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Claire McCaskill FTW: "CPAC: I have never seen so many grown white men act like victims in my life." (Original Post) highplainsdem Feb 2021 OP
They are victims and liars . . .. Iliyah Feb 2021 #1
And they call US snowflakes Cirque du So-What Feb 2021 #2
Victims of their "white privilege". Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #3
WWP bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #4
Cowards rickyhall Feb 2021 #5
As a grown white man.... Jon King Feb 2021 #6
As a grown white woman, I see the same among many white women. yardwork Feb 2021 #12
I disagree Hstch05 Feb 2021 #7
They don't even act like victims Major Nikon Feb 2021 #17
They need to be more seriously challenged for their nonsense. kentuck Feb 2021 #8
I agree. Journalists should nail them. Nt spooky3 Feb 2021 #10
+1, dems need a messaging infrastructure for that uponit7771 Feb 2021 #13
So much this. We're getting better, but we need to be much stronger. It's still our Achilles heel. JudyM Feb 2021 #27
Yep! kentuck Feb 2021 #28
Key words: "White, men". NM Grins Feb 2021 #9
Snowflakes.... MarcoZandrini Feb 2021 #11
They are exactly Jilly_in_VA Feb 2021 #14
Victims of their own bad habits, stupidity and spite ancianita Feb 2021 #15
Perpetual victimhood has long been their M.O. GoCubsGo Feb 2021 #16
Fear- packman Feb 2021 #18
Now you can add Mr. Potato Head central scrutinizer Feb 2021 #25
Right wingers are never original, they copy from the left treestar Feb 2021 #19
Aw the poor babies heckles65 Feb 2021 #20
The GOP has certainly turned into the whiny-ass party, that's for sure. Vinca Feb 2021 #21
K&R betsuni Feb 2021 #22
The word is "losers" DBoon Feb 2021 #23
Hey! Trying to be one of the Masters of the Universe isn't an easy gig. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #24
they even have to push the term "cancel culture" to try and make it look like it is a bad thing Takket Feb 2021 #26

Jon King

(1,910 posts)
6. As a grown white man....
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 10:50 AM
Feb 2021

Absolutely pathetic what has become of our demographic. Insecure with totally fake tough guy acts, never matured past playground bullies from grade school.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
17. They don't even act like victims
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 11:58 AM
Feb 2021

They act like people who invent fantasyland nonsense so they can pretend (badly) to act like victims.

JudyM

(29,233 posts)
27. So much this. We're getting better, but we need to be much stronger. It's still our Achilles heel.
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 06:20 PM
Feb 2021

We are on the side of right (small R), we just need to nail the messaging.

Jilly_in_VA

(9,965 posts)
14. They are exactly
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 11:41 AM
Feb 2021

the kind of folks I call WYPIPO. And I'm an older white woman myself. Or if you're being polite you could call them, as my son did, Saltine-Americans.

GoCubsGo

(32,079 posts)
16. Perpetual victimhood has long been their M.O.
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 11:48 AM
Feb 2021

They put it in overdrive whenever they're out of power. It's how they recruit their not-wealthy members.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
19. Right wingers are never original, they copy from the left
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 12:05 PM
Feb 2021

To them, it has worked when people brought out injustices, and they don't like the resulting advances. So they think they can advance for themselves by claiming to be victims of injustice.

heckles65

(549 posts)
20. Aw the poor babies
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 12:07 PM
Feb 2021

Guess they're going to have to run into their state legislatures, boardrooms and country clubs, and cry their eyes out.

DBoon

(22,356 posts)
23. The word is "losers"
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 12:53 PM
Feb 2021

Hard to think of people with every privilege possible in the history of the world being losers, but there they are.

They are just aging incels.

Takket

(21,560 posts)
26. they even have to push the term "cancel culture" to try and make it look like it is a bad thing
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 01:29 PM
Feb 2021

that they are being called out for their lies, hatred and stupidity.

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