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How would that work? Trial by transcript?
You know how those WEE games work — where you move and on the screen
the image moves with you — i suppose thats how it would work.
The humans would talk and move, but the Jury would see the IMAGES
and images would not show any ‘race’ or gender or weight or age etc. Maybe
the images would look like sexless robots or somethin.
That way no-one on the jury would know if the witness or lawyer
was black or white, etc, unless they had to testify about
their race, etc. I dunno. Thats all i can figure.w
vI present in a manner no different than others. I post what I find interesting and that which might stimulate conversation. The facts I post are verifiable whereas the acceptance of the facts is a choice. I am well aware here my ideological premise can be a distinct minority.
Well, my first question would be “which media are we talking about?” The big
mega mainstream corporate-capitalist media like Fox, MSNBC, CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, NPR ? That media?My second question would be “who OWNS the media that you are talking about? I would
think that finding out who actually OWNS those media-corporations would have
some relevance to the question about “what kinds of biases are reflected in the media?”PS — I respect the fact that you have represented the ‘right’ on this board, in a civil manner
bnw. I dont think its a secret that most of us old timey regulars that migrated to this board
are lefties. But you have managed to have your say without being all nasty about it — and that
aint easy when discussing politix/religion/culture. I have seen many-a-board blow up over political
differences. So far we have all done a good job of listening, sharing and not killing one another 🙂w
vw
vIt pains me when these politicians are so in their bubble that it doesn’t occur to them that before speaking that they should have someone use fucking GOOGLE.
I mean… we’re not talking an exhaustive Lexis/Nexis search here… it’s Google. The actual history of the Confederate Flag isn’t all that hard to KNOW. It’s not a matter of lost history or a matter of conjecture left to faith or opinion.
We know it.
It’s a known thing.
Which is why these statements in light of the facts are so offensive. They aren’t political soft shoe. They’re offensive.
Like I said… Politics is pornography for polite society…
You know it when you see it, right?
Well maybe just a bit of devil’s-advocacy here, but
things ‘do’ change meanings. Things morph. Things are ideologically elastic.
So, maybe to many white folks the confed-flag means “honor” or Anti-big-Government”
or “chivalry” or some such thing. It may not “mean” racism to everyone.So, then the very “meaning” of the flag is contested ideological ground.
Who gets to decide what “it means” ? And is the “history of the flag” the only factor
in determining what it means “now” ?w
vWhat zn said. Besides, just because a flag comes to represent something different than its historical meaning for some people doesn’t negate its original meaning. Nor does that make it easier for the people who have suffered under that banner. That’s the argument Redskins supporters use. “The name doesn’t have the same meaning as it used too…” Oh yeah? For whom?
Would it be ok to fly the Nazi flag over a government building in a state where 30% of the population is Jewish just because the meaning of the swastika may have a different connotation today for some people?Well thats exactly what i was thinking about — the Redskin issue. There are plenty of
Washington fans who seem to think it doesnt matter what the R-word ‘used to mean’ but
what matters is what it means ‘now’ — and to THEM, it means pride, honor, blah blah blah.Now i dont like the R-word or the Stars and Bars,
but i think that any discussion about issues like that
needs to address that notion that ‘meanings change’.I personally, would change the R-word on the helmets
and take down the stars/bars — but i ‘do’ recognize
and acknowledge that them there symbols dont mean
the same thing to everyone and meanings do change.
Just something to mull over.I think my point might be that not everyone
who likes the redskin label or stars and bars
is “racist”. I guess thats my point.w
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