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HUGE GMA Backlash, Horrified Apology, Youtuber Hacks, Leaks, & Memes, G7 Confusion & More

HUGE GMA Backlash, Horrified Apology, Youtuber Hacks, Leaks, & Memes, G7 Confusion & More

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HUGE GMA Backlash, Horrified Apology, Youtuber Hacks, Leaks, & Memes, G7 Confusion & More Erik Lewis: The first line of defense of the forces of prejudice is a roll of the eyes, and accusations that the the targets of the prejudice -- or others who dare to raise their voices against it -- are being too sensitive, have no sense of humor, and are only whining about mild forms for prejudice when they shouldn't conflate the mild with the egregious. Those tactics work really well to keep people from raising their voices on the inner fringe of where prejudice operates. Nobody wants to be considered a stick-in-the-mud, or worse: a person who trivializes real prejudice. The fact of the matter, IMHO, is that these inner fringes -- the insidious but superficially harmless arena of the off-hand, laughed-off versions of bigotry -- is where a good deal of the heavy lifting of positive change occurs. It's the place where you or I am more likely to unintentionally advance attitudes toward a minority that suffers from unfair perceptions because, since you and I are (ostensibly) shining examples of individuals who would never transgress in actions or expressions of bigotry of a truly harmful nature, we therefore stand as examples for the acceptable norm. The problem with this dismissive attitude or with the shaming of those who raise their hands and venture a criticism is that we unwittingly participate in the campaign that resists positive change. It's such an effective and critical edge of the fight against progress because it easily presents as overly sensitive and lacking in humor and appears to place you in the company of those who lack an edge and are terminally un-hip. That's not a place where those of a liberal sensibility are comfortable or very willing to exist for long before they feel the need to prove their anti-goodie-2-shoes bona fides. Worse, having witnessed this process, it just appears reasonable to keep one's mouth shut rather than speaking up, especially since the infraction seems so mild that that it doesn't justify the social risks or the efforts entailed in maintaining one's edgy persona. I ramble on horribly. What I was trying to get to is the frustration that I feel that we need to constantly preface any complaint of offense or statement against minor expressions of prejudice with an apology. We scrape and mew and hem and haw and beg forgiveness for what we're about to say: that something said was insulting to us, or that we might have a suggestion for an improved way to express something so that we aren't participating in the indoctrination of children into immoral modes of thought, or the reinforcement of adults' attitudes toward them. I can't fault anyone, since I do it myself, and it's understandable that we perform this theater in the act of speaking up, because we want to preempt the inevitable attacks on us. It's just a shame that we are so cowed by concern for social costs that we can't just say what we have to say and allow the statement to stand on its own merits without going to all lengths to apologize for being offended (an amazingly absurd concept) and to be sure that those we might be criticizing understand that we don't think they're monsters or that their intent was malicious, or -- heaven forbid -- racist. Language is both the solution to our misunderstandings and its cause. Racism for instance, is such a loaded word that it has become very tricky to use as descriptive of words or attitudes without risking immense insult to people who are certainly not racist but might be, as we all are, capable of perpetuating its very mildest form. The woman who laughed at the notion of a boy being interested in ballet couldn't be properly described as a bigot, for instance, and the dancer who felt he had to stand up for boy dancers was understandably delicate in how he raised his point. It feels to me as if the real snowflakes are the ones who can't take a little constructive criticism, even if it involves words that one would hope never to associate with oneself. The sensitivity among members of the right towards the gall of anyone who would employ the word racism or bigotry is the hottest, most un-touchable button to be found in public discourse these days. I have ideas about why this is, and how we can all talk more frankly while also not taking such easy offense, but this comment has already gone on far too long. Apologies.
