Say something nice about white men

[hollywood926]

White men are the root of all evil, obviously. :-) But you're not ALL bad! Let's pay tribute to the good and decent white man!

I'll start - white men wrote the Constitution.

[Modem Butterfly]

1. My partner's a white man

A pretty decent one, too. He tries not to abuse his white privilege too much.

[KamaAina]

2. 99.9999999% of us aren't Bush**

that's gotta count for something...

[Bill McBlueState]

57. hmmm...

I think it might only be 99.9999998 percent of us. But we're still, for the most part, not Bush. :thumbsup:

[Kikosexy2]

3. You prefer...

mostly au naturale smells..armpits maybe?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. We support the sunscreen industry.

How many would be unemployed if not for us?

[bloom]

111. That's almost a good point

The white "men" aren't the only ones, though.

[jpgray]

5. We won't be in power forever.

[Beaverhausen]

6. White men dancing make the rest of us look like we have soul

did that make sense?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

7. No they didn't..they ripped most of it off from the Iroquois

But here...white men are easy to spot in a crosswalk at night

[Redstone]

88. That's not true

It's a pretty fiction, but absolutely not true.

I'm an American Indian (halfbreed, to be completely honest), but am willing to give credit where it's due. The white guys came up with the Constitution without any help from the Iriquois Confederacy.

Redstone

[Tafiti]

93. From what I've read...

...they didn't "rip it off", but the Iriquois Confederacy was almost certainly, at least, an inspiration for the British colonies to unite, since they there was much infighting between them. The symbol of the U.S., the eagle, which clutches a bundle of arrows in one of its feet, were Indian symbols, thus created to honor the Iriquois inspiration. There are a couple of Franklin quotes to support this.

Though the actual Constitution may not have necessarily had much, if any, influence from the Iriquois Confederacy.

[liberal43110]

140. Thanks, Redstone

[MrScorpio]

8. They fathered some daughters I liked

In more ways than one.

[puerco-bellies]

9. Easy to spot in the getto.. :-)

[ulysses]

25. heh!

True enough. :D

[Longgrain]

10. I'm one

and if you don't like it, then screw you...:P

[HEyHEY]

11. White women give birth to white men

Hence White women are at the root of all evil

[expatriot]

24. White men impregnate white women... AARRGHHH! It's a vicious cycle!!!

[sundog]

12. no

[CubsFan1982]

13. They're good at empire-building?

Seriously, most of them, great guys. At least the ones who aren't Freeptard jerkwads.

[Ladyhawk]

14. Some of my best friends are white men. ;) n/t

[Bluebear]

15. "Our skin may be white, Tracy, but our SOULS are black."

:shrug:

[Langis]

16. They can't jump

[DrWeird]

17. Yes, white men wrote the constitution.

Which clearly expressed that blacks were 3/5 a person.

[hollywood926]

18. OK that part of the Constitution isn't very nice...

but some of the rest of it is good! I mean, we don't use it much these days, but the intent was mostly good!

[bloom]

108. The constitution also left women without the vote

or much of anything.

I was already to say something nice until you brought up the Constitution. :argh:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

21. Hey...they coulda said 2 :)

[NoPasaran]

29. No, they obscured it

With fancy language.

[Bok_Tukalo]

19. They have a thankless existence yet carry on

Take up the White Man's burden--
Send forth the best ye breed--
Go, bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild--
Your new-caught sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child.

Take up the White Man's burden--
In patience to abide,
To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride;
By open speech and simple,
An hundred times made plain,
To seek another's profit
And work another's gain.

Take up the White Man's burden--
The savage wars of peace--
Fill full the mouth of Famine,
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
(The end for others sought)
Watch sloth and heathen folly
Bring all your hope to nought.

Take up the White Man's burden--
No iron rule of kings,
But toil of serf and sweeper--
The tale of common things.
The ports ye shall not enter,
The roads ye shall not tread,
Go, make them with your living
And mark them with your dead.

Take up the White Man's burden,
And reap his old reward--
The blame of those ye better
The hate of those ye guard--
The cry of hosts ye humour
(Ah, slowly!) toward the light:--
"Why brought ye us from bondage,
Our loved Egyptian night?"

