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Red Mountain

(2,285 posts)
87. I live in the South
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:35 PM
Jun 2020

North Carolina. I'm white and my kids are, too. I've told my kids if they use that kind of language and direct it towards a person of color they should expect a physical response. Specifically what I've told them is that 'If you call somebody a nigger you should expect to get your ass beat'. That and a lot more but that's the line that gets their attention and focuses them for the rest of the lecture. WAY too much history associated with the term in question.

It's an escalation. Decent people should never use it. Better people than they would walk away. But the best person on a bad day might not walk away.

We've all had a lot of bad days recently.

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Sick of "karen" posts! Nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #1
Should just be called another racists woman but Karen is easier now. I am sick of people using lunasun Jun 2020 #6
Me too. Thank you. whathehell Jun 2020 #9
Yeah, stereotypes are always "easier" whathehell Jun 2020 #10
By all means StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #13
That's what I'm talking about. Always good to remind some... brush Jun 2020 #19
Nobody is forcing you to click on them, yunno Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #14
So we should ignore gendered stereotyping ? delisen Jun 2020 #31
There are male equivalents, yunno Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #34
No, they aren't male equivalents obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #43
... Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #45
No, there isn't, yunnnnooooo kcr Jun 2020 #67
Prune juice helps Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #71
heheh. then white women better stop doing this racist shit SiliconValley_Dem Jun 2020 #65
She asked for it. dalton99a Jun 2020 #2
WE did not..That's the point whathehell Jun 2020 #8
"Not all white women named Karen" StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #12
That's correct, not all, not even "most" whathehell Jun 2020 #16
1st she declined to press charges, said it was her fault, then changed her mind. Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #83
Funny I see two wrongs. Throck Jun 2020 #3
I have a problem with violence and yet liberalmuse Jun 2020 #7
Amen! brush Jun 2020 #21
A lot of men who hate women enjoy beating and killing delisen Jun 2020 #33
The law "has a problem" with it, however whathehell Jun 2020 #96
Sometimes de-escalation is NOT easy. Caliman73 Jun 2020 #56
she was justified but she's not wearing a frigging mask Demonaut Jun 2020 #4
Yup Sherman A1 Jun 2020 #5
Nope, better google the meme. "Karens" are a specific type of entitled white woman. brush Jun 2020 #23
But it can be confronted as the anti-female meme it is delisen Jun 2020 #35
Intimidate who? The internet? That's where the meme exists... brush Jun 2020 #36
+1000 whathehell Jun 2020 #95
In fairness, what if we created similar memes for Entitled Men? whathehell Jun 2020 #80
Doesn't bother me at all. It's just shorthand for a "type"... brush Jun 2020 #82
That's fair minded. n/t whathehell Jun 2020 #93
Both of these women are terrible karynnj Jun 2020 #11
At the point that horrific word is deployed, weapon-like Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #15
Precisely. dalton99a Jun 2020 #17
..And that person should then be whathehell Jun 2020 #20
Best not try it yourself though. Straignt out racism has consequences. brush Jun 2020 #32
So reporting a physical attack on myself is "straight out racism,"? whathehell Jun 2020 #59
Try using the n-word. That's what the whole thing is about. brush Jun 2020 #72
No one's arguing that using the n-word is NOT "straight out racism" whathehell Jun 2020 #75
See post 66. brush Jun 2020 #76
You can cut and paste it iand post it to me, if you'd like.. whathehell Jun 2020 #77
Here it is. Something to think about. brush Jun 2020 #79
I could make a very similar argument for assaulting a man whathehell Jun 2020 #88
Legality and morality do not always walk the same line. PTWB Jun 2020 #81
Promoting violence against or between women delisen Jun 2020 #37
As long as you understand that the civil and criminal rules are not suspended - Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #40
I'd cite the 'fighting words' doctrine and hope for the best Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #42
From a legal perspective - especially in this case - it would not work Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #52
Nope RobinA Jun 2020 #54
I agree with you. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #18
Thank you robbob Jun 2020 #99
Apparently you didn't get that the white woman had already... brush Jun 2020 #25
Deservedly punched repeatedly? delisen Jun 2020 #38
What's your question? brush Jun 2020 #39
Some people are slow learners Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #44
I listened to the video several times - Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #41
There are better ways to deal with this than getting into a fight karynnj Jun 2020 #62
Are you saying that the woman should have let the racist call her the * word and walk away? GemDigger Jun 2020 #28
Uh...Yeah RobinA Jun 2020 #55
See post 66 brush Jun 2020 #74
What happens in the situation where protesters confront police with strong words? Throck Jun 2020 #60
No. There are many things between accepting it and punching her out karynnj Jun 2020 #61
Yes, and although this isn't as stoic and admirable as your suggestion, whathehell Jun 2020 #84
Exactly or said that her comment shows she is a racist adding that she is behind the times karynnj Jun 2020 #100
California. Tipperary Jun 2020 #22
Wow! She was telling the White girl; "stop resisting" maxrandb Jun 2020 #24
Are you equating the black woman with racist cops who beat/kill... brush Jun 2020 #26
It means that whenever the police want to beat the crap out of someone maxrandb Jun 2020 #46
O-k-a-a-a-y, like that relates at all to what happen on the video. brush Jun 2020 #47
Assault and battery. procon Jun 2020 #27
I agree. nt Blue_true Jun 2020 #29
Ridiculous response from a white perspective. brush Jun 2020 #30
Weak sauce. procon Jun 2020 #48
Just say you want to use the n-word and be done with it... brush Jun 2020 #49
Perception is your own problem. procon Jun 2020 #50
Just admit it. Your arguments are pretty transparent. brush Jun 2020 #51
Weaker still. procon Jun 2020 #53
See post 66 brush Jun 2020 #73
By Your Reasoning RobinA Jun 2020 #57
LOL JonLP24 Jun 2020 #70
i would have slugged that fat Karen too. No using the N word !!!! trueblue2007 Jun 2020 #58
..and fat Karen would likely see your butt in jail whathehell Jun 2020 #86
I don't condone the violence but I don't feel bad for the racist either MustLoveBeagles Jun 2020 #63
Personally I can't see responding to a verbal taunt with violence GulfCoast66 Jun 2020 #64
Heh, woman uses "Fighting word", then loses fight. NutmegYankee Jun 2020 #66
Oh my god this year can't end soon enough. Initech Jun 2020 #68
I don't care for this video. While the white lady is wrong, the reaction was too violent. nt Quixote1818 Jun 2020 #69
Lot of replies are telling on themselves wellst0nev0ter Jun 2020 #78
Yes, but they're not necessarily the ones you are thinking of.. whathehell Jun 2020 #85
I live in the South Red Mountain Jun 2020 #87
You're telling black people how they should properly respond to the N word wellst0nev0ter Jun 2020 #89
Nope whathehell Jun 2020 #90
You have more to say about the response wellst0nev0ter Jun 2020 #91
Wrong. whathehell Jun 2020 #92
There's no argument that the white woman shouldn't have used the n-word whathehell Jun 2020 #94
What was accomplished for society here? A net negative. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #97
More sexism from the media! whistler162 Jun 2020 #98
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