I propose a new term: White-Winger.

[AAO]

Applies to the racist teabagger types that only care about their own pale color.

[upaloopa]

1. Suppose they go to the beach and get a tan?

Why are we so hung up on white on this board?

[AAO]

2. Dag nabbit!!

[Purrfessor]

74. Tan bagger...eom

[JI7]

3. racist teabagger ? that's like saying racist KKK

[AAO]

4. Yes, keep going. Kick some racist ass!

[Hoyt]

5. Agree. I have been using that term a lot lately to refer to Tbaggers.

It really gets the bigoted conservatives ticked on Facebook.

[pipoman]

6. Ethnic slurs of any kind are not progressive. ..

[AverageJoe90]

8. I agree with that sentiment, but I don't think this counts as one, TBH. nt

[Gravitycollapse]

10. Is "white power" an ethnic slur?

[pipoman]

11. A slur is about context...

[Gravitycollapse]

13. What contextually makes "white-winger" an ethnic slur?

[hootinholler]

14. The same things that make white trash an ethnic slur

Or to go a step farther how do you feel about wigger?

[Gravitycollapse]

16. So calling someone a white racist is tantamount to calling someone trash because they're white?

That's certainly news to me.

[hootinholler]

20. Substitute black for white and maybe it will be clearer

The term white trash is not calling someone trash because they are white it is defining an inferior class of white people and used by those with a need to feel superior. Much like I suspect the OP's motivation.

It is not good behavior to build yourself up by tearing others down, that's what republicans do. Sadly there is more and more of that happening here.

[Gravitycollapse]

27. You can't simply substitute it. Black Americans are oppressed for being black.

Whereas White Americans are not oppressed for being white. In fact, they have special privilege for being white.

Very often, ethnic slurs against people of color involve historical context that simply doesn't exist for white people So the implications of using "white" in a turn of phrase are different from using "black." Very different.

[AgingAmerican]

75. Judgements

...based upon skin color are racist.

[nomorenomore08]

78. Saying white people have historically enjoyed unfair advantages is not a "judgement based upon skin

color" but a simple fact, and has nothing to do with any individual white person being evil.

[1000words]

18. Yah ... who's supposed to be offended re: wigger?

[hootinholler]

21. IMHO, Everyone. n/t

[1000words]

22. I concur.

The rare simultaneous two-fer.

[madinmaryland]

35. No. Your comment is an oxymoron.

That is not an ethnic slur. Please explain why you feel it is a slur.

[Gravitycollapse]

37. I don't think you understand the context of my comment.

I don't believe "white power" is an ethnic slur.

[Eleanors38]

56. Must be acceptable. Already used in the Gungeon...

and in Guns Discussion (GD). So it scores well on the PeakHate Scale™.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

66. white power?

This?

[nomorenomore08]

79. That sketch demonstrates the idiocy and myopia of racism better than anything else I can think of.

It's literally laughable, or would be if the stakes weren't so high.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

80. He set the tone for his show on Day 1

This skit is from his first episode.

[AverageJoe90]

7. Seems to apply quite well, IMO.

Because that is EXACTLY how the good majority of hard and far-right wingers are.

[LittleBlue]

9. The Rethugs love racial polarization

They need to do that because we have the winning issues.

So why do this?

[Eleanors38]

57. Uh, maybe some "progressives" love racial polarization, too?

[1000words]

12. "Racist" doesn't do the job well enough?

Essentially, your response to those framing issues solely by race is to frame the issue by race.

[yuiyoshida]

15. WHAT if this WINGER...has a name.. like

Debra....

[sarisataka]

17. I oppose any term

That judges a person based on their skin color.

Would DU accept a label that applied only to RW minorities? Something beginning with Uncle? It would not and should not.

[1000words]

19. It's not even a new term, to start.

Maybe to DU ...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=White-winger

[Bluenorthwest]

25. Yeah it's on that 'dictionary' anyone can add to for the last 5 months, how can anyone not

know it?
Good fucking god.

[sarisataka]

26. It is unimportant if it is new or old

What matters if a slur based or race/ skin color is appropriate

[VanillaRhapsody]

28. So by this thinking....calling someone a Chauvinist...is tantamount to sexist itself!!!

[sarisataka]

31. Is chauvinist

Based on skin color or race?

