Dutch intern reveals Amsterdam’s postwar shame

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9. I can understand in an abstract way.

Though white (well, kind of, depending on whom you talk to**), I have African-American nieces. The number of times of have heard racist jokes or comments, which are always confronted by me, is outrageous. I usually just pull out a picture of my beautiful nieces and ask, "Aren't they gorgeous and don't you feel stupid?" My partner of 12 years hears homophobic shit all the time because they don't know or realize he is gay. I never had that problem.

I don't know if you saw this post in GD, but it really speaks to some of what we are discussing, a "soft racism (other -isms)" of sorts. To me, it speaks to a lack of understanding or concern. It is similar to white folk coming along and telling you what is and isn't racist (I get that as a Jew and a gay person, in regards to anti-Semitism and homophobia, respectively) or refusing to see your point. The worst ones are the "liberals/progressives", who in order to hide their own deep-seated bigotry, try to distract by making false claims against you or others like you.

I have seen the "Illuminati Conspiracy" shit, and, in actuality, the history of it is quite fascinating, shitty, but interesting. If you really want to take a walk on the wild side, read, The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. Now, that shit is crazy, and even worse, is used by so-called "lefties," though they know it is a forgery.

**I don't know if you saw the comments from right-wing sites about the shootings at the Jewish centers in Kansas, but when the identities were still not known, many white supremacists listed the deaths as "killed, were two whites and a Jew (if they were nice)." Of course, there were those who claimed he (the shooter) was really "advancing the Zionist agenda" or it was really a "Mossad attack." The "best" one was it was a "false flag planned by the Jew Obama to grab guns." Who knew?! LOL!