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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]Democat
(11,617 posts)31. It allows people to ignore any voice that they disagree with
If you are different from them, your opinion doesn't count.
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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