WELL, WE IZ ONLY TRYIN 2 HALP YA CUZ YA NED US! (Reply #229)

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Tue Apr 28, 2015, 01:47 AM

freshwest (53,661 posts)

229. WELL, WE IZ ONLY TRYIN 2 HALP YA CUZ YA NED US!

POC AN WIMMEZ AN ALL SEZ:

BUT WE IZ REJECTIN THEIR HALP CUZ THEY IZ DUMBAS!

My Obama Bucket Is Overflowing!

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263 replies	Author	Time	Post
What the heck is a microaggression, anyway? [View all]	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2015	OP
This message was self-deleted by its author	1000words	Apr 2015	#1
Winner. The thread can end here.	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#2
It doesn't end there. If you take a look through the posts below you guys are getting clobbered.	Cheese Sandwich	Apr 2015	#20
Racism is there in almost all context.	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#22
Glad she wasn't at Eeyores' last Saturday. The Haze! The Haze!	Eleanors38	Apr 2015	#44
shit that minorities/women have to put up with on a daily basis	geek tragedy	Apr 2015	#3
interested myself, i see those above you did exactly that calling it butt hurt. too fuggin' funny	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#10
This was the actual thread win. nt	daredtowork	Apr 2015	#165
in case we get deletes cause they stepped right into the shit.	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#11
Ah, my most trusted friend. You brought the goods. I didn't see a thing. That's precious, LOL!	freshwest	Apr 2015	#155
+1	Hong Kong Cavalier	Apr 2015	#16
+1	uponit7771	Apr 2015	#50
This post wins! (nt)	LostOne4Ever	Apr 2015	#172
*	ronnie624	Apr 2015	#237
It's a term coined by a professor at Harvard to describe the unintended racial slights that black	Brickbat	Apr 2015	#4
Thank you	treestar	Apr 2015	#34
Like how pen-labels are printed to favor a right-handed writer, for instance?	Orrex	Apr 2015	#39
I know what this town needs	Capt. Obvious	Apr 2015	#43
No	Chiquitita	Apr 2015	#154
Obviously the comparison was facetious, but...	Orrex	Apr 2015	#162
It's forgiving but not forgetting. NT	Trillo	Apr 2015	#5
My motto. n/t	freshwest	Apr 2015	#161
Not "butt hurt", and take that crap elsewhere	snpsmom	Apr 2015	#6
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
Well done!	Behind the Aegis	Apr 2015	#9
+1. But I would add ...	1StrongBlackMan	Apr 2015	#26
Good addition.	Behind the Aegis	Apr 2015	#29
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
Show me the link! SHOOOOOW MEEEEEE THE LIIIIIIIIINNKKKKKK!!!!	Number23	Apr 2015	#219
HA! Exactly. n/t	betsuni	Apr 2015	#220
But, but, you don't understand us! You are so mean to us! Sobs Not our fault!	freshwest	Apr 2015	#232
WELL, WE IZ ONLY TRYIN 2 HALP YA CUZ YA NED US!	freshwest	Apr 2015	#229
I HAZ A BUCKET!!!!!111!!!! nt	betsuni	Apr 2015	#234
Thanks, Obama! The term buck-et will go down in history. n/t	freshwest	Apr 2015	#236
Or hysterical. Or dishonest. Tiresome reading this here plus RW sources, now. n/t	freshwest	Apr 2015	#160
You mean like this? ...	1StrongBlackMan	Apr 2015	#18
Or verbiage like this when talking about a grown black man.	NCTraveler	Apr 2015	#28
with such an arrogance of privilege and entitlement. or adult role in the situation. nt	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#30
No ... Knowing the history of that poster ...	1StrongBlackMan	Apr 2015	#41
Point very well made.	NCTraveler	Apr 2015	#42
But take heart ...	1StrongBlackMan	Apr 2015	#53
Thank you for highlighting this	daredtowork	Apr 2015	#149
exactly	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#152
Lovely and reasonable post. And yes, 1/2 the thread were posters of multiple ethnicties, genders	Number23	Apr 2015	#227
it's pretty clear	JI7	Apr 2015	#182
That would be my impression as well. nt	Hekate	Apr 2015	#230
Thank You.	JaneyVee	Apr 2015	#23
Well done and THANK YOU for posting.	emulatorloo	Apr 2015	#36
Here's a decent article on the topic from Psychology Today	Revanchist	Apr 2015	#7
It has a pretty concise definition of the term:	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2015	#13
That's just a bunch of hooey! You know, 'cause science!	justiceischeap	Apr 2015	#92
Great article. nt	stevenleser	Apr 2015	#15
Great article- too bad most here will just pretend they don't know anyway...	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#64
Thanks, I've always enjoyed researching topics	Revanchist	Apr 2015	#70
It does seem like a topic that can be abused from both sides...	stevenleser	Apr 2015	#223
It is like most issues, something that can be abused.	Behind the Aegis	Apr 2015	#233
Micro aggressions are when you don't attack someone personally	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#12
It's like anything we name or measure	The2ndWheel	Apr 2015	#19
Three things	YoungDemCA	Apr 2015	#49
Disagreeing with academics isn't anti-intellectualism. You need to understand what that term means	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#60
Bigotry is not bigotry unless proven in a lab- to your satisfaction....	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#62
The existence of discrimination can be proven with statistics	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#66
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
How many are you talking about? Give me numbers	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#79
Lol- you think that these slights- both big and small didn't happen unless	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#80
This message was self-deleted by its author	1000words	Apr 2015	#81
