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kcr

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108. Thank you

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 03:09 PM

Dec 2017

I didn't perceive harm. I just wanted to present a view that I felt wasn't getting considered enough. Thank you for at least hearing it out. My intention isn't to defend racism, but I think some people hear it that way. I just don't think men should be getting a pass.

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Nearly two-thirds of white women in Alabama voted for accused child molester Roy Moore [View all] workinclasszero Dec 2017 OP

Im embarrassed to be a white woman. What in the actual fuck are these subhumans thinking? onecaliberal Dec 2017 #1

The brainwashing is insane workinclasszero Dec 2017 #3

+1 Botany Dec 2017 #32

They embarrass me as well, but they are not "subhuman" whathehell Dec 2017 #5

Seems your literary license has been suspended. LanternWaste Dec 2017 #10

Yes, it's important that we not hurt the feelings of these idiot racist fuckheads. Orrex Dec 2017 #66

You're right of course: they're human - all too human, in fact. sandensea Dec 2017 #67

I went to high school in Alabama. I beg to differ with you. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #101

So only the conservative WOMEN in Alabama are "sub-human" huh? whathehell Dec 2017 #106

It's the men too. Apparently the term "sub-human" has connotations for others on Sophia4 Dec 2017 #112

"so if sub-human as a term upsets you"? whathehell Dec 2017 #116

Thanks for the advice. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #130

Torch Flashlight ... Boot + Car trunk there's more JimBeard Dec 2017 #133

I'm sorry. I think the fight against the Antebellum South kcr Dec 2017 #118

It was a term Nazis used for the inferior races that were suitable only for slavery or extermination sl8 Dec 2017 #119

Wow! I'm familiar with the term "Untermensch," but never thought about the Sophia4 Dec 2017 #128

How does "inhuman" work for you? democratisphere Dec 2017 #129

It doesn't whathehell Dec 2017 #138

The same thing that women who actually think they should be wearing a burqa are thinking. AJT Dec 2017 #6

I suggest that the choice of wearing a burka (and it IS a choice) luvtheGWN Dec 2017 #34

Wearing a Burka is only a choice in certain countries hueymahl Dec 2017 #68

If a woman wears a burqa it is because of some perversion of religion. AJT Dec 2017 #74

subhuman really the word you want? irisblue Dec 2017 #9

Thank you.. whathehell Dec 2017 #22

Alert? Huh? What did I miss here? irisblue Dec 2017 #25

It's a slur heavily associated with Nazis kcr Dec 2017 #71

Exactly...which is why it SHOULD be TS violation whathehell Dec 2017 #95

Flat out unacceptable. kcr Dec 2017 #96

Exactly.. whathehell Dec 2017 #98

As far as the slur, I think sometimes people aren't aware of the history kcr Dec 2017 #100

I think this might be a good place to add kcr Dec 2017 #73

If un suspecting people use the term and are not aware, why not do the decent thing and tell THEM JimBeard Dec 2017 #134

People who hurt children are monsters as a survivor of that I will call them what they are. onecaliberal Dec 2017 #27

A suggestion irisblue Dec 2017 #110

Okay, I can work with that. Thank you. onecaliberal Dec 2017 #122

.😀 irisblue Dec 2017 #131

I agree. We should stick to pointing out how awful humans can be. Demit Dec 2017 #79

Have you ever lived in Alabama? Gone to school there? Have family there? Sophia4 Dec 2017 #102

I read so Im informed about the population of Whiteswho voted for pedo, it was reported onecaliberal Dec 2017 #137

Um, should we all be "embarrassed" because we share the same color whathehell Dec 2017 #11

not all of us do yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #61

Yes, all of us do.. whathehell Dec 2017 #80

I am sure because I am part Japanese yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #81

Huh? whathehell Dec 2017 #93

It isn't about race. It is about Alabama and the class system there which happens Sophia4 Dec 2017 #103

Really?...Then maybe you should be calling the white MALES 'subhumsn'" whathehell Dec 2017 #114

I'm not...I'm more "embarrassed" to have to respond to such a bigoted whathehell Dec 2017 #23

subhuman? kcr Dec 2017 #51

Yes SUB HUMAN onecaliberal Dec 2017 #85

Do yourself a favor and research that word n/t kcr Dec 2017 #87

Enjoy the dust bin. Im well aware of the definition. onecaliberal Dec 2017 #88

Yet you choose to use it anyway kcr Dec 2017 #89

Is that anything like a sub-sandwich? JimBeard Dec 2017 #135

Its a Family Cherished Value. olegramps Dec 2017 #60

"Subhumans"? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #132

Babies and Jeebus ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #2

Democrats have no business reaching out to these people dalton99a Dec 2017 #4

What about their children? David__77 Dec 2017 #58

Younger people in Alabama voted in larger numbers for Doug Jones. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #109

Well, the boys are anyway kcr Dec 2017 #111

Thank you for sharing your story! David__77 Dec 2017 #120

The chart gives me hope. Sophia4 Dec 2017 #126

Not to some here. Ask anyone who was sexually abused as a child by an adult. onecaliberal Dec 2017 #86

