Comments on: Lisa Lampanelli Think It’s Okay To Use The Word “N*gga” (And Lena Dunham Is Still the Worst) http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/ Celebrity gossip with an evil twist. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:35:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: pufinstuf http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-685869 pufinstuf Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:33:26 +0000 http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/?p=124766#comment-685869 This will just go on forever, because we (as a society) seem to have decided to kiss Lena Dunham’s ass ad infinitum. Anything to do with her will just be everywhere. I heard all of the criticism of “Girls” not having minority characters so I watched the first episode “on demand.” I winced my way through it. I found all of the characters unlikeable but still found myself cringing at how unmerciful with them she was and how she made them so pathetic and treated them so poorly. There is being angry at a certain type of person, and then there is savaging them and considering it humor. I didn’t know before Ash’s comment that Lena Dunham had gone to Oberlin. I was a student there (long ago) and despite the high hopes I had before I got there it was one of the most frustrating and miserable periods of my life. So now I understand a bit. Maybe.

]]> By: Ash http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-685866 Ash Sun, 24 Feb 2013 05:03:20 +0000 http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/?p=124766#comment-685866 Oh lord, the comments…smh…I completely agree with everything in this article. That said, Lisa Lampinelli is just a fucked up, not funny individual pretending to be a comedian. I don’t get how any person with an IQ above 50 could watch the bullshit she thinks is…funny? Something?
That said, let me tell you a little story. I went to college with Lena Dunham at Oberlin, which kind of implicates me…though I did get a free ride (50k+ a yr)…anyway, it’s basically full of rich white girls who don’t know what the meaning of their privilege is and think it’s ironic to say shit like that. Lord am I glad those days are over…alas, who knows how long Girls will last…

]]> By: B http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-685721 B Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:21:58 +0000 http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/?p=124766#comment-685721 You guys are like Sasha, more than you think, not in writing styles or opinions or whatever, but in that you are actual writers with your own voices and styles and you actually think before you write. I like that, it brought me back to the comments.

Well, in Lisa’s case it just sounds like Amy Poehler’s character in Mean Girls. The “cool mom” buying beer for her daughter in a lame attempt to feel validated and when I was talking about re-appropriation I certainly wasn’t saying that white unassuming people should be owning the word and making it Ok to say it. That’s something that should be done by the oppressed group in a open way and it’s really hard to do.

… And now I really won’t say anything else about the issue since I’m a white girl in a straight relationship and my bisexuality is not really something people can instantly see when they see me so people don’t really come up to me and say offensive things.

(I think it’s funny that I graduated in philology and linguistics, and yet this is the first time in months I’ve sort of discussed anything related to the meaning of a word and its use)

]]> By: luke http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-685717 luke Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:43:01 +0000 http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/?p=124766#comment-685717 its a double standard. Black people call us white guys crackers, so I have every right to say nigga all I want. If they truly wanted to be treated equal, they wouldn’t complain every single time they don’t get their way. People need to lighten

]]> By: Katie http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-685698 Katie Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:42:30 +0000 http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/?p=124766#comment-685698 Bottom line, if a black person had posted a picture with a friend and said the same thing there would be no issue. Because she is a white female it’s totally racist. I don’t agree. I once had a black friend of mine tell me some white people are allowed to say “nigga” but never “nigger” and I concur completely.

]]> By: Chaz http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-685694 Chaz Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:27:55 +0000 http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/?p=124766#comment-685694 Btw, I’m sure you’ve realized that I’m an ecumenical asshole! As I’ve said before, I like it….the hours are good and there’s no heavy lifting!

]]> By: Chaz http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-685693 Chaz Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:19:49 +0000 http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/?p=124766#comment-685693 Agreed….. Been nice yanking chains with you Anna!!

]]> By: megan http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-685688 megan Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:44:14 +0000 http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/?p=124766#comment-685688 i have genuinely loved this site since you’ve taken over! keep up the good, intelligent, funny, and aware posts!

]]> By: Anna G. http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-685686 Anna G. Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:38:23 +0000 http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/?p=124766#comment-685686 AGREED!
And “created” was the wrong word.
I wanted to make the point that certain groups
have a history of not being in control of the labels given to them.
…until now

Happy Black History Month!

]]> By: chaz http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-685681 chaz Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:47:36 +0000 http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/?p=124766#comment-685681 Oh, well then, beg pardon. I’m sure you’ll understand my confusion as to your knowing the origins of this word. You did, in fact, say it was CREATED to dehumanize an entire race of people. Pssst, we are all the same race, human.

]]> By: Liz http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-685680 Liz Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:46:45 +0000 http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/?p=124766#comment-685680 Amen!

]]> By: michelle http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/2013/02/21/lisa-lampanelli-think-its-okay-to-use-the-word-ngga-and-lena-dunham-is-still-the-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-685679 michelle Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:35:48 +0000 http://www.evilbeetgossip.com/?p=124766#comment-685679 Jennifer, you’re doing great. Your writing isn’t as repetitive and cyclical S the old Evil Beet girls. Their posts were littered with the phrases, over and over again!

Anyways white people saying nigga is another way of taking something else from the black community. Slavery, urban slums, refusing loans, the FHA, shitty public schools, highways through city centers, among thousands of other ways of perpetuating system racism. Now through the already white framework of society, Liza bigmouth is trying to steal and whitewash an always black term. How much more do whites want?

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