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In reply to the discussion: Protesters again take to uptown streets (of Charlotte) [View all]davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)Logic, history... common sense... all of these would suggest that some of those Protestors were and ARE... actually white. Your generalization is absurd as well as racist and sexist.
Having studied history, I'm familiar with the events you're referring to, but you seem to have had a different history book. Yes, there were people who struggled, bled, were imprisoned or even killed for many of the rights we have today. They did not however, come from one race or gender. They come from every possible background you could imagine and they accomplished great things by working together despite their differences.
As for my entitled little ass... well, I would ask... what do you know of my entitled little ass? I've been beaten for the sake of my beliefs a few times. I've suffered quite a lot - I could give you a lengthy history of the suffering this poor little gnome has faced, yet I suspect you would not believe or not care.
I am a white male, so is my Father and so were my Grandfather and Great Grandfather... all democrats. My Father was one of those Vietnam war Protestors, my Grandfather was wounded in battle during World War II. My Great Grandfather was one of the first who dared struggle to help form a union - a man who worked in mines from sunup to sundown.
If my white little ass is entitled, it's because of the sacrifices and struggles of those who have gone before me. You are comparing apples and oranges. The differences in the situations you're talking about are quite vast.
As for your contempt, I find it mildly amusing.