I agree. Blue_true Dec 2017 #105

Is there a breakdown of white women irisblue Dec 2017 #7

Yeah...Men have children too. whathehell Dec 2017 #15

You're right. I was wearing blinders. Apologies. irisblue Dec 2017 #16

No problem whathehell Dec 2017 #18

As a white woman myself, I'd like to know WTF were they thinking? Arkansas Granny Dec 2017 #8

i live in NC. barbtries Dec 2017 #19

You're probably not Evangelical kcr Dec 2017 #69

Same here. I'm in Texas. hamsterjill Dec 2017 #76

Break it down by age crazycatlady Dec 2017 #12

If you look at the numbers, most young Whites in Alabama voted for Moore. Blue_true Dec 2017 #107

And 72% of white males. MrsCoffee Dec 2017 #13

And they've been coddled in interviews for more than a year. bettyellen Dec 2017 #20

maybe it is time to replace all males in power with women scarytomcat Dec 2017 #28

Sounds good - until we consider how a most of these women are voting EffieBlack Dec 2017 #99

So.. no women in power. Ok. n/t kcr Dec 2017 #113

It seems Moore was just telling them luvtheGWN Dec 2017 #37

Women are no better then men when it comes to bigotry. haele Dec 2017 #59

yep let's not let them off the hook either nt steve2470 Dec 2017 #84

How about the numbers on white men?..It's higher, so why not call them out too? whathehell Dec 2017 #14

Because white men in Alabama it's a given that they vote for Moore SHRED Dec 2017 #26

So they get a pass? MrsCoffee Dec 2017 #39

No. They are sick. SHRED Dec 2017 #41

Agreed. MrsCoffee Dec 2017 #43

It should not be a "given". Allowing it to be is just another whathehell Dec 2017 #82

Not how I see it SHRED Dec 2017 #83

Well I see that as a form of sexism kcr Dec 2017 #92

Points taken SHRED Dec 2017 #94

Thank you kcr Dec 2017 #108

Well, maybe that's how you should see it.. whathehell Dec 2017 #117

I've addressed this SHRED Dec 2017 #124

They can be called out too; I bet the OP point treestar Dec 2017 #125

one of those times barbtries Dec 2017 #17

These are percentages of women who actually showed up to vote. EL34x4 Dec 2017 #21

That's true...in a way workinclasszero Dec 2017 #29

Yes, which is why headlines should always read-of those that voted. 58Sunliner Dec 2017 #44

Evangelical white people are bigoted hate filled assholes Dem2 Dec 2017 #24

so embarrassed for my race ProfessorPlum Dec 2017 #30

Look how many of those women have silver hair. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2017 #31

Obeying and honoring the wishes of their husbands (and/or preachers) I suspect. NurseJackie Dec 2017 #33

I heard a podcast who had a great theory Corgigal Dec 2017 #35

Obama got only 42 per cent of white women in 2012 ehrnst Dec 2017 #36

I do not doubt that more WW who voted, voted for Moore. 58Sunliner Dec 2017 #38

Once again demonstrating Reich-wing self-delusions Grins Dec 2017 #40

That is SHAMEFUL! I'm ashamed to be a white woman like they are. SHAME! The word isn't used enuf.nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #42

So instead of "subhuman" infullview Dec 2017 #45

Welcome to DU irisblue Dec 2017 #97

Why do women AND men vote for politicians and issues that are opposed to their own interests .... marble falls Dec 2017 #46

Let's analyze how all these white women are voting. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #47

This map shows a stolen election..nothing more judesedit Dec 2017 #49

Except in Alabama. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #53

It has to do with "The Dumbing Down Of America" judesedit Dec 2017 #48

God works in mysterious. Evangelicals, on the other hand, are just plain irrational. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2017 #50

I prefer to phrase it as "they voted in favor of child rape." Orrex Dec 2017 #52

This doesn't surprise me yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #54

These supporters of Roy Moore must think "Stand By Your Man" is a Christian hymn. muntrv Dec 2017 #55

I think it just shows us that when it comes to politics and ethics men and women can be the same. jalan48 Dec 2017 #56

White men are getting a pass because...? kcr Dec 2017 #57

It flows from political stupidity. David__77 Dec 2017 #63

Headline is a lie oberliner Dec 2017 #62

Excellent point. David__77 Dec 2017 #64

But they were willing to sit at home and let a pedophile get elected? workinclasszero Dec 2017 #78

I think it broke along evangelical lines. White non-evangelical women voted for Doug Jones. mainer Dec 2017 #65

How can they look Butterflylady Dec 2017 #70

Are there a lot of Turbineguy Dec 2017 #72

2/3 of white women who voted, you mean. alarimer Dec 2017 #75

It's spinning a relatively high Evangelical turn out into "White Women did it" kcr Dec 2017 #77

turnout being lower for white people in Alabama does not standingtall Dec 2017 #91

Yeah. AL has about 3.3 million voters with a "white" fraction around 0.726; struggle4progress Dec 2017 #115

begining to think that white people including standingtall Dec 2017 #90

Successfully indoctrinated pandr32 Dec 2017 #104

That picture looks exactly like my 75 year old aunt and her new circle of friends Awsi Dooger Dec 2017 #121

1/3 white women is not all that bad in such a red state treestar Dec 2017 #123

remember this dembotoz Dec 2017 #127

I have been involved in Politics for sometime now and have tried to inderstand voter behavior. JimBeard Dec 2017 #136