"I like to throw a penny between two Jews and watch them fight to the death. I also do the same with Catholic priests but instead I throw a small boy! The winner has to fight Michael Jackson!"

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hate that Jeff Dunham idiot. Being straight up racist with a puppet is not comedy, no matter how much your racist uncle laughs at his "jokes"

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Hey I get that I was just using it as an example of priests always having been this way.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It's funny that only white people say this lmfao.

It's like white folk getting mad about Speedy Gonzalez when he's well loved by Latinos.

I'll begrudgingly understand why young people like LatinX now vs Latin/o but it's still dumb lol.

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm half Arab and that guy is definitely racist, not funny. And as far as I know only white people say Latinx, they still prefer Latino.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Well you'll be pleased to know that more and more young Latinos actually like LatinX every year. Especially when it comes to college populations where Latino people are an ever growing population.

However, a majority of those surveyed in a Gallup poll -- 57% -- said it didn't matter how they labeled.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/latine-vs-latinx-what-young-people-think

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/why-is-latinx-still-used-if-hispanics-hate-the-term/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/latinx-latino-hispanic-linguistics-expert-explains-confusion/story?id=82273936

Jeff Dunham did his standup in the UAE, and Israel to standing ovations

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jeff-dunhams-controversial-character-achmed-the-dead-terrorist-gets-standing-o-in-israel-and-united-arab-emirates-but-malaysia-demands-major-changes-to-act-261527181.html

https://tucson.com/entertainment/blogs/caliente-tuned-in/achmed-the-dead-terrorist-makes-friends-in-middle-east-with-one-exception/article_85dac438-e75d-11e3-9c0e-0019bb2963f4.html

https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fentertainment%2Farchive%2F2011%2F06%2Fwhat-makes-the-arab-world-laugh%2F240759%2F

[–] WillFord27@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I believe trans and non binary people prefer Latinx

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm Latino, not white.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So do you like Speedy?

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Very much, butt speedy wasn't racist or negative.