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I wonder how Kate Smith's ancestors feel today as jackasses that know next to nothing about her stomp on her legacy like it's a doormat at a coffee shop.
Her an estors are l surely dead.
Agree they pander but things evolve. While I feel that the underlying virtues I've had have always been in place, I very different than I was in my 20's and 30's. On top of that, what society feels is acceptable has changed. At some point, it is hard for me to believe 2019 society looked harshly on a guy opening a door for a woman yet artists could refer to them as bitches and ho's with impunity.This just goes to show that every successful politician panders. But what the racists who cite this never mention is that Lincoln's views evolved on the subject and became much more progressive.
https://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/lincoln-s-evolving-racial-views/
PS: Women didn't get the vote until the 20th century - which makes everyone before that a misogynist.
Lol!Pretty sure that would be monterry in mexico you sanctimonious asshole
Only White Christmas.Does this mean I have to delete all my Bing Crosby Christmas songs?
See the link below. From the article:
"(CNN) -- For years, baseball's New York Yankees and hockey's Philadelphia Flyers have played singer Kate Smith's famous rendition of "God Bless America" during games.
But those long-time traditions have been halted over allegations that other songs performed by Smith -- one of America's biggest singing stars during the early 20th century -- are racist.
Smith is closely tied to the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers because she performed "God Bless America" before Flyers games in the 1970s. A year after her 1986 death, the team erected a statue in her honor outside of its arena.
Now the team won't play her version of the song during games and will cover up her statue.
"We have recently become aware that several songs performed by Kate Smith contain offensive lyrics that do not reflect our values as an organization," the Flyers said in a statement to CNN.
"As we continue to look into this serious matter, we are removing Kate Smith's recording of 'God Bless America' from our library and covering up the statue that stands outside of our arena."
The Yankees said the team also was no longer playing Smith's iconic 1939 version of the song because she sang at least two songs during the 1930s that are now considered racist."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/us/k...od-bless-america-song-dropped-trnd/index.html
Not a surprising decision in today's sensitive climate.
Since exactly when is holding a door open for anybody considered anything but good manners, Mr. Passive-Aggressive/I'm-Not-A-Racist-But.Agree they pander but things evolve. While I feel that the underlying virtues I've had have always been in place, I very different than I was in my 20's and 30's. On top of that, what society feels is acceptable has changed. At some point, it is hard for me to believe 2019 society looked harshly on a guy opening a door for a woman yet artists could refer to them as bitches and ho's with impunity.
I think it's about time to move this thread to the test board,
Indeed, this thread is approaching the quality of discourse on the Cesspool.I think it's about time to move this thread to the test board, @ILLINOISLION . Sorry, you're still waiting for your "promotion."
Let it be known on this board that I never participated in any nodal slaving or will in my future calcs.“.....Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
send these, the homeless, tempest tossed to me....”
Frankly, I am just sickened by my European immigrant ancestors being referred to as “wretched refuse”.
I simply cannot enjoy the rest of the poetry because of that.
Time to tear down that damn statue.
But not when Paul Robeson sang them? I assume the Paul Robeson Center in the HUB has been shut down by now.Well, I just found both songs on YouTube in about three seconds. Tough to argue that they are not racist.
Sry it must be sanctimonious omniscient asshole i guessLol!
Yeah, if it ever happened at all. Which it didnt.
Just a person who listens closely to liars all the time, and makes a good bit of his money figuring out when they are lying. When they pass over opportunities to tell the whole story, then add new, telling facts later, you can tell.Sry it must be sanctimonious omniscient asshole i guess
I was going to say "your posts," but you've only been here since Feb 1.You must've honed your skills reading your own posts.
Hmmm... not sure if I got your comment correctly.Only White Christmas.
I find it fascinating that you find it unbelievable that a guy would bring a cooler of beers out to his landscapers and ask them where “home” was. That says a lot about your frame of reference.Lol!
Yeah, if it ever happened at all. Which it didnt.
That's not the part that is unbelievable. Lol.I find it fascinating that you find it unbelievable that a guy would bring a cooler of beers out to his landscapers and ask them where “home” was. That says a lot about your frame of reference.