That is all I ask for	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#83
When someone tells you that ...	1StrongBlackMan	Apr 2015	#203
Depends what I'm doing that offended them	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#204
What is an aggression?	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#82
Well said and I second every word, LittleBlue. nt	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#91
Does it matter whether it is intentional or not?	kwassa	Apr 2015	#169
What is the threshold?	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#170
I believe this woman was talking from her personal experience.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#173
She needs to persuade if she wants white people to stop	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#180
She is right.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#189
It's not a responsibility whites have to accept	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#197
Of course not. That is white privilege, in a nutshell.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#205
It's free expression in a nutshell	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#211
every person in the nation has the right to be an ass. to be a racist, misogynist and homophobe.	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#214
You're half-right	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#218
her voice of one, educated me and made me think, once i listened to kwassa.	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#190
Are you saying that you don't keep a MS Excel spreadsheet of every time a POC has been slighted??!	Number23	Apr 2015	#138
Requiring people to imagine and balance every conceivable way	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#90
That you focus on dismissing individual acts instead of acknowledging the huge patterns of behavior	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#94
I put economic issues NUMBER ONE because without economic security	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#95
Number one for YOU, because you're hurting now too.	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#97
I was sticking McGovern flyers in door handles when I was 15	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#99
Fear of the draft was high for young men back then, so....	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#100
Wow. You are one nasty piece of work, you are.	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#103
So you got nothing but venom and nakedly self serving positions.	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#104
You know not one damned thing about me	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#105
When you get past this xenophobic bullshit that your interests are #1 perhaps you	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#106
You are so far beyond clueless about me	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#107
Ha, no. actually my opinions are valuable and well respected.	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#108
The funniest thing	betsuni	Apr 2015	#109
The ones I have received that were clearly intentional I have remembered	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#113
Self interest, again and again. Dudes lives matter!	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#114
you know. there is another thread of bewildered, ... where do you get that dems put $ ahead of peopl	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#117
Maybe he doesnt have dreadlocks?	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#188
Yessssss	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#98
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 women had more money	LittleBlue	Apr 2015	#118
if if if.... whereas if a dem doesnt get in 2016 we lose the supreme crt and women and girls	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#121
So welcome to Dickens' London to get a couple of SCOTUS justices?	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#125
i get were your priorities are. they are not with girls/women lives, but the all mighty $	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#126
I want to see every person living in this country	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#130
you think i am trolling, seeing how important the supreme crt is for our women and girls?	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#133
Again- you're talking about middle class white men. Sorry but....	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#144
How?	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#150
From the reading list. OMG, just blithely read about people's oppression and	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#153
Abso-freaking-lutely.	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#122
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
Life is for every last man and woman, boy and girl.	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#120
but not smart enough to figure out the relevance of the supreme crt to women and girls lives in 2016	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#123
Your tunnel vision is amazing.	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#128
yes, so throw the girls over board, women.... to the back of the bus. hifi. no. nt	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#131
This is trolling me. Point to one thing that supports your absurd contention.	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#135
