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EffieBlack

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66. Awreckastow?

Reply to George II (Reply #60)

Wed May 30, 2018, 09:33 PM

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Wypipo is the new Cracker. It's divisive and clearly not in the spirit of Democratic values. [View all] elehhhhna May 2018 OP

It's a humorous way to callout everyday racism. It's not used in a cruel bettyellen May 2018 #1

You know what everyone else's motivations are? WillowTree May 2018 #29

Because I know about Black Twitter and it was a thing, less so now, but.... bettyellen May 2018 #166

Do the people on the receiving end on the name calling also laugh at the procon May 2018 #33

I've never once seen anyone "receive" wypipo as an epithet- citation please? bettyellen May 2018 #167

Post removed Post removed May 2018 #185

And who was running tons of fake blm social media and making these mes? Fucking russia. Guess why? elehhhhna May 2018 #192

No, "Wypipo" is not the slang equivalent to "nigger." EffieBlack May 2018 #198

"The swamps of black twitter" gollygee May 2018 #202

Issue is that any white person can be insulted. sharedvalues May 2018 #114

What?? You went there and used plain and unassailable logic BlueWI May 2018 #144

Because we can't have any disagreements on DU - EffieBlack May 2018 #156

Race isn't the only divisive thread topic. Try... Beartracks May 2018 #160

Are those your shoes, a Democrat's shoes? sheshe2 May 2018 #159

Smh EffieBlack May 2018 #161

Ummhmm. sheshe2 May 2018 #163

And these our are ALLIES? Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #215

I agree with your analysis Gothmog May 2018 #220

Clearly it's not an epithet people throw around. Does anyone here have context?!? Anyone angry? No. bettyellen May 2018 #168

Most people don't think what they say is cruel. lark May 2018 #213

It's literally used as a tag used when someone does or says something kinda racist- usually clueless bettyellen May 2018 #214

I've asked 5 times and never got a solid answer before now. lark May 2018 #233

I think the animal lover crap came from trolls hoping they could start a war.... bettyellen May 2018 #234

OK, I thought I had it and now it's unclear again. lark May 2018 #235

I'd say that it's usually used in less high-stakes circumstances than calling the cops- bettyellen May 2018 #236

Hmm name calling means calling a person a name gollygee May 2018 #2

it is not "just a name"-it is a name based on race flotsam May 2018 #6

What? gollygee May 2018 #8

Are you saying a double standard is permissible? wasupaloopa May 2018 #34

It isn't a double standard gollygee May 2018 #45

What "context"? whathehell May 2018 #90

You can't be this clueless EffieBlack May 2018 #103

Wanna bet! Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #217

Not far enough under the radar. NCTraveler May 2018 #195

We need folks like you to make a list wasupaloopa May 2018 #139

You could see if there's a sociology class at a local university. nt gollygee May 2018 #140

And there are derogatory names that are unacceptable here Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #11

It's acceptable precisely because it's a term, which by DEFINITION doesnt apply to ALL white people. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #12

Think how that would sound if you switched the racial slur mythology May 2018 #17

Other than a few comedians, you'd be hard-pressed to find many black people who would patiently EffieBlack May 2018 #23

You actually made my point, thanks... the n-word was created, and is still used, as a racist InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #26

Exactly what suburban chicagoans say about the n word. elehhhhna May 2018 #201

Yes it is whathehell May 2018 #84

How is the word "wypipo" "divisive?" EffieBlack May 2018 #104

You can see it just in posts on DU sharedvalues May 2018 #118

People disagreeing or even complaining about something doesn't make it divisive EffieBlack May 2018 #134

"W*****po" causes arguments on DU sharedvalues May 2018 #138

So do discussions of how to fry chicken. gollygee May 2018 #142

Wow. sharedvalues May 2018 #143

Bingo! EffieBlack May 2018 #155

Post removed Post removed May 2018 #205

You distilled the issue Skidmore May 2018 #209

BINGO! bettyellen May 2018 #165

"Causing arguments on DU?!?!" EffieBlack May 2018 #148

It hasn't changed my behavior or opinion. sheshe2 May 2018 #162

The argument that "I don't mean YOU, of course" is as old as time elehhhhna May 2018 #188

