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In reply to the discussion: I get the vibe that in the current political climate, Jews and white gay men are not deemed ... [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)5. DU is certainly full of self certainty. Straight white men who explain it all to LGBT and women
without a single hint of irony are super common here. Straight men pontificating about women and LGBT while being 'non white' is also common here.
Straight men telling LGBT and women all about LGBT and women gets very old and there is no group of straight men who have standing to lecture us about ourselves.
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I get the vibe that in the current political climate, Jews and white gay men are not deemed ... [View all]
redgreenandblue
Jun 2016
OP
A DUer mocked me for mansplaining about 3 days ago--and I'm not only a woman, but a woman who had
merrily
Jun 2016
#1
it's pretty simple, non-Jews shouldn't try to 'explain' anti-Semitism to Jews, straight people
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
#3
Spoken like someone who is neither African-American or bisexual, as ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2016
#26
Yes, but can a person one quarter chinese "chinsplain" maoism to a jamacain???
jack_krass
Jun 2016
#59
I can't tell you how many times I've been insinuated to be a straight white man.
VulgarPoet
Jun 2016
#32
DU is certainly full of self certainty. Straight white men who explain it all to LGBT and women
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#5
Thanks for gaysplaining why I (a bi white man in his 40s) amnot allowed to have or voice an opinion.
leeroysphitz
Jun 2016
#9
Oh yeah. Any man defending any other man in ANY situation is a Men's Rights Activist.
closeupready
Jun 2016
#8
Well, if there were examples of it on DU, pointing them out would be against the new rules.
redgreenandblue
Jun 2016
#29
Ok, I do think that all minorities face some forms of discrimination
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2016
#33
Because white and male identity clearly doesn't drive their politics
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2016
#38
Darling, LGBT don't just 'suffer' we are misused and mistreated by the straight majority.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#41
You don't think homophobia and anti-Semitism are sometimes marginalized?
Behind the Aegis
Jun 2016
#44
Well stated, discrimination comes in all forms and non should be superior to another. nt
slipslidingaway
Jun 2016
#57