Submitted by PostureGai t3_yex1vv in nyc
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Arleare13 t1_iu0io1b wrote
> but the people who listen to him will.
They already are.
justbeclaus t1_iu0l6ri wrote
I was taking a class about a year ago at the local cc and the professor used the phrase 'a chink in the armor'. The entire class got quiet and you could tell the students were upset. It is just a phrase after all, but the timing was probably not the best considering Covid and some students being Asian. The next day another professor, a black one came into the class and started talking about triggers and crackers.. It was a little out there but the class got back on track. Hope this is kind of what Kanye has planned because the guy musty be going nuts.. Lost 1.5 billion or about 80% of his wealth in a week?
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iRedditAlreadyyy t1_iu0qxxa wrote
Look at what we saw with trump. Trump never personally hurt a minority group, but he spoke ill of Asians, LGBTQ, POCs, anyone who didn’t speak English as their first language. We watched hate crimes against all of them spike. The fool speaking may be too stupid or too popular to ever risk themselves acting on what they believe, but they idiots who follow them with a lot less to lose will gladly do it.
Thats why no matter who speaks like this, as a culture, we need to hold them and that speech accountable. Too many examples in history how “free speech” has evolved into real world war and conflicts.
Sickpup831 t1_iu0ssh1 wrote
What context did he use the phrase “chink in the armor”? Because I don’t see how that’s offensive unless you’re being underhandedly trying to attack Asians.
darkknight915 t1_iu0toet wrote
The people on here look for any reason to be offended you’re not gonna get a compelling answer here.
lostsherbert620 t1_iu0ufp3 wrote
I’ve heard people at my job defend Kanye and say that he is being “cancelled”. It makes me sick and kind of scared tbh.
Harbinger311 t1_iu0x6zo wrote
I was walking in the park yesterday, and the exact same thing happened (woman was also walking, had the ran on the smartphone running on speaker, almost like a religious background chant for the daily constitutional). We were in the middle of nowhere and there might have been 20 people total in an area about 20 acres in size midday.
Imagine357 t1_iu0xbcc wrote
Or literally describing an Asian in medieval cosplay.
Non_Drug_User t1_iu0zmxk wrote
I feel like it needs to be said: the other side of this may not be on public transportation listening to high-volume videos about how great Jewish people are, but there are obviously a great many of us who do believe that Jewish people are an integral part of this country
America would be a worse place culturally and artistically and in every other way one can imagine without Jewish people and no amount of insane Kanye West rants and rambles will change that
So, yeah, the antisemites are out there, and they can be quite loud, the pests they are, the devils they are, but there are plenty of us on the other side of the equation too, and we do not suffer those fools gladly
Fuck 'em
Throwawayhelp111521 t1_iu0zuw0 wrote
The expression "a chink in the armor" has nothing to do with Asians, just as "to call a spade a spade" has nothing to do with Blacks.
Throwawayhelp111521 t1_iu0zzqf wrote
You wouldn't say "the armor."
Imagine357 t1_iu11p58 wrote
Have you never heard of the phrase chink in the armor in reference to mail chain links?
HEIMDVLLR t1_iu12pls wrote
You don’t find it strange that everyone is only highlighting the anti-Semitic actions and not the “white lives matter, George Floyd” portion?
Why is the the All Lives Matter crowd silent?
darkknight915 t1_iu140c6 wrote
You’re using way too much logic here, everything they don’t like is racist, sexist or offensive.
XenosV t1_iu17f86 wrote
Even stranger that right-wing ghouls like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens are getting no flak for their parts in this story either.
But to your point, Kanye should be getting more shit for peddling white supremacy nonsense. (And I think we all know why the All Lives Matter goobers didn’t make a peep about “White Lives Matter”).
Hell, he should’ve gotten this reckoning back when he was openly wearing a MAGA hat & saying that American chattel slavery “was a choice”.
throwaway_samaritan t1_iu17yqj wrote
Exactly - this is America where people are judged on MERIT, not on one's skin color, race or ethnicity, or sexual orientation. This is land of the free and shitty people need to get booted off the stage.
PostureGai OP t1_iu1chqt wrote
Every other post is about the supposed crime wave but this one needs to be shut down?
HEIMDVLLR t1_iu1ep8a wrote
Actual Facts!
Throwawayhelp111521 t1_iu5ende wrote
Apparently, you didn't understand my comment. You wouldn't use "the" in reference to Chinese people and the expression has nothing to do with the Chinese. You'd have to be both stupid and looking to be offended to make something out of that.
The expression is "a chink in the armor."
Throwawayhelp111521 t1_iu5fa7p wrote
It's exhausting. I'm Black and I'm as sensitive as anyone but I have no patience for stupid, ignorant people looking to be offended.
jay5627 t1_iu0geq9 wrote
This is why Adidas, and the other companies needed to do something. I don't think he personally would do something, but the people who listen to him will.