Date: 2019-11-01

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I was certainly upset by the ballet comment at the expensive of Prince George, however those that follow the Rf family deeply and the connections of on of the RF members to American Entertainment reporters have a good idea of where this came from and the setup around it - the big problem was that there has always been a very strong tradition in the press that kids of celebrities, political figures etc are basically 'hands off' and until the left driven main stream media decided to open season on Trump's son that was pretty much, except for maybe Ellen's show where there is anything for a laugh, and since they it seems like that just opened up all these actors pretending to be reporters license to go after kids. The fact that the audience laughed, and that she took and extended pause waiting for the laugh, when she said 'Ballet makes it look totally staged and that the take audience we re prepped to laugh when she brought up ballet and joking about George. The laughter from the audience did sound a bit uncomfortable too. I can't wait to see what they do when he has to take etiquette classes and ballroom dancing. Did this reporter, or GMA ever stop to think that this child is one day, most likely, going to be the King o England and perhaps his education needs to be more well rounded and in things that the kid down the street who wants an IT job would ever need? Besides just making her look rude and discriminatory she ended up looking ill informed and uneducated. Whoever wrote that piece should no longer be writing for GMA and she should no longer be working there based on the fact that she should have seem that quip and known better than to make it. As for James Charles being hacked: The reason he got disconnected from the fraid line was that he could not convince them to say he was hacked and he was never hacked. Had his phone been hacked he would not have been back online as fast as he 'got his phone' back and he would have had to have recovered all his social accounts to. As Shane how really long that takee and the hoops you have to go through. From the news of someone inside of his team that one picture (and as we know not the only nude that JC has on his accounts not of all made public but he ha sent to individuals) this was a photo that he had takens and worked on in photoshop for some time and was very proud of it and kept pushing for a chance to post it. Since the coachella reception of his butt hanging out was not received as well as his 'management' would have liked they kept telling him not to post it which is a bit odd as his management rarely says no, but they did keep telling him that he could not post it. Shane and others getting hacked was apparently a good opportunity for JC to say he had been hacked also and release that picture to 'pre-empt' the hackers. Most people, even before getting confirmation from an inside source had pretty much figured this out anyway but confirmation is nice. As for the Amazon fires, I am not sure - other than its large then it has been in about 7 years, the Amazon does burn every year. Rainforests (as those that live in Washington State) tend to have a natural burn off cycle and as they could never conclude that these were set fires one wonders why this time around they are something to throw money at and whether that money really will actually go to fighting the fire as the countries getting the money really need money for people not fires? And actually if the Amazon rainforest does not have burn off as part of its cycle the overgrowth that is never burned away can do more damage and inhibit growth of the forest. At this point the 'environmentalists' are raging about the fires while the real scientists are still sitting on the fence unsure if this is really an issue. So many places burn that are important parts of the environment and no one makes a big deal out of it as they are not areas with 'big names' that can b used to make a political statement. Look at the NJ pine barrens and the need for that habitat and its impact to the environment and no one whines when it burns, or Yosemite or Yellowstone or huge swaths of Russia?
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I think these newscasters and on air personalities have a really tough job these days. They have to report stories and then have a producer in their ear telling them to keep talking and stretch it the next break. Then they just do a few throwaway comments and bam-they have backed themselves into a corner and said something offensive. I agree with Phil. Its more of a problem to me that they need to report on this childs curriculum. She was trying to joke around about it and keep it light and still managed to get in hot water. I cannot even imagine being in the public eye in this day and age of everyone being so so sensitive. I do not even know how comedians plan a show. How on earth do they do it without offending someone? I do not know. I am 50 and remember a time when people had much thicker skins and didnt get hurt feelings so easily. And if people got their feelings hurt, they simply addressed it by going to the person in private. Jokes were considered funny and people could actually laugh at themselves. Yes, there were things that needed to be addressed and rightfully so. It just seemed like these things have become more and more the main topic and it has gone way too far and now everybody finds something offensive in everything. If we keep looking for the offensive in everything, I am afraid we are going to forget how to extend unsolicited forgiveness. Im afraid our nation will never come together under this climate of super sensitivity. I do understand why people get upset to a point. But if I enjoyed ballet, hearing her throwaway comment would not make me stop enjoying it. And making her apologize may or may not make others have a different opinion on it anyway. I would rather go about it from the angle of trying to educate my children to value and respect these things and always respect others from the home. I feel that home education would be much more beneficial. It also seems artificial to me to have my kids believe that nothing will ever be said to hurt their feelings or make them feel bad about themselves. Humans are complex and unique and we see things in a million different ways. I have tried to teach my kids to use the hurtful comments to make them stronger and stronger. I am overweight and deal with fat comments all the time. Just like anyone else, it can hurt my feelings. BUT, I dont want comedians to beforced to wipe it from their show because there are some funny things that go along with it. It doesnt break me to laugh at myself. My parents taught me to be strong and just have a sense of humor about it. Life is hard. But they prepared me by making sure I knew that there would not be someone fixing things for me everyday. I just had to toughen up. It seems like every other day someone is on tv or social media making the obligatory apology whether they really want to or not. Of course people need to treat people with respect. I believe in the Golden Rule and feel like it would be much better for parents to be teaching their children how to live by this rule. I realize this is just my opinion. I dont expect everyone to see my point of view since I am ancient, but that is ok Lol. I want us to all come together as a nation and from what I am seeing throughout my lifetime we are growing apart instead. But at some point, I am afraid we may be sacrificing free thought and speech somewhat in order to make sure that everyone is comfortable and as I get older it concerns me. I dont have any answers but I am definitely thinking about the changes America is going through.
