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In reply to the discussion: It's getting weird here....white privilege....rape threads a month ago....it seems a bit much [View all]11 Bravo
(23,942 posts)263. I made sure to select words which are undeniably non-gender specific.
Because being accused of semantic indiscretions by people with whom I'm pretty much in agreement tends to chap my ass.
Not feeling accused, just trying to be really fucking precise.
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It's getting weird here....white privilege....rape threads a month ago....it seems a bit much [View all]
Demonaut
May 2014
OP
From people who don't want DU to be successful and want to get the Democrats fighting one
okaawhatever
May 2014
#1
There are no impersonal gender terms in the English language, unlike in eg. latin languages
Ghost Dog
May 2014
#121
It shouldn't even be necessary....ALL Liberals should agree that White male privilege exists...
VanillaRhapsody
May 2014
#251
From people who think women's and minority issues are worthy of discussion in a liberal forum?
Spider Jerusalem
May 2014
#5
It only "pits one group against another" because people are annoyed at having their complacency
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#15
I don't think discussions regarding equality and civil rights = "pitting one group against another"
LanternWaste
May 2014
#86
How many people (real posters, not trolls) don't think such subjects should be discussed though?
penultimate
May 2014
#8
The problem I've noticed is those always devolve into a pure useless petty argument.
penultimate
May 2014
#12
Part of the problem is how people create false equivalencies, even if perhaps not consciously so
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#16
An honest discussion of privilege can be edifying. Yet another daily lecture from ...
11 Bravo
May 2014
#37
Much as the daily denials of privilege from the "smug, pedantic, self-styled, desperately trendy att
LanternWaste
May 2014
#87
'Six of one, half a dozen of the other' portrays the two views as equally valid.
redqueen
May 2014
#97
In my view, anyone who denies the existence of privilege is far too unserious ...
11 Bravo
May 2014
#219
The words you choose (smug, pedantic, haranguing, etc) and which side you aim them at are revealing.
redqueen
May 2014
#259
Your not using bigoted insults is beside the point. It's nice and all, but beside the point. nt
redqueen
May 2014
#266
Ahh, so I've issued a demand. (Ain't that just like a white dude? Pushy bastards, the lot of them!)
11 Bravo
May 2014
#315
Now you're not even trying. Did you really just accuse me of "seeing something ...
11 Bravo
May 2014
#321
a suggestion is to stop using the word 'white' for a year and see what happens.
Sunlei
May 2014
#328
I did not tell you to go away, I only suggested that if you're looking for "teaching tools", they're
scarletwoman
May 2014
#288
Praise the Lord. But after he told a black poster here to "get a job" when she dared to talk about
Number23
May 2014
#309
The poster in question talks about it here and specifically talks about hurt she was
Number23
May 2014
#334
Thank you. It's sad to me that he was so angry, it was not my intent to bait him.
scarletwoman
May 2014
#312
I'm sorry, but if you want to continue arguing you'll have to pay for another five minutes.
FiveGoodMen
May 2014
#181
Honestly, I think a good chunk of it is probably just people getting frustrated at society, or life.
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#24
how would you feel if people painted you that way for having disgust at that thread on
bettyellen
May 2014
#339
The certain types would paint me that way if it suited their spin as it stands as it is anyway,
Katashi_itto
May 2014
#340
Perhaps because issues of racism and sexism and rape culture are of import to many women
myrna minx
May 2014
#35
The cratering economy has predominantly hit blacks, Latinos and women.
Starry Messenger
May 2014
#54
Generally the same people who anywhere else would clutsh their pearls at the notion of "class"
Scootaloo
May 2014
#161
I know, I've been meaning to start a satirical OP about it, but haven't had the ergs.
Starry Messenger
May 2014
#212
Holy shit. Could have been cut and pasted straight from Free Republic, including the bad spelling.
Number23
May 2014
#291
Why do you think that giving other people rights will take your rights away?
Jamastiene
May 2014
#293
" Lately, "white privilege" is to DU what "Benghazi" is to R's"......you might be right, sadly.
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#323
You're wrong. Minorities outvoted whites in 2012. Put together minorities and white women, and you
Squinch
May 2014
#254
Exactly. Those who think discussions on DU will make white men turn republican are entertaining.
redqueen
May 2014
#261
There are some here who have overtly stated that they won't vote Democratic because of
Squinch
May 2014
#278
A goodly portion of the carnage strewn on the shiny floor of capitalism are women and
Skidmore
May 2014
#81
Probably not best to imply issues important to minority communities are not only secondary
NuclearDem
May 2014
#95
Interesting observation. I hadn't noticed the "Dawn of the Dead" quality of this.
Squinch
May 2014
#255
It certainly seemed coordinated. It's like there's a wedge-of-the-month club
scheming daemons
May 2014
#55
They are if they are issues that divide a group of people who are obstensibly on the same side
scheming daemons
May 2014
#136
Conspiracy talk? Pretty funny coming from someone who was alerted to this grave problem
Sheldon Cooper
May 2014
#167
You are saying that like HoF has ever NOT talked about women's issues. ROFL!
Jamastiene
May 2014
#295
Yes we have. Because we are all powerful. And we are working quietly to take over the world.
Squinch
May 2014
#256
There have *literally* been many threads about white privilege in the past few months
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#122
So the very first time you heard of them, you decided to accuse them of disrupting DU
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#130
Well, lend your criticism to them. Because it is they who are on the wrong footing.
boston bean
May 2014
#77
True.... but there is a coordinated effort about ONE particular issue this month....
scheming daemons
May 2014
#90
Just tell me what June's wedge-of-the-month issue will be, so I can get a head start
scheming daemons
May 2014
#96
You have been on DU since 2003, I have since 2001 - was there some time period that you can recall
seaglass
May 2014
#141
Scheming - You seem to be making a lot of accusations about the origins of discussions on
seaglass
May 2014
#174
It's just partisan passion minus the intellectual integrity with a big dollop of consumerism.
rrneck
May 2014
#64
Anyone who has been at this board for any length of time understands it is not weird.
NCTraveler
May 2014
#125
I ignore all of them. They are not discussions, they always seem to be battles.
OregonBlue
May 2014
#106
You got flagged for review because you could not control your own self,
Sheldon Cooper
May 2014
#142
You should check your personal attacks at the door. You were hidden for good reason.
PeaceNikki
May 2014
#154
The really strange thing imo, is watching all these old DU accounts suddenly becoming
Rex
May 2014
#135
No, no.... it is completely organic discussion on DU! No coordinated effort at all!
scheming daemons
May 2014
#157
quite a sleuth you are Rex, found me out...please pay more attention to "posts in last 90 days"
Demonaut
May 2014
#175
I get the argument; I just don't see much useful in insisting that the issue of racism...
Comrade Grumpy
May 2014
#303
I admit I haven't read every post on this thread. Was someone making racist comments?
Comrade Grumpy
May 2014
#311
I think we have a bit of the old divide and conquer game going on here. Get something that DUers
jwirr
May 2014
#319