Take up the White Man's burden--
Ye dare not stoop to less--
Nor call too loud on Freedom
To cloak your weariness.
By all ye will or whisper,
By all ye leave or do,
The silent sullen peoples
Shall weigh your God and you.

Take up the White Man's burden!
Have done with childish days--
The lightly-proffered laurel,
The easy ungrudged praise:
Comes now, to search your manhood
Through all the thankless years,
Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom,
The judgment of your peers.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

44. A poem urging the U.S. to take over the Philipines.

How...great.

Kipling believed that superior races had a moral obligation to care for inferior races and nations.

[Bok_Tukalo]

141. I was being sarcastic

Since the original post seemed so asinine.

[Name removed]

20. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Swede]

22. They allow their women to walk around half naked.

No burkhas for them.

[expatriot]

23. I am a white man and I take offense...

...to the idea that anything "nice" could be said about us.

[HEyHEY]

26. Self-hating white man

[IronLionZion]

109. liberal guilt!

does your conscience bother you my pigment-challenged friend? :P

[Ellen Forradalom]

27. Some of them have good taste in wine, women, and song.

Most of those are to be found here in DU.

[Misunderestimator]

28. Some of them don't piss me off...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

30. Some of my favorite men in my whole life have been white

:-)

[ScreamingMeemie]

31. My husband, a white man, recently saved my life!!!!

:hi:

[JohnKleeb]

32. Some of us can put pens in our hair

:P

[last_texas_dem]

33. I heard a rumor

A few of them don't support Bush...

Who knows, though... probably just a few of those godless Commies.

[brainshrub]

34. We are really good at sailing, snow-sports and planetary security.

The aliens would have invaded decades ago, but they saw how good white people are at war.... so they decided to leave the earth alone until we've killed ourselves off.

[cdsilv]

35. I'm white....

and alot of what's been said that's been good - I agree with.

But we also produced Dick Cheney, The BFEE, Stalin, H*tler, etc...

I'm descended from southern US aristocracy - my great great grandaddy
on my momma's side owned a plantation - that is now a city in GA.

Upon Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, he freed his slaves and was pardoned by Andrew Johnson for letting the Yankees use the plantation house as a hospital during the war between the states.

However, on my daddy's side, we're all dirt-poor farmers. Go figger.

We're not demons, nor are the people of any race, creed color or religion. We're just people, plain and simple. Especially simple.

[mitchum]

36. My dad is one

[fortyfeetunder]

37. One was my great great great grandfather

I'd like to know though who he was....

[Tom Kitten]

38. White Men helped found Scandanavia

Norway! you might might exclaim...and you might not be faeroe base...but at least we can now sweden things up a bit with a bite of a danish bun now and then...ok I'm finnish now.

[guitar man]

39. fuck white men

They are about to put me out of work. And I'm a white man so I say fuck white men!


<edit>

tongue firmly planted in cheek:)

[hollywood926]

40. kick for the apparent controversy....

:scared:

[DelawareValleyDem]

41. There's a white man

in my signature picture

[CO Liberal]

42. Every Man In My Family is White

As far as I know....

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

43. Why?

[kerrywins]

45. They play rock n roll better than anyone else...

[smoogatz]

83. Jimi Hendrix

Was the best rock guitarist of all time. Not white.

Not even close.

[kerrywins]

134. he doesn't even touch the great white rockers...

like the rolling stones, led zeppelin, etc...
not to me anyway...

i know alot of you are gonna get all bent out of shape by that statement...but it needs to be said...

[psychopomp]

143. Good Lord... Where do you think "rock 'n' roll" came from?

No white guy would even think to call that music rock and roll...the name itself is a dead giveaway.

[kerrywins]

145. thats a tired argument....

all music has been stolen from someone....
some of you seem to think whites are the only people who have stolen things in their music...thats just plain ignorant...

all that matters, in the end...is the end result...and like I said before.....white rockers blow away hendrix....

[enigmatic]

138. Eddie Hazel was better then Hendrix n/m

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

46. Well.. I'm married to a good and decent white man.

Also, my father and brother fall into this category. My only child is also white and a boy. I hope that he will be a good and decent white man some day too. I've grown up with mostly white males (except my mom), so I have no issue with them.

