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179. It should work well in reinforcing the base of both parties in what they believe

Thu May 31, 2018, 06:57 PM

May 2018

That's my guess.

Trump is a better divider than anyone on our side. If people make it all about race then so be it, but it might not work out so well outside of the big cities and liberal enclaves. Doesn't matter directly here in CA, but the blow back might not be good. Wipipo went from prey to predators in the 300 years between 1000 and 1300.

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Wypipo, brace yourselves, it's going to get worse before it gets better. [View all] NCTraveler May 2018 OP

K&R. One can be white without being a wypipo IMHO ck4829 May 2018 #1

One can be black and not a nword. Rascists been claiming that excuse for years. elehhhhna May 2018 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author betsuni May 2018 #14

Not the same thing, not the same ballpark, not even the same fucking sport. nt Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #31

Yup yup... sounds like something wypipo say. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #56

Reasonable African-Americans, Too Roy Rolling May 2018 #83

Thought exercise: moriah May 2018 #38

There's always a few "good ones", right? TCJ70 May 2018 #84

add to that, it is not exactly effective ollie10 May 2018 #96

if you mercuryblues May 2018 #180

"Wypipo" describes specific attitudes and behaviors. Please tell us exactly what "nigger" describes. EffieBlack May 2018 #88

I'll, if you really want me to share, explain the way my NotRacist(tm) father.... moriah May 2018 #101

You totally get it. EffieBlack May 2018 #110

No kidding..That's what all DUers know and abide by here.. whathehell Jun 2018 #204

Tools of a divisive agenda or trolls, bullies, not sure. elehhhhna Jun 2018 #209

Very possible whathehell Jun 2018 #214

Doesn't the word "racist" describe a person like that? oberliner May 2018 #22

Racist people almost always claim they aren't racist gollygee May 2018 #28

No, it doesn't EffieBlack May 2018 #91

Effie, you know they'd rather have you shout "Micro-agreesor!" because it's .... bettyellen May 2018 #126

They hate discussion of microaggressions just as much as the word "wypipo" gollygee May 2018 #151

And when you make a joke about it, as in tweeting about Wypipo, that's not mild enough either. bettyellen May 2018 #168

Shutting down discussion of racism that might make lead to discomfort is always the end game. nt gollygee May 2018 #169

The word isn't the issue. The goal is to circle the wagons around fellow white people EffieBlack May 2018 #182

Read the Op title and explain whether or not it's provocative of civil discussion. elehhhhna Jun 2018 #210

It's provoke numerous civil discussions EffieBlack Jun 2018 #215

. gollygee Jun 2018 #221

Think how stupid it would sound if I used any other slur mythology May 2018 #23

My husband is English and I live in England now iwillalwayswonderwhy May 2018 #142

Exactly.. whathehell Jun 2018 #205

Yes, that would be stupid. Almost as stupid as that analogy. EffieBlack Jun 2018 #246

Boom! EffieBlack May 2018 #35

who is this wypopo azureblue May 2018 #43

Could be, could be, could be (though not necessarily) and no. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #60

Popo? JustAnotherGen May 2018 #77

PS - if you are IN Italy - it depends JustAnotherGen May 2018 #80

If you punch Richard Spencer in the face at Trump's inauguration, you are one as well. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #45

If you punch Richard Spencer in the face you're a goddamned Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #58

Well done. or as we used to say RIGHT ON Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #127

That is the exact same argument used by many racists. PufPuf23 Jun 2018 #222

Death throes Tavarious Jackson May 2018 #2

At this point, the word is like the CSA flag, to me; Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #3

Yeah, just like the CSA flag. NCTraveler May 2018 #5

If I see someone display it, Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #11

I feel that same way about people gollygee May 2018 #17

I guess I understand. NCTraveler May 2018 #20

The inevitable tautology Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #24

"the word is like the CSA flag, to me" NCTraveler May 2018 #136

Loss of privilege is often a hard thing. Cuthbert Allgood May 2018 #19

Um, one "hard thing" it doesn't include is tolerating race-based slurs whathehell Jun 2018 #208

You really identify with that term, don't you? Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #34

The inevitable tautology Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #37

Of course, you could come to the realization that the word has nothing to do with you. Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #49

I understand your childish Catch-22 Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #52

I'm not the one trying to compare a taunt aimed a white racists Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #65

Neither am I so I understand your frustration Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #70

Oh? Is that not what this says? Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #72

No. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #73

. Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #75

Why must one slur be completely analogous to another to qualify as offensive? whathehell May 2018 #111

