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In reply to the discussion: Ten Ways (not all!) White Liberals Perpetuate Racism [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)116. I can barely move now.
I'm feeling microabused and micromadefunof.
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"Look at all the work I've done on behalf of people of color! I'm one of the good ones!" - too true!
scarletwoman
Nov 2015
#77
Really. WTF does racism have to do with BS? Can't we have a break from him? Please?
Cha
Dec 2015
#172
When you hear an alleged "liberal" use the term "race baiting" or "race nagging", you know exactly..
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2015
#38
You're looking for discussions about primary candidates in all the wrong places.
pnwmom
Nov 2015
#33
The author could have had Donald Trump in mind, why did your mind go directly to BS? Hhhmmm.....
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2015
#39
AFAICT, The best response is to STFU, listen, and agree by repeating every word exactly.
aikoaiko
Nov 2015
#81
LOL I'd love to say I'm surprised by that jury but I'd be lying through my teeth
Number23
Nov 2015
#75
Someone calls a poster a race baiter, a jury doesn't hide it, I comment "I wish I was surprised by
Number23
Nov 2015
#155
They were looking for people who do not see "You $% $#$%# NI%$&*(" as being racist
LiberalArkie
Nov 2015
#134
The key problem in this country is white supremacy, and white liberals are not unaffected by it
MrScorpio
Nov 2015
#60
many are compelled to view discussions and concerns about race in America as a "daily harangue
LanternWaste
Nov 2015
#150
Great piece, b! I love the bit about "microinvalidations" which I mentioned in another thread
Number23
Nov 2015
#73
LOL. One woman, bullying the entire forum? On her own thread? LOL NO. Makes no sense.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#144
It seems to me the left has replaced debate with the idle manufacture of neologisms as if inventing
Monk06
Dec 2015
#164
And thank you for microvalidating my succinct criticism of pointless vocabulary inflation/
Monk06
Dec 2015
#166
A pithy comment is succinct by definition. Are you attempting to be ironic? If so your irony lacks
Monk06
Dec 2015
#178
As in pregnant pause. Lacking depth and fullness. Is English your second language?
Monk06
Dec 2015
#180
The person who wrote, apparently without a trace of irony himself, "your irony lacks pregnancy" is
Number23
Dec 2015
#181
When I see stements like the following, it makes me question the authenticity of the person:
jonno99
Nov 2015
#76
"it may simply indicate that their own behavior and attitude is off-putting"
jack_krass
Nov 2015
#124
We don't need them to do that. But they feel awful, I undérstand why some try.
bravenak
Nov 2015
#99
I was glad the author of the piece provided a link to a pdf of "The Racism Root Kit"
m-lekktor
Nov 2015
#97