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Demsrule86

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90. They can't be racist as they don't exert enough power to do so.

Reply to ClarendonDem (Reply #60)

Thu Oct 19, 2017, 05:57 AM

Oct 2017

Minorities can not be racist in the true meaning of the word.

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Activist kicked off American Airlines flight, alleges 'white male aggression (Tamika Mallory) [View all] Demsrule86 Oct 2017 OP

links CurtEastPoint Oct 2017 #1

Thanks...brain dead...I forget links...I did update it. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #2

so no need to hear the pilot's side of the story . . . got it DrDan Oct 2017 #45

When I called the airline did not defend his words. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #86

Spoken like a true progressive DrDan Oct 2017 #107

A progressive would believe a fellow progressive ...the pilot had no business Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #109

When did I defend him - I just think it's fair to hear both sides DrDan Oct 2017 #111

She was profiled as an activist by the airline and targeted Not Ruth Oct 2017 #3

That is exactly it...in my opinion. I would be the pilot is racist scum. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #10

Please not how he spoke to her 'could she control herself' Are you fucking kidding me...how dare he? Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #11

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Define "racist," if you don't mind. MrScorpio Oct 2017 #39

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You do know that it's completely impossible for black people to be "racist" in this country, right? MrScorpio Oct 2017 #46

Wow, thats so not true ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #52

It's true... MrScorpio Oct 2017 #56

I didnt claim that a black minority ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #60

Racism is pure racial power dynamics MrScorpio Oct 2017 #67

So are you contending ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #75

I'm saying that you're mixing apples with pomegranates MrScorpio Oct 2017 #79

For one to be racist your race has to be in power stevenleser Oct 2017 #82

Not according to the common understanding ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #84

Merriam Websters are not experts on issues of ethnocentrism stevenleser Oct 2017 #85

They're experts on the English language melman Oct 2017 #88

we are not talking about casual speech here...to claim a group is racist when they do not have to Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #94

Exactly. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #91

They can't be racist as they don't exert enough power to do so. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #90

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I'm merely telling you that your analogies are false MrScorpio Oct 2017 #71

Exactly! Again GaryCnf Oct 2017 #59

It boggles the mind...that in 2017 you see this attitude. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #92

Thank you...and you are correct. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #89

You could not be more wrong leftynyc Oct 2017 #104

That is the definition of bigot, not racist NickB79 Oct 2017 #61

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A Black woman is taken to task for a legitimate complaint. She has a right just like we all do to Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #87

WTF is that supposd to mean? liberalhistorian Oct 2017 #41

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Neither Mallory or Farrakhan are "racist." MrScorpio Oct 2017 #51

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Farrakhan isn't Hitler MrScorpio Oct 2017 #57

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As I said before, it's impossible for black people to be racist in America MrScorpio Oct 2017 #70

And you can keep on saying it melman Oct 2017 #77

I don't care what he is... MrScorpio Oct 2017 #81

"I don't care what he is" melman Oct 2017 #83

Seriously inappropriate. I see we have some first amendment for only those views that I subscribe to Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #93

Farrakhan is not a racist? melman Oct 2017 #58

That's right. MrScorpio Oct 2017 #65

I don't know how I got here but there is a reason I have GD trashed JonLP24 Oct 2017 #69

Nonsense Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #13

My guess is that her political views and activism lapfog_1 Oct 2017 #26

Television and movies have made it seem so Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #28

As if the TSA doesn't run background and social media checks johnsonsnap Oct 2017 #80

I agree...and if you come from a state that didn't cave and put a 'star' on Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #95

Why cant you get a passport ? cwydro Oct 2017 #108

As difficult as pretending a doctor is atypical. LanternWaste Oct 2017 #112

I have no idea what youre trying to get across here. nt cwydro Oct 2017 #114

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I think a black (Or female) pilot would have just as readily booted her. Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #4

She said nothing to him...he confronted her...suggest you read the article and yes Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #9

I did read the article Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #14

Why? She was removed from the plane after boarding ...no one said she did anything. I have to wonder Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #23

Because we have only heard from her so far Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #24

The pilot is in charge of the plane mythology Oct 2017 #17

Sorry complaining about bad service is not grounds for being tossed off a plane...and she was Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #22

Nonsense Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #25

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She is an activist...She organized the Woman's march. I think they knew who she was. And she is a Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #103

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This message was self-deleted by its author Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #30

Sorry, that dog won't hunt Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #32

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Bullshit. We don't have to take bad service meekly because our airline 'betters' might not like it. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #96

Sounds like she was treated horribly mcar Oct 2017 #5

Of course not...his time is way more important don't you know. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #8

I think yes, and more readily Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #29

Good. Save your complaints for after the flight. Nt joeybee12 Oct 2017 #6

No, a person should be able to complain politely or even not politely...fascist behavior. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #7

And you blindly accept her version because .. joeybee12 Oct 2017 #12

No more and no less than you blindly reject her version. LanternWaste Oct 2017 #18

she was kicked off the plan after being allowed to board... go on twitter...yes I believe her. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #97

I completely agree, as long as they're not liberalhistorian Oct 2017 #48

She actually used the "do you know who I am" gambit? cwydro Oct 2017 #15

The response to that should always be, EllieBC Oct 2017 #37

Yeah, I'm not fond of that line. cwydro Oct 2017 #63

link? Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #98

Watch her on her own FB page. cwydro Oct 2017 #105

I didn't get my aisle seat! threw a fit- thrown off plane snooper2 Oct 2017 #16

Didnt something similar happen to Ann Coulter recently? cwydro Oct 2017 #19

Again link...that Tamika did that. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #102

What? That she was upset at a seat change? cwydro Oct 2017 #106

No that she did a 'do you know who I am ? ' anyone would be upset about being kicked off a plan. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #110

She admits that herself. cwydro Oct 2017 #113

She complained about her seat...I had the same issue and they were very gracious but not here. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #99

I'd like to see some video on this jmowreader Oct 2017 #20

By her own admission, the gate agent was a black woman too cwydro Oct 2017 #21

THANK YOU n/t GaryCnf Oct 2017 #27

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Troll, troll, troll yer boat, gently down shit stream MrScorpio Oct 2017 #38

And thank you as well GaryCnf Oct 2017 #42

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You're not going to be around here for that long MrScorpio Oct 2017 #49

Exactly! GaryCnf Oct 2017 #54

The wait is over MrScorpio Oct 2017 #73

. . . GaryCnf Oct 2017 #78

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She is a bernie Sanders supporter also JI7 Oct 2017 #64

Cool. She's now the African American Ann Coulter. n/m RhodeIslandOne Oct 2017 #40

Really? A black woman complains about an incident American admitted they mishandled Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #100

I'd much prefer to hear from the "uppity black woman" 9 to 5 worker she put in her place, don't you? RhodeIslandOne Oct 2017 #115

That never happened. But hey...if you want to give airlines a pass when they screw up do so for Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #116

Guitar123 is now history,,, MrScorpio Oct 2017 #72

Great job in this thread JonLP24 Oct 2017 #74

Thanks very much! MrScorpio Oct 2017 #76

I would also like to thank you. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #101