Straight white guy festival

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FatSumo

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15,077 posts

168 months

Sunday 27th July 2014
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http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/21/stra...

http://conservativetribune.com/straight-white-guy-...

http://madworldnews.com/straight-white-guy-festiva...


Basically there are flyers around Ohio advertising a festival for straight white guys (beer to be available but no illegal drugs laugh ) and the usual types are claiming it's an anti-gay / black / (insert persecuted group here),

Appears to be a joke, but has caused some upset hehe




Edited by FatSumo on Sunday 27th July 08:46


Edited by FatSumo on Sunday 27th July 08:47

Qwert1e

545 posts

117 months

Sunday 27th July 2014
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There's a similar event in Brighton next weekend,

http://www.visitbrighton.com/gay-brighton/brighton...

voyds9

8,488 posts

282 months

Sunday 27th July 2014
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Straight white and proud!



T-shirt now available.

baldy1926

2,136 posts

199 months

Sunday 27th July 2014
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Someone should organise an alterative to the Nottingham Carnival.
Do you think the government would pay.
Simple criteria
Massive inconvenience for locals.
Using all police, and local authority resources
Loads of crime illegal drugs etc

Thorodin

2,459 posts

132 months

Sunday 27th July 2014
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This shows up the difference between majority groups and minorities. It also tells all you need to know about the hypocrisy of the chattering class activist liberals that seem to hold so much disproportionate sway.

The majority groups don't see an issue and are passive. The minorities have a cause and go all shouty, getting worked up about bigotry when in fact traditional definitions of that term throw it back at them.

Dog Star

16,079 posts

167 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Bill

52,472 posts

254 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Thorodin said:
This shows up the difference between majority groups and minorities. It also tells all you need to know about the hypocrisy of the chattering class activist liberals that seem to hold so much disproportionate sway.

The majority groups don't see an issue and are passive. The minorities have a cause and go all shouty, getting worked up about bigotry when in fact traditional definitions of that term throw it back at them.
Er, ok.

Fotic

719 posts

128 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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baldy1926 said:
Someone should organise an alterative to the Nottingham Carnival.
Do you think the government would pay.
Simple criteria
Massive inconvenience for locals.
Using all police, and local authority resources
Loads of crime illegal drugs etc
I wonder if you mean the Notting Hill Carnival?

Anyway bloody blacks eh? Being drafted into the UK from the Caribbean to staff the NHS after centuries of being traded by us. And now they want a weekend of fun? Lock 'em up!!
hashtag UKIPforever!!!

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Fotic said:
Anyway bloody blacks eh? Being drafted into the UK from the Caribbean to staff the NHS after centuries of being traded by us.
Erm - who is this "us". I haven't traded in "blacks" at all - let alone done it for centuries.

......perhaps you are suggesting that me and others on here are somehow culpable for deeds carried out by long dead white people who happened to reside in a similar area of land we now occupy.......'the sins of the father' and all that.

Not sure I follow that line of reasoning.

PhillipM

6,515 posts

188 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Moonhawk said:
Erm - who is this "us". I haven't traded in "blacks" at all - let alone done it for centuries.

......perhaps you are suggesting that me and others on here are somehow culpable for deeds carried out by long dead white people who happened to reside in a similar area of land we now occupy.......'the sins of the father' and all that.

Not sure I follow that line of reasoning.
You must have done, because you're white, you racist slave trader!

Oh, wait, hang on a minute...hehe

TKF

6,232 posts

234 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Thorodin said:
This shows up the difference between majority groups and minorities. It also tells all you need to know about the hypocrisy of the chattering class activist liberals that seem to hold so much disproportionate sway.

The majority groups don't see an issue and are passive. The minorities have a cause and go all shouty, getting worked up about bigotry when in fact traditional definitions of that term throw it back at them.
Quite right. When will there be someone who stands up for the heterosexual adult white middle class male living in a prosperous and safe country? We demand equality!

bga

8,134 posts

250 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Moonhawk said:
Erm - who is this "us". I haven't traded in "blacks" at all - let alone done it for centuries.

......perhaps you are suggesting that me and others on here are somehow culpable for deeds carried out by long dead white people who happened to reside in a similar area of land we now occupy.......'the sins of the father' and all that.

Not sure I follow that line of reasoning.
I don't think Fotic was accusing you (or any other person alive) of that particular deed...


Art0ir

9,401 posts

169 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Well this went as expected laugh

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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TKF said:
Quite right. When will there be someone who stands up for the heterosexual adult white middle class male living in a prosperous and safe country? We demand equality!
Whilst clearly facetious in tone - you do highlight the irony somewhat.

"You can't hold an event for straight white guys - because straight white guys don't suffer from inequality" biggrin

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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bga said:
I don't think Fotic was accusing you (or any other person alive) of that particular deed...
Yeh I got that it wasn't a direct or personal accusation - my reply was intended to be sarcastic.

However - the implication is still there that 'we' are still somehow responsible.


Edited by Moonhawk on Monday 28th July 10:03

bga

8,134 posts

250 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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I don't think there is any such implication.

The UK shipped over a load of people from lots of places. They want to celebrate some of that culture (among other things) so why would anyone stop them? (I'm not suggesting that this is your position on it). I suppose it's a bit like Paddys Day.

Grumfutock

5,274 posts

164 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Moonhawk said:
Fotic said:
Anyway bloody blacks eh? Being drafted into the UK from the Caribbean to staff the NHS after centuries of being traded by us.
Erm - who is this "us". I haven't traded in "blacks" at all - let alone done it for centuries.

......perhaps you are suggesting that me and others on here are somehow culpable for deeds carried out by long dead white people who happened to reside in a similar area of land we now occupy.......'the sins of the father' and all that.

Not sure I follow that line of reasoning.
Can we say the same for the "poor victims of this trade"? It would be my guess that back in the day the average African tribal bod wasnt the nicest guy to his neighboring tribe. Are they to be held guilty, for bleeding ever, for murder, kidnap and mayhem?

Fotic

719 posts

128 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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bga said:
I don't think there is any such implication.

The UK shipped over a load of people from lots of places. They want to celebrate some of that culture (among other things) so why would anyone stop them? (I'm not suggesting that this is your position on it). I suppose it's a bit like Paddys Day.
Thank you bga.

I think moonhawk knows full well that it wasn't implying anything of the like and is merely trying to smear my post.

As a country, we're solely responsible for our diverse culture and to then try and suppress that culture by whining about festivals and the like is hypocritical and ignorant.

Grumfutock

5,274 posts

164 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Fotic said:
bga said:
I don't think there is any such implication.

The UK shipped over a load of people from lots of places. They want to celebrate some of that culture (among other things) so why would anyone stop them? (I'm not suggesting that this is your position on it). I suppose it's a bit like Paddys Day.
Thank you bga.

I think moonhawk knows full well that it wasn't implying anything of the like and is merely trying to smear my post.

As a country, we're solely responsible for our diverse culture and to then try and suppress that culture by whining about festivals and the like is hypocritical and ignorant.
So can we have a white, straight, English guy festival or not?

Qwert1e

545 posts

117 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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Moonhawk said:
"You can't hold an event for straight white guys - because straight white guys don't suffer from inequality"
Inequality can never be a one way street. "Suffer" may be put forward as one half of the equation, balanced by "benefit" on the other side, but where is the "benefit" to straight people if gays are "suffering"? There is no matching benefit.

Ergo, there should be similar events to celebrate "straightness".