sidcow Posted June 10, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2020 Anyone else had a nose send them. A picture of the dodgy 1950's Villa Mascot called Darkie? I'm hoping it's fake because it really doesn't look good. I've never seen or heard of it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, sidcow said: Anyone else had a nose send them. A picture of the dodgy 1950's Villa Mascot called Darkie? I'm hoping it's fake because it really doesn't look good. I've never seen or heard of it before. It is real. It's not great, but it was over 60 years ago. The Black and White Minstrel show was only getting started in the 50s and ran until 1978. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, sidcow said: Anyone else had a nose send them. A picture of the dodgy 1950's Villa Mascot called Darkie? I'm hoping it's fake because it really doesn't look good. I've never seen or heard of it before. @Stevo985 posted a picture of Darkie the mascot back in 2013 in the Lions thread It’s from the 50’s it would be a bit different if he was still the mascot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 10, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: @Stevo985 posted a picture of Darkie the mascot back in 2013 in the Lions thread It’s from the 50’s it would be a bit different if he was still the mascot. Did I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Did I? I keep a ledger of all your old posts, for April 16th, I’ve written ‘Steve posting again, yet more of his racist shit housery’ the ledger is rarely wrong (it actually came up on a google search for ‘villa mascot darkie’) Edited June 10, 2020 by chrisp65 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 hour ago, foreveryoung said: I offended they never banned White Chicks Same principles should apply though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 59 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Well you clearly don’t. It’s not censorship. Just because you only use Netflix and amazon prime doesn’t mean you’ve been censored. You can’t watch The Wire on Netflix and Amazon either. That doesn’t mean it’s been censored and you’re being told what you can or can’t watch. I know that but can’t be bothered anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 2 hours ago, lapal_fan said: Like, why can't I frown upon the person burning a flag (as much as I'm absolutely not arsed about flags, people who join the forces seem to think a lot of it) I like when Jackson Pollock jizzes all over them and they end up as album art. Taking cloth as seriously as some military folk might is very Game Of Thronesy IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 I always assumed 'Darkie' was a Victorian era mascot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 How long before Villa start editing out all of Lee Hendrie's brown face footage ? It was a different time and everybody was "Ronsealing" back then but it's not a good look in the modern times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lapal_fan Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Can you imagine the thoughts going through the heads of those who tweeted that? What exactly are they trying to achieve? Mind boggling thickness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 You know you've **** up when tea companies get to take the moral high ground over you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 10, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: You know you've **** up when tea companies get to take the moral high ground over you Moral high ground but not the intellectual high ground for the Tips. She still only needs to find one tea brand, not two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 40 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Same principles should apply though. If you completely ignore context, sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 10, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 hour ago, sidcow said: Anyone else had a nose send them. A picture of the dodgy 1950's Villa Mascot called Darkie? I'm hoping it's fake because it really doesn't look good. I've never seen or heard of it before. I responded by asking him if he could remind me what the name of their "hooligan firm" was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted June 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2020 Something to think about. Here are some of the things that have happened in the world, in the time since Colston hit the water: 'Statue of Belgium's King Leopold II is removed in Antwerp': https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8402717/Statue-Belgiums-King-Leopold-II-removed-Antwerp.html Lord Mayor of Cardiff writes: 'Slave Owner Statue Removed in London': https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52977088 'Name of slave trader Sir John Hawkins to be removed from Plymouth square': https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/name-slave-trader-sir-john-4208802 'Manchester to review its statues in light of the Black Lives Matter protest': https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/manchester-to-review-its-statues-in-the-light-of-the-black-lives-matter-protest/ . . . and that's just the ones I've seen. Now of course you could, if you were so minded, dismiss this as collective insanity, as 'vandalism'. But if I threw a brick through the shopfront at Greggs, it wouldn't cause a spontaneous outburst of bakery-targeted brick-throwing across the country. Elected officials wouldn't be lining up to write to bakeries, telling them to shatter their own glass on principle. That's because this silly hypothetical really would be vandalism. The Colston statue dunking is better understood as civil disobedience, and we usually end up concluding that those who broke the law in the service of a just cause did nothing wrong. If you find yourself reflexively disgusted with what is happening, ask yourself why so many people across the country and overseas are spontaneously following. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 10, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2020 21 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: Can you imagine the thoughts going through the heads of those who tweeted that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: The Colston statue dunking is better understood as civil disobedience, and we usually end up concluding that those who broke the law in the service of a just cause did nothing wrong. If you find yourself reflexively disgusted with what is happening, ask yourself why so many people across the country and overseas are spontaneously following. Who is disgusted by what's happening? I don't think anyone on this board is genuinely disgusted by it, so that phrase wasn't really required. You could have posed it as "this is what is happening elsewhere". I mean.. I don't agree with people cutting down the statues as opposed to getting it done in a more official capacity, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: Who is disgusted by what's happening? I don't think anyone on this board is genuinely disgusted by it, so that phrase wasn't really required. You could have posed it as "this is what is happening elsewhere". Thanks for your suggested edits, but I'm happy with my version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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