With a Trump presidency at stake, white liberals really need to check their privilege.

[seabeyond]

If you’re worth $50 million dollars, and are a successful white actress in Hollywood, it really doesn’t matter who the president is: your life isn’t going to change much. That’s the epitome of what privilege is in this country. Minorities, women, members of the LGBT community, and any other group that Trump has targeted can’t say the same thing.

So, can someone please tell that to actress Susan Sarandon? Because I’m not sure if she knows this or not, but Donald Trump will be the GOP nominee. He has the support of 45 percent of the Republican base, and has won New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada, three states that have predicted the eventual Republican nominee for years.

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But for the rest of us, possibly letting a fascist maniac into the White House out of spite is a huge slap in the face. While conservatives openly flaunt their selfish privilege with their banker friends and Koch backers, “liberals” like Sarandon take a vindictive, passive approach to the issue at hand.

I want every progressive to repeat after me: Hillary Clinton is nowhere near “as bad” as Donald Trump. While Sarandon and her purist minions decide to “see what happens,” there’s millions of Muslims and immigrants who will literally be tagged, monitored, and in some cases, sent back to country they came from, thus splitting up their families.

http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/politics/with-a-trump-presidency-at-stake-white-liberals-really-need-to-check-their-privilege/

[Kalidurga]

1. Check yours first.

[seabeyond]

19. I already have, hence my ability to recognize it and post this Op.

[Kalidurga]

21. Nah I don't think so

It's a very condescending and preachy op. I have seen all the down punching that is done here. And this is another example of that. I see very few posts as to why anyone should vote for Hillary rather than against Donald.

[seabeyond]

24. I do not need your approval for it to be so, Kalidurga, ya think?

[Kalidurga]

26. Of course not. Even if I had never read this OP

The fact you drip with condescension instead of trying to understand the opposition says it all. And you would still be the way you are if I had seen this or responded.

[beam me up scottie]

36. Only women who support Hillary are true feminists.

Everyone else is suffering from privilege.

Because we hate America.

Or something.

[Kalidurga]

38. Yep I am going to hell.

[beam me up scottie]

40. So is Susan. She was just called a commie, she was slut shamed, they said she "latched" onto men-

the younger the better, called vile names...

So much hatred for a liberal woman, it's unhinged. The way they're attacking her I can't tell these people apart from Trump supporters.

[Kalidurga]

41. I've seen crowd shots

Hillary supporters have nicer accessories.

[beam me up scottie]

43. Why do her white supporters think they don't benefit from white privilege?

And that they can lecture us about racism?

Bernie-bros and Bernie-brahs are somehow more privileged? The logic escapes me.

[Kalidurga]

44. #Berniemademewhiter

[beam me up scottie]

45. LOLOLOL!

[mariawr]

2. I have a feeling this will not go well..nt

[scscholar]

6. Exactly, too many hateful people here...

that don't see the consequences of their actions.

[nichomachus]

30. I know the consequences

Of voting for Hillary. Endless war. Death, destruction. Wall Street giveaways.

[berni_mccoy]

3. Hillary as the nominee assures trump wins GE

[Human101948]

4. You must vote for Hillary....you must obey!

Of course your life won't change much if she gets elected...but we can threaten you with excruciating pain if you are thinking of any other candidate.

[UMTerp01]

5. K&R!!!! Spot on!!!!

Of course they will say "I'm not going to be guilted into voting for blah blah blah...." and you know what it is absolutely their right and their choice, but notice you don't see POC sharing this sentiment. So there's definitely truth to the white privilege aspect of it. Me as a gay Black/Latino male I don't have that privilege.

[Odin2005]

7. The rich fucks pushing free trade need to check THIER privilage.

[GoneFishin]

14. Yep. And also the rich fucks pretending that TPP is good for average Americans need to check their

privilege too.

[GoneFishin]

8. Agreed. So let's all vote for a candidate that represents all of us, Bernie Sanders, rather than one

that half of the voters don't trust.

[demmiblue]

9. Then vote for the candidate who has a better chance against Trump.

That is what a true feminist would do.

[Broward]

10. Bernie outpolls Hillary versus Trump.

Why are Hillary supporters ok with the increased risk of a Trump presidency? Privilege?