I'm not the one who was arguing it was. Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #123

If I was a slot machine you would win the jackpot. Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #128

Um, and does that mean that if someone calls black men "thugs" whathehell May 2018 #138

NOT the same fucking thing, AT ALL. Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #148

You get to determine whether someone else's concern is valid? Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #156

Don't know of what you speak... Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #170

Really? whathehell Jun 2018 #194

Are white people historically oppressed by black people? Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2018 #196

Should white people be made to "pay" for an unjust system they whathehell Jun 2018 #199

Post removed Post removed Jun 2018 #200

Oh come on, Doc. Not a single Wypipo living today ever had slaves EffieBlack Jun 2018 #201

Ha! Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2018 #202

Calling me a "fucking wypipo" whathehell Jun 2018 #203

You benefit from it. Cuthbert Allgood Jun 2018 #247

Less than you I expect, but that aside, what's the answer? whathehell Jun 2018 #248

Because the Rebel Rag represented racist, race based way of life and wypipo represent a racist, ... marble falls May 2018 #39

The fact that injustice #1 is worse than injustice #2 does whathehell Jun 2018 #198

If you equate a PoC's use of wipipo with the white supremist use of the Rebel Rag you are .... marble falls May 2018 #74

I did not equate them; I said they are both signalling devices. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #79

The same way an M-80 and a pib are fireworks... marble falls May 2018 #82

All ethnic/racial,/religious slurs are not equal -- That doesn't mean whathehell Jun 2018 #206

Let's be honest here: On good 10 degree scale of offensiveness, the "n" word is an 11, and wypipo... marble falls Jun 2018 #207

What part of "We are not comparing" do you still not understand? whathehell Jun 2018 #213

Who is "we?" EffieBlack Jun 2018 #217

First: calm down or we can't talk. Second:""punish" them with a disrespectful nickname" ..... marble falls Jun 2018 #218

Lol..I'd suggest it''s you who needs to "calm down". whathehell Jun 2018 #219

Equality is not gained by being shitty to each other. elehhhhna May 2018 #4

Equality is gained through protest gollygee May 2018 #6

Yeah I remember vividly reading about MLK calling white people juvenile names dsc May 2018 #8

Different people protest in different ways gollygee May 2018 #9

I didn't say he was dsc May 2018 #12

Not everyone who protests has to protest in the style of MLK. nt gollygee May 2018 #13

and not everyone will be as successful as he was dsc May 2018 #16

Strawman gollygee May 2018 #18

Because Dr. King was the only successful protester? EffieBlack May 2018 #93

The civil rights movement... NCTraveler May 2018 #25

really I am sure you can show me a citation of MLK calling someone a juvenile name dsc May 2018 #29

I never made a point of contention to your topic line. NCTraveler May 2018 #40

This is what you wrote dsc May 2018 #78

Exactly. Tipperary May 2018 #41

Yes, let's all be like Martin Luther King EffieBlack May 2018 #36

To many whites he is all that's known about the movement. NCTraveler May 2018 #42

Dr. King had a wicked sense of humor EffieBlack May 2018 #61

Can you imagine how devastated those upset by the term wypipo would be.... NCTraveler May 2018 #94

If "wypipo" is enough to make people threaten to walk away from the movement EffieBlack May 2018 #97

again if you can find a citation of him engaging in juvenile name calling I will with draw my post dsc May 2018 #85

My family was close to him and his family EffieBlack May 2018 #90

yeah because we don't dare call out straight privilege dsc May 2018 #105

I know, right! This is pissing me off, now they are using MLK USING USING Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #130

This latest thing on du is ugly. Tipperary May 2018 #92

Yes. Because if it weren't for the big Wypipo controversy, Democrats would agree about everything EffieBlack May 2018 #95

Of course, dont you know it is all your fault! Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #131

Yes, but, apart from the question of what needs to be "protested" on DU whathehell Jun 2018 #216

It sure can be gollygee Jun 2018 #220

Not on DU it can't.. whathehell Jun 2018 #223

It obviously can. nt gollygee Jun 2018 #224

Really?.. How so? whathehell Jun 2018 #225

People are using the word at DU to express disapproval. If it is happening, it can happen. nt gollygee Jun 2018 #226

People are questioning and debating it's use right now whathehell Jun 2018 #227

It's happening gollygee Jun 2018 #228

Nah..Trying to happen is not "happening" whathehell Jun 2018 #229

The protest is wider than DU gollygee Jun 2018 #230

Race-based name-calling on DU is what we're discussing HERE. whathehell Jun 2018 #231

