That isn't understanding hate, that is understanding that it exists. Now, this series may have been a staged piece of garbage, and it would be putting money in the hands of people for the wrong reasons, but it could have also been an interesting insight into these people and into the families that are embarrassed by them.
Understanding that hate exists goes hand in hand with understanding hate. Being confronted with a blatant expression of hate is quite an educational tool for someone who's eyes are open and willing to learn.
With all due respect Deckard - I appreciate that you recognize racism and hate, but that doesn't mean you understand it. Do you understand WHY people become racist? Why do people become disgusted with another race or people? What makes people feel the need to value some people's lives less than others. The answers are in our own hearts because this stuff exists in everyone. It's universal. We are all capable of hate and have all hated someone for being different in our lifetimes. We are capable of it because we're evolved to stick with our own social groups and see outsiders as a threat. Most people don't understand this, and I think it's critical to stopping hate is to understand how human of a thing it actually is.
I don't disagree. I understand not wanting these KKK members to get a dime. I understand not wanting to give them a platform. I understand not wanting them to come of as sympathetic figures. I do however think we should learn more about these people.
This is why Chappelle quit Hollywood. It's a sick place that only cares about money while telling everyone who will listen that they don't. That said, I love it when people expose themselves and their communities voluntarily.
I think this generation can certainly benefit from learning more about the KKK, its history, and what its doing today. I just don't think, as you point out in your post, that they should be given a platform for expressing their views, not when it's being given in a search for ratings. There is a huge amount of information about them waiting to be discovered by the curious. While I've already had "lessons" about the Klan, many today may not truly understand what they are about. The truth is out there.
Can you imagine if a full blown domestic terrorist group were offered their own reality show? I can't. Oh wait.
Yeah, that has nothing to do with anything, least of all in this thread. The guy burned out and had raised his profile enough as a stand-up that he could sign a long term booking deal instead of paying half his take on travel and lodging.
Will Smith set to produce Saudi Prince of Bel Air. It's about a young immigrant's zany adventures and misunderstandings inside an exclusive community. His son will be cast as the star and Charlie Sheen as the down on his luck FBI field agent.
Well, maybe klan members can get book deals from Simon and Schuster to share with the world their way of dealing with economic anxiety?
It wasn't supposed to be "reality" tv. It was supposed to be a docu-series. There's supposed to be a difference.
You'd watch it!? A&E is on it, then. Here's the tentative theme song: Iiiiiiiiiiin Saudi Arabia, born and raised, in Madrassa is where I spent most of my days, studying Koran, in the sand, all cool and all playing football at the royal mansion next to the pool. When a couple of guys, they were up to no good! -starting waging Jihad in the neighborhood! I strapped on one little bomb and Baba got pissed he said, "كنت الانتقال الى بيل اير" I whistled for a camel and when it walked up the black flag said "There is no God but Allah" and it had lice on the hump! If anything I could see that these we're bad guys but I said, "ah Whatever, I'm guess I'm radicalized!" (doo doo doo doo doo dooo do) I. pulled. up to the house of the infidels and I yelled up at the windows "you will burn in a thousand hells!" I looked at my cell phone but the thing had malfunctioned, and I said, "Forget this, I'm a prince, I'm going to a private luncheon." Forgive me if I offended anybody. I am but an uncultured American.
