Old White guy calls himself a House ******...

[dutch508]

Gravitycollapse (7,315 posts) https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141790431

Bill Maher Uses Racial Slur on Real Time

Yup- Billy M uses the 'House ******' phrase to describe himself on live TV. It will be interesting to see how the DUmp processes this...

Doug the Dem (55 posts)
1. I Watched the Show

He clearly was joking, and said as much immediately.

Ideological purity is what got us Trump.

Gravitycollapse (7,315 posts)
2. For reasons of great historical importance, white people cannot use the n-word.

Not even jokingly. I'm actually kind of shocked I need to explain this to anyone but I guess where there's Bill Maher, there are thousands of others who think just like him.

Gravitycollapse (7,315 posts)
7. It's not up to white America to dictate what black Americans do with the n-word.

Star Member Roy Rolling (2,175 posts)
8. Okay, I'll say it

I'm shocked that I need to explain this to anyone but special white people language laws only empower racists' use of the n-word. As a white person who supported the struggle for civil rights in the '60s, whites-only language rules and blacks-only language rules block meaningful communication between people one-on-one. Better to have a common language.

If we wanna take the power away from racists, turn the other cheek when they try to upset black people by using the n-word. Then it is the PERSON who is a racist, not the word. Bill Maher using the n-word, though today offensive to African Americans, does not make him a racist deserving of the same scorn as a racist.

I have my own issues, with a crippling and progressive well-known muscle disease. I am now a cripple. I can call myself that. And guess what, so can anyone. Especially if they mean me harm by it, because laughing them off is all worth it. Much more so than trying to educate someone who is happy being dumb.

TheDebbieDee (10,056 posts)
49. The N-word...

I think that it’s time that African-Americans strip the power of the N-word. The word is against black people by White people when they want to push our buttons in an attempt to make black people lose their $hit!

I wouldn’t want my son or daughter to allow the use of that word against them by a white person to hold such sway or power over them. Our kids should be taught that IF that word is thrown at them, then they should smile, even laugh out loud, look that person in the eye and ask them, “Really? Is that the best you can do? Is that your best effort to distract me or make me feel less than you? You need a much better vocabulary. Go back to school, read a book, learn some more words or something...”

So far- the only people who have commented, including gravity... are white.

Star Member pnwmom (82,871 posts)
24. I watched the segment. It's NOT ok for white people to make a joke related to the slavery of American American people.

yeah--- she's not black either. https://www.facebook.com/pg/MBrewerWellness/about/?ref=page_internal

Star Member KingCharlemagne (7,602 posts)
65. At least not until reparations have been made and paid for all the stolen labor (aka "wealth") and destroyed lives.

maybe black... Not sure.

Star Member Behind the Aegis (41,262 posts)
3. And yet, when he called a gay man a "faggot"...

....SILENCE.

not black, just a homo

Star Member OnDoutside (3,185 posts)
4. I just KNEW that word was going to blow up !!! I suspect Maher knew too, after the Kathy Griffin exploits, and is doing this to get a bit of the action. Expect this showtrial to be joined by the RW racist nutjobs expressing their disgust.

Star Member Duppers (8,943 posts)
19. Bill Maher dates black women, almost exclusively.

So, racist? Please.

I agree with you! But your comment about being jealous of Kathy was a joke, right?

Gravitycollapse (7,315 posts)
20. Wooooow. A new take on "I have a lot of black friends."

What a load of garbage.

Star Member yallerdawg (10,235 posts)
23. IT'S A ****ING JOKE BY A COMEDIAN, FOR ****S SAKE!

It's a reference to a brilliant Malcolm X diatribe on complicity!

If we fire every comedian for each time their joke bombs or they say something "offensive" we will live in a colder, sadder world.

oberliner (43,824 posts)
33. Malcolm X did not use the N-word in that diatribe

He used the phrase "House Negro" - he did not use the racial epithet that Maher used.

Seems a little weird for Maher to use the epithet he used instead.

njhoneybadger (324 posts)
53. Ben Carson HOUSE NEGRO

Star Member Paladin (16,240 posts)
48. Oh, hahaha. I wonder if Kathy Griffin sees the humor in Maher's remark.

Griffin's career is in tatters because of that severed head image, but Maher will more than likely survive this racist spewing, given the way this country is going. Just swell.

For the record, I walked away from Maher's show some time ago. I got sick to death of his increasing Islamophobia, the obnoxious right-wing spokespeople he insists on having on his show, and the snotty scolding he delivers to liberals on an increasingly regular basis. It's like watching Dennis Miller's career, in slower motion. **** Maher, and anybody who defends him.

[SVPete]

Like many other Libs & Progs, DU-folk are simple:

* All their principles are un;

* All their standards are double;

* "Good" and "Right" are spelled "ME".

[BattleHymn]

[BattleHymn]

Has anyone asked Bill Maher if he was identifying as a person of color when he uttered his phrase?

[Old n Grumpy]

Has anyone asked Bill Maher if he was identifying as a person of color when he uttered his phrase?

He was identifying as a rich, privliged  liberal progressive dimocrat. There fore he can get away with murder.

[DLR Pyro]

Gravitycollapse (7,315 posts)
2. For reasons of great historical importance, white people cannot use the n-word.

but blacks can?  sounds like black privilege to me.

Wait, what's that you are saying?  Black privilege is ok, but white privilege is not?

If ****** is such an offensive word for blacks to hear uttered from whites then it should not be uttered from anyone, blacks included.

[dutch508]

but blacks can?  sounds like black privilege to me.

Wait, what's that you are saying?  Black privilege is ok, but white privilege is not?

If ****** is such an offensive word for blacks to hear uttered from whites then it should not be uttered from anyone, blacks included.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok85BmPyl_I[/youtube]

[freedumb2003b]

Gravitycollapse (7,315 posts)
7. It's not up to white America to dictate what black Americans do with the n-word.

Nigga PLEASE!

It is not up to ANYONE, especially a DUmmie, to dictate how I use what words and when.  You don't like what I say, go eff yourself.

[YupItsMe]

I have no opinion on this until I know if Rachel Dolezal was offended or not.

[Maverick1987]

WHO YOU GONNA CALL?

https://conservativecave.com/home/index.php?topic=108437.0