[VanillaRhapsody]

33. its based on gender!

Why? Does racism trump sexism?

[sarisataka]

36. Is it?

and does it only apply to one gender?
That's news to Webster

chau·vin·ism [shoh-vuh-niz-uhm]
noun
1.
zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
2.
biased devotion to any group, attitude, or cause: religious chauvinism.
3.
the denigration, disparagement, and patronization of either sex based on the belief that one sex is inferior to the other and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit. Compare male chauvinism.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chauvinism

[VanillaRhapsody]

38. it WAS often used in the past to describe males who were sexist towards women...

I have never heard it used towards a female...

but you knew that...

[sarisataka]

39. Though uncommon

I have heard it applied to females, back in the 70's when females were asserting themselves as equals.

Perhaps you didn't know that.

If it only applied to men the term male chauvinist would be redundant

but you knew that...

[VanillaRhapsody]

40. Uh it was most often used TOWARDS males...and often without the adjective...

I was there...

But you KNEW that...

[sarisataka]

41. i suppose we can quibble

Over the percentage of each gender it was used on; ignoring the original meaning...

I disapprove of sexist terms as well as racist

[VanillaRhapsody]

43. the point still remains.....

I still believe White Male Privilege exists...sorry.

[sarisataka]

45. I don't think

I ever denied that.

My statement was simply i don't think the suggestion in the OP is a term appropriate to a progressive site

[VanillaRhapsody]

46. then what IS your point....I DO believe it fits...I lived among them long enough..

my own father is one...

Personal experience....the shoe fits!

[sarisataka]

48. Which fits

If he is a chauvinist I'm sorry and as the term is non-specific it would be accurate.

If he is a right wing caucasian racist I'm sorry for you as well but i still believe the term white-winger is an inappropriate broad brush based on a racial identity. I believe it is little different than referring to 'some' African Americans as thugs.

[VanillaRhapsody]

51. He is all that...

and he is a White Winger in every sense of the word. The shoe DOES fit him...if it doesn't fit you...then walk away...its not about YOU. This isn't about broad brush painting ALL White people....just those of the rightwing persuasion....I do not understand how this offends YOU if YOU are not one of them. I hope you realize that Rightwing of this country are almost to a one White!

[Skip Intro]

50. +100 - for integrity. n/t

[calimary]

23. Might actually work. After all, the word "right" really doesn't fit.

Because pretty much NOTHING about them is anywhere close to being right. About ANYTHING.

[Skip Intro]

24. Yay! That's only half-racist, because you leave out leftist Whites.

[AverageJoe90]

42. Well, I don't think was the intention, though, TBH.....

[Skip Intro]

49. When skin color is used derogatorily, as here, it is racist.

Ironically so in this instance. Which isn't a rare instance on DU.

[AAO]

61. Racist? I'm white so how am I being racist? I'm just pointing out a fact, and giving it a name.

[Skip Intro]

67. Wow.

You're trying to coin a new term that would evaluate people in part based on the color of their skin, for starters.

Would you do similar with Black or Latino or Asian? Of course not. Why not? Because it would be racist. It isn't magically different when you use Whites. It's broad-brush racism all the same. No, it doesn't matter that you're White. The color of your skin doesn't matter. That's the whole point.

Plus I get a little tired of the hate Whitey threads. Slam repukes all you want, no need to make it racial.

[AAO]

69. The baggers are the ones evaluating people by skin color - I'm just giving it a name.

When a whole group of white people are racists, I will point it out - sorry if it offends you, but that's life. You get tired of "hate whitey" threads? I don't hate people because of their skin color, but if you think this is a "hate whitey" thread and you don't like it, then save yourself the grief and pick another OP to annoy.

[Skip Intro]

72. You invite replies when you start a thread.

If replies annoy you, maybe you shouldn't start a thread?



I'm not the only one taking offense to your OP, btw, as is evidenced by several other replies. But by all means, if you want to slam people because of the color of their skin, group people by skin color, etc, knock yourself out. Don't be surprised, though, when others call it what it actually is.