It is literally used as a tag to describe incidents of problematic behavior bettyellen May 2018 #216

Meh. Wypipo doesn't affect me at all. I'm white and still feel pretty privileged. nt Lucky Luciano May 2018 #3

Me neither. And I get why POC need a humorous shorthand to talk about experiences w the clueless bettyellen May 2018 #170

It actually isn't. Caliman73 May 2018 #4

Okay. Post a general statement about some group using an epithet. Go ahead. I'll wait. elehhhhna May 2018 #18

but wypipo isn't "a general statement about some group using an epithet" fishwax May 2018 #65

so blkpipo is now acceptable under the same bullshit explaination? elehhhhna May 2018 #193

It's not "blkpipo." It's "blahpipo." EffieBlack May 2018 #199

You are the decider then? Got it. elehhhhna May 2018 #206

Lol. Well, you asked EffieBlack May 2018 #207

This is getting really weird. betsuni May 2018 #210

The gnashing of teeth over this after 200 years of lynching, the N word, Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #223

I wonder why you're so upset. betsuni May 2018 #212

I don't see the two as equivalent, given fishwax May 2018 #218

Why would I do that? Caliman73 May 2018 #149

You are so awesome! EffieBlack May 2018 #30

Fwiw I'm white and think people who get their undies in a twist kcr May 2018 #5

Exactly! Ironically, it's like a litmus test InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #13

Right on point. Rosanne and her ilk epitimizes what wypipo means. Anyone else... brush May 2018 #80

Enlightened? You'd think so... guess not everyone. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #137

I am also white and I agree with your analysis Gothmog May 2018 #221

I see no name calling of DUers. sheshe2 May 2018 #7

God forbid some non POC might ask WHY the word is used and try to LEARN From that. Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #224

Yep. sheshe2 May 2018 #226

Your own personal experiences and perceptions are not a universal truth. procon May 2018 #228

Puhhleease... nice try!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #9

My problem with the term is that it smacks of 'ebonics' and flamin lib May 2018 #10

+1 Go Vols May 2018 #55

Sounds like something a toddler would say MichMan May 2018 #62

Yup. Crunchy Frog May 2018 #174

It's realy an in-group joke, so no, it works fine. There was never a good word to describe bettyellen May 2018 #219

Okay. It just seems to used by some as a slur (to deserving flamin lib May 2018 #230

You're most welcome. And I'd like to point out it was only brought here by way of people angry bettyellen May 2018 #231

Wypipo doesn't affect me in the slightest. Codeine May 2018 #14

I don't care vercetti2021 May 2018 #15

Cracker is not a term I heard in Louisiana GulfCoast66 May 2018 #16

Atlanta Black Crackers 1919-1949 Marcuse May 2018 #36

Who knew! GulfCoast66 May 2018 #39

Nm Marcuse May 2018 #72

Oh, come on. Not THIS shit again! EffieBlack May 2018 #19

Right? I feel like posting this over and over again ismnotwasm May 2018 #20

Such a great sketch!! Still applicable! Docreed2003 May 2018 #42

Why effie you know we been sufferin with this wypipo for 3-4 weeks now. How long we have to suffer? grantcart May 2018 #22

How long, I feel... sheshe2 May 2018 #28

+1 fleabiscuit May 2018 #58

it is not a slur it is a Portmanteau with a slightly humorous twist grantcart May 2018 #21

A Portmanteau with a slightly humorous twist! Help! GulfCoast66 May 2018 #40

Well the Spanish Inquisition isn't coming to help you out. grantcart May 2018 #64

First you get Python in my head... GulfCoast66 May 2018 #69

Who would expect it, after all? (nt) mr_lebowski May 2018 #145

Lol.. whathehell May 2018 #194

I agree with OP. At first, I didn't object, philly_bob May 2018 #24

"You don't want to lead with WYPIPO in the 2018 elections." sheshe2 May 2018 #37

I was unclear. philly_bob May 2018 #53

Well I guess you were very unclear. sheshe2 May 2018 #61

W**** are Trumpers: then say trumpers. sharedvalues May 2018 #74

I believe that to be quite logical G_j May 2018 #135

+1 !! gollygee May 2018 #54

;) sheshe2 May 2018 #73

Forgive me, but if I may ... mr_lebowski May 2018 #154

Okay sheshe2 May 2018 #173

Obviously, we can't have a civil discussion no matter much I assured you I'm completely on your side mr_lebowski May 2018 #175