Depending on what type of law you’re working in WV, you might not be doing a very good job of this.Just a person who listens closely to liars all the time, and makes a good bit of his money figuring out when they are lying. When they pass over opportunities to tell the whole story, then add new, telling facts later, you can tell.
Sry you dont have the skill. Saves a lot of time.
Just a person who listens closely to liars all the time, and makes a good bit of his money figuring out when they are lying. When they pass over opportunities to tell the whole story, then add new, telling facts later, you can tell.
Sry you dont have the skill. Saves a lot of time.
Doing just fine, thanks.Depending on what type of law you’re working in WV, you might not be doing a very good job of this.
But the state’s legal system isn’t, that’s my point.Doing just fine, thanks.
Lol. I guess you would know, right? Hahaha!that is so much horse shit. He told a story and didn't originally include the part as to how his buddy obtained the information that identified the nationality of the workers. SO because he added to the story with that part you "know" he was lying....on a message board...your spidey sense did not even have the benefit of looking at his facial expression and body language.
as I said, horseshit
As compared to what? PENNSYLVANIA'S?But the state’s legal system isn’t, that’s my point.
Certainly not PA’s. Some states are good, some are bad....WV’s is bad.As compared to what? PENNSYLVANIA'S?
Yeah, we had a legislative coup of our highest court, and replaced two justices with 2 former legislators.
We are still sort of proud they weren't trading porn on the servers.
that is so much horse shit. He told a story and didn't originally include the part as to how his buddy obtained the information that identified the nationality of the workers. SO because he added to the story with that part you "know" he was lying....on a message board...your spidey sense did not even have the benefit of looking at his facial expression and body language.
as I said, horseshit
It is not remotely as bad as PA.Certainly not PA’s. Some states are good, some are bad....WV’s is bad.
Is that WV’s legal motto “Yay, we’re not the worst”?It is not remotely as bad as PA.
Not saying our judges are anywhere near the best in the country, but even the ones who are thieves are petty thieves.Is that WV’s legal motto “Yay, we’re not the worst”?
But not when Paul Robeson sang them? I assume the Paul Robeson Center in the HUB has been shut down by now.
I think it's about time to move this thread to the test board, @ILLINOISLION . Sorry, you're still waiting for your "promotion."
I don't know either, but, if Kate Smith is a racist for singing these songs, then so is Paul Robeson. Just the fact that one sang them makes them a racist, apparently. The point is not whether or not the words are racist. They certainly are. The point being made is that a person who sang them 80 years ago is being called a racist, with zero reason to do so other than these stupid songs.I don’t know what to tell you. The lyrics are racist. Are they satirically racist? Possibly. I don’t know who wrote it, I don’t know the purpose of the song. But they are racist.
Huh? You must not go to cities much. I stopped on the third gal who asked me if I thought she needed a door opened for her. One simple looked at me, stopped, and said ‘you know, I can do that myself,right?” This is Hartley a secretSince exactly when is holding a door open for anybody considered anything but good manners, Mr. Passive-Aggressive/I'm-Not-A-Racist-But.
Oh, really? City people outside Ohio, including friends and strangers, say "Thank you", regardless of their sex. How long have you been married and what "gals" have you recently gone on a date with? Stop making stuff up.Huh? You must not go to cities much. I stopped on the third gal who asked me if I thought she needed a door opened for her. One simple looked at me, stopped, and said ‘you know, I can do that myself,right?” This is Hartley a secret
You have no idea what you are talking about. You have no idea what I have experienced so that makes you a liar. CongratsOh, really? City people outside Ohio, including friends and strangers, say "Thank you". How long have you been married and what "gals" have you recently gone on a date with? Stop making stuff up.
You have a "story" for everything. I doubt three women (in a row?) took exception to your holding the door open for them. If true, you are definitely traveling in the wrong circles.You have no idea what you are talking about. You have no idea what I have experienced so that makes you a liar. Congrats
Google it
She says these seemingly nice gestures, "May entice women to accept the status quo in society, because sexism literally looks welcoming, appealing and harmless."
I don't know either, but, if Kate Smith is a racist for singing these songs, then so is Paul Robeson. Just the fact that one sang them makes them a racist, apparently. The point is not whether or not the words are racist. They certainly are. The point being made is that a person who sang them 80 years ago is being called a racist, with zero reason to do so other than these stupid songs.