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Sheldon Cooper

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28. Sorry, done with this.

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 12:32 PM

Jun 2015

You haven't made any effort to look at the context of the original exchange with the rape victim, you are far more interested in scoring some sort of "gotcha" moment. So, if it makes you happy, go ahead and think that. But I'll add one final word: Irony.

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When �harshtags� backfire: Mocking #whitegirltears and joking #killallwhitemen stir up debate [View all] NaturalHigh Jun 2015 OP

Two bigoted assholes in obscure corners geek tragedy Jun 2015 #1

Helping to raise a new generation of bigoted assholes... Oktober Jun 2015 #2

you are right - that's way worse than the dozens of black men gunned down by the police. el_bryanto Jun 2015 #7

Who said it was worse? romanic Jun 2015 #8

I can see you aren't the same person who I responded to el_bryanto Jun 2015 #14

Posts are subjective romanic Jun 2015 #18

Bigotry is a more serious problem when it results in deaths though. nt. el_bryanto Jun 2015 #19

Bigotry can kill everyone. romanic Jun 2015 #20

Yes - but statistically who is it actually killing? el_bryanto Jun 2015 #21

Why turn a blind eye to racism and bigotry at all? If allowed to grow and metastasize it will? Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #49

I suppose I look at two wounds on our American Psyche el_bryanto Jun 2015 #50

Or you could just stop comparing the two. romanic Jun 2015 #51

You see it as wounds. I see it as cancer. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #53

Well gosh - I can see how that's totally different. el_bryanto Jun 2015 #54

Are you trying to justify these tweets... NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #57

I'm placing them in their proper context. el_bryanto Jun 2015 #58

Not so negligible when you consider... NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #60

I suppose you would have the comfort of knowing that almost every other el_bryanto Jun 2015 #62

"it's possible that these professors will grade fairly once in the class room." NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #64

Being bigoted towards anyone isn't romanic Jun 2015 #63

Yet we unfortunately see all kinds of comments on this board... NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #73

This message was self-deleted by its author Lizzie Poppet Jun 2015 #59

... Sheldon Cooper Jun 2015 #11

Man, i have to tune my snark meters. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #52

"denied a career to"... NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #39

Neither would I. But there are lots of geek tragedy Jun 2015 #40

By that standard we don't need to worry about anything. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #41

I don't see much of a problem with Grundy's remarks. Vattel Jun 2015 #3

pretty everyone knew what Arquette meant� except those who for some reason KittyWampus Jun 2015 #4

what did she mean? Vattel Jun 2015 #5

So no issue with the "whitegirltears" comment to the rape victim? (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #9

Grundy's remarks have nothing to do with the fact that this woman was the victim of a rape. Vattel Jun 2015 #29

That 'absurd' suggestion seems to be just what you are suggesting in reply #3 muriel_volestrangler Jun 2015 #46

That's nice. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #42

I'm glad these "harshtags" are backfiring romanic Jun 2015 #6

Yet we see people defending them. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #34

I think Dorian Gray Jun 2015 #47

This! Thank you. TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #67

Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #10

To a rape survivor romanic Jun 2015 #12

Why is a white rape survivor crying herself to sleep over the POC reaction to Arquette's speech? Sheldon Cooper Jun 2015 #15

Quite a nasty post there. Kingofalldems Jun 2015 #16

Well if you can explain to me how a woman has any business inserting herself into something that Sheldon Cooper Jun 2015 #23

Women not having equal rights makes it difficult for rape prayin4rain Jun 2015 #44

Exactly. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #56

The Biden family's tears over the loss of Beau, for example? Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #17

What in the hell does that have to do with the OP? Sheldon Cooper Jun 2015 #22

You said that you find white people's tears to be "funny". (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #24

Some people aren't worth the effort mythology Jun 2015 #25

Yeah, in the context of the OP. Sheldon Cooper Jun 2015 #26

OK, so you find the tears of white rape victims to be "funny", Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #27

Sorry, done with this. Sheldon Cooper Jun 2015 #28

I agree. Grundy's remarks had nothing to do with the fact that the woman in question was a victim Vattel Jun 2015 #31

She taunted the woman after she knew she was a rape victim. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #36

Apology accepted (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #32

Done with this because you know you would slam anyone else... NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #35

Try to keep up? NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #43

You are such a sensitive soul. Or is the correct word bigot? Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #33

What about killing all white men? NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #38

#hashtagactivism is going to save the world I thought. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2015 #13

Zing. Tipperary Jun 2015 #30

Apparently those hashtags have super powers. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #37

I love how her "behavior came into question again" JonLP24 Jun 2015 #45

Hashtags are so 2012 FrodosPet Jun 2015 #48

You must have had more fun in the 6th grade than I did! NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #55

Hashtags in general are extremely annoying. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2015 #61

I don't really understand them since I don't use twitter. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #66

Like the @ or $ they are an integral part of Twitter. Jesus Malverde Jun 2015 #69

So you have to use a hashtag to tweet? NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #70

If you just tweet only those people who follow you will see it. Jesus Malverde Jun 2015 #71

That was a very helpful explanation. Thank you. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #72

That was a cruel response to the rape survivor treestar Jun 2015 #65

Yes it was, almost like she was drilling for the most painful thing she could say. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #68