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In reply to the discussion: White privilege is knowing that if the Louisiana shooter turns out to be white... [View all]Flatulo
(5,005 posts)46. If he's holding a gun you can bet your ass they do.
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White privilege is knowing that if the Louisiana shooter turns out to be white... [View all]
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2015
OP
Actually, lone gunman usually are stereotyped as white males. I believe the usual profile for a
Tipperary
Jul 2015
#21
You are wrong. That is the profile of a lone shooter. Whenever they are looking for a shooter who is
Tipperary
Jul 2015
#32
ESPECIALLY if he's an older white supremacist who's anti-gay and anti-government too...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2015
#44
Well...there are some pretty high profile white people who think blacks should be singled out
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2015
#3
The systematic targeting of minorities is quite acceptable in conservative circles:
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2015
#7
So what does calling for mass killing of Middle eastern people count as, on the privilege scale?
Scootaloo
Jul 2015
#4
I must have missed the calling for bombing of Muslims over Chattanooga. Can you
Tipperary
Jul 2015
#22
and Bill Maher will conveniently not remember this when he talks about terrorism being the sole
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2015
#24
I say we bomb Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia right now. We must fight the White Xian people
Erose999
Jul 2015
#30
what an awful OP. How disgusting to twist this massacre into a BS political tool. Self Delete.
uhnope
Jul 2015
#37
yes, self delete. The bodies aren't yet cold and you're smearing their death into "white privilege"
uhnope
Jul 2015
#52
Also, when somebody phones the police and says "there's a white guy with a gun shooting people..."
TrollBuster9090
Jul 2015
#42
Yeah, he found three examples of police shooting white men by mistake. One was from Limbaugh,
TrollBuster9090
Jul 2015
#69
You found three examples of cops killing unarmed white men. Congratulations. So...
TrollBuster9090
Jul 2015
#68
White privilege is being stupid enough to post idiotic racist bullshit on DU and be cheered on.
Flatulo
Jul 2015
#57
white privilege is calling things racist without understanding structural racism
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2015
#74