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abqtommy

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4. Sometimes we have to begin associating with a better class of people! I've met people of all
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 02:42 PM
Dec 2019

ethnic groups that have been racist. Lotta that stuff going around!

Most (not all) white people I've met in my 74 years of life as a Black Man Nature Man Dec 2019 #1
Sometimes we have to begin associating with a better class of people! I've met people of all abqtommy Dec 2019 #4
What signifies a "better class of people?" Nature Man Dec 2019 #5
I've met people from all ethinic groups who aren't racists. That's the "better class of people" abqtommy Dec 2019 #9
I dig what you're saying, Nature Man Dec 2019 #10
Well, our realities don't have to be the same. We can still dislike racists and racism. abqtommy Dec 2019 #17
And what constitutes "associating"? StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #37
I think we all have choices to make. For me it's important not to limit my associations but to abqtommy Dec 2019 #79
Black people don't have the right to choose the race... Marengo Dec 2019 #87
I'm sure black people wish they had a choice MaryMagdaline Dec 2019 #78
As a 47 year old white man, I agree with you Johnny2X2X Dec 2019 #8
perhaps the next election will be a better measure Skittles Dec 2019 #45
Hey Johnny, I appreciate your truth-telling. It means a lot. Anon-C Dec 2019 #81
We live in a white supremacy. We're all soaking in it and if we don't unlearn it, we reinforce it. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2019 #13
Oh boy, statements like that will earn you quite the fan club around here. Marengo Dec 2019 #18
Never once signed up to win a popularity contest . . . Nature Man Dec 2019 #24
Good on you. tazkcmo Dec 2019 #41
AMEN Nature Man Dec 2019 #53
Yes, well, Damon Young just outed himself. Hortensis Dec 2019 #36
And 54% seems low since we know 65% of white males and 53%... brush Dec 2019 #51
As a 62 SWM, I would agree with that. MicaelS Dec 2019 #106
well, that's helpful. How about we just focus on ending this travesty for EVERYONE's sake...? hlthe2b Dec 2019 #2
Neither will I and I'm white. onecaliberal Dec 2019 #3
Me too. dewsgirl Dec 2019 #7
Exactly what I said down thread wryter2000 Dec 2019 #59
Me, too. Started cutting white people out of my life. MaryMagdaline Dec 2019 #80
I haven't had to do that wryter2000 Dec 2019 #89
Same with me - Pittsburgh is very blue; most of Allegheny County is blue FakeNoose Dec 2019 #108
You're so right wryter2000 Dec 2019 #109
I remember the moment that it became clear that Trump was going to become president. Blue_true Dec 2019 #70
I knew it would be horrendous and it's been exponentially worse. onecaliberal Dec 2019 #71
I'm like you StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #82
I guess I was naive to think there were patriots on the right that would step in onecaliberal Dec 2019 #83
That's where I misjudged this StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #84
Easy solution. Drown then out at the voting booth with non-white voters ala 2008 & 2012 ffr Dec 2019 #6
+1000 hlthe2b Dec 2019 #11
I'll cop to unearned privilege, I'll cop to ignorance of the black experience, but no. I had Squinch Dec 2019 #12
Yup TheRealNorth Dec 2019 #15
Yes, this Baked Potato Dec 2019 #30
And Russia is still doing it Cetacea Dec 2019 #58
This is from The Root JonLP24 Dec 2019 #62
Part of their success on social media TheRealNorth Dec 2019 #86
Yes, this Brawndo Dec 2019 #90
Exactly. DavidDvorkin Dec 2019 #21
Nice distraction of a post FrankBooth Dec 2019 #14
Distraction or inconvenient truth? Nature Man Dec 2019 #23
Distraction. FrankBooth Dec 2019 #34
Sometimes inconvenient truths are seen as distractions by people not comfortable with them StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #39
But more often FrankBooth Dec 2019 #47
People often have opinions and feelings that wouldn't make it into the Democratic platform. StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #49
Maybe you should think through what a statement like that actually means for the party FrankBooth Dec 2019 #54
I sincerely doubt a comment made by someone on DU is going to have much impact on the election StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #60
As is yours FrankBooth Dec 2019 #65
But you didn't say you had a contrary opinion. You told him he shouldn't express his opinion at all StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #68
Will this affect your voting in the upcoming election? Caliman73 Dec 2019 #63
Why did Putin and his troll army push these messages in 2016? FrankBooth Dec 2019 #66
The thing is don't give Russia any material JonLP24 Dec 2019 #67
Maybe he thought White people were defensive and would be offended? Caliman73 Dec 2019 #85
Yes, It is whathehell Dec 2019 #35
Yeah. This is the form of the racial discussion Putin wants us to have. nt coti Dec 2019 #52
I don't see how this is helpful DrToast Dec 2019 #16
It's not helpful whathehell Dec 2019 #31
Not all Trump supporters are racists, but... TruckFump Dec 2019 #19