[AAO]

83. Everyone one of you is overreacting, trying to out holier than thou each other

I'm just here for the entertainment.

[bravenak]

29. I will try not to use it.

I'd hate to be called a black winger.
I hated wigger too. Stupid name. Hated it. Made me cringe.
I just call them the tea party.

[JustAnotherGen]

76. +1000 . . . but I call them

The IndieTeaPublicans because the 'teas' and 'indies' normally find a cozy home in the party of that abject bigot Paul Ryan.

Wigger makes me want to . That's just not nice. Yuck!

[arcane1]

30. There's also "wrong-winger"

[Retrograde]

32. I prefer "White Whinger", to use a British expression

a whinger being someone who complains about or finds fault in everything.

[ZombieHorde]

34. My one Tea Party friend on fb is a black guy.

Calling him a "white winger" might be kind of funny.

[Lizzie Poppet]

44. Because a little more race-based divisiveness will surely improve things...

[Nye Bevan]

47. Nah. People will think you have a speech impediment.

Sounds like Elmer Fudd saying "wascally wabbit".

[Petrushka]

52. Uh-oh! Can a black person be a "White-Winger" too?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/19/black-conservatives-lead-role-tea-party-movement/

http://southern4life.blogspot.com/2010/04/hera-take-me-now-there-are-black.html

[AAO]

62. Sure, if they believe White people are superior to them they can.

[bravenak]

77. Uncle Rukus.nt

[The Traveler]

53. I think it works

In its early days, the Tea Party seemed to be a reaction to the incestuous relationship between government and the financial sector. But with the election of Barack Obama (with whom, I must admit, I have serious policy differences), things changed ... and the energy of the movement was suddenly derived from racism.

And all that gives guys like me trouble. I have issues with Obama policies and practice. Those issues are non-trivial. But how can I oppose Obama and his crowd without adding to the political energy of these race baiting misogynistic homophobic assholes? I'm a long haired white guy ... and a redneck with a lot of education. I know dog whistle when I hear it. I grew up around that stuff. And much Republican rhetoric and deed goes far beyond the subtlety of dog whistle.

So I find myself walking this rather fine line. No. I am not a happy Obama supporter. I voted for him enthusiastically in 2008. I did so again in 2012, because the alternative was clearly unacceptable. And indeed it remains that despite all my difficulties with Mr. Obama's policies and practices. His political opposition is clearly so much worse.

Lesser of two evils? Yeah. I'll go for that every time, but it is too much to expect me to be happy about that. So forgive me if I cling to certain ideals ... And yet, when I regard the ferocity and irrationality of his opposition, I really don't see how anyone could be realistically expected to do a better job. Obama may not be all I want him to be ... but he is a sane man, and he is confronting madness.

Trav

[AAO]

54. Ain't that the truth. He's a sane intelligent man, with the burden of seeing into the abyss...

[Eleanors38]

58. What good is served by using the term?

[AAO]

63. It makes me laugh. I understand you don't think it funny, which is your right.

[Eleanors38]

68. So, all about your laughter. nt

[AAO]

70. Lady, get a life please.

[Eleanors38]

71. Get another cliche.

[AAO]

84. How's get a clue?

[deaniac21]

55. Well, that is the most clever term, ever!

[Eleanors38]

59. Keep this one in your box of fried chicken.

[AAO]

60. Funny the reactions you get sometimes...

The term Right-Winger we are all familiar with. My point was that there are a large segment of these people that are racist >100 IQ types. Obviously the vast majority of these racists are white. So the term white-winger. If you can't handle that, then fire away. But remember you will look quite foolish.

[FSogol]

64. Do we really need more terms to divide people?

[AAO]

65. I want racist teabaggers divided right out of the country if possible!

[Iris]

82. I thought it was funny.

I also think it's interesting how no one wants to point out the obvious. And when they do, there's always an exception to point out to "prove" that the extreme right wing's ideas are so universal even (some) minorities agree with them.

[lumberjack_jeff]

73. Good idea. "Cracker" is so 1970. n/t

[LWolf]

81. It sounds like a racist term to me.

Hypocritical, to say the least.