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This thread is racist trash and makes us all look bad. Danish furniture My Stars!


No, hang on; This thread is racist trash and makes us all look bad.
posted by Pretty_Generic to MetaFilter-Related at 7:51 PM (32 comments total)

Oh grow up, race and color is all in the eye of the beholder.
posted by Stan Chin at 7:54 PM on January 13, 2003


Ha! Stan is clever. Also, beholder is a troll.
posted by jonson at 8:00 PM on January 13, 2003


There are two kinds of people I hate: those who cannot respect other people's culture and the god-damned Danish.
posted by elwoodwiles at 8:20 PM on January 13, 2003


what's that saying about racism being in the eye of beholder?
posted by amberglow at 8:30 PM on January 13, 2003


the one StanChin just posted?
posted by quonsar at 8:32 PM on January 13, 2003


"Beholder" is the user name for the firestar-I mean the thread starter.
posted by konolia at 8:39 PM on January 13, 2003


oops, sorry stan--my brilliant and inscrutable asiatic friend! ; >
posted by amberglow at 8:45 PM on January 13, 2003


Stan Chin is Asian? Who let him in here? Isn't this a whites-only area? Why would he want to be here anyway - wouldn't he rather be with the other Asians?
posted by dg at 8:54 PM on January 13, 2003


I hate to be the one to let this cat out of the bag, but Stan's not Asian at all. Two clues:

1) His name is a clever parody of the word stanchion, or upright pillar. Stan is alluding to his own moral fastidiousness by using this assumed name.

2) He claims to live in Atlanta. I've been to ATL, albeit briefly, and from that one trip, I can confirm without doubt, there are no Asians in the entire state of Georgia.

Give it up, cracker, what's your real name?
posted by jonson at 9:27 PM on January 13, 2003


it's cletus, i bet!
posted by amberglow at 9:28 PM on January 13, 2003


Cletus Chin?

No wonder he uses "Stan".
posted by mr_crash_davis at 9:42 PM on January 13, 2003


What makes you look bad in Beholder's post is all the petty bickering over the quality of the post within the thread itself instead of bringing it to Me-Talk where it belongs. For all your collective bitching about following the guidelines, the 'rules' obviously do not apply to yourselves.
posted by mischief at 10:05 PM on January 13, 2003


mischief is right. Much as I hate to admit it.
posted by dg at 10:21 PM on January 13, 2003


Even a broken clock is right twice a day...
posted by jonson at 10:27 PM on January 13, 2003


Ahhhh... here you are. I was wondering where all the white people, free from racial prejudice went.

P_G: The THRead is racist trash or is it the linked article? Interesting how someone would participate in a thread that makes one look bad... five different times even. I guess you had one more racist chip left to play, so you came here. Cute.
posted by Witty at 11:08 PM on January 13, 2003


Even a broken clock is right twice a day...

So Witty has a worse record than a cracked watch? That's gotta be good for something.

Or not.
posted by hippugeek at 11:23 PM on January 13, 2003


Witty: I never said I wasn't a white supremacist. I just don't want people to know about it.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 2:06 PM on January 14, 2003


Then why was I bleaching your robes and dousing the cross in kerosine? I'm confused.
posted by Dark Messiah at 2:44 PM on January 14, 2003


Ah, the MeFi obsession with Potential Racists goes on, and on, and on, and on.......I've been around MeFi a good while, and I think the longest lull between McCarthian accusations of "Racist!" is two days. Do you really think actual racists would be posting at a place like MeFi? What, just for kicks? As if there aren't thousands of actual racist web sites out there for actual volatile racists?

I've been to ATL, albeit briefly, and from that one trip, I can confirm without doubt, there are no Asians in the entire state of Georgia.

You're clueless. As a former resident of Atlanta, I can attest there is a large Asian community there.


"The only thing I hate more than racists is Spics"
--Strangers with Candy
posted by dhoyt at 3:24 PM on January 14, 2003


dhoyt; your quote from Strangers with Candy would seem to indicate that have a sense of humor, and yet, you can't recognize an obvious joke. Did you think that I really don't believe Stan is asian? I supose you also think amberglow believes Stan's real name is Cletus? Did you think I would, without sarcasm make a sweeping generalization about the entire state of Georgia from one brief trip to Atlanta? Alright, clearly I'm gonna need to provide subtitles for the humor impaired:

1) I've never been to Georgia
2) Stan very well might be Asian as he claims
3) His name, if it is not Stan Chin, is not likely to be Cletus.
4) dhoyt has trouble recognizing a joke.
posted by jonson at 7:07 PM on January 14, 2003


Do you really think actual racists would be posting at a place like MeFi?

Sadly, I'd imagine there are at least a few here who harbor racist sentiments. No group is a complete utopia, no matter how Utopian its ranks may seem. You run into assholes everywhere. It's just more pronounced and disappointing when you run into unenlightened viewpoints in a supposedly "enlightened" place. Heck, I've seen narrow-minded behavior of the non-racist species here that made me incredibly pissed at MeFi, particularly because this is MeFi and not a mob of people at my job or at the local McDonald's.
posted by Shane at 7:16 PM on January 14, 2003


What was written: Did you think that I really don't believe Stan is asian?

What I read: Did you think that I really don't believe Stan is a lesbian?

On reread: Did you think that I really don't believe Satan is asian?

'Nuff said.
posted by ashbury at 7:19 PM on January 14, 2003


So this means I have to rethink my belief that Satan is an Asian lesbian?

*siiiigh*
posted by Shane at 7:39 PM on January 14, 2003


And obviously I meant Satan is an Asian lesbian in a good way, not a racist way. FYI.
posted by Shane at 7:49 PM on January 14, 2003


On the bright side, a very large number of people have stopped by to look at the meetup photos.
posted by Songdog at 8:04 PM on January 14, 2003


Hi Stan, we've been busy since you left.
posted by Hildago at 8:12 PM on January 14, 2003


I sold my soul to Stan, but I didn't realize he was an Asian lesbian when I did it. I think that constitutes a breach of contract.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 9:18 PM on January 14, 2003


You're a bunch of god damn white devils.

*takes a long puff of opium and returns to building your fucking railroad*
posted by Stan Chin at 9:48 PM on January 14, 2003


Ah, the MeFi obsession with Potential Racists

Only one link to my oeuvre? I thought my place in MeFi history was assured; I'm crushed.

Seriously.
posted by sudama at 7:57 AM on January 15, 2003


all the petty bickering over the quality of the post within the thread itself instead of bringing it to Me-Talk where it belongs

Yeah, except there's no discussion of the quality of the post here, just dumb jokes. Didn't we already have a MeTa discussion about that? Anyway, the thread is completely worthless, so there's no point trying to save it from "petty bickering."
posted by languagehat at 8:06 AM on January 15, 2003


The jokes are the only good thing to come out of this pile up. Tip o' the hood to Stan Chin, the satanic asian lesbian railroad engineer!

The anonymity of three of the most provocative posters--Beholder, Witty, and eas98--tells me how seriously to take them. If I thought Beholder really cared about his questions, I might've emailed to ask what he thought his links demonstrated. But apparently, neither he nor Witty, nor eas98 are willing to provide an email address. Or even a first name. That screams TROLL, boys, whatever else you say.
posted by octobersurprise at 9:55 AM on January 15, 2003


octobersurprise: An email for you is on the way. My first name is Mike. But what does that have to do with anything? I'm also curious why you're singling me out. Perhaps that's what your email will cover.
posted by Witty at 6:31 AM on January 16, 2003


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