[whatchamacallit]

11. Says dweeby white Hillshill

A lot of innocent Muslims are likely to die do to Hillary's aggressive foreign policy too.

[Capt. Obvious]

29. Jury results

ed Message
AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service
On Thu Mar 31, 2016, 06:53 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Says dweeby white Hillshill
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1619454

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

The name-calling is inappropriate.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Thu Mar 31, 2016, 06:58 PM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Stupid and partisan alert,hope the admins will be true to their statements about this kind of thing
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: You interrupted Final Jepoardy for this?
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: The language is over-the-top. But all in all, a true statement. Her foreign policy stance is a disaster. I say leave it alone.
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Not sure what exactly but Hillary is not only sane but. No other explanation needed.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[whatchamacallit]

34. Thanks for the info

[polly7]

49. As they already have .......

but 'the minorities, women, members of the LGBT community, and any other group' in those mostly defenseless nations that big money and the weapons manufacturers, IMF, frackers, etc. have targeted and couldn't give one fuck about can’t say one damn thing about it.

[Zira]

53. Flagged by Hillarians for telling the truth. TRY GOOGLING HILLARY CLINTON KISSINGER, Hillarians!

Being INFORMED is part of being a RESPONSIBLE adult.

First jury I've seen on this site that went the right way. Interesting. I was considering every jury is stacked for Hillary. I've seen too many hides for far less.

I can imagine how many Hillary voters you must have on ignore.

[Gwhittey]

12. Instead of devoting time on Rat Fuckery

Could you go into some threads about issues and talk about them? I know it is hard while carrying all that water but it would actually make discussions a ton better on here.

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

13. As I have said in other posts...

I am a generally conservative person who has decided that Bernie is the only sane candidate on either side.

The following line...

While conservatives openly flaunt their selfish privilege with their banker friends and Koch backers.

...gets me confused. I do know the ladies down at the local bank, but I don't know anyone named Koch.

Can someone help me here?

[snowy owl]

20. A generality - let it go. Too many distractions already.

[Zira]

56. Welcome to DU! I'm pretty new here too.

I think you are right about Bernie.

You probably don't want to pass around the c word because we have a lot of Hillary Clinton supporters that have a serious problem with tolerance. They will easily flag you and you'll be tried by a politicized jury on this site that nearly always goes the wrong way.

Just warning to be watchful of that. Hope you stick around!

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

64. Thank you, but...

I cannot help it that I am...

- Fiscally conservative, in that my wife and I have had a paid-off house since our mid 40's. Etc.

- Morally conservative, in that I have been married to the same woman for 25 years. Etc.

- Politically conservative in that I support the constitution, and I have the training and background to defend it with more than words. Etc.

- I also support environmental activism, women's choice, LGBT issues, educational opportunity for all economic levels and equal access to health care. Etc.

If any Hillary supporters have a problem with the above, Bring it on.

Oh, and I support Bernie.

[snowy owl]

15. TRUMP! A media-made monster. And you all fall for it. Cruz in worse.

But he's in the pockets of the puppeteers - the Kochs and his ilk. So they feed you the propaganda and you all fall for it.

Bernie and Trump - the two self-funders. They really, really scare the big money corporatists. And you all fall for it. As McLuhan said so long ago, "the medium is the message."

Read a book.

[metroins]

16. This is a racist op

In my opinion.

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

65. I prefer...

Provocative.

[dogman]

17. Or the rest should wake up and join Bernie.

[quantumjunkie]

18. As a Minority, please dont speak for me...it's Bernie or Bust! nt.

Susan Sarandon is a wonderful progressive giant!

[demmiblue]

25. Unrec.

[Armstead]

23. Many have been checking it for years...A fat lot of good it's done

The Dems keep getting weaker and more conservative regardless.

Meh.

[elias7]

27. And Hillary's net worth is over $30 million, what's the point?

That she's not allowed to care or be involved? Hillary? Sarandon?

I find the OP senseless. If you make over 100k/yr, never mind. Your life won't change wither way...

[NowSam]

28. I detest this approach

Vote her because she isn't as bad as Trump. That is the single weakest campaign approach I've ever heard.

I can't just vote against the other guy. I need to be able to vote FOR my side. Bernie is someone I believe in. Hillary is not.

