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I miss Bill Cosby so much. I have such great childhood memories from his standup and various TV shows. I still hope I get to meet him someday.

This man is a very crass Bill Cosby. I support him due to the reality he shines a flashlight on. Sad some people would downvote this.

>> ^Yogi:

Bill Cosby is gonna have something to say about this.



Those Booties Are Shakin' Like Jell-O brand pudding!

Bill Cosby is gonna have something to say about this.

I would love this man if for no other reason than he hates Wanda Sykes.

But that's only a small part of the splendiferous puddin' pop that is Bill Cosby.

I really miss this show. Bill Cosby's one of my personal heroes. I wish there were more shows around like his, but I've never seen anything else so culturally and socially inspiring.

Yikes! Stealing from Bill Cosby? No-no.

That Bill Cosby story was phenomenal!

@dystopianfuturetoday:

I see what you're going for, so here's your Yes. Where our opinions diverge is a matter of perspective.

Slavery is not unique to the Black race, nor even Black Americans, it's a worldwide institution with ancient origins that is still practiced in parts of Africa TODAY. Every race on earth has at one time been enslaved, just as every race on earth has also enslaved other races. As horrible as it seems to us, for centuries slavery was accepted as necessary and a part of life. For Black Americans to feel singled out is, to me, just silly.

So enter the Civil War, a complex struggle involving myriad factors that became more about slavery about halfway through. Republicans ended slavery. Not that is was all sugar and poetry: Lincoln said it didn't matter if he had to keep slavery or end it, he would do whichever it took to save the Union. Lincoln did the paperwork but the Abolitionists did the real work.

We had a Civil Rights movement and it was just. (Now we have a Special Rights movement that is unjust, but that's another chapter).

I don't buy this crap about psychic injuries from slavery. And yes, here is the part where I provide the transcript of Bill Cosby's "Poundcake speech". I know you're going to have your reasons for not liking what he had to say (and I'm sure Jesse Jackson, who was right beside him was shocked and pissed) but all the same, please READ IT.


Yes, there was a time in America where lynchings were common, racism was institutional and opportunities for Blacks were severely limited. That time has passed. Yes, there are remnants of the klan out there, but they're not the ones forcing Blacks to drop out of school, disparage reading books and getting an education as "the White Man's Game" or impregnating young girls like it's nothing.

We've had generation after generation of immigrants now, from Vietnam, India, the failed soviet bloc. They came here with nothing and in a generation or two have risen. And if the excuse is, 'Well, they're not Black," here come Blacks from the Caribbean, working hard and doing just as well. All of these immigrant groups have one HUGE advantage: they haven't suffered decades of this American victim mentality.

I trust your sincerity and the sincerity of all the liberals who want to see Black Americans improve their lot (and they have, most are middle class). But there are forces that demand the dependency of Black Americans and use a victim mentality to get their votes. I don't see why anyone would heed voices that say, 'You Can't Do It'.


RE: the "science" article bashing conservatives. In Japan there are "scientists" whose entire output is exceptionalist-nationalist philosophy (nihonjinron) that is to be taken very seriously. This article is on the same level as, "liberals are better lovers".








>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

qm - Imagine if you and the rest of your ethnic heritage were brought to this country as prisoners, to be sold as property to other people. You are bought and sold and expected to do hard labor without protest. Any resistance could mean your life, or your foot, so you quickly learn to submit yourself to the authority of the ruling racial class. Your ethnic heritage, as a whole, is kept in poverty and ignorance for many generations. Old proud traditions are beaten out of you, and new ones are created in secret, out of the watchful eye of your master. You cannot sing your music, but you can sing in the church choir, so you create your own new culture under the restrictions imposed by your masters.
Then a century down the road, it is decided that slavery is wrong and you are set free. Unfortunately for you, you are in your middle age with no money or education in a culture where you are thought of as subhuman. In this hostile environment, you are expected to compete with people who have been free all their lives, and more sinisterly, people who loathe you and are actively against your progress. They even create organizations to make life worse for you and to form lynch mobs to murder you and your kind.
This new generation continues to pass along the legacy of poverty, lack of education, self doubt, fear and shame to further generations. For the next few generations, laws are set up to discriminate against your people, and it is publicly acceptable to insult, attack and even kill your underclass with minimal consequences. There are new freedoms and a desire to rise above, but there are so very many cultural barriers.
Eventually society decides this underclass should have the same rights as everyone else, but at this point, the legacy of slavery has been imprinted on an entire culture for many generations - Hundreds of years of negative cultural conditioning. Although free in law, there is still much animosity aimed at your group. Not only are ou different in color and culture, but you also carry the stigma of being poor and not having access to the same level of education of the ruling racial class.
Eventually steps are taken to reverse this legacy of hate, poverty and slavery through government assistance programs, and while costly, they do yield success as your underclass rises in wealth and social acceptance. The fact that we, the racial ruling class, see them as equal and expect them to do as well as we do speaks greatly to the change in culture over the last half century. But, just are the legacy of slavery lives on in black culture, so does the legacy of hate live on in white culture. Groups of neo-confederate whites are angry that there is an effort to help remedy a problem created by our forefathers. They don't care whether or not these programs have been successful, they just hate the idea of this long hated underclass getting some help.
Just as the legacy of poverty has made it's way from generation to generation, so has the legacy of hate.
Perhaps the neo-confederates should take the log out of their own eye, before cataloging the failings of others. Or at least, they could attempt some understanding of why these stats are the way they are, how much progress has been made, and what could be done to stop these destructive legacies in the future.

Do you see what I'm going for here, qm? I'd love a yes, even if it comes with heavy reservations.

The Bill Cosby was the worst for me. But there's a bunch of good ones and it's impressive how quickly he switches between them.

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Why Did The Salmon Cross the Road?

I think Bill Cosby answered it best when he said: "Flippity flappity flip floppity floo"

I didn't make a blind or pretentious assumption about you, despite that you did that to me; I based my observation on your actions. Pasting a video of a crying child and insinuating that children's behavior cannot possibly be funny are two big hints.

I didn't mistake your hatred for Family Guy; those were your statements about children in general and have nothing to do with Family Guy. Hate the show all you like. Hate the clip all you like. Just don't make a blanket statement about children and claim it's accurate and valid because you hate a TV show. One thing has naught to do with the other.

In reply to this comment by JiggaJonson:
@lucky760

You mistake my hatred of Family Guy for some misplaced hatred of children. I never said I hate children. I am the oldest of 8 kids (the youngest currently being 9 years old). I grew up dealing with diaper changes, babysitting, getting thrown up on; and spite of that I'm a school teacher. I would have a difficult or impossible time getting by if I hated kids.

Now, to quell your pretentious assumptions, I will say that I hate Family Guy. I'm not going to repeat all the criticisms it's received over the years. I used to think it was a decent show, I even signed several petitions to bring it back on the air, but since they've come back on the air it's been a pretty steady downward spiral.

This clip is a perfect example. It's not inherently funny, it's just what kids do. When kids do it, it's annoying. When I watch someone else's kid do it, it's just as annoying. And when I watch it on TV, wait...I don't watch it on TV because it's fucking annoying!!!!!

Back me up cracked.
Back me up Tv Critic.
Back me up media critics and other cartoonists.

Finally, to quote Stewie from when he was on 'Kids Say the Darndest Things' with Bill Cosby "That's not funny! He's just saying what happens when you go skiing have kids!!!