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Originally posted by Morning_Glory

Originally posted by Piggle Humsy
Rosa parks actually fought for rights for black people.

An actual issue of segregation which was disgusting.

Today black people call racist over everything and are ruining all the hard work ppl fought for back in the day because it’s becoming like the Boy who cried wolf

And these days we have black millionaire athletes saying Mike Pence is oppressing them by walking out on their football game.

I’m not rly up to date on the nfl thing tbh mmm

Originally posted by Surtur
And these days we have black millionaire athletes saying Mike Pence is oppressing them by walking out on their football game.
Gotta admit that Pence is a real crybaby for that though

He can't handle other opinions so badly that he has to storm off in a huff with his fingers in his ears

i cringed at "from normal to dark skin"

douglas adams was right. marketing execs are useless

not sure i agree with bill hicks' solution tho

I might go into marketing or advertising at this point, and then maybe ten years down the line take Hicks' advice

don't think it was intended to be racist but its very out of touch and thats kind of a perfectly bad quality for effective marketing.

I'm technically in marketing but on the tech end

i had a chance to use "technical" twice in the same sentence and blew it.

Originally posted by Surtur
Lol so apparently it is true. By 2020 LGBT and disabled people much each constitute 8% of roles.
Not bothered tbh, as long as they're well-written characters. It'd also diversify the talent who work in TV, so you might end up finding some really great disabled actors who wouldn't have gotten a chance otherwise. I want to write a deaf character into my next project, I think it'd be interesting even just from a writing perspective

Originally posted by Scribble
Gotta admit that Pence is a real crybaby for that though

He can't handle other opinions so badly that he has to storm off in a huff with his fingers in his ears

Indeed and this is what is so hilarious about people. The players could have just pointed to him and said what you just said.

Instead, you have a player claiming he was being oppressed. He could have said "This seems like a PR stunt" and left it there, but nope...SJWs always have to go that extra mile, even when they have something legitimate to build off of.

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
i had a chance to use "technical" twice in the same sentence and blew it.
Originally posted by Scribble
Not bothered tbh, as long as they're well-written characters. It'd also diversify the talent who work in TV, so you might end up finding some really great disabled actors who wouldn't have gotten a chance otherwise. I want to write a deaf character into my next project, I think it'd be interesting even just from a writing perspective

Well here is the thing, if you want to write in a deaf character go for it. You should not be forced to write in a deaf character though.

But I wonder how far this will be taken though. Like, we have some sitcoms here that are entertaining and feature an all black cast. Under these new rules, would a show like that be possible on the BBC? Or would they have to cast some white characters?

Does this apply to diversity of thought as well? If a show has characters that all lean to the left, will they be made to include some from the right as well? Obviously I know you personally won't be able to answer these questions, I'm just wondering out loud I guess.

Originally posted by Surtur
Well here is the thing, if you want to write in a deaf character go for it. You should not be forced to write in a deaf character though.

But I wonder how far this will be taken though. Like, we have some sitcoms here that are entertaining and feature an all black cast. Under these new rules, would a show like that be possible on the BBC? Or would they have to cast some white characters?

Does this apply to diversity of thought as well? If a show has characters that all lean to the left, will they be made to include some from the right as well? Obviously I know you personally won't be able to answer these questions, I'm just wondering out loud I guess.

I get what you mean about the whole 'forcing' it thing, but in the long run it's for the best for the writers, since they'll get chances to write in ways they hadn't before. If they don't want to write disabled or LGBT characters so badly that they'd rather not write, they're not writers, they're idiots.

or just like write it all with a hetero couple and when you're done just change one's gender and pronouns. avoid your deep seated fears while getting paid.

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