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Post by sharky, Hunter’s text buddy on Nov 13, 2018 19:47:07 GMT
What does that have to do with posing for a Nazi salute photo?
EDIT: This is to Dick's post, not LTL
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Post by sharky, Hunter’s text buddy on Nov 13, 2018 19:48:47 GMT
I'm going to go out on a limb and say there are parents of those in that photo who will throw a fit. Getting shot at by Nazis not necessary. Maybe not too many, though. www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/nazi-salute-wisconsin-students.htmlEach year, members of the junior class at Baraboo High School pose on the courthouse steps for parents and other residents. More than one professional photographer usually attends the event, according to Alisyn Amant, 19, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who graduated from Baraboo High last year. The junior prom is held each year in the school gymnasium; there is no senior prom.
Some of the students in the picture have since graduated, Ms. Amant said, but most are now seniors at the school. Ms. Amant said she knows several of the students in the photograph but would not give their names.
She said that there was a clique of boys at the school who often made offensive remarks. “I’m not surprised by them doing this,” she said, “but I’m surprised that there’s so many of them doing this. Photographers were there; the parents were there; community members were there.”
I say this with a lifetime of knowledge and having checked in on the scene again a mere month ago: Wisconsin is super, super racist in an extremely casual way. Yikes. Were the parents of the black kid there? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 19:50:02 GMT
What does that have to do with posing for a Nazi salute photo? EDIT: This is to Dick's post, not LTL Someone asked about dumb/inappropriate/offensive shit we have said/done as a joke. |
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Post by JC on Nov 13, 2018 19:52:08 GMT
Who, here, went to high school and heard racist, misogynistic, or homophobic remarks, or might have made a few cracks? Anyone look back at their teenage years and think they weren't a dumbass at some point? Times are completely different. Those cracks we made were common place and usually acceptable. These kids knew exactly what they were doing. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 19:54:38 GMT
Who, here, went to high school and heard racist, misogynistic, or homophobic remarks, or might have made a few cracks? Anyone look back at their teenage years and think they weren't a dumbass at some point? Times are completely different. Those cracks we made were common place and usually acceptable. These kids knew exactly what they were doing. I've gotten myself in trouble here (well, not here) with this line of reasoning before, but here goes: They probably did not "exactly what they were doing." And that's why they did it. Because it's beyond the pale. That's the (intended) joke. |
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Post by TheSportsPredictor on Nov 13, 2018 19:54:41 GMT
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Post by JC on Nov 13, 2018 19:56:18 GMT
Times are completely different. Those cracks we made were common place and usually acceptable. These kids knew exactly what they were doing. I've gotten myself in trouble here (well, not here) with this line of reasoning before, but here goes: They probably did not "exactly what they were doing." And that's why they did it. Because it's beyond the pale. That's the (intended) joke. and in this case that's complete bullshit. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 19:56:41 GMT
I've gotten myself in trouble here (well, not here) with this line of reasoning before, but here goes: They probably did not "exactly what they were doing." And that's why they did it. Because it's beyond the pale. That's the (intended) joke. and in this case that's complete bullshit. How so? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 19:59:09 GMT
Times are completely different. Those cracks we made were common place and usually acceptable. These kids knew exactly what they were doing. I've gotten myself in trouble here (well, not here) with this line of reasoning before, but here goes: They probably did not "exactly what they were doing." And that's why they did it. Because it's beyond the pale. That's the (intended) joke. I agree. It's frightening how dumb kids can act especially in a mob setting, and how clever they can think they're being. Adults too, but with kids it's way worse. The decision-making powers aren't there. Seeing that it was a community event where parents would have been standing by and chuckling, though, is very disheartening. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 20:17:43 GMT
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Post by doctorquant on Nov 13, 2018 20:20:03 GMT
... drove their trucks around the community displaying Confederate battle flags to honor a friend who was killed in a car crash. I'm almost afraid to ponder this question: How in the fuck could that "honor" a friend killed in a car crash? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 20:20:38 GMT
Yesterday I had to meet up with a guy doing some work we were farming out - document management, in a nutshell. Nice guy on the phone. Seems to do good work. Reasonable price.
He shows up in his SUV.
Confederate flag license plate on the front.
I continued to do business with him, though it took me aback a bit.
Should I have?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2018 20:22:58 GMT
... drove their trucks around the community displaying Confederate battle flags to honor a friend who was killed in a car crash. I'm almost afraid to ponder this question: How in the fuck could that "honor" a friend killed in a car crash? Because the guy who died was part of the crowd that already drove around with Confederate flags. So when he died, they drove around with Confederate flags to honor him. Not sure precisely why that was the time it got noticed, maybe it was a higher concentration of the flags or maybe it was just because they had the spotlight. |
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Post by doctorquant on Nov 13, 2018 20:23:25 GMT
Yesterday I had to meet up with a guy doing some work we were farming out - document management, in a nutshell. Nice guy on the phone. Seems to do good work. Reasonable price. He shows up in his SUV. Confederate flag license plate on the front. I continued to do business with him, though it took me aback a bit. Should I have? 1) Any chance he was driving someone else's SUV and didn't even realize what was on the front of it? 2) Even if the answer to 1 was "No," is there any chance your doing business with him could redound negatively to the reputation of your firm? |
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Post by doctorquant on Nov 13, 2018 20:23:49 GMT
I'm almost afraid to ponder this question: How in the fuck could that "honor" a friend killed in a car crash? Because the guy who died was part of the crowd that already drove around with Confederate flags. So when he died, they drove around with Confederate flags to honor him. Not sure precisely why that was the time it got noticed, maybe it was a higher concentration of the flags or maybe it was just because they had the spotlight. Ah, gotcha. |
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