OMG will all you people so upset

[boston bean]

with people punching up realize all you are doing is punching down.

It’s not a good look. And damn is it embarassing as all hell.

[brooklynite]

1. I have no idea what you're talking about

[Sherman A1]

2. Ditto

not a clue here.

[Hortensis]

5. Lol. Me either. Tomorrow'll be a very interesting primary day.

Here's Vox on some of the major races, but of course there are plenty more around the nation.

https://www.vox.com/2018/5/7/17304812/primary-election-2018-may-8-ohio-indiana-north-carolina-west-virginia

A whole lot going on in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, and North Carolina.

[Blue_Adept]

37. That's the obvious defense of all wypipo!

[MrScorpio]

3. Punch up, reach down

The best life lesson there is.

[NCTraveler]

8. Solid.

[Eliot Rosewater]

38. ...

[Sailor65x1]

26. Here's a better one

Punch down, get kicked in the face,

Punch up, get kicked in the face,

Punch sideways, get kicked in the face,

[BannonsLiver]

4. ...

[ProudLib72]

6. Free punch at the DU party?

I like punch.

[Hortensis]

7. Punch up the booze and knock down the sugar, and I'm in.

I think we need a nice party a lot more than more turmoil redux.

[wryter2000]

9. No kidding

This place astonishes me sometimes

[LanternWaste]

10. I don't think they're upset.

I don't think they're upset.

They do however, read from the scripts so very well.

[sarah FAILIN]

15. This.

But to answer your question, because they can and they want the divisiveness.

[MicaelS]

31. Because people like to make up..

Secret names about others, so they can be seen "as cool as fuck", or talk about others in derogatory terms without being understood by others.

It's just tribalism, and is as old as humanity

[boston bean]

48. was your post suppose to be ironic?

[brush]

64. Just tell us what your OP is supposed to mean.

[boston bean]

65. If you don't know why are you participating?

[brush]

66. Excuse me? I thought this was a discussion board where people stated their opinions...

CLEARLY.

[boston bean]

67. It is. Have you read the discussion?

[brush]

68. I read your OP and the comments of some others who also had no clue as to what...

you are talking about.

But forget it.

If it takes this long to get the meaning of an OP and still not get it, I'm no longer interested.

[boston bean]

69. If you would like to discuss it would be helpful if you at least

read all of my responses in the thread before asking what I mean when it is already quite clear even on a cursory review.

[brush]

70. It wasn't at all clear in the headline, the first place that it should be clear in.

No longer interested.

[boston bean]

71. It was clear enough for most and expressly clear with follow on responses.

If one were really interested.

You know many times I miss the point of the OP and then read responses to further understand.

[Decoy of Fenris]

12. I think James Darrell Edwards III had something to say about that...

Just because you're punching up doesn't mean you aren't gonna get hit.

[TCJ70]

13. By objecting to race based insults people are punching down? Hrmm...n/t

[boston bean]

16. Oh, people are objecting to raced based insults?

And those persons giving those insults are racists and are directing raced based insults at people who are victims of racism?

Please proceed to enlighten me?

[TCJ70]

21. Yes. Yes. And it seems like you already know what's up.

To expand: In what context is wypipo a positive? Using race based insults towards someone makes the subject a victim of racism.

Are we cool with insults based on race now? Or is acceptance of those insults used against them a privilege reserved for white people?

Long story short: None of it is OK. No matter who the speaker or the target is.

[boston bean]

27. You are making false equivalencies.

Stating something that sounds good with no context. No understanding of history. No basis in fact or reality.

[boston bean]

30. Dumb shit could be called a slur.

It doesn’t make it a racist slur.

[boston bean]

34. Race is brought into anlot of things. Wypipo should recognize.

Look if the shoe doesn’t fit don’t wear it.

White people can do that. We aren’t judged by the color of our skin in any way that makes our lives hell or be out at risk.

Black persons are.

See how that works.

It is simply a slang term to describe white people who can’t seem to grasp those truths. And take offense to a term that won’t do a damn thing to hurt them, but may enlighten and broaden one’s graps of the issues others face.

[Eliot Rosewater]

39. ...

[EffieBlack]

42. I look forward to you weighing with exactly the same comment the next time someone tries to

tell a person of color that it’s impossible to know what’s in someone’s heart and, therefore, it is “divisive” for them to describe any particular act - like calling the police on someone for not buying coffee while black - as racist.

Or maybe I’ll save it and paste it into a response that insists that it’s wrong to infer that a person “meant to belittle and denigrate” without actually seeing into their heart - just in case you’re not available to challenge them yourself.

Thanks!

[NurseJackie]

46. Aw.

[wasupaloopa]

44. The problem is you have a definition you think we all should accept.

We don’t and we are not racists either.

