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40. Neither would I. But there are lots of

Reply to NaturalHigh (Reply #39)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 10:58 PM

Jun 2015

shitty, unfair professors. And the planet keeps right on spinning.

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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