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In reply to the discussion: Bye-bye, whiny white dudes: Tucker Carlson, Tal Fortgang and the weakening grip of entitlement [View all]SaltyBro
(198 posts)253. So all white males are privileged?
Maybe we should take away everything they have, make them start from scratch.
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Bye-bye, whiny white dudes: Tucker Carlson, Tal Fortgang and the weakening grip of entitlement [View all]
DonViejo
May 2014
OP
If your white parents are in a department store and steal something and walk out the door next to
jtuck004
May 2014
#36
"Because it could be resolved tomorrow if white people would quit giving other white people a pass
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#135
The framing should be that all of us should enjoy the same basic level of respect and opportunity.
badtoworse
May 2014
#156
Okay, I was being excessively snarky. But what you present as a cause is really more of a symptom.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#258
And some here work very hard to push the idea that wealth/class is all that matters.
redqueen
May 2014
#111
They were probably still better off than black kids at the same economic level, I have to say.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#132
And having been born in years when capital had much less power and inequality--
eridani
May 2014
#236
It's the mark of a narcissist to take everything personally. Now, most young people are probably
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#140
We'll just have to disagree about whether "white privilege" is going to accomplish anything.
badtoworse
May 2014
#21
It's always telling, which "side" a person seems to sympathize with, isn't it?
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#138
all this talk about framing. I'd like to take a picture of these DUers using that tactic and
Tuesday Afternoon
May 2014
#22
the animosity is already there. derp. that you don't recognize it will be your downfall.
Tuesday Afternoon
May 2014
#24
You're seriously comparing the phrase "white privilege" with violence and hate.
redqueen
May 2014
#42
"Your disingenuousness is so tiring." I could say the same for you, after what you just pulled.
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#78
"Stop white washing Malcolm!!!" You might wanna tone it down a notch.....no offense.
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#155
Unity is all well and good, but not at the expense of other things (like being truthful). n/t
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#170
"Those hostile to full civil ...and human rights of Black people;" Well, I'm not, for one.
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#174
"so yes, you oppose Civil Rights for all people" Then I'm afraid you don't know jack about me.
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#191
"I know you by what you write ..." Given what you've said, no, you clearly don't.
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#196
"Can you argue that racism is not about white supremacy?" I never have. EOM
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#229
If I thought that begging and pleading would get you to PLEASE stop participating in threads on race
Number23
May 2014
#218
So YOU are having to explain to US, the poor miseducated Negroes here, how racism works?
Number23
May 2014
#237
Do you not understand how hard it is for him to have to tell you over and over how wrong you
Squinch
May 2014
#259
I know. Apparently what everyone needs is a white man to explain their life experiences to them
Number23
May 2014
#264
The stubbornness of that one, in his insistence that he knows all about the experiences of
Squinch
May 2014
#265
I guess even though it seems pointless sometimes, it is worth explaining it over and over.
redqueen
May 2014
#80
There is literally nothing better than white men who explain racism and sexism
redqueen
May 2014
#120
" Why not explain racism some more?" I was thinking the same thing of you, TBH.
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#125
"You may think you're convincing, but TBH, you're the opposite." I'm sorry you feel that way.
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#130
Noticed it as well. There is one that is basically a parody of a feminist, and I am sure
bettyellen
May 2014
#159
I didn't see any fellow feminists disagreeing with her. Where did you see that?
Squinch
May 2014
#260
Especially when they tell you they have saved a place on the back of their bus for us.....
bettyellen
May 2014
#147
I have had enough of your unfounded personal attacks Joe- stop stalking me and calling me a liar.
bettyellen
May 2014
#201
this is the third time you but yourself into another conversation to call me a liar....
bettyellen
May 2014
#205
"Your attention is hostile and unwelcomed. Got it?" I could've said the same to you.
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#207
Gotta love jurors who confuse calling out sexism WITH sexism. LOL. Bravo, juror #7.
bettyellen
May 2014
#209
See 114. There is a difference between personal & institutional racism. nt
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#115
"Why is it so difficult for you to see the wedge already exists" Never said it didn't.
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#82
I'm afraid if if either of the two of us holding up the status quo, unknowingly or not......
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#113
Just stop it. You're pontificating on subjects you obviously know very little about.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#169
Okay, I understand. I think it's more the (possibly unintentional) know-it-all-tone that rubs people
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#179
See, as a white guy, I pretty much take for granted that people of color know what they're talking
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#234
Please explain how a PoC will/could possibly NOT be affected by structural racism. eom
1StrongBlackMan
May 2014
#235
Seriously. The Democratic party needs to pander to the tea bagging white dudes! I'm SErIES!!!!!!1111
uppityperson
May 2014
#37
Ah, so don't call teabagging white dudez whiny? What "middle ground" should the Dems go for?
uppityperson
May 2014
#47
"There is no such thing as white male privilege"? Uh. Huh. Why spend this amount of time and energy
uppityperson
May 2014
#69
Probably because they see other DUers saying the same thing, and not getting PPRd.
redqueen
May 2014
#74
Uh. Huh. Poor white dude, being picked on so much for having privilege pointed out.
uppityperson
May 2014
#79
There's no white privilege, we just own the society and you should thank us for it
arcane1
May 2014
#89
Oh thank you massa for the society you done created so us black disabled lesbians can get welfare!!!
uppityperson
May 2014
#93
Silly you, thinking this was about "the best interest of white males" when it's actually about
bettyellen
May 2014
#75
oh noes!Are you going to stomp off now?"You've already insulted me enough and worn out my good will"
uppityperson
May 2014
#95
LOL, I needed a microscope to find your "good will" and it was indeed stunted and teensy. Reminded
bettyellen
May 2014
#100
"our culture doesn’t generally encourage boys to feel compassion or curiosity beyond....
bettyellen
May 2014
#56
So true, I can't imagine defending this BS after reading his original piece. Both the college rag
bettyellen
May 2014
#103
You'll have to forgive me. I don't think telling any group or race 'bye' and gleefully...
Shandris
May 2014
#143
you are forgiven for misunderstanding this was about whiny RW bullshiters who happen to deny that
bettyellen
May 2014
#158
Oh, the sensationalistic "Bye Bye!"? Yeah, I never thought it was about any violent overthrow, just
bettyellen
May 2014
#162
Yah, you hit. Sensationalism in headlines is one of those things that really hits my...
Shandris
May 2014
#163
Well, Tucker is probably going to go all in with the idiocy if Hillary runs. They are really paving
bettyellen
May 2014
#165
That's exactly what it meant and that is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer.
redqueen
May 2014
#164
I see. It isn't all White men we hate, just some. Guess we just use the broad labels
Skip Intro
May 2014
#227
No. Only those who consider themselves superior by virtue of their skin color.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#263