KAT IS BACK!! Kat Williams is finally coming out with a new stand up special. (I'm sure that video will end up getting taken off youtube, fyi)
And he's funny as ever... I was watching a cam version of it on youtube when he made a point about getting rid of racism... and brought up a mixed family cheerios commercial that had become a big race issue.
So... I had to go look this up to see wtf was going on.
The issue was that there was a flaming race war over this video..... on YOUTUBE.
And this just reminded me how people just don't get trolls.
The comments on youtube that were the WORST of the racism... at least 80 - 90% of those were written by people who aren't even racist.
And it becomes a major issue because most people don't understand youtube, internet culture, or trolls.
Huffington post: "Commenters on the cereal's Facebook page also said they found the commercial "disgusting" and that it made them "want to vomit." Other hateful commenters expressed shock that a black father would stay with his family. "
"It's 2013, and People Are Still Getting Worked Up About Interracial Couples in Ads"
says another article on Adweek.
Nope.
Not what's going on.
Just trolls trying to illicit emotional responses. This comment sums up perfectly what most of those comments really were behind the scenes: "1 second ago
Comment by random troll that states unrelated, misspelled racism and bigotry in a meager attempt to evoke a raging emotional response from idiotic newcomers to youtube."
People think there's this huge race issue surfacing in the country because they don't know what trolls are, or what their purpose is. They're purpose is to piss you off, because it's funny to them. Which is low, personally I don't believe in trolling unless someone is asking for it, but there's actually some good new age witty toughness in principle behind this new phenomenon.
I love trolls because I get them and have become fairly untrollable... and therefore I'm not sitting around ashamed of the country. Actually, I'm pretty impressed by some of the funnier racist jokes... because I don't take any joke seriously, ever. You can not find it funny, but to get offended at a joke is generally stupid and always means you're being hard headed.
This black facebook commenter from the "black father / family" link above sums it up perfectly:
"Steven Blackwin You people do realize that this person is a "troll" just trying to get everyone upset and laughing at the comments you are making. The best thing to do is ignore the attention seeker. Never reward bad behavior with attention. The saddest thing is people are feeding into the hype by making comments. There is always going to be people, in your life, who make comments you don't like or agree with. It is your responsibility to ignore them and give them the "attention" they truly deserve."
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