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In reply to the discussion: So... how did YOU become a racist? [View all]SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)179. LMAO!
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It's the latest desperate attempt to distract from the fact that there is a massive surveillance
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#77
Accusing anyone of racism simply because they disagree with president is "Fail of the epic variety"
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#128
You are getting better and better with your descriptions of those who can't stand the very idea of
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#149
would you like ranch, bleu cheese, or a lovely vinagrette with that word salad?
frylock
Jun 2013
#243
For me it was looking at children mutilated and slaughtered by drone strikes...
Demo_Chris
Jun 2013
#3
Only speaking for our dog. He noticed that some folk don't look like me and my wife.
onehandle
Jun 2013
#4
I think it was when I was born, like the President, the child of one white parent...
The Link
Jun 2013
#21
Did you become racist against your white parent, or racist against your minority parent? Or both?
merrily
Jun 2013
#67
After getting coal for Christmas many years in a row, I hate elves. Especially dark and wood elves.
Dash87
Jun 2013
#27
Rick Warren. I've learned my lesson. Standing up against bigots is racist.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#33
I will not forget some of the things that the LGBT community had to read during that time.
NCTraveler
Jun 2013
#164
This is too cool. May I quote you (and attribute) you when appropriate?
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#50
Context for readers! A post by treestar from her rant 'gays have plenty of rights'
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#148
You don't know a thing about me, my family, my life, background or works. Yet you judge. Why?
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#169
Actual racism is a pernicious evil on the face of humanity. Don't you agree?
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#175
How can anyone not realise that racism, homophobia and bigotry are related issues and all
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#267
People ARE bigots when they insist that only they know what members of one of the most
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#252
No, it was when Rush Limbaugh told me that all Liberals are hypocritical racists who con
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#153
Oddly I just found out I may be a gay closet racist, petulant and complaining...
Safetykitten
Jun 2013
#48
Don't sell them sort they also have 'hair on fire' and emoticons to express how funny they think
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#154
What the board needs is an investigation comity to ferret out the racist among us.
zeemike
Jun 2013
#51
Fellow traveler, defending someone accused of being a racist. You're the worst kind of racist!
merrily
Jun 2013
#74
I opposed the billion dollar giveaway to private health insurers known as the ACA...
OrwellwasRight
Jun 2013
#62
Good thing I started reading this thread at the beginning and worked my way down.
merrily
Jun 2013
#78
I became a racist when I objected to rappers using the "n"-bomb, arguing it was a word
Nanjing to Seoul
Jun 2013
#88
Omg, Manny, stop reading that stuff! You don't know what it could do to you.
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#103
And I'll ask you to consider this response to the current accusations of racism.
Ms. Toad
Jun 2013
#156
I am on the receiving end and I don't have a single problem with Manny's post. I do have a damn
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#139
You are welcome to re-read your posts in this thread. They are full of hypocrisy, IMNSHO.
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#146
If it isn't funny, it's serious, and that would mean the OP is seriously racist,
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#223
If real racism looks the same as "mock" racism, maybe posting mock racism isn't such a good idea.
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#228
Stupid ideas need to be mocked. Rush Limbaugh garbage doesn't belong here on DU, and no one
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#291
I am trying to tell you that 'not funny' means 'OP is seriously racist'? Are you OK?
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#240
Are you familiar with a concept of 'sarcasm'? Your posts make it clear you are not.
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#245
Yes, I know you didn't realise OP was sarcastic. That's OK. This is why I suggested you read
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#259
No, I don't. It takes a very... lets say 'special' kind of very convoluted thinking to conjure
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#265
Judging by the content and quality of your posts... they are indeed. Points fo admiting your
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#347
Good gawd. Every slight imagined or not leads to a woe is me I'm a victim OP by you.
great white snark
Jun 2013
#140
apparently ive always been a racist misogynist who humps guns ?! things you learn here! nt
galileoreloaded
Jun 2013
#166
It's easier to be tolerant of *those kinds of people* when they deliver the promised pony.
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2013
#167
I criticized Obama ...so according to the authoritarians & worshippers ...I am a racist.
L0oniX
Jun 2013
#177
It was a short leap from admiring Elizabeth Warren's to hating anyone who didn't look like her. n/t
Orsino
Jun 2013
#185
I was in a sociology class in the 70s. Our Prof said that everyone has some class or race of people
jwirr
Jun 2013
#193
Back in 2008, I said something nice about Hillary Clinton and her campaign during the primaries.
hughee99
Jun 2013
#202
200 replies, but none of you guys bother to write letters to newspapers or to Congress
Kolesar
Jun 2013
#203
I guess it was when I realized that health care was a right due to all citizens of the US
kenny blankenship
Jun 2013
#222
Call me a racist? Just leave, and here- Let me hold the door open for you...
richmwill
Jun 2013
#234
i think it was after the second time i voted for obama that i realized i was a racist..
frylock
Jun 2013
#242
I read articles by Cornel West, Tavis Smiley, and Charles Blow...all critical of President Obama
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2013
#258
My parents always taught me better and my Grandparents lived in an all black neighborhood
xtraxritical
Jun 2013
#268
It was when I acknowledged the fact that I am an unwilling participant in the race to the bottom.
bluesbassman
Jun 2013
#272
You are self hating racist mongrel, just like me. It's a very sad, sad case. :(
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#283
Ever since a bunch of white kids kicked my ass because of my black girlfriend...
stlsaxman
Jun 2013
#290
I grew up in the state in which the electorate recalled an outstanding US Senator for having had the
indepat
Jun 2013
#316
I saw Halle Berry in "The Last Boy Scout", thought "She is FINE!", and I knew I was a racist.
Kennah
Jun 2013
#336