Too many of y’all fundamentally fail at understanding this type of show business — Selective Stupidity There’s a lot of discussion and opinions on Selective Outrage, and I love it. I problem I’m identifying in a lot of people’s work is how so many people do not know how the show business of stand-up comedy works. Smart people. Just not good at getting stand-up comedy. A…

The Oscars slap wasn’t the only slap in the face he spoke of — Chris Rock on January 6 Political comedy can be very good or very bad, and the quality (and hilarity) all rests on the reference material and the execution of setup and punchline. One thing that’s certain is that the best political comedians highlight the ridiculous. There are strange, bizarre things that happen within the full…

Rihanna, who has not released a new album since 2016’s “Anti,” took the stage for Superbowl LVII (2023) during the halftime show extravaganza. In her stage presence, Rihanna presented to the Superbowl viewers pregnant with her second child. Numerous people expressed outrage, bewilderment, and disgust. Disgraced fascist ex-president Donald Trump…

Because defending racism by deflection is still racism — Roots, Questions, and its Sociological Effects The term Black-on-Black crime seems to have begun in the 1980s. In the 1970s there was this Nixon-era effort to shift the American residual image of the poor from the rural white to the urban Black. With this, it was easy to focus negative attention on the targeted group of…

Thoughts on the crux of disgraced cartoonist Scott Adams’ racist tirade. — One Racist Cartoonist “If nearly half of all Blacks are not okay with White people… that’s a hate group… I don’t want to have anything to do with them. And I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to White people is to get…

Because respecting and appreciating age cannot be it — Introduction Previously on these internet streets, I found a flaw in this sexism argument pertaining to Madonna’s botched plastic surgery face. Of course, I had to state my take on the matter. Madonna’s Plastic Surgery Isn’t an Ageism (or Sexism) Argument Because plastic surgery is a plastic surgery argument (this should be obvious).johnnysilvercloud.medium.com

Because plastic surgery is a plastic surgery argument (this should be obvious). — I Don’t Watch These Events I stopped watching movie and music award shows a long time ago. Hold up — the more I think of it, I never cared for any of these. I never had a household that was wrapped around Emmys, Grammys, and Academy Awards. Not even my parents were into these things. …

White women always fail to identify Black women’s humanity — Reflecting on the Roe vs. Wade Reversal It was shock and horror that day. With a right-wing majority, The Supreme Court of the United States overturned the standing Roe vs. Wade decision, which unilaterally removes mass protections on a woman’s life, freedom, and agency concerning women’s health, pregnancy, and birth control. June 24th, 2022. It was a…

It’s a documented fact that racism actually makes the task of law enforcement far more difficult — Volunteer journalism requires study Hi there. I’m Johnny Silvercloud. As a street photographer photojournalist fellow, I have to state that I’m not formally trained in the task I’m so committed to. I’m not trained to be a journalist. At all. I am very much a retired (U.S. Army) military intelligence guy. I can’t (and…