It is ok to not like the slang term ( my spell check won’t even let me type it)

I agree with you almost 100% but not about this

[boston bean]

47. I usually see a definition of something and start from there to form an opinion. YMMV.

[TCJ70]

56. I understand that it's a difficult position to take defending racial insults...

...but you’ll need to try a bit harder.

[Crunchy Frog]

18. Trash Thread.

[MicaelS]

19. Embarrassing to who? You?

You don't get to speak for anyone but yourself. Not other white women and sure as fuck, not white men, since you are not one. Personally I find WYPIPO funny as shit, and I'm an old white man, but that is just me. The fact that other people disagree is their opinion.

[boston bean]

20. Many times opinions are toxic. See trump supporters as an example.

[B2G]

22. By which you mean

opinions differing from yours.

[boston bean]

23. Umm no. Because it's fucked up dangerous bullshit.

[MicaelS]

24. So anyone who objects is a Trumpster?

Fuck that shit.

You are a truly arrogant person.

[boston bean]

25. Umm I think you miscomprehended. Follow along now.

Re read with less anger.

[Decoy of Fenris]

41. "1984" isn't an instruction manual. Thoughtcrime isn't a thing. Yet. n/t

[boston bean]

52. You can think whatever you want. Post your thoughts. Expect responses.

[treestar]

54. Why no disagreement on this among the left?

Or no discussion. It's like just blanket total agreement is truly expected.

[boston bean]

55. What???

Are there people here saying trump wasn’t racist for saying mexicans are rapists. Or that there are good nazi’s? Or that they should be accepted here because it is someone’s opinion?

I don’t get what you are getting at?

[treestar]

58. Trump is a racist for what he said. There are no good nazis.

No nazis are to be accepted here. Besides the occasional troll, there aren't any. One is not a nazi if one does not care for negative names for any group of people. Yeah maybe white people aren't hurt by it, but they aren't nazis if they don't want those terms either (and they are certainly against the bad terms used on other races).

[mokawanis]

29. grandma used to say

if you got somethin' to say, fuckin' say it! grandma always made us laugh

[Trust Buster]

32. How many threads until you are punch tired is the better question ?

[Hortensis]

57. I imagine we'll see a lot from now to November 6.

Professional arsonists are working to exacerbate and create racial issues, and they're not going away. Best to let most just drop off asap.

[hunter]

36. Some of my best friends are wypipo.

And I'm not a racist, but...


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Sorry, I can't stop mocking the wypipo offended. I mock gun fetishists too, and they could shoot me.

[DFW]

45. I'll take the old-fashioned Waipio. I just can't get into the new version

https://www.google.com/search?q=waipio+valley+hike&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=UQfLLaUCVlVofM%252CAAAAAAAAAAABAM%252C_&usg=__A0RlOLD_y0rMvk6d0M8Te4_-O2c%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjKosTrwvTaAhUmD5oKHSpfD8EQuqIBCOYBMBU&biw=1600&bih=743#imgrc=scXC4XEMgWGCSM

[USALiberal]

49. I'm drunk too!! nt

[JNelson6563]

50. I had to read comments to get this.

Are we still working on neatly dividing everyone so we never manage to work together on our common causes? Got it. It's no doubt these enlightening conversations are what people have in mind when they declare the media big guns watch this place for big news or that Russia shut the powerhouse DU down on election night. lolz

[boston bean]

51. You can join and understand how our black brothers and sisters experiences. No one. I mean NO ONE

here is stopping anyone from doing that.

Wouldn’t you agree?

[gollygee]

59. Why, when we unite, do we always seem to be expected to unite on the side of the more powerful?

It's odd. If the issue is how white people feel vs. how people of color feel, we need to unite with white people.

If it's how LGBT people feel vs how cishet people feel, we need to unite with the cishet people. (Remember the early marriage rights debates around here?)

If it's how men feel vs. how women feel, we need to unite with the men. (Every feminist issue.)

Anyone who takes the side of the less powerful is "diving" us. "Unite" always seems to go one way.

[JNelson6563]

61. We need to unite with each other. Period.

Or we can stay divided and continue to watch it burn. The onus is on those in power but we seem rather conditioned to divide among ourselves without much assistance from them anymore. That's how they stay in power.

IF I had a dollar for every time I've read in history where a horrible tyrant remained in power due to the people being divided, well I suppose I'd be one of those in power.

[boston bean]

63. Then unite. No one is stopping you.

[treestar]

53. I don't think anyone is upset

For some reason, no opposition is to be allowed on this or it's "wow just wow" and people are "upset" etc. The mildest opposition is met with hyperbole.

[ProudLib72]

60. Next up on DU: Punch!

[Bok_Tukalo]

62. Someone used a racial pejorative. They got pushback. It happens.

<OPE>

[Bonx]

73. I like being punched!