Airing of Grievences Thread

[wadesworld]

You know those moments when you post something thinking it will make you look better and it has the opposite effect? This is one of those.

You're fortunate to be closer to the end of your career than the beginning.

Yup. Sometimes trying to explain yourself digs the hole deeper.

[We R Final Four]

For the record, I never said to her, listen tootsie, if you shave your head, I'm going to sh!tcan you.  Unfortunately, I don't have any males in my office so ya'll can scratch misogynist off your list. 

Yes, I absolutely convinced that there is nooooo way that you could ever be considered as a misogynist--by anyone. Having only female employees is certainly evidence proving this point. 

[#UnleashSean]

Yes, I absolutely convinced that there is nooooo way that you could ever be considered as a misogynist--by anyone. Having only female employees is certainly evidence proving this point. 

I think I know what's at the top of his list of skills for his employees.

[Jon]

It's incredible. If I'm getting delivery, tough to beat Jet's

If in Ann Arbor, hit one of several pizza joints - all Greek family owned and operated. The Original Cottage Inn, Lamplighter, Buddy's, JP's all feature the square stone-baked Detroit-style pie.

Best pizza this side of CT.

[Jon]

So is St. Louis style, surprisingly.

Slathered with sticky mouthfuls of Provel jizz...

[Jon]

There are many IPA's in the PNW that are not overly biter.  Try Seapine

Dave,

We need a Beer Call. Brave Horse Tavern later this week?

[Jon]

St louis "pizza" tastes like ass.

Tastes like Ass?

Is that like, Nicole Kidman's ass or, like, Yasir Arafat's ass?

[Jon]

Brilliant post.

The Racist speaks

[Jon]

You know those moments when you post something thinking it will make you look better and it has the opposite effect? This is one of those.

You're fortunate to be closer to the end of your career than the beginning.

At least he has a "career"

[jesmu84]

At least he has a "career"

Brewcity77 doesn't have a career?

[Mutaman]

The Racist speaks

just be patient folks. Sooner or later Keefe will get caught plagiarizing somebody again  and then he will thankfully disappear for another year or so.

[#UnleashSean]

just be patient folks. Sooner or later Keefe will get caught plagiarizing somebody again  and the he will thankfully disappear for another year or so.

Keefe, mutaman, mu82, Cheeks, rocket all need a couple weeks of a break. The stress of summer has been to much.

[Mutaman]

Keefe, mutaman, mu82, Cheeks, rocket all need a couple weeks of a break. The stress of summer has been to much.

Jesus, don't throw me in there with the meat eating crowd.

[MU82]

Keefe, mutaman, mu82, Cheeks, rocket all need a couple weeks of a break. The stress of summer has been to much.

Huh? I said weeks ago that I would stop interacting with this site's biggest agitator, and I have. I said I would stop contributing to threads getting bogged down with personal vendettas, and I have.

I'm not looking for a gold star or a pat on the back, but I'd rather not get lumped in with some of the others you named. Because I'm not doing it ... not any more than you are, anyway.

[#UnleashSean]

Because I'm not doing it ... not any more than you are, anyway.

But this thread is for personal vendettas, not the mlb thread. Feel free to go on cruise control here.

[MU82]

But this thread is for personal vendettas, not the mlb thread. Feel free to go on cruise control here.

All righty, UC. You and I are cool. But ya still gotta be accurate, even in this thread.

I have not been airing grievances in the MLB thread or others for quite some time. Indeed, I have given myself the "couple weeks of a break" that you said some of us needed. I'm trying to be a good boy!

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The Racist speaks

Honest question Keefe. IIRC (and I sincerely apologize if I have you mixed up with another poster), you and I were part of conversation awhile back about whether or not Georgetown should change the name of academic buildings because their namesakes had orchestrated a slave auction that benefited the university. If I remember your argument correctly, you said that we shouldn't judge the namesakes for their role in the slave auction because in the context of the time, their actions were morally acceptable. Now we know better but the namesakes themselves couldn't have known because of the times they were raised in.