"Majority of white people vote Republican"????!! sharedvalues May 2018 #75

It isn't an anti-Democratic sentiment gollygee May 2018 #78

"Majority of white people vote Republican" means the term is an insult sharedvalues May 2018 #83

We don't have to fight on race gollygee May 2018 #85

I am with you sharedvalues May 2018 #89

We don't own the term gollygee May 2018 #91

No, we do own our words, and we do get to urge constructiveness sharedvalues May 2018 #93

DU will hopefully be at least somewhat friendly to people of color gollygee May 2018 #96

It's about EVERYONE. Black and white. sharedvalues May 2018 #99

White people need to stop centering white people in every situation gollygee May 2018 #107

People on DU constantly offend me and other POC. But when we point it out, we're told WE'RE being EffieBlack May 2018 #112

Let's go kneel together at an anthem - shoulder to shoulder sharedvalues May 2018 #116

Telling people of color how and when they are allowed to protest isn't an improvement upon gollygee May 2018 #117

No, offering to join a protest sharedvalues May 2018 #119

The term "wypipo" is a protest against racism gollygee May 2018 #120

That's a distortion. "W*****po" is divisive sharedvalues May 2018 #123

"Wypipo" is only divisive in the opinion of a small number of people gollygee May 2018 #129

Thanks, but you and I meeting up to kneel at a sporting event is not what I'm going for. I have EffieBlack May 2018 #130

Because it's a way for Dems to show unity sharedvalues May 2018 #133

The only way for us to show unity is for you to show up in my town & hook up with me for a kneel-in? EffieBlack May 2018 #136

Dems need to unify. sharedvalues May 2018 #141

Also gollygee May 2018 #81

Lets fight racism AND embrace the Dem "big tent" sharedvalues May 2018 #95

White people who are not racist gollygee May 2018 #97

This. Iggo May 2018 #151

I'm white and I'm still going to vote Democratic like I always do ck4829 May 2018 #184

Hells yes. bettyellen May 2018 #169

When BBQ Becky... tonedevil May 2018 #25

Chrissakes, this again. wellst0nev0ter May 2018 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers May 2018 #71

Your exasperation is duly noted.. whathehell May 2018 #200

At first it's a Twitter abbreviation of "white people" wellst0nev0ter May 2018 #225

Last week it was posted that if you don't like wypipo OP's don't reply. wasupaloopa May 2018 #31

Is it shorthand for something? guillaumeb May 2018 #32

It's a race based pejorative used by bigots Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #35

So you are calling all DUers bigots that post about "wypipo'? sheshe2 May 2018 #38

After reading the comments here and elsewhere, guillaumeb May 2018 #41

Thank you. sheshe2 May 2018 #43

My opinion. guillaumeb May 2018 #44

I have seen it's use in places other than this. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #46

I understand your concern, guillaumeb May 2018 #49

It is designed as a racial epithet Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #52

That's been admitted by posters above - it's an insult sharedvalues May 2018 #106

No. sheshe2 May 2018 #50

there is nothing pejorative about it and it isn't race based grantcart May 2018 #68

It's literally a somewhat phonetic spelling of 'white people". How is that NOT race based? N/t TCJ70 May 2018 #70

Because it isn't applied to all wite people grantcart May 2018 #158

Imagine, if you will, a word that is only used to describe people of one non-white skin color... TCJ70 May 2018 #182

Ugh. No, it isn't. n/t pnwmom May 2018 #110

Nope, it's a term used to describe a particular type of bigot. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #147

It's a race based pejorative. sharedvalues May 2018 #76

One thing is for sure: wypipo are fucking sensitive. nt Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #47

The inevitable tautology. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #48

Poor oppressed wypipo. nt Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #51

Lol....nt sheshe2 May 2018 #94

Above someone said that only Republicans are w****po sharedvalues May 2018 #77

Yes, those poor wypipo's feelings could be hurt. The horror. nt Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #100