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What's wrong with what's basically a dance class? Like people said, boys dance too. You're not gonna kick all the boys out of what people think is a Girls Class. They'd all fail in that case. My middle school and onward schools classes were - Eng Lit, (studying stories, poetry and even subliminal messages in movie posters, SCREAM and RED EYE have been on my list to watch since)Maths, (yes, multiple maths)Science (three different types, Chemistry, Biology and whatever the last one was. Been 15 years, PE (Physical Education but mostly we played sports (tennis, football, rugby, badminton, Rounders, or used treadmills or other machines, RE (Religious Education, I still remember learning about Khrisna but again it has been over a decade so spelling could be wrong, ICT (Information, Communication & Technology, basically just computer/programming and Internet classes, DT (Design & Technology, you make things and use big scary tools, the Boy's Class if we're labelling school topics by gender lol)Whatever language class/classes (most just French, German or Spanish back in my day, I heard they were adding Sign Language (hearing people want to learn this? I barely remember my SL I was taught before school) and Japanese as we were leaving middle school) And Drama which can also have Dance in it. Dance is basically PE but fun. I mean Rounders was fun but that was a once/twice a Spring term game. I miss Rounders.
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The American and Brazillian presidents literally cant be bothered to show up for the urgent battle against our greatest natural threat to the human way of life. What is wrong with these guys? Cant rightly tell if theyre honestly that scientifically illiterate, or willfully ignorant because they genuinely only care about prosperity for themselves with the decade or so of their own lifetimes. Im pretty sure Trump at least only pretends to believe in a god to keep the Christians hooked, but I know at least many religious conservatives dont care about our global climate gradually becoming less hospitable for humanity because theyre literally convinced that THE END IS NYE anyway and all they can do is pray pray pray away the gay to get into the Good place and not the bad place when their god will destroy Earth and then re-terraform it to be a magic kingdom for only the obedient subjects of the Lord. .. So if youve been convinced to believe some apocalyptic prophecy like that is both inevitable and even a Good plan to have faith in. then I can understand the lack of incentive to stop burning our largest single source of breathable oxygen and polluting our atmosphere.
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1: 00 Aw man I Wish I got some education about other world religions growing up, before stepping out into the multicultural world. But I was just publicly educating, in America: / its more like a tax funded babysitting service, where the primary goal is just to keep the kids inundated with busywork and quizzes about random facts. Never even Heard a subject like epistemology mentioned in my 12 years a student. P. s. I did take a boys ballet class outside of school for 8 years and I still benefit from that early discipline and agility and strength training. Plus if youre a straight guy in the company, the ratio of beautiful girls to boys is like unfairly in your favor. Im just saying.
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Bunch of cry babies. So what she made a joke. Teachable moment. Like I said snowflakes and cry babies. No Phil, those strong dancers are what and who they are because they went through a little struggle and got made fun of and put in all that work. Giving people easy pass or making it easy for people does not build character, it's been proven time and again. Hard working actor lazy ass kids with no worries, but their parents said I'm giving my kid everything I didn't have making them ungrateful little basterds. This is not only to actors but all those that came from nothing. Babying people will not create character in people.
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Am I the only person who didnt think they were digging out dancers. That she would have been better off saying I didnt mean any offence I was making a joke of how much a 6 year old is doing and that he will probably grow out of loving ballet as he gets older or maybe he wont. But it didnt feel mean spirited? Just that yeah he probably will get into other things art poetry girls boys and what your into when your 6 is normally something fun. Can understand people saying hey maybe you should think its sounds like your making fun of the dancing but outrage. Bit much soon you will not be able to have an opinion on any thing.
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