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[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 173 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Listen up everybody! We got white people talking about race and what it means to be black. This ought to be good.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 62 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I just can't understand the complete arrogance. Why do people suddenly think it's okay to get in front of a mic and say things that are very bigoted, and do it with confidence?

Granted, it's Coulter and she's got a gold medal for some Olympian level dumb shit. But man, when are some of these folks going to go away?

[–] NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 73 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Because since 2016 they've learnt there is zero consequences for such actions. In fact, even when there is bad publicity, their fan base is more like a cult following and supports them more.

All the social media engineering they did REALLY dug deep with the impressionables.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago

Bigoted and racist.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 106 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Just because Anne Coulter rejects her own equine heritage doesn't mean Kamala Harris should have to reject her legitimate black heritage.

[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago

Why the long face Anne?

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Horses are useful, graceful, majestic and very attractive.

Anne Coulter is none of those things.

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

very attractive

Uh... Do you have something you need to tell us?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Nah, horses are assholes. Not enough to deserve being compared to Coulter of all people, though, I'll give you that...

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

And as such, your heritage doesn't make you an expert on jack shit, or give you the ability to suddenly get to say what others of said heritage should get a say in. Anne Coulter doesn't get to tell Sarah Jessica Parker WHAT TO DO.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

Why you gotta drag horses into this? Im not saying this as a bit, but genuinely why do you think its ok to denigrate an entire species of animals just to insult someone?

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 74 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure Anne Coulters isn't a foundational blonde.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 59 points 2 months ago

Hey look everybody, Anne fucking Coulter of all people is gatekeeping melanin.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 42 points 2 months ago

Pasty white woman with fake blond hair pretends to be expert on race and human identities. Fuck off anne.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The authority on blackness is... checks notes... Anne Coulter.... Hmm. Hey conservative media, could you not even find a token black conservative to make this stupid argument? Or did you fire them all as DEI hires?

Well, while we are at it, Annie. Pray tell. Are you under the impression that Black folks are native to Jamaica and that they aren't the descendents of Africans brought to the America's in the slave trade, just like those in the US? Are you not also aware that Jim Crow laws and other forms of racial discrimination do NOT discriminate on whether your ancestors were slaves, but only on your skin color and other racial features? Did you know that both black and non-black immigrants and children of immigrants face prejudice and discrimination? Did you know that Affirmative Action wasn't about apologizing for slavery but a means to correct ongoing discrimination in education and hiring over a century after emancipation in the US, and that it wasnt limited to just black people or non-white people as a single unit? Did you know that you are a moronic hateful emaciated scarecrow woman who shouldn't have a so much as a letter to the editor published, let alone a constant national platform? Did you know that Anne?

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmm. Hey conservative media, could you not even find a token black conservative to make this stupid argument?

If you google "token female black conservative", you get the perfect match: Candace Owens.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And she did get fired from Daily Wire recently, didn't she? 🤣

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago

For anti-semitism, because conservativism just keeps turning people into Nazis for some reason!

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wtf is her heritage? If she's not British she's not foundational white either.

We were all "something else" if you're in America. My ancestors were "swarthy" treated as subhuman. Now I can say I'm white and no one blinks an eye.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It's more complicated than that. They're looking for countries that didn't ever have a Hapsburg in control those that did not will always be less white than the ones with Medicis in power. It's all very weird and stupid.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

We used to have the “race card” played but now we see the “purity card”. Again.

[–] Chef@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We call the white Monsters “Anne Coulters.”

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Man, c'mon, that's not nice. The white Monsters taste pretty good, and don't spread racist misinformation. They're substantially better than Anne Coulter.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

Bitch those things are killing you slowly, just like conservativism.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 28 points 2 months ago

Come on, guys, I'm sure those comments make more sense in context.

Checking the context for a second here...

...aaaand never mind, carry on.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

She's more of a Banshee

[–] paf0@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

This is 'foundational white supremacy'

[–] Tower@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago

She's not even a Republican. She's only saying this stuff because a bitch got books to sell, that's all.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

Yes Anne, tell us what you know about black people. I assume most of what you know comes from rooting for Samuel L Jackson' character in Django Unchained.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is the part of Anne Coulter that Bill Maher has been friends with. He loves her for her racism!

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As if white skeletons get to determine what is black

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What would an actual Goblin know about human racial identity anyway? Stay in your lane.

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Come on man. Goblins are people too, and nobody deserves to be compared to Ann Coulter

[–] Skanky@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Ahhh Nekrogoblicon...

I see you too are a man of culture

[–] slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Ahh, yes, good. I'd been agreeing with her on things recently and was starting to question my sanity. A reminder that she's still a vile piece of shit was badly needed.

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

Coultergeist

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I love how they think this line of approach will sway black voters away from Kamala whereas it probably has the opposite effect

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

... does this homunculus fail to understand that the same logic can be applied to being white?

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago

What a fucking clown. Typical republikkklown racist trash.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

She went to Howard

[–] bquintb@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

ol' Horseface is back, eh?

she has been quiet for so long, I thought she might have took Henry Rollins up on his offer.

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

18 fucking years ago and it's still on point. If you haven't seen his spoken word shows, they're great. I hurt I laughed so hard.

[–] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Remember when Biden said if you didn’t vote for him you weren’t black? I’m betting there is video of every single one of these people calling him out for that(as everyone should have, it was a dumb thing to say), it’d be great if someone could cut all of those together next to them saying shit like this now.

[–] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’d be great if you could post a single source to validate your claims that Biden somehow invalidates Harris.

Remember when you had a point? I don’t. Feel free to prove this bs rhetoric….

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You realize the post your responding to is suggesting people take clips of Anne Coulter making fun of Joe Biden's dumb comment and then justapose it with Anne Coulter telling people Kamala doesn't count as black?

[–] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

republicans are hypocrites. Its not something that works since they are shameless and see themselves as special boys and girls, but viewers can sometimes benefit from recognizing a partisan hack

[–] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Fair! It’s a race not a sprint.

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