New Erykah Badu interview: I saw something good in Hitler; Defends Cosby

[Dad]

Wasn't even referring to Hitler's pieces. Basquiat's work doesn't meet any of your criteria for good art, but they're auctioned off for hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Understanding of light & shadow

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Nuanced brushwork:

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[An ashy lil fap hand]

lmao...how hard is it to just say Hitler was evil and leave it at that?

 

[David_TheMan]

lmao...how hard is it to just say Hitler was evil and leave it at that?

He wasn't evil, he was a human being who had ideas.
Instead of writing him off as a boogie man who was some how "different" why not acknowledge him for what he was, a human being a man with faults and good traits. Who did something evil.
And act that isn't really different than anything whites in power throughout history have done, he just did it to a group that happens to control most of the west's media.

 

[I Really Mean It]

Off top:
Understanding of light & shadow

Depth:

Nuanced brushwork:

Interesting/provocative theme:

Clarity:

 

[I Really Mean It]

lmao...how hard is it to just say Hitler was evil and leave it at that?

Because painting him as this symbol of pure, unadulterated evil is a slick way whites try to exempt themselves of their ongoing oppression of black people. Hitler is a deflection.

 

[An ashy lil fap hand]

He wasn't evil, he was a human being who had ideas.
Instead of writing him off as a boogie man who was some how "different" why not acknowledge him for what he was, a human being a man with faults and good traits. Who did something evil.
And act that isn't really different than anything whites in power throughout history have done, he just did it to a group that happens to control most of the west's media.

Because the "something evil" was legal genocide and oppression of Jews, black people, "queer" folks, and those with disabilities. The something evil took an atom bomb to stop it. The mustard gas made the land uninhabitable to this day. Just a tiny little evil thing? Nah. The list goes on. And has spawned numerous hate groups that are active right now.

Just because Hitler IS evil doesn't mean other leaders that weren't.

Because painting him as this symbol of pure, unadulterated evil is a slick way whites try to exempt themselves of their ongoing oppression of black people. Hitler is a deflection.

OK...but I don't care about symbolism. I care about facts. And the list of atrocities makes that nikka evil in my book. Period.

 

[I Really Mean It]

Because the "something evil" was legal genocide and oppression of Jews, black people, "queer" folks, and those with disabilities. The something evil took an atom bomb to stop it. The mustard gas made the land uninhabitable to this day. Just a tiny little evil thing? Nah. The list goes on. And has spawned numerous hate groups that are active right now.

Just because Hitler IS evil doesn't mean other leaders that weren't.


OK...but I don't care about symbolism. I care about facts. And the list of atrocities makes that nikka evil in my book. Period.

Hitler didn't spawn any hate that wasn't already present, just as Donald Trump didn't spawn an alt right that didn't already exist.

 

[David_TheMan]

Because the "something evil" was legal genocide and oppression of Jews, black people, "queer" folks, and those with disabilities. The something evil took an atom bomb to stop it. The mustard gas made the land uninhabitable to this day. Just a tiny little evil thing? Nah. The list goes on. And has spawned numerous hate groups that are active right now.

Just because Hitler IS evil doesn't mean other leaders that weren't.

Nothing you described about Hitler is any different than what any leader of the US did at the same time or any of the western world.
The dropping of the atom bomb was done against the Japanese, not the germans, you do know that right?
The mustard gas made what land uninhabitable? Mustard gas was used largely in WW1 not WW2.

Seems like you are just throwing shyt out and you don't really understand or have knowledge of history.
Hitler is no different than any western power conquerer, nothing he did was even unique.
To claim he is supposedly "different" is ridiculous.

Hitler is your average white person with power and no concern for those who get in the way of what he wants.
No different than Belgian King Leopold, no different than teh UK royal family and the slavery and imperialism they spread, no different than the US higher echelon in either legally saying blacks were non human, practicing sterilization on us, practicing secret medicine testing on us, committing genocide against native americans, abetting massacres in Vietnam and aiding Pol Pot under the name of "spreading freedom", currently aiding opium growners and child rapist in Afghanistan.

So stop acting like Hitler was evil in carnate, he is no different than many of the politicians you see on tv today. Only thing is he lost.

 

[Mowgli]

My god

 

[Lordgodking Nyc]

Also I thought Hitler was a failed artist?

Part of the reason why he was so mad...he couldn't get on

 

[An ashy lil fap hand]

Hitler didn't spawn any hate that wasn't already present, just as Donald Trump didn't spawn an alt right that didn't already exist.

That doesn't make him less evil.

Nothing you described about Hitler is any different than what any leader of the US did at the same time or any of the western world.
The dropping of the atom bomb was done against the Japanese, not the germans, you do know that right?
The mustard gas made what land uninhabitable? Mustard gas was used largely in WW1 not WW2.