Nope. All trump supporters ARE racists. Voting for trump was a racist act. They knew what Squinch Dec 2019 #25
What about the 8 Million who voted for Obama and then for Trump? whathehell Dec 2019 #91
Kay. Did you think they didn't know Trump was a racist when they voted for him? Squinch Dec 2019 #92
Maybe you could try to answer my question first.. whathehell Dec 2019 #95
But I did answer the question. Whether they voted for Obama or not, they subsequently went on Squinch Dec 2019 #97
No, I'm sorry, I don't believe those 8 million voters suddenly turned "racist" whathehell Dec 2019 #98
OK. You don't believe people who performed a blatantly racist act are racists. Squinch Dec 2019 #99
Okay, and you believe the 13 % percent of black men & 38% of Hispanics whathehell Dec 2019 #100
Just out of curiosity, do you also believe that the women who voted for trump are not sexist? Squinch Dec 2019 #102
I have no idea.. whathehell Dec 2019 #107
Just because you voted for a black man doesn't mean you're not racist. Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #101
No, I don't believe racists would vote for the first Black President whathehell Dec 2019 #105
Why not? Drunken Irishman Dec 2019 #120
"Why not"? whathehell Dec 2019 #123
I was reading The Forgotten about an Obama-Trump county Lucerne JonLP24 Dec 2019 #111
One excerpt from one book about one county.. whathehell Dec 2019 #114
Unfortunately I read more than one except JonLP24 Dec 2019 #115
Unfortunately, you listed only one excerpt from one book whathehell Dec 2019 #116
I told you I had to put it down because a lot of their reasons were racist reasons JonLP24 Dec 2019 #117
Then find another book or report covering more than whathehell Dec 2019 #118
I bought the book because unlike a lot of reporters JonLP24 Dec 2019 #119
Again, you don't seem to be getting it -- I'm not criticizing the study itself whathehell Dec 2019 #124
A study showed that yes, that was basically about race and immigration muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #121
Voting for Obama was "basically about race and immigration"? whathehell Dec 2019 #122
Fine, you don't buy it, but it's what the analysis showed. muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #125
It's what ONE analysis showed.. whathehell Dec 2019 #126
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2019 #20
AMEN Nature Man Dec 2019 #22
What was the content of that post you wholeheartedly endorsed? Marengo Dec 2019 #75
Makes two of us mahina Dec 2019 #26
Not to disparage the point made... Newest Reality Dec 2019 #27
Ahh, the generalizations... Baked Potato Dec 2019 #28
Trump is the pinnacle of whiteness as a power structure ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #29
The hell he is... whathehell Dec 2019 #32
Sure he is ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #33
Nah whathehell Dec 2019 #38
Colonialism? ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #42
Nope. whathehell Dec 2019 #46
he is in many ways the epitome of white power. unblock Dec 2019 #40
I agree. ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #43
Sorry, I don't agree. Virtually all of his power is based whathehell Dec 2019 #44
Tell me with a straight face Nature Man Dec 2019 #48
Or Bob Johnson StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #50
Not a nano second, but neither would Bill Clinton whathehell Dec 2019 #61
Clinton got away with far more than Obama could have gotten away with StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #64
He ticks all the boxes. Rich is certainly one of them unblock Dec 2019 #69
I do not forgive the white people that voted and or support that man. Afromania Dec 2019 #55
I agree with this wholeheartedly- the people who voted for him. In fact, I say it to myself coti Dec 2019 #57
I'm not going to forgive them, either wryter2000 Dec 2019 #56
There's a massive voter purge going on in Wisconsin... SMC22307 Dec 2019 #72
Posting on DU isn't any more activism than Twitter & social media since those are more popular JonLP24 Dec 2019 #73
The sooner white people are a minority in this country the better it will be for all people jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #74
... SMC22307 Dec 2019 #112
Your forgiveness is not required, Mr Young. Nor is it sought. Bok_Tukalo Dec 2019 #76
excuuuuuse me??? Im white and i would NEVER vote for trump or any repug ever..... samnsara Dec 2019 #77
At least two of my black neighbors support the shitstain. cwydro Dec 2019 #88
13 % percent of Black men voted for Trump, us many in whathehell Dec 2019 #93
I know, and that bothers me. cwydro Dec 2019 #94
Who knows? whathehell Dec 2019 #96
I agree with you. cwydro Dec 2019 #104
Gotta love the rubles XRubicon Dec 2019 #103
The problem was white evangelicals. White non-evangelicals favoured Clinton (just) muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #110
That's why there was a whiff of panic in Fat Nixon's tweet... SMC22307 Dec 2019 #113
I find this type article divisive and useless. YOHABLO Dec 2019 #127
I hear you. Joinfortmill Dec 2019 #128
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