This place does not exist independently of the rest of the world. nt gollygee Jun 2018 #232

The "rest of the world" includes Fox News and Trump too whathehell Jun 2018 #235

DU is for Democrats gollygee Jun 2018 #237

Yeah, but guess what?. Democrats are White People too! whathehell Jun 2018 #240

This argument has been had about 15 times so far gollygee Jun 2018 #241

What argument? whathehell Jun 2018 #242

About whether African Americans saying "wypipo" is going to drive away Democratic votes. nt gollygee Jun 2018 #243

Um, didn't see those, and while I'm not sure there's a direct link, whathehell Jun 2018 #245

If it's so humorous to use a racial slur, did you laugh at Roseanne Barr's 'joke'? procon Jun 2018 #233

I'm not worked up about the Roseanne Barr thing gollygee Jun 2018 #236

That's a very narrow framing. procon Jun 2018 #244

Some of the oppressors feelings might be hurt along the way. NCTraveler May 2018 #10

Show me in the op where I said or insinuated it would be. NCTraveler May 2018 #21

Some people seem to enjoy it, unfortunately. Tipperary May 2018 #32

Tell that to wypipo!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #62

Actually, it takes a whole lot more than that. Read up on MLK and Ghandi. (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #69

If I have learned ONE thing on the internet the last 12 yrs or so it is Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #133

I am white and get the red out May 2018 #15

Sadly, you aren't ready for what is coming, either. PubliusEnigma May 2018 #26

My children's children Mr.Bill May 2018 #89

I'm not only ready. NCTraveler May 2018 #144

Making generalizations that include standingtall May 2018 #27

I don't think the OP has much use for or interest in "white allies" BannonsLiver May 2018 #46

Didn't "White Allies" win the tournament in 2017? Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #48

No that was 2016 BannonsLiver May 2018 #50

1945 elehhhhna Jun 2018 #211

I'm a "white ally" and that word doesn't offend me. I am amused by anyone who is. Take that ... marble falls May 2018 #47

The wypipo does not offend me either standingtall May 2018 #54

Good points. There is no doubt: I depend on my white privilege without even knowing it .... marble falls May 2018 #66

I'm a one of those "white allies" you refer to. Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #57

When did I say the term wypipo standingtall May 2018 #59

Wypipo is not all white people. Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #64

If wypipo means white privilege than standingtall May 2018 #67

It's. Not. About. You. nt Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #68

My grandfather had a very soft voice EffieBlack May 2018 #154

Not an effective strategy, how? EffieBlack May 2018 #98

Read the series of my post I had above this standingtall May 2018 #100

Reminds me of folks who said we had to give them a reason to do something. Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #134

Ignorance. safeinOhio May 2018 #30

This is absolutely brilliant and beautiful - and freshly stated EffieBlack May 2018 #33

K&R betsuni May 2018 #44

Lol. cwydro May 2018 #51

Jessie Jackson, Elijah Cummings, and Obama would cringe procon May 2018 #53

I'm OK with the change jmbar2 May 2018 #55

Wypipo... hlthe2b May 2018 #63

A result of wypipo murdering good white people ck4829 May 2018 #71

Good post. Tipperary May 2018 #81

These people weren't "wypipo"- but some of them (not all) were murdered by wypipo EffieBlack May 2018 #112

EffieBlack, you are among my favorite DU posters. hlthe2b May 2018 #115

Demographics won't save us if we alienate people we should otherwise connect with BeyondGeography May 2018 #76

K&R ! stonecutter357 May 2018 #86

But what will our corporate overlords say? jalan48 May 2018 #87

they're laughing their asses off - another divisive topic to keep us distracted - nt Locrian May 2018 #102

That's about it. Let's watch them squabble among themselves. jalan48 May 2018 #103

maybe we can come up with a name for the 'corporate overlords' that we could *all* get behind? - nt Locrian May 2018 #109

I think some are perfectly happy as long as the overlords are "diverse". jalan48 May 2018 #189

lol - nailed it! - n/t Locrian Jun 2018 #193

++ heaven05 May 2018 #99

The white right have become what they have been trying to pin on minorities for decades.... Thomas Hurt May 2018 #104

booooooooooooring. Inkfreak May 2018 #106

If "wypipo" are only white racists, why address them here on DU? whathehell May 2018 #107

Certain folks here consider themselves better than others. Tipperary May 2018 #113

