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1. Not seeing the pathology in that writing. (nt)

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Thu Aug 13, 2015, 10:00 PM

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"sad internalized black pathology": BLMS activist attacks Black writer, is "disgusted" [View all] uhnope Aug 2015 OP

Not seeing the pathology in that writing. (nt) enough Aug 2015 #1

Projection. nt geek tragedy Aug 2015 #2

She has heavy emotional issues and is using activism as therapy. snagglepuss Aug 2015 #3

isn't the practice of any philosophy a type of therapy Supersedeas Aug 2015 #40

She is engaged in political ideology not philosophy. Two different things. snagglepuss Aug 2015 #45

Gosh, wish people here had been this interested in Sandra Bland. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #4

Johnson is trashing herself. What about Mr. Mudede? BillZBubb Aug 2015 #6

Uh-uh. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Kurska Aug 2015 #14

+1 JackInGreen Aug 2015 #12

Bland got plenty of topics regarding the injustice of her death. romanic Aug 2015 #17

Thanks, I'll post here when I want. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #25

I was VERY interested in Sandra Bland..She lived about 45 minutes away from me. whathehell Aug 2015 #26

I'm actually more interested in Sandra Bland- who she was, what happened to her... Hydra Aug 2015 #28

I'm guessing she doesn't really care about what anyone Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #30

Ummm...so you're actually not all that interested if we're interested in rolling back racism Hydra Aug 2015 #36

Hurting the movement is a DU opinion. Not reality. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #38

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2015 #46

Mr. Mudede gets it. BillZBubb Aug 2015 #5

And I suspect that most black people get it too. zeemike Aug 2015 #10

I sure as fuck get it noiretextatique Aug 2015 #47

Well I am white and I support them too. zeemike Aug 2015 #52

He does indeed. Seems Ms. Johnson is descending into jargon-jive, much as Palin did. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #63

I see what you did there! BillZBubb Aug 2015 #69

She should wish for a tenth of his insight. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #8

She wanted more than her allotted 15 minutes. GoneOffShore Aug 2015 #68

already with the claims that anyone disagreeing is ... avuncular MisterP Aug 2015 #9

There are many other organizations LuvNewcastle Aug 2015 #11

On one page -- insight vs. delusion. Waiting For Everyman Aug 2015 #13

Typical fundamentalism mentality. TM99 Aug 2015 #15

In so many words romanic Aug 2015 #18

Indeed she did. TM99 Aug 2015 #21

I think that's the point...to tear us apart so we can't affect the needed changes. haikugal Aug 2015 #41

She is a study in fanatism noiretextatique Aug 2015 #48

If only 17 were a child, but she was not then. TM99 Aug 2015 #54

Doesn't this belong in GD/Primaries? Since it involves a primary candidate? n/t pnwmom Aug 2015 #16

What does the The Stranger mean? mmonk Aug 2015 #19

I'm guessing it refers to flying rabbit Aug 2015 #23

It's one of our two local free papers JackInGreen Aug 2015 #65

So black people don't always agree treestar Aug 2015 #20

And white people on DU need to dissect this! KittyWampus Aug 2015 #33

Unless Marissa does something again in the national spotlight romanic Aug 2015 #22

An excellent suggestion. Vinca Aug 2015 #24

I think she's brought to the forefront some interesting philosophical, sociological and political cali Aug 2015 #29

Really? noiretextatique Aug 2015 #50

I'd like to do the same Hydra Aug 2015 #31

Disengage noiretextatique Aug 2015 #49

"Sad internalized black pathology"? NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #27

Never has a field of study had its terms hijacked for social opprobrium as has psychology. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #66

So now DU is about white people discussing black people who comment on other black people... KittyWampus Aug 2015 #32

Fail. haikugal Aug 2015 #42

You're right. NaturalHigh Aug 2015 #44

My motive, as a black person, is to call out noiretextatique Aug 2015 #51

Here is a thread in which you were one of the straight people discussing gay people who dared Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author KittyWampus Aug 2015 #55

+1 Marr Aug 2015 #56

Oh dear god, that thread! Prism Aug 2015 #57

Just read that thread. You were very prescient, as if you had seen into the future. sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #62

Or some people hold individuals higher than oppression Prism Aug 2015 #64

So long as they are consistent. sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #67

Wow, that's a very interesting thread. Waiting For Everyman Aug 2015 #61

Now we are supposed to ignore Marissa Jenae Johnson? aikoaiko Aug 2015 #60

I didn't know this - from in the article JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #34

BLM had potential and... deathrind Aug 2015 #35

The problem is that BLM leadership is supporting the divisive actions so far Hydra Aug 2015 #37

Thank you for posting this article. Tipperary Aug 2015 #39

Thanks for the article.. n/t haikugal Aug 2015 #43

That guy must be a white liberal supremacist. The Straight Story Aug 2015 #58

I think it's time to let her go on DU Prism Aug 2015 #59

Black men apparently shouldn't talk on their own behalf. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2015 #70