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61. No. You know what...

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 10:53 PM

Jul 2012

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How is it not racism to describe a group of people based largely on the race of those in the group?

How is it not racist to say "stupid angry white people" when the phrase "stupid angry black people" would surely shut a thread down in no time here. As it should be. Substituting white for black doesn't make it ok.

Does the fact that you're white give your comment some added...something? I don't care what color your skin is. Why do you feel the need to mention it? Do you think your whiteness gives you some right to speak for anyone other than yourself? You say, in essence, "oh this is all fine, I'm not offended in the least...and I'm white, so therefore I speak for all white people..." No you don't.

I've lived in South Carolina for years. Find me a more conservative and reliably red state. And I have yet to experience the kind of "evil white southern republican" you speak of. Just haven't. Had some dramatic debates with repub friends, but never knew anyone to be a sleazeball.

But I do know what a racist rant looks like, and the OP is a racist rant.

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I'm so tired of stupid, angry white people [View all] ladym55 Jul 2012 OP

Hear Hear, Ma'am The Magistrate Jul 2012 #1

Hear hear kardonb Jul 2012 #25

Let's hope they have many more years of stroke-inducing anger. RagAss Jul 2012 #2

Yes, tired of the whitemare myself BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #3

white Americans of the sort so well identified in the OP, are the main thing standing between us and lunasun Jul 2012 #19

I'm tired of ignorance in general XemaSab Jul 2012 #4

... TreasonousBastard Jul 2012 #11

.... emilyg Jul 2012 #24

. . . Le Taz Hot Jul 2012 #33

No kidding. 99Forever Jul 2012 #39

what is "ignorance in general"? hfojvt Jul 2012 #67

I feel ya. amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #5

I'm not as hopeful for the young people ladym55 Jul 2012 #8

Too amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #6

"Where ignorance is bliss, Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2012 #7

We need to find these Tea Partiers and meet them WITH OUR ANGER!!! Zalatix Jul 2012 #9

I'm tired of them also ! nt steve2470 Jul 2012 #10

Stupid,angry people tire me too,no matter what their race. virgogal Jul 2012 #12

But white people have most of the power. Zoeisright Jul 2012 #32

Exactly. The NUMBER of this demographic is very damaging to forward progress CakeGrrl Jul 2012 #63

The sociopathic corporate-owned media have won hearts and minds Tsiyu Jul 2012 #13

+1 freshwest Jul 2012 #56

K&R D23MIURG23 Jul 2012 #14

I wish I knew what LTTE stood for. AJTheMan Jul 2012 #15

Letter To The Editor. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 #16

What gets overlooked in all of this is the thing that Solomon Jul 2012 #17

We bash Romney - are we all emilyg Jul 2012 #26

wtf? my post must have went straight over your head. Solomon Jul 2012 #42

What gets me is the ones who are convinced white people have always been the Masters. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #18

Yeah, those white ones especially! Skip Intro Jul 2012 #20

Yeah. I don't like Clarence Thomas, but at least he's not white. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #21

Chuckle. emilyg Jul 2012 #27

At least someone said it. Imagine if "white" was replaced with "black"? just1voice Jul 2012 #28

The OP is a racist rant and should be edited or removed. Major Nikon Jul 2012 #34

nah amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #36

Welcome to DU lunatica Jul 2012 #44

Even if it is not racist it is not accurate, in that the important commonality is not whiteness but Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #46

That... Major Nikon Jul 2012 #50

I agree. TwilightGardener Jul 2012 #52

^^That^^ pecwae Jul 2012 #35

The Tea Party seems to be an almost lily-white phenomenon. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2012 #53

Not racist, IMHO. There is certainly strong element of white racialism stoking right-wing anger and entanglement Jul 2012 #57

Umm, I am white ladym55 Jul 2012 #60

No. You know what... Skip Intro Jul 2012 #61

I hear you, I was just telling someone earlier today the same, I'm fed up with RKP5637 Jul 2012 #22

I'm partial to intelligent, serene, black people myself. Kablooie Jul 2012 #23

I'm White, and I'm Angry - but NashvilleLefty Jul 2012 #29

THANK YOU! I've seen white resentment on the rise ever since the election of Obama. alp227 Jul 2012 #30

Thank you for the links lunasun Jul 2012 #59

Furthermore, what you narrate can be explained by the social dominance theory. alp227 Jul 2012 #31

yeah amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #37

I know a poor Republican who had to get govt help to get life-saving surgery Patiod Jul 2012 #38

Republicans are our opponents Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #40

Point very well taken Patiod Jul 2012 #41

Yes, but you were the first to use the word 'Republican'. Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #45

I have an unemployed relative on Medicaid, posting everything against ACA and Obama she can find! treestar Jul 2012 #54

Just plain tired of the stupid and the willfully ignorant. underseasurveyor Jul 2012 #43

Now let me tell you the problems *I* have with the African American community (especially females!) Romulox Jul 2012 #47

me too- wish Bluerthanblue Jul 2012 #48

What is furthermore distressing about this is that it seems stereotyping, scapegoating, and racial Romulox Jul 2012 #49

Only melanin-challenged people qualify as stoopid and/or busy being free Jul 2012 #51

Says a lot that this racist rant is highly rec'd just1voice Jul 2012 #55

I kept looking for the emilyg Jul 2012 #58

Racism on DU. Go figure. flvegan Jul 2012 #62

french film made me think amfortas the hippie Jul 2012 #64

Stupidity and Anger cbrer Jul 2012 #65

I count at last 24 posts using standard racist rhetoric. ieoeja Jul 2012 #66

Question: Skip Intro Jul 2012 #68

Power n/t ieoeja Jul 2012 #69