The Times reported that the photo was taken in 2006 when Lawler was 20.
How was it that I was 29 in 2006 and yet I knew full well that blackface is fucking racist and don't ever wear it even if you're racist because there's a thing called the internet while this dumbfuck didn't?
GOP don't come to their politics because they're intelligent and thoughtful.
I realize I shouldn't be, but I still get surprised at how fucking stupid these idiots are.
I was 23 at that time. Went to college and was in Lambda Chi fraternity at a pretty popular school. Went to tons of parties for about a decade. Never once even heard or saw black face ever in my life until recently hearing about all these politicians that did it. It’s so bizarre.
I don't ever remember seeing any blackface in college. Did I see bigoted stereotypical bullshit regarding Mexicans and Indigenous Americans? Absolutely. But even in Indiana, I didn't see blackface.
Also, I used to emcee comedy nights at a local club back then, so I saw a lot of college students in Halloween costumes. I don't ever remember blackface. I do remember seeing a group of girls dressed as all the main characters from The Dukes of Hazzard get up and sing Jesse's Girl at the karaoke night that came after the comedy night ended. That was fun.
Back in the 70s my mom went to a Halloween party as Aunt Jemima. It was in poor taste even back THEN.
College was awesome without widespread internet use or camera phones. Feel bad for the kids now.
Regarding Mexicans, my Mexican stepmother sent me this video lol
Your stepmother watches Prager U? I'm sorry.
Pretty sure she sent us a Facebook version so I just searched for it.
I was in high school in the 90's and I knew it was wrong. Nobody gets a pass beyond the 60's.
Oh, he knew.
Do you really give a fuck he painted his face 18 years ago?
Yes. Because unless he later came out and apologized and demonstrated that he's changed then it speaks to his character.
The world has lost its fucking mind.
Because there's accountability? Lmao.
No.
What you're describing is mob outrage, not accountability. He will not suffer from your opinion, nor does he care.
It's sad you're wasting your life caring about this shit.
He's an elected official, possibly losing his next election is literally the prescribed method of accountability.
Keyword 'possibly'.
I'm not American, I have no idea who this guy is but based on him being a fuckwit and America's history, you'll likely reelect him and his black face for another 4 years.
Enjoy!
The pic
Ok but he did kinda go for it
It's not tasteful, but you're right
Looks much closer to Freddy Mercury really
Either way— super fucking racist
He could have easily been Freddie Mercury, but then he decided to go to extra trouble to be racist.
Freddy Mercury was Parsi Indian.
“Frddy’s” real name was Farrokh Bulsara. His parents were Indian/Persian.
Regardless, no blackface needed.
I have seen multiple "news" articles today about photos where they don't include the photo. What the fuck is going on with these news sites?!? If there is a photo lead with that.
Guess his party affiliation without opening his link. You'll be correct.
he's sorry he got caught
Where in the United States was blackface OK in the 90s and 2000s? That kinds of photos seem to turn up pretty regularly.
Nowhere. Nowhere was it acceptable.
If they did acceptable things, they wouldn't have been republican in the first place.
It was a time before everyone had a camera with them 24/7. The racists didn't have to worry as much
New York's Hudson Valley apparently.
It's a patchwork of red and blue here, to be sure. Puzzlingly, Lawler apparently attended Manhattan College. You can get away with an awful lot in NYC, but I don't think I would go out on the street like this (ignoring for a second how ignorant and offensive he demonstrated himself to be).
It's been an annoying race to receive all the mailings about and I hope he loses swiftly so he can go back to ranting about immigrants or whatever scary, manufactured nonsense in private.
Backwoods areas and Christian/Libertarian Universities that catered to conservative students.
I'm glad there aren't any photos of me when I was 20
There are plenty of photos of me at 20. And I'm doing dumb shit in plenty of them. I'm doing dumb racist shit in precisely zero of them.
It really didn't take any effort to not be racist.
We were fucking abhorrent and the entire point was to show your friend group you trusted them.
going to this much effort isn't that of course but America likes to dial these things up to 11 so who knows, could be a Skull and Bones thing.
I will say growing up where I did it took some effort, but not that much. Once you know whose racist and not to be listened to it's a lot easier. It's that time before you figure that out that's dangerous.
great. now his popularity will increase with republicans
blackface
Michael Jackson
Something isn't adding up
-Republican
-apologizes
Nothing is adding up here.
lol. Of course, (R).
Before we get started, was this a game of D&D and was he playing a magic user, baby? 
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