tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post4491443092552629871..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Completely Missing the PointGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-21676651542481829262015-07-03T22:21:09.715-04:002015-07-03T22:21:09.715-04:00Taranto turns the knife:
"Until yesterday Ge...<a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/sibling-rivalry-1435939881" rel="nofollow">Taranto turns the knife</a>:<br /><br />"Until yesterday George Takei was best known for playing a minor role in the original 1960s 'Star Trek' TV series—that of Hikaru Sulu, the character later made famous by John Cho."Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-47111196822949180542015-07-03T04:59:17.157-04:002015-07-03T04:59:17.157-04:00"...that is not racist. It is instead part of...<i>"...that is not racist. It is instead part of a racist history in this country."</i><br /><br />"...so I wasn't racist when I used it. Other people are racist when they use it, though, because it's part of a racist history. And this country is racist, and I used a racist term because I am so righteously outrageously outraged. About racism. Other people's racism. Them, over there. See?"<br /><br />And the terrible offense, for which he threw a racial insult at Thomas, is that Thomas affirms the inalienable dignity of every human being. An American Supreme Court justice "ought to know better" than to believe a human being has any inherent worth.<br /><br />You cannot make this up. If I ever invent a time machine and go back ten years and describe this to my earlier self, said self will fear she is destined to develop a pychosis, or at least some bizarre delusional syndrome.jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-14848199665762510932015-07-02T23:24:00.977-04:002015-07-02T23:24:00.977-04:00He was a competent minor actor on a show that deve...He was a competent minor actor on a show that developed a cult following. It is perhaps an indictment of our society that this makes him important enough that people have to take the energy to refute him. <br /><br />These are high-school excuses.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-39981330616641977502015-07-02T23:13:50.281-04:002015-07-02T23:13:50.281-04:00If "blackface" really is a lesser known ...If "blackface" really is a <i>lesser known theatrical term</i>, then I have to wonder why Takei chose it to make his point rather than a better known term or phrase. I'm led to the conclusion that he felt the need to hide his racism behind euphemism.<br /><br />He's a racist and a coward. I have expressed my full thoughts on the matter here.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-75141388617275579922015-07-02T22:56:34.145-04:002015-07-02T22:56:34.145-04:00Ace again: why is anyone even listening to this g...Ace again: why is anyone even listening to this guy? Not even his character was interesting, and not even if you liked Star Trek. So now he gets the bullhorn?<br /><br />"The other thing Shatner talked about is how Sulu was always angry that Sulu was not promoted to Captain (until the last Star Trek movie). Sulu wanted to be promoted to captain ages ago. He wanted his own command.<br /><br />"Shatner tried to put this delicately to Stern: Did Sulu not understand that if he got his own command, on his own ship, he was off the show and out of the movies?<br /><br />". . .But this braying jackass really did think that if Sulu got promoted, somehow, there would in fact be a new movie franchise called Sulu: That Guy Who Used to Sit Next to Checkov."Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-60094296648579694172015-07-02T22:47:37.555-04:002015-07-02T22:47:37.555-04:00Everyone knows what "blackface" is, and ...Everyone knows what "blackface" is, and most know that it originated in vaudeville as a makeup style. We know this because the NAACP has tried to hound people out of their jobs for wearing halloween costumes. <br /><br />http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/jamaican-bobsledder-defends-coaches-dressed-blackface-article-1.1514177<br /><br />I do not see how Mr. Takei's remarks can be interpreted as anything but a deliberate, race-based insult. <br /><br />ValerieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com