Rhondab said:

Because it is meant to incite. It isn't necessary. You don't have to like my opinion, remember?

Graycap23 said:

i love/loathe the way people like to pretend they have said/discovered something new, when they haven't

Graycap23 said:

Chalk it up to rationalization when you can't actually argue the points given...not the best debating tactic, but go with it if you wanna...

I think mice would feel their existence was much better if cats didn't exist.

Graycap23 said:

Something tells me that antelope that exist without the interference of cheetahs live a great life.

Something tells me that flies that exist without the interference of spiders live a great life.

Something tells me that spiders that exist without the interference of a rolled-up Sunday paper live a great life.

gemini13 said:

Actually, most of the time this term is used, its in current social injustice/civil rights literature or the arts. The term isn't meant to incite everytime its written but then again, there's nothing wrong with inciting someone to think and take a different look at their country, its policies and how it does treat some of its citizens. It can incite and be effective.

Lastly, I'm not trying to "like" your opinion. I'm just responding to it.

it's stupid. just another expression of a seemingly unending problem of racism and prejudice in this country.

gemini13 said:

double post
[Edited 9/11/07 16:54pm]

Rhondab said:

I always consider the source. And in these cases here on the org, I feel it's used by people who are interested in being angry instead of peaceful. I don't care that much because I understand it's a form of expression. It just makes me cringe every time I see it coming from anger.

Why should I be offended by someone elses ignorance?

gemini13 said:

There are those of us who don't go for that peace crap when it comes to racial injustice. Folks have every right to get mad and vocal about issues that negatively impact their lives. Peacful & pacified folks get walked on.

Rhondab said:

But you wouldn't personally use it would you? The right to protest, that's cool, but then it comes down to choice. Ain't nobody being constructive when they use that misspelling, IMO. I don't mind someone writing it and can understand why they might. It's up to them. Things can get so bad that stirring things up might be the only option. That's a sad state of affairs but you might tell me that's the reality in the country. Still, there are those that would use it and those that wouldn't. The use of it betrays, to me, a way of thinking that might not be as constructive as it could be. Understandable, perhaps, but not preferable.

JustErin said:

There's something in that.

Lothan said:

And that's the point. Does using 'Amerikkka' cause that loss of credibility? If it does, it's counterproductive, but perhaps it depends on the intention. Perhaps a lack of credibility isn't important.

TotalANXiousNESS said:

The overall power structure of America hasn't changed since its founding: Super-wealthy white men control everything, and they often pit poorer whites and non-whites of all classes against one another for sport and the perpetuation of the status quo.

Suffice it to say, the more significant "slaps" come from them, be they in raided pensions and exported jobs or in corrupt policies that lead to the slaughters of thousands.

I'm all for being mobilized. But, please, march in the right direction.

It's corny, unsophisticated and not something I'd be inclined to do, but it's a political commentary not unlike so many others -- sometimes it's arguably appropos; sometimes wholly off-base. In any case, to the extent it's undesirable, it's a symptom, not a cause. Address systemic problems, and symptoms slowly dissolve. Address merely a symptom, and things seem more comfy... but the key problem(s) fester(s) undetected and always return(s) with often more dire symptoms.
[Edited 9/11/07 21:54pm]

It's dumb!

NDRU said:

wtf! I married an american and I didn't even know it!

I've never been offended by the spelling with 3 K's either.

fhqwhgads said:

I personally wouldn't use it but so what?

I think that it serves its purpose as seen on this thread alone.

all I've said that its a political statement. Its no more than that.

Rhondab said:

I loved it.

That is my fav TV moment of all time.

JustErin said:

Interesting.

Maybe I don't get the vibe, because I live in an area where the biggest cultural difference is Lager or Miller Lite. And I'm kinda joking, but not really. People are all practically related some how.

But I mean. When I go to DC or Philly or anywhere for that matter, I don't notice any tension btw the races.

Am I blind to it?? Or I dunno. I don't see it.

I KNOW it exists. I do. But I've never witnessed it.

gemini13 said:

Yeah, cuz racism is nothing to be angry about.

fhqwhgads said:

I would never use it but I understand why people do. In a country where people are complacent when an issue doesn't affect them personally, where your name being "Keisha" on a resume may mean you may not get hired, where walking down the street as a black man may cause the police to harass you, I am hard pressed not to understand the frustration behind using such a term.

Lothan said:

It certainly won't get you where you're looking to go if you're counterproductive. Any why do you automatically respond to my post and not others' who've said the same thing?

Alrite guys.

Just wanted to say that I noticed everyone is now going around say 'counterproductive'.

Let us all take a moment to note, who actaully was the first on the thread to use it.

That is all.

TotalANXiousNESS said:

ebonyyyyy and ivoryyyyy

TotalANXiousNESS said:

Y'know, I brought this topic up a while ago, and was vilified for it. I was labeled a KKK member because I didn't like the spelling.


But YOU start a topic, and it's cool, Dani's just trying to understand, right?


I just knew I wasn't the only one who disliked it.

I think you have started your first successful P&R thread in the GD forum




congratulation!

horatio said:

Its actually not the first. Ask Richard, he'll tell you.

What I meant is that I wasn't sure when I said. 'counter productive' was that I wasn't even sure if that was a real term. And then everyone on the thread started using it.

I just felt neat, is all.

Anyways. The rest of what yous are saying I don't know what your talking about?

That I'm baiting?

I'm not.

TotalANXiousNESS said:

no NO! not at all.
for real, that never crossed my mind