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QuinSnydersHair said:
LOL. So what? You realize they worked together on 21 Grams, right?

Honestly, you're a nice guy and all but what the hell do you care when one friend jokes with another? Are you that dense that you didn't even know it was a joke? I feel sometimes like you want to just live inside a Disney movie.
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I know they worked together on 21 Grams, but most people watching the Oscars probably wouldn't. Obviously I'm not alone in my view this is an excerpt from the CNN article:

Yes, Iñarritu later covered for Penn -- the two of them worked together on the film "21 Grams," and Iñarritu noted they were friends and accustomed to teasing each other. That's nice of him. But Penn ought to recognize that one of the most-watched television events of the year is not the most appropriate place for a private joke that crosses the line of good taste. After all, last year's Oscars reached about 43 million viewers in the United States alone, while ABC notes that the show is broadcast to some 200 countries around the world. As a result, millions of viewers heard an award-winning actor making fun out of the idea of a Latino's lack of "papers."

Penn's comment was particularly insensitive given that the immigration debate in the United States in nowhere near being settled -- an estimated 11 million undocumented people in the U.S. live in constant fear of seeing their families torn apart by deportation. Right now, nearly 4 million undocumented immigrants who could have been eligible for deportation relief under President Barack Obama's executive action plan have their futures on hold as a result of a Texas court decision to suspend the programs. Meanwhile, immigrants are too often the victims of hate crimes.
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Hotttnickkk one of the people that has put comedians out of business and turned people towards to the Disney channel to look for hosts and MCs.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
I loved Django, but yea, weak overall year.
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I liked Django too. Tarantino really has done himself a disservice by making some legendary films before that, which almost makes it seem that giving one to Django (albeit a good film, but not near his best) would be meh. Pretty crazy.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Yeah but the point is most people watching the show wouldn't know that. They'll only see that, not go read the back story, and take it at face value.


The issue is a sore point for minorities in this country and we don't need another wedge dividing us, we need people who can unite us. All the work other presenters/speakers (i.e., John Legend, Common) did during the night to spread the message of togetherness, etc, was undone by that last comment.
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You're not a minority in this country...
 
ONE LOVE said:
I know they worked together on 21 Grams, but most people watching the Oscars probably wouldn't. Obviously I'm not alone in my view this is an excerpt from the CNN article:
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Woah, someone else feels the same as you. Welcome to the Internet, where we can find the like-minded and thus convince ourselves that we, in our narrow-minded thinking, are correct. Our views of the world are spot on. And only ours.

Go join ISIS, bro.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
Woah, someone else feels the same as you. Welcome to the Internet, where we can find the like-minded and thus convince ourselves that we, in our narrow-minded thinking, are correct. Our views of the world are spot on. And only ours.

Go join ISIS, bro.
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Go ask a minority how they feel about this, I don't think you're in any position to comment on it on their behalf.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Go ask a minority how they feel about this, I don't think you're in any position to comment on it on their behalf.
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That's the thing. I don't care how they feel because see, it was a joke, between two friends.

Take a step back from your delicate sensibilities for a second and you'd see that, get a grip on reality, and then maybe, just maybe you and everyone else can move toward progress and past our politically correct joke of a world in which everyone needs their little voices heard, fists tightly clenched.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Go ask a minority how they feel about this, I don't think you're in any position to comment on it on their behalf.
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The definition of the word joke is the same to my cheesburger-eating *** as it is to my taco-eating neighbor.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
That's the thing. I don't care how they feel because see, it was a joke, between two friends.

Take a step back from your delicate sensibilities for a second, get a grip on reality, and then maybe, just maybe we can move toward progress and past our politically correct joke of a world in which everyone needs their little voices heard, fists tightly clenched.
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Except it was made in public, making it a public thing.


Otherwise swearing on Jazzfanz would also be allowed "between two friends", except it would be offensive when other people sees it.
 
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