Void and Timeworm, done in by Hubble.
Over the past half-century, two of the most famous and arguably most popular models for the Black Hole have taken a huge fall. It has become clear that both Infinite Void, in which you would get sucked through into neverending emptiness, and Timeworm, where you enter the Black Hole at one point in the Space-Time Continuum and exit at another, suffered from a surfeit of Hubble which finally caught up with them. If proponents of both Black Hole Models somehow thought they were untouchable, they have been put to right, and fans of Science Fiction may never really recover.
When they came for the horse-hung but circumcised Hebraic wrestling colossi, I said nothing.
Once you're reduced to saying "I am not a racist" in public, it's all over.