[livinginphotographs]

47. They're very adept at handling cold temperatures.

That's got to count for something...

[Magrittes Pipe]

48. We're all pink on the inside?

:shrug:

[asthmaticeog]

49. Not me.

I'm more of a murky greyish-brown with chunks of spongy orangeish thingies on the inside.

[Wat_Tyler]

52. I'm cybernetic, myself.

[DrZeeLit]

50. "Something nice about white men," said I.

Ooooh, you wanted me to actually SAY something.
Oh, okay.
I get it.
Hmmmm, that's a toughie.
Okay. My dad was a white man and he was a good guy. Fought in WWII, came home and made baby boomers (I count, but my 5 siblings were after-boomers). Built homes (okay, so he was a carpenter in the early track housing era ... not a shining moment). Used the GI Bill. Taught school until he burned out. Played GREAT golf. Played fair, instilled golden rule and other lessons that still run through my mind in his voice. Raised six children who are all productive members of society (so far none of us has been "in trouble" - pretty amazing; and one created a company that employs thousands). Loved his wife and family and dog(s). Died with dignity and is remembered in loving grace.

So, that's one white man's legacy. I consider that SOMETHING NICE.

[Susang]

51. They taste like chicken

What? I love chicken! :loveya:

[frictionlessO]

60. Oh wow, such delicate images you have conjured in my lil mind!

I wont post 'em for fear of deletions!

Thank you, you may call me chicken dick!

[asthmaticeog]

62. Damn, girl, I can smell chicken on yer breath from across the room!

[Magrittes Pipe]

74. No, that's capon.

[Susang]

82. Actually, it's Cornish game hen

We are talking white guys, right? ;-)

[asthmaticeog]

86. My cornish hen is game, aaaawwww yeah.

*ducks thrown objects*

[xultar]

53. A lotta white dudes have sexy legs...especially runners. n/t

[Tweed]

54. Considering the fact that the majority of people on DU are white men...

That shouldn't be a problem.

[LDS Jock]

55. white boys are so pretty

Skin as smooth as milk
White boys are so pretty
Hair like Chinese silk

White boys give me goose bumps
White boys give me chills
When they touch my shoulder
That's the touch that kills

Well, my momma calls 'em lilies
I call 'em Piccadillies
My daddy warns me stay away
I say come on out and play

White boys are so groovy
White boys are so tough
Every time that they're near me
I just can't get enough

White boys are so pretty
White boys are so sweet
White boys drive me crazy
Drive me indiscreet

White boys are so sexy
Legs so long and lean
Love those sprayed-on trousers
Love the love machine

My brother calls 'em rubble
That's my kind of trouble
My daddy warns me "no no no"
But I say "White boys go go go"

White boys are so lovely
Beautiful as girls
I love to run my fingers
And toes through all their curls

Give me a tall
A lean
A sexy
A sweet
A pretty
A juicy
White boy

from Hair

[HeeBGBz]

63. Great minds think alike.

Now I have to change my post. You got here first.

[LDS Jock]

66. you don't have to change it..

it is worth repeating. I love Hair! I'm going to see it in two weeks at a local college production. A friend of mine is playing Berger.

my hair like Jesus wore it
hallalujah I adore it
hallalujah Mary loved her son
why don't my mother love me
HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HeeBGBz]

78. I saw a traveling version in the 70's

Way cool, but I don't remember much.

[sniffa]

56. they aLL don't smeLL Like wet dog when they get rained on

they aLso make some great websites Like: http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com/index.html

[kick-ass-bob]

69. That site is a fucking riot!!

Make sure to read the mail page...

:7

[hippiechick]

58. They invented hockey ...

:loveya:

[Cocoa]

59. God likes them best

:shrug:

[bloom]

110. says who?

:shrug:

[HeeBGBz]

61. Dupe on the Hair lyrics

Now I have nothing to post. I could do Black Boys.

