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cab67

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14. Emphasis on 'large, burly'

Reply to MrScorpio (Reply #12)

Mon Jun 3, 2019, 05:48 AM

Jun 2019

As others have noted, this particular douchebag has evidently tried to pull the same stunt with white men, including Bernie Sanders.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/02/three-years-after-rushing-bernie-sanders-event-animal-rights-activist-takes-mic%3famp

I never said senses of entitlement emerging from gender and race are absent from the political left. I’m just not convinced this is an example.

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why I don't think it's (necessarily) about white privilege [View all] cab67 Jun 2019 OP

She is a sitting U.S. senator. Her proper title is Senator Harris, not Ms Harris. Demit Jun 2019 #1

You're right. cab67 Jun 2019 #10

white privilege? ok, so what do we call it when Triloon Jun 2019 #2

Kanye did this to Taylor Swift. Male privilege, even if now white. Tipperary Jun 2019 #3

"Male/white privilege may or may not have played a role, but I've seen people act this way who WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #4

It wasn't about white privilege... MrScorpio Jun 2019 #5

A different label doesn't change my perspective. cab67 Jun 2019 #11

The difference is that privilege is something that's given MrScorpio Jun 2019 #12

Emphasis on 'large, burly' cab67 Jun 2019 #14

An OP like that is similar to pushing a stick into a bee hive. wasupaloopa Jun 2019 #6

The asshole belongs to an obnoxious cult called Direct Action Everywhere dalton99a Jun 2019 #7

I agree Beringia Jun 2019 #8

SOMETIMES an asshole is just an asshole and that is all. nt UniteFightBack Jun 2019 #9

I was going to write somethjing similar fescuerescue Jun 2019 #13

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