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gollygee

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3. #notallwhitepeople

Reply to LostInAnomie (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 29, 2014, 06:49 PM

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When whites just don't get it, part 5 [View all] gollygee Nov 2014 OP

"So let�s borrow a page from South Africa and impanel a Truth and Reconciliation Commission" Number23 Nov 2014 #1

I hope I'm doing my small part Warpy Nov 2014 #4

Fuckin' white people, amirite!? LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #2

#notallwhitepeople gollygee Nov 2014 #3

#racialbigotryiswrong LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #5

There's no racial bigotry in this article gollygee Nov 2014 #6

clearly, this person didn't bother to read the article noiretextatique Nov 2014 #9

It even says "when" gollygee Nov 2014 #11

guilty conscience? noiretextatique Nov 2014 #12

Yes, God forbid you have to tailor you language to not slur a whole race. LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #14

Becausing having your feelings hurt is so much worse than facing discrimination on a regular basis. nomorenomore08 Nov 2014 #21

I didn't realize we were in some kind of oppression olympics. LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #22

We're not. White people are not "oppressed" in this society, period. n/t nomorenomore08 Nov 2014 #23

No, you're right. Feel free to continue to racially generalize them all you like. LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #24

Look, I *am* a white guy, and I don't like negative broadbrushing any more than anyone else does. nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #25

Obligation is a strong word The2ndWheel Dec 2014 #37

I don't know how else to phrase it, honestly. All I know is there's a serious problem in our society nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #40

You appear rather oppressed by this. It must be... horrible. LanternWaste Dec 2014 #29

#obtusenessisubecoming. n/t Gormy Cuss Dec 2014 #26

we actually need a truth and reconciliation commission noiretextatique Nov 2014 #7

Did you leave "never" out of your post gollygee Nov 2014 #8

I DID noiretextatique Nov 2014 #10

We need more than merely a truth and reconciliation commission. Black KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #15

How do you propose we pay for reparations? cpamomfromtexas Nov 2014 #19

Expropriate the wealth of any individual with a net worth of more than KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #20

How does a one time transfer of cash, no matter how much, change society? hack89 Dec 2014 #28

Well, a billion here and a billiont here and pretty soon we're talking some KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #30

Forcefully taking one groups money and giving it to another will not work hack89 Dec 2014 #31

All due respect, but the government 'forcefully' takes one group's money KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #32

So how much per person? hack89 Dec 2014 #33

Look, I've long been a proponent of a Guaranteed Annual Income for KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #34

Income for every American is a good idea hack89 Dec 2014 #35

Needs to be sold in conjunction with a socio-economic based form of KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #36

No victims of slavery here.... Oktober Dec 2014 #39

Oh... theft... Oktober Dec 2014 #38

But of course, the accumulation of great wealth is *never* theft, no matter how acquired... nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #41

So what exactly do you suggest we do about it? davidn3600 Nov 2014 #13

What do you mean by 'we'? You talk about the government KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #16

What are you talking about? davidn3600 Nov 2014 #17

Sorry, didn't mean to come off as hostile. You asked what "we" KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #18

Good Editorial Gothmog Dec 2014 #27

Mugged by the title seveneyes Dec 2014 #42

Yeah we've gone through this in this thread already gollygee Dec 2014 #43

Understood and thanks, but the title remains off-putting seveneyes Dec 2014 #44