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rbrnmw

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21. That's a good handle for that one

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 12:26 AM

Dec 2014

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I understand the demographics of DU [View all] BronxBoy Dec 2014 OP

Me too! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #1

It's starting to get out of hand all right brush Dec 2014 #2

It was in one of the threads BronxBoy Dec 2014 #4

Please tell me that didn't happen here. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #17

Good Gods, she Hekate Dec 2014 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #7

Looks like I missed a live one... BronxBoy Dec 2014 #11

If so... can you explain it ( the demographics of DU) to the rest of us? Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 #3

What???? BronxBoy Dec 2014 #6

Oooops. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2014 #10

Still don't understand your question.., BronxBoy Dec 2014 #12

You ask that with a handle like "Smarmie Doofus"? Really? Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #13

That's a good handle for that one rbrnmw Dec 2014 #21

what relevance does her DU name have to do with the question she asked? why the unwarranted NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #33

It's not "snarkiness". It's bemusement over irony. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #39

Polite racists are the bane of my existence. bravenak Dec 2014 #5

Ditto the condescending ones... BronxBoy Dec 2014 #8

I hate the ones that try to teach us how to protest properly. bravenak Dec 2014 #9

No shit. It's like they're claiming their way is "more civilized"..... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #14

I wish they had shot fire arrows at the ships sometimes. bravenak Dec 2014 #15

Yeah, but they tried to pin it on us. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #26

OMG! They sure fucking did... Damn. bravenak Dec 2014 #40

Ha ha polite and reasonable people Kalidurga Dec 2014 #18

I do that too. bravenak Dec 2014 #41

exactly don't step on my feet and I don't step on yours well maybe cuz I am a clutz... Kalidurga Dec 2014 #42

So ignore them. For those of us babylonsister Dec 2014 #16

The dismissiveness on the subject of cultural appropriation today ... kwassa Dec 2014 #19

You lost me. babylonsister Dec 2014 #23

Some here think they know it all. n/t WHEN CRABS ROAR Dec 2014 #20

Not me. babylonsister Dec 2014 #22

If you don't mind, I started putting together an essay on the subject yesterday to explain it MrScorpio Dec 2014 #25

Not at all. Let me know/flag me? nt babylonsister Dec 2014 #29

You bet. MrScorpio Dec 2014 #36

I didn't know either, Babs. It was on the front page, and I responded to ... Hekate Dec 2014 #30

That's the main problem on this board regarding most topics. tammywammy Dec 2014 #31

I look at it this way MrScorpio Dec 2014 #24

I think these discussions are an extention upaloopa Dec 2014 #27

I won't even dare to think I know what it's like to be Black Gman Dec 2014 #32

"Don't see color" is a bull shit phrase. tammywammy Dec 2014 #34

"I don't see color" is often viewed as the calling card of the "politely" racist Number23 Dec 2014 #38

I work with a black woman babylonsister Dec 2014 #35

Yes...fuck them. nt Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 #37

you want I should kick some un-enlightened ass, BronxBoy? Skittles Dec 2014 #43

50 years heaven05 Dec 2014 #44