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In reply to the discussion: Dear White Racists... [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Because you know what? There truly are a LOT of idiot RWNJs in particular out there, who really do believe that they are("temporarily embarrassed millionaires", anyone), and that they really, truly, are losing these supposed extra privileges, because of "Muslumkenyunmarxistcommy" Obama, or political correctness, etc. Don't you get it? Guys like Bill O'Reilly and Michael Savage use those dog whistles all the time. They say one thing, but , in all truthfulness what they really mean is, "Yes, you are indeed rightly blessed-by-God privileged, and these evil scum lefties are trying to take all that away from you in the guise of so-called equality. Pay no attention to the Koch Brothers. Pay no attention to inequality, or political corruption, et cetera. The black is your enemy. The Latin is your enemy.....".
In other words, remember that old quote from the famous author, John Steinbeck, about socialism? For these purposes, I have taken literary liberties and repurposed the quote for the purposes of this subject:
"Social justice has not yet won out in America because some whites see themselves, not as themselves exploited & abused by the .1 Percent,, but instead as rightfully privileged members of American society, who are really only in danger at the hands of the progressive left, who seek to create a socialist dictatorship."