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In reply to the discussion: What the heck is a microaggression, anyway? [View all]Number23
(24,544 posts)219. Show me the link! SHOOOOOW MEEEEEE THE LIIIIIIIIINNKKKKKK!!!!
Show it, dammit!!
((someone shows them the link))
No, you just don't understaaaaaand! That doesn't say what you think it says! And as a white/straight/male person, it is my personal obligation to 'splain it so that you will put aside your decades of life experience as a minority who has been on the receiving end of this kind of shit over and over and over again and stop smearing race and gender baiting trolls with your lies accusing them of being race and gender baiting trolls.
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It doesn't end there. If you take a look through the posts below you guys are getting clobbered.
Cheese Sandwich
Apr 2015
#20
interested myself, i see those above you did exactly that calling it butt hurt. too fuggin' funny
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#10
Ah, my most trusted friend. You brought the goods. I didn't see a thing. That's precious, LOL!
freshwest
Apr 2015
#155
It's a term coined by a professor at Harvard to describe the unintended racial slights that black
Brickbat
Apr 2015
#4
we have quite a few privileged types around here who openly sneer at the perspectives
geek tragedy
Apr 2015
#8
Yep. And they have been feeling particularly aggrieved since they are getting called out on it
Number23
Apr 2015
#127
It's attacking their purity and easily affordable innocence. Who wouldn't be aggrieved? Wha! n/t
freshwest
Apr 2015
#158
WAIT! They are the real progressives. Excuse me for breathing, Ebers. Not you, geek. n/t
freshwest
Apr 2015
#157
A loud, clueless crew here feel that the only minority experience worth even caring about is one
Number23
Apr 2015
#129
The other pearl, is show me the link to who said that, liar! That's baiting a member for a hide.
freshwest
Apr 2015
#164
But, but, you don't understand us! You are so mean to us! *Sobs* Not our fault!
freshwest
Apr 2015
#232
Or hysterical. Or dishonest. Tiresome reading this here plus RW sources, now. n/t
freshwest
Apr 2015
#160
with such an arrogance of privilege and entitlement. or adult role in the situation. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#30
Lovely and reasonable post. And yes, 1/2 the thread were posters of multiple ethnicties, genders
Number23
Apr 2015
#227
Great article- too bad most here will just pretend they don't know anyway...
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#64
Disagreeing with academics isn't anti-intellectualism. You need to understand what that term means
LittleBlue
Apr 2015
#60
Because obviously women and POC are making it all up- denying the huge and endless
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#71
How would i know the difference between truth and claims without requiring proof? It's interpretive
LittleBlue
Apr 2015
#75
Lol- without "proof" you allow yourself to conclude POC are lying to us all?
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#76
every person in the nation has the right to be an ass. to be a racist, misogynist and homophobe.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#214
Are you saying that you don't keep a MS Excel spreadsheet of every time a POC has been slighted??!
Number23
Apr 2015
#138
That you focus on dismissing individual acts instead of acknowledging the huge patterns of behavior
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#94
When you get past this xenophobic bullshit that your interests are #1 perhaps you
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#106
you know. there is another thread of bewildered, ... where do you get that dems put $ ahead of peopl
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#117
when will you men notice as you hold up the dollar, that our women /girls are losing life and right
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#115
if if if.... whereas if a dem doesnt get in 2016 we lose the supreme crt and women and girls
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#121
i get were your priorities are. they are not with girls/women lives, but the all mighty $
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#126
you think i am trolling, seeing how important the supreme crt is for our women and girls?
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#133
From the reading list. OMG, just blithely read about people's oppression and
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#153
At this point, if Hillary can add teeth to Ledbetter and devote more time to reproductive rights I
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#119
i am all about hte supreme crt. those worried about their $ should be too. seeing how the
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#124
but not smart enough to figure out the relevance of the supreme crt to women and girls lives in 2016
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#123
yes, so throw the girls over board, women.... to the back of the bus. hifi. no. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#131
ya. that was the tunnel vision. i ignored all that and stuck with supreme crt. piece of cake. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#151
i didnt get into it, but yes... saying a fiscal equality with women blacks and gays? well, they
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#147
"yet all three come across as compliments" No they don't. Those are flat out insults.
Throd
Apr 2015
#32
No, what's absurd are people like yourself who assume that racism doesn't exist
geek tragedy
Apr 2015
#37
Yeah this exactly. Just because I can't prove it, doesn't mean it isn't happening.
Cheese Sandwich
Apr 2015
#52
Well said. The OP is baloney- they will continue to ignore enlightening posts here....
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#73
I was going to give the definition, but I see that the first post has whitesplained it already
mwrguy
Apr 2015
#51
I sent the JHU student government an email saying they were too NICE to Chick Fil Hate.
alp227
Apr 2015
#54
I got the shit kicked out of me at age 8, for saying "I don't believe in God" on the school bus.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#112
I think that it is a term that- like many- has the potential to accurately raise awareness, yet also
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#84
OMG - "those people" want to use better, more descriptive words to discuss phenomena that
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#102
You mean phenomena like the "nightmare" of going to a concert-- and seeing white people with dreads?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#110
It dismissed itself, when person in question called white people wearing dreads a "microaggression"
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#177
i prefer to listen. you might actually take the time to read kwassa'a post. fuggin' excellent.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#178
Also, I'll say this about "culture". Like music, like art, it is a melange, a conversation, an
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#246
My white privilege says that white people should be able to wear dreads?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#195
I think there are white people on this planet whose hair, given time and inertia, will naturally
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#207
Kind of obvious that your function here- like the kid who pulls on your pony tail till
bettyellen
Apr 2015
#193
The distinction, of course, is in the intent and communicated message. I get that.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#235
I kinda weighed in on my original response, which I think is a good, workable one for me.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#239
I came into it from the context of the other thread, and answered honestly.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#241
my youngest son liked to play black. he thought it cool. he thought it a compliment
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#209
So you think every white person who has dreadlocks is "playing black"?
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#212
why do you make up... so you think? no. i clearly stated another example. separate of dreadlocks.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#217
Except she wasnt talking about other examples, she was talking about dreadlocks.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2015
#225
hey kwassa. thanks for you post way at the top explaining this better, for all of us.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#179
i did not go into the OP with the story of the young woman. i really did not know anything about
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#194
how about people digging up some college student's blog to find something to be outraged over
JI7
Apr 2015
#192
Comrade Grumpy dug it up doing his daily search for drug policy and EDM items.
Comrade Grumpy
Apr 2015
#251
I was familiar with the behaviors, although not the term. And I don't know that I like the term.
Comrade Grumpy
Apr 2015
#258
Microaggressions are the little shit that people of color, women, LGBT people, etc have to endure.
backscatter712
Apr 2015
#254