Black boys are delicious
Chocolate flavored love
Licorice lips like candy
Keep my cocoa handy
I have such a sweet tooth
When it comes to love

Once I tried a diet
Of quiet, rest, no sweets
But I went nearly crazy
And I went clearly crazy
Because I really craved for
My chocolate flavored treats

Black boys are nutritious
Black boys fill me up
Black boys are so damn yummy
They satisfy my tummy
I have such a sweet tooth
When it comes to love
Black black black black
black black black black
Black boys

[kwassa]

64. and in the Consitution, slaves were only 3/5th men

[WilliamPitt]

65. White men rightfully rule the world

because women are weak and the 'other' races just can't handle the job. It's a burden, to be sure, but we are up to the task. Now, bring me an Iraqi. I feel like killing something.

Oh...wait...this isn't StormFront.org...my bad.

:P

White men invented beer. How about that.

[Magrittes Pipe]

68. The Egyptians invented beer.

Wrong again, Pitt. THIS is why you can't get your White House press credentials. :eyes:

[WilliamPitt]

70. Really?

I had no idea.

OK...White men invented Guinness beer.

[Misunderestimator]

72. Yay! I love white men then!

:bounce:

[Magrittes Pipe]

73. You've got me there.

[WilliamPitt]

75. ...and Murphy's Irish Stout, too.

[smoogatz]

89. Guinness is stout

not beer. Sheesh. You're 0-2. My cat's got a better shot at those credentials...

[WilliamPitt]

94. LOL

OK...apparently white men only invent stupid white men like me.

:)

[foo_bar]

147. stout is a subset of beers

http://www.guinness.com/guinness/en/gatewayAY/0,8233,125449_126269,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stout

The first use of the word stout was the Stout-Porter brewed by Guinness of Ireland in 1820, although Guinness had been brewing porters since 1759. Stout differs from porter in being darker and richer through the use of more roasted malt. As such the two beers are considered distinct...

[Maestro]

67. Prejudge me if you like

but I'm white and extremely nice and not a racist pig. In fact I fight for minority rights but that is not enough for some. Hey, aren't the main reasons for this site white? Skinner, Elad, etc... Damn, we just a bunch of effin pigs. :eyes:

[Misunderestimator]

71. Um.... I don't think all the admins are necessarily "white"

...at least I wouldn't make that assumption ;)

[Maestro]

101. I wasn't talking about admins and mods

just Skinner and Elad. :) But if they aren't white, perhaps a shade or two in the yellowish/brown area. ;) Actually with my freckles I am sort of yellowish/brown myself.

[Misunderestimator]

104. I said admins... meaning the three of them... said nothing about mods

[HEyHEY]

113. I know, we're all a bunch of bastard regardless of what we've done

Never mind how many died fighting Hitler.
Or how many work today for justice and equality.
We'll all be judged by the worst of our race. Something taboo for others but not for us.

[Misunderestimator]

117. LOL

yeah, ok... you're all victims then.

[HEyHEY]

127. Again you're sereotyping us

Isn't the purpose of not being racist to not judge someone on their skin colour. No-one is saying we're all victims. In fact no one is even saying we're victims. We're saying you're taking the worst of our racist and applying those tributes to all of us.

[Misunderestimator]

128. I'm not stereotyping you... I was laughing at you...

for pretending that any of this is about denegrating the great things men have done... And, now that you mention it... those that cry reverse-racism... they are saying they are victims.

[Bridget Burke]

76. They're #1 when it comes to body hair!

Not for the younger or more sensitive viewer:

http://fogcity.blogs.com/photos/haute_dogs/hairyback.html


Seriously--some of my best friends are white men!

[d_b]

77. White men invented porno.

[smoogatz]

90. Nah...

Lots of cultures have played with erotic imagery. White men invented being ashamed of porno.

[smoogatz]

92. White men are extremely good inventors, explorers and warriors.

White men have also made great art. White men are do-ers, not be-ers. Do-ers make things happen, for better or worse. Be-ers are easier to live with.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

132. So which race is the "be-er" race?

[smoogatz]

133. Not sure there is one

But there are certainly be-er cultures. Thai buddhists are be-ers, for instance. Not all, but in general, as a culture.

[d_b]

100. Yea, I'm talkin' out of my ass.

[mattclearing]

79. White men made the White Album.

"Why's it got to be a White album, anyway?"

ba-dum-ching.

[IronLionZion]

80. White men made Democratic Underground

and the Democratic party.