[Joe the Revelator]

31. Its the biggest crock of bullshit going. 'Vote for this terrible candidate, so we don't get that....

....other terrible candidate!!'


No thanks.

[libtodeath]

32. What a offensive op,shame on you.

[The Midway Rebel]

33. My privilege is 27 bucks.

[beam me up scottie]

35. What a stupid blog, this idiot is lying about Susan and Michael Moore too. Is this SpamDan?

So much hatred for liberals, and so clueless.

What has this guy done for liberal causes besides blog from his mom's basement?

[DemocracyDirect]

37. I had tea and snacks with my 70 year old good friend.

As a 40 year old I enjoy hearing his lifetime of experience. And he is about as colorful as they come.

I generally avoid conversations about politics with him because of his right-wing news sources.

He's a Republican.

But he repeated what I heard recently from another Republican friend.

Their candidates are all messed up, and they are worried about losing to Clinton.

They really don't like Hillary Clinton.
But they like Bernie Sanders!

And he asked me for more information.
We agreed that the two things the government should provide its people are education and health care, because these are the two things that help people do what is best for society as a whole.
After that they can live in a cardboard box if they want.

If we can win this battle, I think we will have won the war.

[BoringWilli]

39. Benjamin Dixon addresed this issue

Title of the video: What Is McRacism? When White Hillary Supporters Lecture Bernie Supporters about Privilege

[link:

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[beam me up scottie]

42. McRacism!!! Brilliant! Omg he totally nailed it!!! That is the op to a T.

White Hillary supporters act like white Bernie supporters benefit from a privilege they don't!

[Meteor Man]

57. The Black Misleadership Class

That's right! Just like the Third Way Misleadership Class that says Bernie is too radical.

[polly7]

46. Why is "liberals" (like Sarandon) in quotes?

She's a progressive, intelligent, strong woman who's earned every cent and worked for many causes - donating time and money, and supports liberal values. She wants better lives for all and thinks everyone like herself should be paying more to make it happen.

But seriously, why the quotes?

[beam me up scottie]

48. Only people who support Hillary are liberals. And feminists. And true Dems.

The rest of us are commies, BernieBros and Trump supporters.

Just like Bernie we've been pretending all along.

[polly7]

50. Ahh ...... gotcha.

I keep forgetting these truths.

[beam me up scottie]

51. Bloggers are a riot, so puffed up and full of themselves.

Remember imamisssmartypants or whatever her name was?

[polly7]

52. Just vaguely .... was she used here for teaching purposes?

[beam me up scottie]

61. She preached McRacism!

[polly7]

62. LOL..... there are a few of them working very hard at it .... she must have stood out!

Love the video!

[uponit7771]

60. You got it, get on the love train and lets run over all the trumps!!

[Vote2016]

47. agreed! these people need to grow up and pick the candidate who is NOT under FBI investigation and

neither disliked nor distrusted by majorities of voters!

This election is too important to gamble on a mistrusted candidate who's under investigation for jer violations of federal laws

[HassleCat]

54. What did she say?

I thought Sarandon said there was a possibility she might not vote for Clinton. The same goes for me. There is also a possibility I won't vote for Bernie if he is the Democratic nominee. The point being, if we put our faith in a candidate, and that candidate lets us down, we feel betrayed, resentful, etc. I think Sarandon stopped short of the Bernie or Bust thing, did she not?

[CanadaexPat]

55. Millions of bombed out refugees

would like all Americans to check their privilege.

[lumberjack_jeff]

58. I did. You'll be relieved to know that I'm perfect. So we can now avoid this awkwardness.n/t

[frylock]

59. Well, this is convincing.

fts

[Stargleamer]

63. I have my doubts now that Trump will be their nominee. . .

that assumes that Republicans will play fair and award their nomination to the one with the most delegates. Since when do Republicans ever play fair?

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

66. I find myself...

...in an odd place as a registered Republican in this election cycle.

I'm going to write in my dog's name on the Republican ballot and go home and pray for Bernie.

EDIT: I think my older dog is too old for the White House, but my younger one is too dumb to find the West Wing.

I'll decide by the primaries.

[TheBlackAdder]

67. JFC - I can't believe I actually clicked on this OP.

[Autumn]

68. Trump will not be the nominee and thus is a failure as a boogyman. nt