if clinton is the candidate, do you vote? that is my point.	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#137
Who I vote for depends entirely on the dynamics of my state's poll data	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#140
that is all. nt	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#141
While I usually agree with you seabeyond	daredtowork	Apr 2015	#142
arent you sweet...	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#145
As for the other Breitbart twerps above	daredtowork	Apr 2015	#163
How nice it is to have to READ about rights being trampled.....	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#148
ya. that was the tunnel vision. i ignored all that and stuck with supreme crt. piece of cake. nt	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#151
What you've missed is that women and POC have been impoverished for years,	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#143
i didnt get into it, but yes... saying a fiscal equality with women blacks and gays? well, they	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#147
Wow. Twenty-odd posts of you	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#221
Whatever hifi... Nt	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#222
I think it takes two forms....	Revanchist	Apr 2015	#67
Microaggression is tiny acts of suspected racism that you can't prove	Cheese Sandwich	Apr 2015	#14
So it	phil89	Apr 2015	#21
No, they aren't always "unprovable."	Behind the Aegis	Apr 2015	#25
ty. i love to hear when we are on a role.... to awareness. very simple,	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#31
"yet all three come across as compliments" No they don't. Those are flat out insults.	Throd	Apr 2015	#32
Depends on perception.	Behind the Aegis	Apr 2015	#35
So true ...	1StrongBlackMan	Apr 2015	#45
Or,	NOLALady	Apr 2015	#61
Yes this too. Thank you.	Cheese Sandwich	Apr 2015	#38
+1. n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Apr 2015	#40
This post is so good I am almost tempted to rec this thread.	Number23	Apr 2015	#139
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
Cool assumption you just made, lacking proof of course.	LanternWaste	Apr 2015	#65
Well, this OP and a few of the replies are Exhibit A.	Starry Messenger	Apr 2015	#17
Are you saying I microaggressed by posting the OP?	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2015	#24
When faced with the choice between	Codeine	Apr 2015	#46
Well said. The OP is baloney- they will continue to ignore enlightening posts here....	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#73
Wow, you PC folks are really charming.	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2015	#85
wouldnt " PC folks" be kinda rw fox news'ish? nt	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#88
It's another RW meme- and we're shocked to be called "you guys" to boot.	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#89
Goes on too much around here to be termed "micro"	Eleanors38	Apr 2015	#48
I don't think I can type that post differently.	Starry Messenger	Apr 2015	#101
My entire life experience from sixth grade until I quit high school...	hunter	Apr 2015	#27
We're being nice when we call them microaggressions, to be honest.	DemocraticWing	Apr 2015	#33
Isn't it lovely they are so willing to guide us through life?	freshwest	Apr 2015	#166
I want to thank our more thoughtful posters	Codeine	Apr 2015	#47
Nice post.	Bobbie Jo	Apr 2015	#59
Good on you for saying so.	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#77
I was going to give the definition, but I see that the first post has whitesplained it already	mwrguy	Apr 2015	#51
Thanks for saying it! n/t	freshwest	Apr 2015	#167
I sent the JHU student government an email saying they were too NICE to Chick Fil Hate.	alp227	Apr 2015	#54
wow, you did that really well...	mike_c	Apr 2015	#55
How disingenuous.	ismnotwasm	Apr 2015	#56
This is Berke Breathed's account of it	Scootaloo	Apr 2015	#57
Stop believing in god and you can experience that shit firsthand.	MindPilot	Apr 2015	#58
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
It's smaller than a milliaggression	Nye Bevan	Apr 2015	#63
Deffinitions:	NM_Birder	Apr 2015	#68
Is google down? nt	LeftyMom	Apr 2015	#69
No but you can learn more from multiple people's perspectives	Revanchist	Apr 2015	#72
Microagressions	romanic	Apr 2015	#74
An excellent explanation.	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#93
Except it's wrong	daredtowork	Apr 2015	#171
war on straight white men	JI7	Apr 2015	#78
I think that it is a term that- like many- has the potential to accurately raise awareness, yet also	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#84
One millionth of an aggression	jberryhill	Apr 2015	#86
The new academic concept of microagressions	TM99	Apr 2015	#87
lol passive aggression is a term from 80s self-help books	daredtowork	Apr 2015	#168
It really bothers some here to have their sacred cows challenged.	TM99	Apr 2015	#201
Actually you illustrated my point. D'oh! nt	daredtowork	Apr 2015	#228
What point?	TM99	Apr 2015	#242
+1	Pooka Fey	Apr 2015	#245
Your definition is incorrect.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#249
I know what the 'definition' is.	TM99	Apr 2015	#250
Human behavior has been human behavior forever.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#253
No, what it tells you is that I disagree	TM99	Apr 2015	#255
It isn't a step removed, but a step towards specificity.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#256
