wizzardstaff posted:

really makes you think

PhazonLink posted:

i like how so many people still dont know 19 is for 2019 .

cant be scientist being boring and practical got to be tinhat level poo poo.

PhazonLink posted:

i like how so many people still dont know 19 is for 2019 .

cant be scientist being boring and practical got to be tinhat level poo poo.

That Facebook Link posted:

ARM YOURSELF WITH FACTS:
Her actual name was Nancy Green. She was a cook, activist & a storyteller. She was born a slave in 1834 in Kentucky. In 1890 she was hired to represent Aunt Jemimia as an advertising character. It was her job to operate the pancake cooking display at their expos.
Her personality and cooking talent made her an instant hit. She won a medal for her performance. After the expo she was offered a lifetime contract. She was working until her death until 1923.
Her career allowed her the freedom to become an activist and engage in anti poverty programs. She used her status to become a leading advocate against poverty and in favor of equal rights.
Green was known to be an attractive woman. A magnificent cook with an outgoing personality and a friendly nature. Her original painting, found on the syrup bottle, sold for $9030.00. It was rendered by A.B. Frost one of the great illustrators of the Golden Age.
The left has cancelled a black woman who went from actual slave to famous philanthropist.
SHARE HER STORY (Because, for some reason, they don't want you to).

totalnewbie posted:

Nobody (including myself.. and yes, I'm sure some people did know) knew a thing about Nancy Green before any of this. Sorry, Nancy Green.

Their... I don't even know the best way to describe it - disingenuousness? - is what makes me the most angry. You never cared one bit before but suddenly care so much now, all so you can score points about not changing what is (it has become) at least in part a racist stereotype? Come the gently caress on.

Invalid Validation posted:

Imagine a Facebook post not being factual. What has the internet come to?

Killer robot posted:

They don't know even now and that dumb rant is full of misinformation.

After she was freed, Nancy Green was the personal servant of a white family. I don't know if they were her former owners or not, but they're the ones who got her the promotional job. The Aunt Jemima role brought her no wealth or independence - she made some appearances and told romantic stories about how happy the South was in the good old days, then some years later they replaced her with a new "Original Aunt Jemima." She was still working until her death, but in poverty as a household servant, not as an advertising icon. A while back her family tried to get Quaker Oats to fund a monument for her grave, but they refused since Aunt Jemima is a fictional character.

A.B Frost painted a Nancy Green Aunt Jemima, but it's not the painting you'll find on bottles today.

the_steve posted:

My favorite part is when someone points out all the inaccuracies and outright lies, and the person who reposted the OP in the first place is all "Ok, so maybe it isn't factual, but the sentiment is what counts." or "It's close enough to the truth."

Medullah posted:

Yeah exactly. My dad posts the "I don't know if this is true, but it doesn't hurt to ask questions."

ponzicar posted:

And if you corner them on it you get "I just thought it was interesting!"

It really was a mistake to let boomers onto the internet.

Medullah posted:

Yeah I defriended someone who posted a list of "things that prove the George Floyd video is fake" things. I pointed out how loving stupid and insulting that was and got exactly that "I'm not saying I believe it, but it is interesting and raises some questions".

Medullah posted:

"I'm not saying I believe it, but it is interesting and raises some questions".

Killer robot posted:

A relative just shared that "All lives splatter" meme on Facebook earlier, had it blocked as hate speech, then promptly lost her poo poo demanding to find out who ratted her out.

borkencode posted:

One of my wife’s friends is big into Facebook tag groups, which I don’t really understand. But via her I’ve discovered that there’s a group called “Conservatives getting angry over things they made up themselves” which I think applies to so many things I end up seeing in this thread.

Killer robot posted:

A relative just shared that "All lives splatter" meme on Facebook earlier, had it blocked as hate speech, then promptly lost her poo poo demanding to find out who ratted her out.

borkencode posted:

Guavanaut posted:

Trump supporters destroying Statue of Liberty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIS0A3jTqKw

Ambitious Spider posted:

I don’t want to get in trouble at work so I can’t really post it, but one of our clients received an “official antifa handbook” and sent out an email blast to everyone in her address book about what racist bullshit it was. The handbook is kind of hilarious in that it’s a horrible conservative fever dream of what antifa is and it’s all on printed out on coffee stained paper, presumably for credibility.

Ambitious Spider posted:

I don’t want to get in trouble at work so I can’t really post it, but one of our clients received an “official antifa handbook” and sent out an email blast to everyone in her address book about what racist bullshit it was. The handbook is kind of hilarious in that it’s a horrible conservative fever dream of what antifa is and it’s all on printed out on coffee stained paper, presumably for credibility.

jojoinnit posted:

This is from a childhood friend who started going chud during the protests. He's now up to the stage of sharing Prager videos

jojoinnit posted:

This is from a childhood friend who started going chud during the protests. He's now up to the stage of sharing Prager videos

Medullah posted:

Guessing it's this one that my Uncle posted a while back.

quote:

IF YOU WANT TO UNFRIEND ME AFTER THIS, I DON'T CARE. I have more friends than I need anyhow...I HAVE THE RIGHT TO MY OPINIONS AND THIS IS HOW I SEE IT...

💯% Let me break it down...

1. Joe Biden isn’t winning just like Hillary wasn't winning.
2. Bubba Wallace wasn’t a victim.
3. Black lives do matter, along with everyone else.
4. What happened to Floyd should never happen again.
5. All cops definitely aren’t bad, nor are they all racist.
6. Trump is the President and doing a great job !
7. Rioters and looters have nothing to do with George Floyd. (And should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law).
8. Police lives matter.
9. Unborn lives matter.
10. Colin Kaepernick isn’t a hero, and never will be.
11. CNN isn’t news (nor is MSNBC)
12. Elizabeth Warren isn’t Indian just a fake person.
13. Facebook only censors conservatives.
14. All lives do matter (red, yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight).
15. COVID 19 is being used to gauge just how much of our freedom they can take away.
16. All fear is fueled by the media, this is a fact.
17. God is still in control and always will be.
18. Epstein did not kill himself. Nascar did kill themselves.
19. Most people are not racist.
20. There is NO White Privilege, we all have American Privilege.
21. There are no slave owners or slaves still living. There are no people trying to enslave anyone in the U.S., except for those here illegally selling women and children into the slave trade. And when the perpetrators are caught, their cold bodies should be thrown back over the wall.
22. LIFE is What YOU Make of it.
23. No one OWES You ANYTHING !
24. I stand for the Flag 🇺🇸 and National Anthem.
25. I kneel only for Jesus.

Invalid Validation posted:

That’s a lot of words to say he doesn’t care about black people.

Medullah posted:

quote:

19. Most people are not racist.
21. There are no slave owners or slaves still living. There are no people trying to enslave anyone in the U.S., except for those here illegally selling women and children into the slave trade. And when the perpetrators are caught, their cold bodies should be thrown back over the wall.