Seems like you are just throwing shyt out and you don't really understand or have knowledge of history.
Hitler is no different than any western power conquerer, nothing he did was even unique.
To claim he is supposedly "different" is ridiculous.

Hitler is your average white person with power and no concern for those who get in the way of what he wants.
No different than Belgian King Leopold, no different than teh UK royal family and the slavery and imperialism they spread, no different than the US higher echelon in either legally saying blacks were non human, practicing sterilization on us, practicing secret medicine testing on us, committing genocide against native americans, abetting massacres in Vietnam and aiding Pol Pot under the name of "spreading freedom", currently aiding opium growners and child rapist in Afghanistan.

So stop acting like Hitler was evil in carnate, he is no different than many of the politicians you see on tv today. Only thing is he lost.

I never said he was different nor am I talking about other people. I'm talking about Hitler. I'm gonna vote evil. And no he wasn't unique at all, he was a loser. If you want to be on #teamhitler then do it, my nikka. Or if you wanna call other world leaders evil, I think you should do it. You should be brave and be the first person to view power structure negatively. How novel! Have a cookie.

Also, mustard gas is still used today just as it was in Nazi occupied France

I disagree with you in general so that means I don't understand. ok

It's called staying on topic and the topic is Erykah Badu, didn't ya kno?

 

[Trajan]

Lol I'm serious

He said so himself...according to him the panel members of the art school he was rejected from included Jews.

Though some say he included this detail after the fact. He was horrified at the thought of working a 9-5...he thought he was a GOAT level artist and that would be his salvation from 9-5. He was rejected from art school in Vienna...his mother got breast cancer...so he went back to Germany

 

[Benefited]

Lol I'm serious

He said so himself...according to him the panel members of the art school he was rejected from included Jews.

Though some say he included this detail after the fact. He was horrified at the thought of working a 9-5...he thought he was a GOAT level artist and that would be his salvation from 9-5. He was rejected from art school in Vienna...his mother got breast cancer...so he went back to Germany

sounds about right,classic mentality of these white mass shooters we see today

 

[Benefited]

I respect your take. Mine is different.I read the interview. The line of questions about her "recent comments" weren't coincidence, and the interviewer even mentioned the awkward segue he had to find to even introduce it t the conversation.

(While doing research for the interview I found out your comments) No, more like my editor told me to ask you this question so you could apologize or clarify your comments about Farakhan.

Hitler is the jewish bogeyman. Person targeting Blacks and not jews hardly registers on their radar unless they feel it can affect them ..as my point about Israel doing deals with Apartheid regime South African govt illustrates. Not only was the govt. of Israel doing what was in THEIR best interest by doing the deals, the jewish owned press blacked out the story of them doing this in THEIR best interest. Jews working with white supremacists in South Africa and simultaneously crying about Hitler?Would be a joke if it didn't insult my intelligence. So. like I said excuse me while I sit out the part where I'm supposed to be offended by anything EB said.

2 of the biggest stars in the world at one time Will Smith and Halle Berry shivering in fear at thought of offending jews never sat right with me. Last I checked they are people just like we are.

Spoiler

Will Smith Explains Hitler Quote


Halle Berry apologises for 'Jewish nose' gaffe

I get this,He's not our boogeyman but we have our own reasons not to like Hitler and what he stood for.Certainly wouldn't expect a black person to reach to find good in Hitler. I guess you guys really subscribe to the saying "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"

And yes the journalist in this story was definitley looking to force an apology from Erykah Badu. This isn't something where black people should bash her on behalf of the jews or this journalist playing gotcha games. But staying on code when she's talking about finding good in a known white supremacist and thought whites were the master superior race?Can't do it. But to be clear,anything I have against what she said isn't on behalf of the jews. Its Hitlers ideology,what he did to the jews and planned on doing to the rest of non aryans,and the fact he is a icon,inspiration and god of white supremacist in their hate against blacks world wide.

 

[MikeyC]

doesn't sound like she's defending hitler. She's just saying he wad skill as a painter, which is true.

Much ado about nothing. The fact that Hitler was an evil, maniacal tyrant has no bearing on him being a very good artist.

No the fukk he wasn't.

Who lied to you man?

Fetching upwards of $100 million, there're pieces that lack much of what you believe constitutes quality art. It's all subjective.

That's not because of the quality of the painting.

It's because of who the painter is.

He wasn't evil, he was a human being who had ideas.
Instead of writing him off as a boogie man who was some how "different" why not acknowledge him for what he was, a human being a man with faults and good traits. Who did something evil.
And act that isn't really different than anything whites in power throughout history have done, he just did it to a group that happens to control most of the west's media.

And they say the Coli isn't the black st0rmfr0nt.

Damn, this thread done exposed all the resident idiots.