[Misunderestimator]

81. Wow... only white guys made the Democratic Party?

And not all three of the DU admins are white... though, yes, they do all seem to be guys.

[IronLionZion]

103. Skinner is a caucasian guy

I don't know about the other guys, they looked white to me.

I never said "only white guys", but you did. That's very telling. White guys like Joementum (white Jew) helped the civil rights movement. It wasn't only black guys.

I don't understand why you're taking offense for no reason. :wtf:

Skinner Elad
Earl G

[Misunderestimator]

107. Offense? Not me man.

...you implied that white guys founded DU... I said that not all three of them are "white". Very simple...

And I didn't say you said "only white guys" anything... but since the premise of the thread is to say something good about white guys and you also said that they founded the democratic party, it sure sounded like you're saying "white guys founded the democratic party" to me.

Nice pics, thanks... I've seen them.

[IronLionZion]

112. you don't think white guys founded the party?

then who did? slaves?

[Misunderestimator]

114. No, I don't think ONLY white GUYS founded the party.

[WoodrowFan]

122. we like, totally rock dude!

seriously, what's with the group labels??

[One_Life_To_Give]

84. William Jefferson Clinton

Is a White Man. Need I say more.

[IronLionZion]

105. nice try, Bill Clinton is black

he just looks white on the outside. :P

[rasputin1952]

85. Interesting concept...I think there is a huge # of decent white men....

but, just like everything else, all you hear are the negatives, so we get stereotypical visions of things.

There have been evil black men, evil asian men, evil middle-eastern men, as well as evil white men. There have been evil black women, evil asian women, evil middle-eastern women, as well as evil white women.

When we begin to concentrate on the good that people do in this world, we will be far better off...but I fear that is far in the distant future.

Evil is never confined to one race, religious belief, gender or any other superfluous distinction, it is merely evil, and should be confronted at every level. The more we attempt to define evil in superfluous ways....the more we increase ignorance, hatred and intolerance.

Bottom line for me is...I could not care less about the "identity" of the person...if they are a jerk, they are a jerk. I once called a black man a jerk, and he got self righteous w/the "you say that because I'm black" stuff. I calmly answered I just thought he was a jerk, and the more he opened his mouth, the more he proved my point. He realized he had taken a very poor stance, and after a bit, we actually became pretty good acquaintances...:)

All cultures have done wonderful things for the populations of this earth...just as all cultures have done horrific things. Genocide in Germany is no different than the genocide that is taking place in Africa as I type this...it is evil; and like all evil, must be confronted and dealt with.

[Maestro]

102. You win the award for a rational

post. Yeah!!!!!!!!

[rasputin1952]

121. Thanks... I try...

:)

What amazes me, is how people complicate the simple...:shrug:.

So much time and energy wasted on attempting to justify a position that is usually untenable...kind of sad really.

[tjdee]

87. White boys are so pretty...

White boys are so pretty
Skin as smooth as milk
White boys are so pretty
Hair like Chinese silk

White boys give me goose bumps
White boys give me chills
When they touch my shoulder
That's the touch that kills

Well, my momma calls 'em lilies
I call 'em Piccadillies
My daddy warns me stay away
I say come on out and play

White boys are so groovy
White boys are so tough
Every time that they're near me
I just can't get enough

:silly:
All kidding aside, they make some pretty hot ones. I approve. :thumbsup:

[McCamy Taylor]

91. White men can survive northern winters without getting Ricketts

Seriously, the whole "white" thing is a genetic adaptation to the far northern climate that certain humans were able to adapt to thanks to the Gulf Stream causing far northern Europe to have unusually mild weather. The only problem when humans migrated north was that they suddenly had much less sunshine which meant much less Vitamin D, which put them at risk for Ricketts. Those who lost melanin (i.e got pale) absorbed more photons, made more Vitamin D and got stronger bones.

That is all that "white" means---you can survive with less sunshine and no other source of Vit D. Interestingly, Neanderthal man did not eat fish, therefore I suspect that the first "white" men may have been the Neanderthal, who would have needed the extra photons to keep their extra hefty bone mass. Which means the so called Aryan race that Hitler was so proud of was actual the Neanderthal race. If you look at Neanderthal skulls and then go to Europe you can see similar features---flat occiput, weak chin, prominent noses---in some mainland Europeans in the north of France. I think Neanderthal bred with Cro-magnon to produce the so called White Man of modern Europe and America.