I disagree.	TM99	Apr 2015	#257
The phenomenon described by the term microaggressions is a real thing.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#259
I am criticizing both language and what it attempts to describe	TM99	Apr 2015	#261
"Racism" and "sexism" isn't enough anymore...	davidn3600	Apr 2015	#96
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
Yeah some kid said something silly on the net, and it's used to discredit	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#111
Someone's tumblr meme is not a "field of study".	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#116
Blammo! nt	hifiguy	Apr 2015	#132
Why do you assume "field of study" referred to the tumblr thing?	gollygee	Apr 2015	#134
to dismiss it? nt	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#136
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
I do. Because i think peoples' hair is their own damn business.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#184
Great.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#175
I don't think it's a simple either/or dichotomy	gollygee	Apr 2015	#243
It wasn't a blog, it was a published op-ed piece.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#244
Also, I'll say this about "culture". Like music, like art, it is a melange, a conversation, an	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#246
Gas lighting bullshit.	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#146
Absolutely.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#159
Musta hit a nerve.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#176
Nah. Hit my bullshit detector.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#181
Well good for you!	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#186
Of course! That is your white privilege.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#191
My white privilege says that white people should be able to wear dreads?	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#195
White hair doesn't naturally dread.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#200
I think there are white people on this planet whose hair, given time and inertia, will naturally	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#207
No, DU is piling on.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#247
Kind of obvious that your function here- like the kid who pulls on your pony tail till	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#193
I'm responding to the thread, as are you.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#198
You're here to mock, and are pretty shitty at it- or did you think	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#202
I'm expressing an opinion that you, apparently, disagree with.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#206
And the "tumbler meme" bullshit?	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#208
dismissive. nt	seabeyond	Apr 2015	#210
If "microaggression" is a legitimate field of scientific study	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#213
Yeah that would be appropriation of black culture	daredtowork	Apr 2015	#231
The distinction, of course, is in the intent and communicated message. I get that.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#235
I didn't read the now notorious article so I don't have an opinion	daredtowork	Apr 2015	#238
I kinda weighed in on my original response, which I think is a good, workable one for me.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#239
On the other hand the person who wrote THIS OP	daredtowork	Apr 2015	#240
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
I think the focus on one dumb college kid- is dumb....	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#216
That's how it came up in the first place, isnt it?	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#226
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 think it was on the other thread, but you are welcome.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#183
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
Thank you.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#196
Ocean dumptruck tangerine.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#174
And.....that's one of your better posts.	bettyellen	Apr 2015	#185
Awwwww	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#187
See Revanchists #7. It's an important sub concept of these. Nt	stevenleser	Apr 2015	#156
how about people digging up some college student's blog to find something to be outraged over	JI7	Apr 2015	#192
It was an op-ed piece published a few days ago.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#199
Comrade Grumpy dug it up. Why did he do that? To mock, apparently.	kwassa	Apr 2015	#248
Comrade Grumpy dug it up doing his daily search for drug policy and EDM items.	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2015	#251
So, do you feel the concept of microaggressions is silliness, too?	kwassa	Apr 2015	#252
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 small examples of racism ...	kwassa	Apr 2015	#260
What the heck is with people who can't bother to use google?	BainsBane	Apr 2015	#215
I'm curious what you as the OP think about this now.	stevenleser	Apr 2015	#224
Microaggressions are the little shit that people of color, women, LGBT people, etc have to endure.	backscatter712	Apr 2015	#254
I agree, on all those examples.	Warren DeMontague	Apr 2015	#263
What the heck is a microgreen, anyway?	betsuni	Apr 2015	#262

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