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WhaTHellsgoingonhere

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66. white power?

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Thu Mar 20, 2014, 04:14 PM

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I propose a new term: White-Winger. [View all] AAO Mar 2014 OP

Suppose they go to the beach and get a tan? upaloopa Mar 2014 #1

Dag nabbit!! AAO Mar 2014 #2

Tan bagger...eom Purrfessor Mar 2014 #74

racist teabagger ? that's like saying racist KKK JI7 Mar 2014 #3

Yes, keep going. Kick some racist ass! AAO Mar 2014 #4

Agree. I have been using that term a lot lately to refer to Tbaggers. Hoyt Mar 2014 #5

Ethnic slurs of any kind are not progressive. .. pipoman Mar 2014 #6

I agree with that sentiment, but I don't think this counts as one, TBH. nt AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #8

Is "white power" an ethnic slur? Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #10

A slur is about context... pipoman Mar 2014 #11

What contextually makes "white-winger" an ethnic slur? Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #13

The same things that make white trash an ethnic slur hootinholler Mar 2014 #14

So calling someone a white racist is tantamount to calling someone trash because they're white? Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #16

Substitute black for white and maybe it will be clearer hootinholler Mar 2014 #20

You can't simply substitute it. Black Americans are oppressed for being black. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #27

Judgements AgingAmerican Mar 2014 #75

Saying white people have historically enjoyed unfair advantages is not a "judgement based upon skin nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #78

Yah ... who's supposed to be offended re: wigger? 1000words Mar 2014 #18

IMHO, Everyone. n/t hootinholler Mar 2014 #21

I concur. 1000words Mar 2014 #22

No. Your comment is an oxymoron. madinmaryland Mar 2014 #35

I don't think you understand the context of my comment. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #37

Must be acceptable. Already used in the Gungeon... Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #56

white power? WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #66

That sketch demonstrates the idiocy and myopia of racism better than anything else I can think of. nomorenomore08 Mar 2014 #79

He set the tone for his show on Day 1 WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #80

Seems to apply quite well, IMO. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #7

The Rethugs love racial polarization LittleBlue Mar 2014 #9

Uh, maybe some "progressives" love racial polarization, too? Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #57

"Racist" doesn't do the job well enough? 1000words Mar 2014 #12

WHAT if this WINGER...has a name.. like yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #15

I oppose any term sarisataka Mar 2014 #17

It's not even a new term, to start. 1000words Mar 2014 #19

Yeah it's on that 'dictionary' anyone can add to for the last 5 months, how can anyone not Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #25

It is unimportant if it is new or old sarisataka Mar 2014 #26

So by this thinking....calling someone a Chauvinist...is tantamount to sexist itself!!! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #28

Is chauvinist sarisataka Mar 2014 #31

its based on gender! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #33

Is it? sarisataka Mar 2014 #36

it WAS often used in the past to describe males who were sexist towards women... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #38

Though uncommon sarisataka Mar 2014 #39

Uh it was most often used TOWARDS males...and often without the adjective... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #40

i suppose we can quibble sarisataka Mar 2014 #41

the point still remains..... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #43

I don't think sarisataka Mar 2014 #45

then what IS your point....I DO believe it fits...I lived among them long enough.. VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #46

Which fits sarisataka Mar 2014 #48

He is all that... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #51

+100 - for integrity. n/t Skip Intro Mar 2014 #50

Might actually work. After all, the word "right" really doesn't fit. calimary Mar 2014 #23

Yay! That's only half-racist, because you leave out leftist Whites. Skip Intro Mar 2014 #24

Well, I don't think was the intention, though, TBH..... AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #42

When skin color is used derogatorily, as here, it is racist. Skip Intro Mar 2014 #49

Racist? I'm white so how am I being racist? I'm just pointing out a fact, and giving it a name. AAO Mar 2014 #61

Wow. Skip Intro Mar 2014 #67

The baggers are the ones evaluating people by skin color - I'm just giving it a name. AAO Mar 2014 #69

You invite replies when you start a thread. Skip Intro Mar 2014 #72

Everyone one of you is overreacting, trying to out holier than thou each other AAO Mar 2014 #83

I will try not to use it. bravenak Mar 2014 #29

+1000 . . . but I call them JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #76

There's also "wrong-winger" arcane1 Mar 2014 #30

I prefer "White Whinger", to use a British expression Retrograde Mar 2014 #32

My one Tea Party friend on fb is a black guy. ZombieHorde Mar 2014 #34

Because a little more race-based divisiveness will surely improve things... Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #44

Nah. People will think you have a speech impediment. Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #47

Uh-oh! Can a black person be a "White-Winger" too? Petrushka Mar 2014 #52

Sure, if they believe White people are superior to them they can. AAO Mar 2014 #62

Uncle Rukus.nt bravenak Mar 2014 #77

I think it works The Traveler Mar 2014 #53

Ain't that the truth. He's a sane intelligent man, with the burden of seeing into the abyss... AAO Mar 2014 #54

What good is served by using the term? Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #58

It makes me laugh. I understand you don't think it funny, which is your right. AAO Mar 2014 #63

So, all about your laughter. nt Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #68

Lady, get a life please. AAO Mar 2014 #70

Get another cliche. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #71

How's get a clue? AAO Mar 2014 #84

Well, that is the most clever term, ever! deaniac21 Mar 2014 #55

Keep this one in your box of fried chicken. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #59

Funny the reactions you get sometimes... AAO Mar 2014 #60

Do we really need more terms to divide people? FSogol Mar 2014 #64

I want racist teabaggers divided right out of the country if possible! AAO Mar 2014 #65

I thought it was funny. Iris Mar 2014 #82

Good idea. "Cracker" is so 1970. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #73

It sounds like a racist term to me. LWolf Mar 2014 #81