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In reply to the discussion: Which is better? [View all]BainsBane
(57,677 posts)Scapegoating who? Is this more whining about how bad white men have it in America? Do you ever think of anyone besides yourself?
When you shoot down every discussion about women's rights and racism and instead choose to whine about how rough poor beleaguered white men have it, very few people are going to believe you support equal rights, and with good reason. Why you thought anything I said had a thing to do with you, I cannot begin to imagine. I read a post that mentions white people, and despite my near translucent skin color, I don't think: Hey, they are attacking me. In fact, I don't assume the post is about me at all but rather about a general phenomenon. Why do you assume everyone is talking about you? Do you have a guilty conscience for some reason? Or is it that you can't imagine a conversation should take place where you aren't at its center?
Racism has absolutely nothing to do with whiteness because white Americans are above reproach. No one imposed slavery, Jim Crow, voter disenfranchisement, or the current racist justice system that values white lives more than black. White folks have absolutely nothing to do with any of that. African Americans enslaved themselves. They lynched themselves too, and Trayvon Martin actually killed himself. The same with women. It's already been argued on DU that objectification is entirely the fault of women. We wear make up and force men to treat us like meat. The most important thing in the universe is that we devote ourselves to assuaging the egos of white men 24/7. That is more important than the worst forums of racism, including being killed for being black. None of that compares to the far more important issue of your ego.
And you wonder why people question your support for equal rights? You oppose everything I care about and then you claim you're supposedly my ally? Exactly what would you support me on?