Lol, not all of us. Being upset about wypipo is so foreign to me I feel like I'm from another planet njhoneybadger May 2018 #153

Remember the "wrecka stow" scene in Under the Cherry Moon? LuvLoogie May 2018 #56

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA MariaCSR May 2018 #57

PERFECT!!! EffieBlack May 2018 #59

Because of that movie I haven't been able to pronounce "record store" correctly for decades. betsuni May 2018 #180

I don't have a problem with that word, and I'm a "Wyperson". Its more of a colloquialism.... George II May 2018 #60

Awreckastow? EffieBlack May 2018 #66

Touche! George II May 2018 #67

But many say it's meant for white Republicans sharedvalues May 2018 #79

It's for any white people who are racist - often racist white people who think they aren't racist gollygee May 2018 #82

So you admit it's an insult sharedvalues May 2018 #86

It's an insult against racist white people gollygee May 2018 #87

Non racists think it applies to them sharedvalues May 2018 #92

Racist white people should be insulted gollygee May 2018 #98

Problem is NON racist, Dem white people are insulted sharedvalues May 2018 #105

They don't need to be insulted. They need to work on that if they are. nt gollygee May 2018 #108

They ARE insulted sharedvalues May 2018 #111

Then let's work together to fight racism gollygee May 2018 #113

But DU people feel insulted. Otherwise +1 sharedvalues May 2018 #115

It's a race base slur tacked onto an important national issue. procon May 2018 #229

Well. I am white. sheshe2 May 2018 #102

If some do take offense we should take it seriously. sharedvalues May 2018 #109

What do we do when... sheshe2 May 2018 #121

Don't commingle them. We should do BOTH! sharedvalues May 2018 #124

White people who would choose not to fight racism over the term "wypipo" gollygee May 2018 #127

"sharedvalues 124. Don't commingle them. We should do BOTH!" sheshe2 May 2018 #150

How far should we go with that? missingthebigdog May 2018 #176

Bottom line EffieBlack May 2018 #122

They take offense because it's an insult sharedvalues May 2018 #126

An insult against racists. nt gollygee May 2018 #128

An insult that DUers take offense to. sharedvalues May 2018 #131

Who is "we?" gollygee May 2018 #132

I find being called a race-baiter an insult. And that's directed specifically to me EffieBlack May 2018 #146

It sounds like toddler speak to me. Tipperary May 2018 #177

This will only lead to more threads using the word oberliner May 2018 #63

... sheshe2 May 2018 #125

Cry me a river tulipsandroses May 2018 #88

This. sheshe2 May 2018 #152

Oh, bullshit. Much ado about nothing. kwassa May 2018 #101

Cracka, PLEEZE!!! bdtrppr6 May 2018 #157

Here ya go Wypipo Explained tulipsandroses May 2018 #164

Excellent! EffieBlack May 2018 #171

The WYPIPO issue requires admins to take a stand. philly_bob May 2018 #172

What do we call other sub groups of ethnicities that's okay here? elehhhhna May 2018 #181

Can we write/say JustAnotherGen May 2018 #178

Is this still going on? HopeAgain May 2018 #179

It's fairly obnoxious. nt LexVegas May 2018 #183

I'm trying to feel divided or insulted or oppressed by its usage, but I just can't get there. LanternWaste May 2018 #186

The ones that scream "divisive!" are the ones that most need to hear it Tarc May 2018 #187

Got it. So what color/racebased name are we using here for black people like Ben Carson and Sheriff elehhhhna May 2018 #190

wipipo has only been around for weeks or months and its causing so much psychic pain... marble falls May 2018 #196

Are you fucking kidding me? elehhhhna May 2018 #197

Are you fucking kidding me? marble falls May 2018 #204

Not sure what that really has to do with what we're talking about Tarc May 2018 #208

Deep. NCTraveler May 2018 #189

Yawn )))) Sunsky May 2018 #191

Suffice to say, is one of the words the Knights of Ni cannot hear. betsuni May 2018 #203

Can't we all agree? kentuck May 2018 #211

Nope. Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #222

This is what we're arguing about now? easttexaslefty May 2018 #227

I have no problem with it. GumboYaYa May 2018 #232

Just so everyone understands it's use... fleabiscuit May 2018 #237