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66. "Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #65)

Mon May 7, 2018, 07:12 PM

May 2018

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I see Wypipo ... [View all] EffieBlack May 2018 OP

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There are no mods who remove posts. Juries might, but there are no moderators doing so uppityperson May 2018 #8

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I see how stupid it is. IluvPitties May 2018 #2

Right??? ismnotwasm May 2018 #3

We don't need division in between ourselves. IluvPitties May 2018 #7

Why did you delete your own post, IluvPitties? hlthe2b May 2018 #9

Don't want to contribute to division us about minor issues. IluvPitties May 2018 #14

Ok ismnotwasm May 2018 #20

This is beautifully stated EffieBlack May 2018 #26

Thank you! ismnotwasm May 2018 #31

What you said, mountain grammy May 2018 #38

Sometimes I wonder if we have made any progress at all? kentuck May 2018 #68

I agree. We have to put aside our differences and stand together at all costs Danascot May 2018 #56

You are just wrong. BumRushDaShow May 2018 #4

LOL! Oh Lord...you know, this all makes me sad. nolabear May 2018 #5

nolabear, my grampa said, "that was the platform OxQQme May 2018 #45

LOL. Iggo May 2018 #6

Have you read anything else by Michael Harriot? oberliner May 2018 #10

How is it "racially divisive?" EffieBlack May 2018 #12

He makes it difficult to bring potato dishes to friends Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #17

Be careful who you ask to bring the potato salad. EffieBlack May 2018 #18

See? Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #19

But raisins are not. (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #60

He was confused. Those weren't potatoes; they were apples. It was a Waldorf Salad. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #61

Indeed. (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #62

I have read his stuff for a long time. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #13

And it's having the desired effect in here. NightWatcher May 2018 #15

Oh it's relevant ismnotwasm May 2018 #21

"Wypipo" includes white women who voted for Trump or defend white women who voted for him EffieBlack May 2018 #24

Exactly! ismnotwasm May 2018 #25

So discussion of how people view each other (and why) is not an "issue"? BumRushDaShow May 2018 #23

Thank you. greatauntoftriplets May 2018 #16

LOL Gothmog May 2018 #22

An attempt to mainstream a racial pejorative Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #27

Not mainstream Explain. EffieBlack May 2018 #29

Rationalization is not explanation. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #30

I guess you would see it that way. EffieBlack May 2018 #35

I can only see with my own eyes Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #39

No it doesn't. cwydro May 2018 #34

No it's not. Nobody is doing that. NurseJackie May 2018 #63

There is also the attempt to exempt racial pejoratives directed at caucasians from censure Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #64

No there isn't. NurseJackie May 2018 #65

"Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #66

...intellectual process... NurseJackie May 2018 #67

Just when we need Duck Gregory to 'splain it to the people who need it, he is gone. grantcart May 2018 #28

Sandwich vs. Sammich EffieBlack May 2018 #32

Wypipo threads everywhere Devil Child May 2018 #33

Me, too wryter2000 May 2018 #36

I think Wypipo is much less offensive than some of the old terms... Sancho May 2018 #37

Excuse me. That's "honky", please. Us old white farts don't take kindly to change. n/t TygrBright May 2018 #40

LOL! MineralMan May 2018 #41

"If you do not like being ridiculed you deserve to be ridiculed" Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #50

I am an animal activist and don't like spcy food!1!! HOW VERY DARE YOU!1!!!!111 WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #42

I guess I missed all the fun!! nt Lucky Luciano May 2018 #43

yup Afromania May 2018 #44

Example of Wypipo in action is another active thread in GD salin May 2018 #46

..."and they don't know they are white." HopeAgain May 2018 #47

They think they're just "the people." EffieBlack May 2018 #52

Wooooooo-oooooo. And we glow in the dark, too. Very scary. Hekate May 2018 #48

and we smell in the rain XRubicon May 2018 #49

Ain't that the truth. sheshe2 May 2018 #51

They also found a form of "racism" that's OK to call out without being accused of being racist EffieBlack May 2018 #53

This sheshe2 May 2018 #55

I did not know what "Wypipo" was... figured it out about halfway down the page of comments. keithbvadu2 May 2018 #54

I don't understand the panic about divisiveness. betsuni May 2018 #57

Yes. And it's only divisive when minorities call out racism or make them uncomfortable. EffieBlack May 2018 #58

I don't understand the outrage. Nonhlanhla May 2018 #59