tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post111894706658572958..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: Hold on to your pudding pops...Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1119316055550580512005-06-20T20:07:00.000-05:002005-06-20T20:07:00.000-05:00While I agree whole-heartedly with you on the Cosb...While I agree whole-heartedly with you on the Cosby's path to credibility, I still don't think that makes his entire message any less "right". I believe that not only can we separate the message from the messenger but we HAVE TO because ALL OF US are fallible. If we continue to wait for the message from those rare few who have never fallen then we continue to do ourselves an injustice which we may not be able to recover from. To continue to use the Cosby example, HE SAID MANY THINGS...should we throw ALL of that out because he is an alleged booty pinching philanderer? I say nay...HELL NAY. We continue to use the excuse of not having someone to "look up to" for the message that will lead us to the promise land when a LOT OF US ALREADY know and understand the message. Each one...teach one. Time to stop passing the buck because we are all just human and accept the same human faults in our leaders as we do in ourselves everday. It is past time for us to get on with the business of bulding our culture back up from the inside.Da Professahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440376187151825719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1119041801689892432005-06-17T15:56:00.000-05:002005-06-17T15:56:00.000-05:00Food for thought on the Da Professa vs Nemebabe si...Food for thought on the Da Professa vs Nemebabe side debate: I think the issue here is hypocricy and credibility, not idealism or a standard of perfection. Cos could resolve the hypocricy issue by acknowledging his mistakes, looking repentant and changing his behavior going forward. And in so doing raise his credibility on the cultural issues he's concerned about. I think it's idealistic to think that people can separate the message from the messenger.Crystal-Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01098032461371046702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1119027570725587902005-06-17T11:59:00.000-05:002005-06-17T11:59:00.000-05:00"We need to stop fucking like rabbits without a ca..."We need to stop fucking like rabbits without a care for what may come hopping out in 9 months. We need to stop validating unplanned teen pregnancy because we mistake that for support. We need to take our sons and daughters to Walgreen’s and buy condoms with them then SHOW THEM HOW TO USE THEM!"<BR/><BR/>I'm saying...!Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01287848883253383848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1119025094036398902005-06-17T11:18:00.000-05:002005-06-17T11:18:00.000-05:00Tell it like it is girl.Tell it like it is girl.espresso beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407211740102674119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1119010538430906632005-06-17T07:15:00.000-05:002005-06-17T07:15:00.000-05:00Hi Neme,To address the point in your last paragrap...Hi Neme,<BR/>To address the point in your last paragraph, I only say this.....<BR/>If only people who have not fucked up are allowed to put people on blast, does it not still set us up for failure? If we ONLY find value in advice of those who have fucked up AND acknowledged said fuck-up does that make the words of those that haven't acknowledged their failures as a "good person" less valid? Can't a good idea come from a "bad" person? Can't a good idea come from a hypocrite? My point here is the difference between what we would LIKE to have out of life and what we ACTUALLY have to work with.... Sometimes we get caught up in the "like to haves"/idealistic view of the world even when REAL life keeps slapping us in the face. All i am asking for is that we are a little more cognizant of the tools we have vs the tools we would like to have. I would have love to have a world where people where comfortable enough in their own skin to lay out ALL of their foibles, impure/hateful thoughts, crimes, boring sex desires, psychosis and everything else we all hide from each other on the table....UP FRONT ...so that <B>I</B> could decide whether or not I wanted them to be a part of my life and/or their advice was worth listening to. That's a pipe dream....and when I say it that way everyone recognizes that it's unrealistic, idealistic and not one that they always adhere to themself but too often that is the standard we apply to people and demand. This demand changes nothing and FREQUENTLY drives the information we need deeper underground. If WE truly want to change the world then it doesn't start with "THEM". It starts with "ME". I am digressing though... <BR/><BR/>I'll holla. :-*Da Professahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440376187151825719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1118981570283616062005-06-16T23:12:00.000-05:002005-06-16T23:12:00.000-05:00I think Cosby is really arrogant to call himself a...I think Cosby is really arrogant to call himself and force others to call him Dr. Cosby. The Ph.D was honorary. <BR/><BR/>The problem with Cos is that he is self righteous, that quality in any human no matter what they are talking about is irritating as hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1118967084481256292005-06-16T19:11:00.000-05:002005-06-16T19:11:00.000-05:00I think his PhD was honorary.I think his PhD was honorary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1118960469739912142005-06-16T17:21:00.000-05:002005-06-16T17:21:00.000-05:00Hmmm...there are several of my pet issues here but...Hmmm...there are several of my pet issues here but this isn't my blog so I will take just the one:<BR/><BR/>An implication in the post and some of the comments is that one cannot cast aspersions on a given area of another's character if one has ANY sort of character flaw him/her-self. Now color me stupid but isn't that setting up your fellow HUMAN to perfect before they can have an opinion? For the criteria of your "leaders" to be so stringent that they can no longer relate to you and the real world? Is the assumption then that before one can be considered to be a leader of humanity or express a valid opinion on the bully pulpit; he/she must be above reproach and flawless in all areas? To me that smacks of idealism and it is indicative of what is wrong with American voters and the political spin machine. Americans rush to "leaders" who claim to be without flaw....then wonder why they are so ineffective at their job and out of touch with reality. Spank me with a monkey, but it does not follow that JUST because you are flawed then the opinion you speak must also be somehow "less". To often we pick our would be leaders/pundits/and "moral"(would love to debate that one) chieftans on how sturdy of a pedestal we can place them on. The end result of that is something less than what you bargained for as you are in effect saying: <BR/>"Which one of you muah fukers has hidden his flaws the best and dumped the bodies?" oooh, pick me!!! "Excellent!, Keep your shit on the downlow and won't nobody get hurt". <BR/><BR/>Makes no sense to me but then again "Big Daddy, Junior and the Spook" and I have our own version of the Geneva accords so it could be just me. ;-)<BR/><BR/>"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone....Dammit, somebody say SOMETHING, I got a booty call!" -daprofessaDa Professahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440376187151825719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1118960374525137232005-06-16T17:19:00.000-05:002005-06-16T17:19:00.000-05:00Tracy's looking into tix for us. You can have at ...Tracy's looking into tix for us. You can have at him!Crystal-Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01098032461371046702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1118954473356400052005-06-16T15:41:00.000-05:002005-06-16T15:41:00.000-05:00you hit the nail on the head with that post! cos h...you hit the nail on the head with that post! cos has too many skeletons to keep chastisin' folks. it's a community problem. and i don't think alienating people is gonna fix it.justjudithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676808142729271252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1118950789548861262005-06-16T14:39:00.000-05:002005-06-16T14:39:00.000-05:00I sure could have used some of those mercy fucks i...I sure could have used some of those mercy fucks in high school, though.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17901909752580044683noreply@blogger.com