[jswordy]

95. "What's your opinion of the white race?"

Asked by an inquisitive reporter of Cherokee Chief Doublehead, known to cannibalize his defeated enemies, when the chief was in Philadelphia meeting with President George Washington.

Without even giving the matter a moment's thought, the chief replied: "Too salty."

[McCamy Taylor]

97. LOL. Neanderthals were cannibals. I think the Vikings got their less

pleasant social tendencies from the Neanderthal side of the family, and that it is our Viking ancestors--that includes the Normans or "Northman"---who have made us run around the world conquering countries that do no belong to us and imposing our culture upon them.

I hope that time will dilute the "Viking" influence and that we can settle down and act a bit more civilized. However, if the Neo-Cons are representative, we have a long way to go.

[obiwan]

96. A human is a human.

When I got here they gave me a white wrapper. Sure hasn't made MY life any easier.

The real prejudice is against those born poor or without a built-in head start, and especially those who do ther own thinking and reasoning.

Ethnicity in theory should mean nothing, otherwise I would be in Berlin demanding reparations for the 6 million of my Polish ancestors murdered by the Nazis in WWII.

Jewish people- move on and forget about recovering Holocaust bank accounts. It ain't gonna happen. Ditto for blacks wanting slavery reparations. Etc. Etc.

You should not punish the current generation for the acts of long-dead prior generations. Make sure it can't happen again and move on.

Forgive and forget, if you can claim to have any spirituality at all. And celebrate the good and decent people of ALL ethnicities. Decency knows no color.

[McCamy Taylor]

98. "Deceny knows no color" Very true!

[okieinpain]

99. damn, you took mine. they did craft a beautiful document.

[IronLionZion]

106. White men CAN jump!

[Withywindle]

115. Without white guys, there wouldn't be any Scandinavian Black Metal!

and that would be sad! :cry:

[bloom]

116. really?

It seems very hateful from what I've seen.

[Withywindle]

119. Depends in what sense you mean "hateful"

It's all pretty angry, of course. Hate goes in different directions with different artists. There's a Nazi presence, as in many genres, but it's not the majority by any stretch (just a large portion of the hype because it's sensationalistic).


It does tend to be pretty anti-Christianity across the board, that's true. But AFAIK there hasn't been an actual church-burning in a decade. :)

[bloom]

118. Some of them

are very nice. Some even know how to do the dishes. That's nice. :)

[tigereye]

123. LOL

I am married to one. I gave birth to one. I am related to several others. I have loved a few. Although some White Men have done some uncool things, not all of them have.

[Canuckistanian]

120. They take off hats to women, give names to dogs

And march, left, right, left, right, with rifles on their shoulders!

[roguevalley]

124. the men in my family are good decent men who were good

examples to their sons. They are the nicest, most fair-minded men I know and they are all die-hard dems. God bless 'em.

[Neoma]

125. John Lennon was awsome

Nuff said'

[LosinIt]

126. They come in handy for opening jars..

when you can't find the cap snaffler.

[LoZoccolo]

129. Every member of Oasis is a white man.

[Malocchio]

130. And that's a plus, is it?

[LoZoccolo]

131. I never said that, Mr. Bad Eye.

Is it your left or right one that's bad?

[Cobalt Violet]

135. They tip well when they get their hair cut.

A generalization about the group as a whole.

[Karenina]

136. My one-drop kid

refers to his dad as a DUMB WHITE GUY who DOESN'T GET IT, but I stay out of it believing everyone does the best he can...

[SarahB]

137. Sometimes they look good nekkid.

[Misunderestimator]

139. LOL.... yeah... even this guy:

<---

[dweller]

142. Taste like chicken.

if you're really really hungry.

dp

[LWolf]

144. They're people. n/t

[senseandsensibility]

146. My hubby's a white male.

He's an angel. He's literally a liberal angel. Happy Valentine's Day, honey!!!:toast: He worked his butt off for John Kerry.