Then THEY should be called out, not the entire white DU membership whathehell May 2018 #116

Thank you. Tipperary May 2018 #163

You're quite welcome. whathehell Jun 2018 #195

What an absolutely HORRIBLE thing to say about some fantastic liberals who post here Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #135

Hit a nerve there eh? Tipperary May 2018 #164

Nerve? The only NERVE around here is YOU implying what you just implied ON TOP Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #166

Good point. DavidDvorkin May 2018 #114

Thanks you. n/t whathehell May 2018 #117

What's funny is melman May 2018 #158

Exactly. And those who object are then deemed to be 'wypipo'. Chemisse May 2018 #181

Yes, I think you're right.. whathehell May 2018 #192

That is the question of the year. elehhhhna Jun 2018 #212

It's a better term than 'cracker'. This Irishman thinks it's kind of funny The Mouth May 2018 #108

Yeah, & I could think of some anti-black and anti- hispanic slurs that whathehell May 2018 #118

Meh. I think the term is counter productive, don't get me wrong The Mouth May 2018 #120

Meh, I think so too.. whathehell May 2018 #129

75% of Americans are white. Sophia4 May 2018 #119

Nobody is fighting allies. Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #124

About 13 % of the population. Sophia4 May 2018 #125

The community we are fighting for is more along the lines of 40% of the population. NCTraveler May 2018 #143

https://www.infoplease.com/us/race-population/population-united-states-race-and-hispaniclatino-origi Sophia4 May 2018 #149

Did you really write "African-Americans need to pull a lot more weight if they are to win?" EffieBlack May 2018 #145

. Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #153

Delete your post. Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #152

The real world is disgusting, but no one can delete the truth. Sophia4 May 2018 #159

Wow. Your version of history is some whitewashed wypipo bullshit. Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #165

And Lyndon Johnson didn't sign the Civil Rights Act because Dr. King prayed with white people EffieBlack May 2018 #171

Yes, they all prayed and lived happily ever after in a world where the black man was nice and polite Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #188

Where's a great deal of space between being nice or insulting. procon Jun 2018 #239

I agree that most DUers are 'on board' and should not be presumed to be enemies. Chemisse May 2018 #183

Thank you!!! EffieBlack May 2018 #186

What does this mean: tonedevil May 2018 #184

They really, really have to get out and vote. Sophia4 May 2018 #187

I just read someone WARNING you that you better not insult your allies Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #137

In which case, they would not be allies, and never were in the first place... nt Dr Hobbitstein May 2018 #150

Absolutely! Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #161

There is a difference between "not upsetting" people and downright insulting your Sophia4 May 2018 #185

Please read my post #159. Sophia4 May 2018 #160

The answers to those questions are insignificant. NCTraveler May 2018 #141

You actually had someone say that black folk best mind their-selves if they Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #162

Outstanding post! brer cat May 2018 #121

Right on! MariaCSR May 2018 #122

I hate WYPIPO philly_bob May 2018 #132

"Is that the banner the Democratic Party wants to carry into the 2018 elections? " NCTraveler May 2018 #139

Who says it is divisive, I am a white liberal and I dont mind the word AT ALL Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #140

Because God forbid any divisive topic appear on DU. EffieBlack May 2018 #146

Everything is not centered on the comfort of white people gollygee May 2018 #157

DU is the only place I've heard this slur used fescuerescue May 2018 #191

The change will not exclude liberal whites DBoon May 2018 #147

And therein lies the problem EffieBlack May 2018 #155

It is interesting to look at South Africa for insights Tom Rinaldo Jun 2018 #197

South Africa is racially tearing itself apart yet again, this time from the other side of the Exotica Jun 2018 #234

Is it a coincidence those who support NON democrats also have the hardest time with this word? Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #167

The Democratic Party: WYPIPO not welcome philly_bob May 2018 #172

LOL oh my god, YOU GUYS made up the term? LOL Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #173

There are people in another thread proudly owning the label... TCJ70 May 2018 #174

I wish non POC would ...never mind, cant say it here, privilege and all Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #175

Post removed Post removed May 2018 #177

It should work well in reinforcing the base of both parties in what they believe The Mouth May 2018 #179

sooo am i a wypipoe first or a wywoman first? samnsara May 2018 #176

I agree the changes you speak of are happening Tom Rinaldo May 2018 #178

yes. I have a feeling that a few more ethnic slurs will be invented fescuerescue May 2018 #190

We got a Wypipo in the WH, we got a Wypipo majority supreme court LeftInTX Jun 2018 #238