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Hermit-The-Prog

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65. that's not a personal attack

Thu Nov 8, 2018, 11:41 AM

Nov 2018

If I call upon people to reject what you say, that's not the same as calling on them to reject you. Consider if I proclaimed, "Reject the inflammatory racist mcar!" That's getting personal. It's doubly offensive because it provides no history, no explanation, no justification for asserting that the target is racist.

The poster apparently considered the article in the OP to be "inflammatory racial rhetoric" and attributed the writing to sheshe2. Yet, the poster did not attack the person, only rejecting the rhetoric while calling for others to do likewise, and gave reasons for doing so.

Your response to the poster was not a personal attack, either (but it did rely on appeal to authority). I just felt that it was an unwarranted attempt to suppress discussion about disagreement, hence my reply to you. Seeing other points of view helps us examine our own.

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We're Stuck With White People [View all] sheshe2 Nov 2018 OP

k+r Blue_Tires Nov 2018 #1

Excellent BeyondGeography Nov 2018 #2

Truth hurts. K&R WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2018 #3

And a black man committed the acts of arson Tipperary Nov 2018 #4

No, they don't own it... sheshe2 Nov 2018 #5

Yeah. Tipperary Nov 2018 #13

Whoa. sheshe2 Nov 2018 #14

same here sheshe. I have no idea what that response to you meant. still_one Nov 2018 #17

Thank you, still_one. sheshe2 Nov 2018 #19

I wouldn't count on it still_one Nov 2018 #20

maybe a misplaced reply to EffieBlack's post #6? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #22

I just looked at the placement. sheshe2 Nov 2018 #23

oh yeah? what about wrong-way Corrigan? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #31

I can't best you on any if what you posted, HTP. sheshe2 Nov 2018 #33

omg Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #39

You are welcome for the memories. sheshe2 Nov 2018 #42

Not only white people EffieBlack Nov 2018 #6

Ummmhmmm sheshe2 Nov 2018 #8

:) brer cat Nov 2018 #9

The we better hone our message to those who aren't millionaires superpatriotman Nov 2018 #7

How do you hone a message to these people? sheshe2 Nov 2018 #12

73% of white women voted for Kemp in GA mcar Nov 2018 #25

Thanks, mcar. sheshe2 Nov 2018 #27

Both numbers are appalling mcar Nov 2018 #28

And yet, 49 % did not. LoverofDawgz Nov 2018 #30

Please get your facts accurate. It is not 73% of white women- 58Sunliner Nov 2018 #40

In other, fewer words, "not all white women" EffieBlack Nov 2018 #46

Sooo most female whites did NOT vote for Stacy Abrams wellst0nev0ter Nov 2018 #47

No they did not, but the majority did not vote for Kemp either. 58Sunliner Nov 2018 #50

People who didn't vote don't count treestar Nov 2018 #60

Ha ha ha. 58Sunliner Nov 2018 #66

I echo Sheshe'e question EffieBlack Nov 2018 #34

Im sorry. Eko Nov 2018 #10

Democrats have to reject the inflammatory racial rhetoric of sheshe2 philly_bob Nov 2018 #11

Oh my. I think I will be standing with, and speaking out with, sheshe. Wintryjade Nov 2018 #16

Thanks. sheshe2 Nov 2018 #54

When Hillary refferred to a good number of trump supporters as deplorable, who do you think she was still_one Nov 2018 #18

Please link to where trumpers are 60% of the poulation. sheshe2 Nov 2018 #21

The headline did not make that clear. philly_bob Nov 2018 #52

Okay. sheshe2 Nov 2018 #53

I stand corrected. I thought you (sheshe2) was the author of the article /NT philly_bob Nov 2018 #64

I love The Root JonLP24 Nov 2018 #57

I am part of "we". nt LexVegas Nov 2018 #58

"inflammatory racial rhetoric" mcar Nov 2018 #26

Love and hugs. sheshe2 Nov 2018 #55

how dare you "How dare you"? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #56

Poster didn't resort to an attack? mcar Nov 2018 #61

that's not a personal attack Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #65

Disparaging Republicans? What's the matter with that? violetpastille Nov 2018 #32

Oh, please EffieBlack Nov 2018 #35

I don't see what's so "inflammatory" about it MountCleaners Nov 2018 #59

We need to teach white men to stop being ashamed of their tears. McCamy Taylor Nov 2018 #15

K&R Jamaal510 Nov 2018 #24

The facts are the facts. jcmaine72 Nov 2018 #29

And too many white people - even supposedly progressive ones - are very quick EffieBlack Nov 2018 #36

Yet let a survey come out saying that African Americans aren't voting.... SaschaHM Nov 2018 #38

Ain't that the truth? EffieBlack Nov 2018 #44

Not sure why anybody follows day to day developments Awsi Dooger Nov 2018 #37

A good assessment sheshe Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #41

Wow. sheshe2 Nov 2018 #43

No problem... Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #45

Thought that sounded familiar. At least this time it would fit on a bumper sticker ---- NeverTrumpDemocrat Nov 2018 #48

... LexVegas Nov 2018 #49

... sheshe2 Nov 2018 #51

My husband and I were trying to figure out why Bettie Nov 2018 #62

The headline is unfortunately accurate. Tom Rinaldo Nov 2018 #63