I'm curious why you took that position in that argument but are taking the stand the Searchers is a racist movie. In this case, I haven't seen the movie, but I trust what you say as most westerns from that era were notoriously horrendous in their depiction of native americans, and I agree with your position. But I'm curious why you are comfortable giving the Georgetown namesakes a pass due to the times that they lived in but not the Searchers a pass for the times that it was created in. I'm also curious what your opinion on our former mascot is. Is there a difference that you see that I am not seeing?

Also, I don't know mutaman personally, but I doubt he's a racist. I haven't been breathing for that long, but I've only met a handful of bonafide racists in my lifetime. But every single person I have met has done, said, or thought racist things, at multiple points in their life. If you say the Searchers is racist, I'm on board. If you say mutaman's defense of the movie is racist, I'm with you. I'm hesitant to label him a racist for it. I don't believe we should be defined solely by our worst actions.

[Mutaman]

If you say the Searchers is racist, I'm on board. If you say mutaman's defense of the movie is racist, I'm with you. I'm hesitant to label him a racist for it. I don't believe we should be defined solely by our worst actions.

me and Scorsese- good company.


        2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – Stanley Kubrick
        8½ (1963) – Federico Fellini
        Ashes and Diamonds (1958) – Andrzej Wajda
        Citizen Kane (1941) – Orson Welles
        The Leopard (1963) – Luchino Visconti
        Paisan (1946) – Roberto Rossellini
        The Red Shoes (1948) – Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger
        The River (1951) – Jean Renoir
        Salvatore Giuliano (1962) – Francesco Rosi
        The Searchers (1956) – John Ford
        Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) – Mizoguchi Kenji
        Vertigo (1958) – Alfred Hitchcock

http://www.openculture.com/2013/07/martin-scorsese-reveals-his-10-favorite-movies.html

[Mutaman]

Me and Godard- Good company.



    Scarface (Howard Hawks)
    The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin)
    Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock)
    The Searchers (John Ford)
    Singin' in the Rain (Kelly-Donen)
    The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles)
    Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray)
    Angel Face (Otto Preminger)
    To Be or Not To Be (Ernst Lubitsch)
    Dishonored (Josef von Sternberg)

http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/a-young-jean-luc-godard-picks-the-best-american-films-1963.html

[Mutaman]

Me and the American Film Institute- all racists.

"It was named the greatest American Western by the American Film Institute in 2008, and it placed 12th on the same organization's 2007 list of the 100 greatest American movies of all time.[4] "

Wiki

[rocket surgeon]

You know those moments when you post something thinking it will make you look better and it has the opposite effect? This is one of those.

You're fortunate to be closer to the end of your career than the beginning.

  as fortunate as the nepotism needed to find your way following a couple of failed hobbies that weren't going to pay the bills-uhkay

[Mutaman]

. In this case, I haven't seen the movie,

"It is perhaps worth noting that Cuomo's father, the late Mario Cuomo, was an ardent critic of The Godfather books and films, boycotting them for decades because he thought they depicted negative stereotypes of Italian Americans. After he finally saw The Godfather, in 2013, he begrudgingly told the New York Times, "Maybe this thing was a masterpiece."
https://scraper.site/visual-editor/service/components/proxy.php///www.thecut.com/2019/08/the-chris-cuomo-fredo-controversy-explained.html

[Pakuni]

"It is perhaps worth noting that Cuomo's father, the late Mario Cuomo, was an ardent critic of The Godfather books and films, boycotting them for decades because he thought they depicted negative stereotypes of Italian Americans. After he finally saw The Godfather, in 2013, he begrudgingly told the New York Times, "Maybe this thing was a masterpiece."
https://scraper.site/visual-editor/service/components/proxy.php///www.thecut.com/2019/08/the-chris-cuomo-fredo-controversy-explained.html

Speaking of "The Godfather" and bias against Italiam-Americans, last week's Revisionist History podcast on the subject is a worthy listen.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Me and the American Film Institute- all racists.

"It was named the greatest American Western by the American Film Institute in 2008, and it placed 12th on the same organization's 2007 list of the 100 greatest American movies of all time.[4] "

Wiki

Do you think a movie can't be good and racist?

[real chili 83]

Do you think a movie can't be good and racist?

Blazing Saddles

#stirthepot