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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 09:33 PM Original message |
A thread for GLBT people of color |
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TEmperorHasNoClothes (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. do you only want African Americans participating in the thread |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. personally |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. I almost started this thread yesterday |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Let's consider this quote from Marlon Riggs: |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. I hope this thread works out. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is my first post on DU in months, and it's a question. Are you a gay man of color? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It really saddens me that people are deliberately trying to pit AAs vs. gays |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Two kinds of people do that kind of thing - disrupting trolls and jerks. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Backslider! |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. that's why I thought a dialogue would be useful |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I don't lay the blame on groups, either. I lay the blame on a handful of individuals. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I couldn't disagree more, and I am quite amazed you are digging this all up again. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. How nice to see you again, kwassa. Still up to your old tricks. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Deleted message |
La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. seconded |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Thank you, darling! |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. like a moth to the flame |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Since my original response was deleted, I'll rephrase. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. So, you have no evidence that a poster has called all gay DUer's racist? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Deleted message |
kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Another distortion of what I said. How surprising. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. but |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. So which is it? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
66. Charged by who? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:33 AM Response to Reply #66 |
81. I won't violate the call out rule |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #66 |
86. I was called a racist 30+ times, merely for supporting Hillary |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. I supported Hillary and was never called a racist. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. You are conflating two things here |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #88 |
108. This is the central point of disagreement. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. The thing speaks for itself |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #110 |
130. I disagree. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:01 AM Response to Reply #130 |
134. again you are conflating two different things |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #134 |
139. what two things are being conflated? |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #139 |
145. When is it ever acceptable to revoke a marginalized group's civil equality? When? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. It is never acceptable. |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. And shall we now contextualize the Mormons who voted "Yes on 8"? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #147 |
153. Yes, I would argue the same for the Mormons. |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. But you would agree that the KKK is comprised of bigots. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #155 |
159. The KKK is a terrorist group. |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 02:54 AM Response to Reply #159 |
161. Apples and oranges? Keep telling yourself that... (nt) |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #159 |
162. The CCC then |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. People who vote to take rights away from LGBT people are bigots |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. kwassa is making the argument that one can't call "moral" people bigots. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #149 |
152. People who work and/or vote to eradicate the fundamental rights of others |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #149 |
154. No, I am not. |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #154 |
163. Oh, yes you are. Yours is not a progressive argument. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #108 |
113. And maybe white supremacists aren't motivated by bigotry, either. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #113 |
131. and you are attacking me based on my race, gender, and sexual orientation |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #113 |
138. All I see is "Ignored," but I have a pretty good idea which pontificating white str8 man |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #138 |
144. "Yes on 8" voters are the people who were truly harmed by Prop H8's passage. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #144 |
150. Yes, actually, I can believe it. n/t |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #108 |
121. What rational reasons would a person have to vote FOR Prop 8? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #121 |
132. People vote as often for irrational reasons as rational ones. |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #132 |
143. It seems to me that you're trying to provide an acceptable context for denying civil equality. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
83. some people did overreach, and some posts were indeed racist |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #83 |
98. That sounds like what I noticed as well, as I've stated elsewhere in this thread. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #98 |
104. i hear you yardwork |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #104 |
114. I know that black people are still oppressed. So are gay people. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #114 |
140. i don't think there is a fight |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. I have it saved it all its glory |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
59. I stayed out of this whole war |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. I don't want to speak in this forum at all. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. No. It seems like you are taking advantage of the worst |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Like this undeleted and unlocked thread? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. And your point is? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Find those attacks and show them to me. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Deleted message |
kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Do you know the difference between "some" and "all"? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Here's one. You agreed with it, too. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Here are a few, without links of course, but the message was repeated often. |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Yup. The people who are deliberately trying to pit one group against the other |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. They're straight, that's for sure. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. well stated. i missed you. nt |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thank you. You're very kind. |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. ..... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. How do you know I'm wrong that "a great many people still consider it insulting..." |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. b/c you're basing it on a few random DU posters |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. What are you talking about? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Deleted message |
yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Yes, you are slandering gay people in our own forum. |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. wow you can copy and paste! |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. You are the one making that equivalency, not me. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. You distorted the meaning of that post, too. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Yardwork is right, this was posted on the 10th and she replied on the 12th. |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #74 |
78. ..... |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Prop 8 drama? Removing civil rights IS dramatic. n/t |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. And I've seen 2 African-American women say they won't support civil equality for LGBT people. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Oh, I see! Marimour didn't mean MY posts! Just posts LIKE mine! |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Similies are a biatch. Metaphores are a cake walk. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
56. Deleted message |
LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Oh, Thom, don't be so thin-skinned! |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Of course. Reasonable people can Always disagree about |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Well said. I agree, based on years of observation. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
22. who counts as color? if i do, and someone just argued a day or two ago, that i don't |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Exactly! I've seen disgustingly racist comments made by supposedly "gay" posters here. |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Because it suits a certain subset of homophobes to argue that gay rights |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. yes. meanwhile the hiv rates because of homophobia, internalized homophobia |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That's so sad. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. many many reasons why we it's hard to discuss |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. All true, plus another reason. People who are stressed tend to be conservative. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. by smacking everyone who claims to be fiscally conservative and socially liberal |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. That sounds like fun. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. In that case, it might take leadership from INSIDE any community |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. there are a lot of black leaders who view this struggle as a civil rights issue |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I agree. Not only is it a made up problem on DU, it was made up by a very small number of posters. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. straight guys in general. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I concede the point. Straight, anyway. Plus some self-identified gay posters. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. Yes, there have been many many leaders in the African American community |
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marimour (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. I wouldn't put it past CNN to do something like this. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Well said. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I remember the ugly things that were said, both in that thread and others. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I think that the poster upthread remembers, too. He's hoping others will forget. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
69. you really like making stuff up, don't you? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. Some people have figured out how to indulge their homophobia freely |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Bush like, actually. |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
82. That's a very insightful post. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #82 |
97. Thanks! n/t |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:16 AM Response to Reply #40 |
93. Nail on the head |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
135. I second that |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:00 AM Response to Reply #22 |
136. I second that |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
84. ruggerson, this was a noble effort |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. thanks |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #85 |
107. both, and...not either or |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. one thing: that very same system you say allows |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #109 |
141. you are right...i didn't mean to diminish that reality |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #107 |
127. There are too many areas of the country |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #127 |
142. my story is personal to my experience |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
89. This entire thread is why I don't talk about it anymore. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. +10,000 recs. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. *hugs* |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #91 |
102. *hugs* to you too, Chovi. :) |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. The moral of this story |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:15 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Love you, but you know that already |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Thank you. n/t |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #89 |
95. thank you |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #95 |
100. Ruggerson, another lesbian person of color has been discussing this here very constructively |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #100 |
103. Maybe we can define these terms and why they do or don't matter. |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #100 |
119. Didn't mean to not acknowledge her |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #119 |
156. Yes, and I didn't mean that you were the one ignoring her! |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #95 |
101. Gay men and women of all origins are invited to discuss our lives. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #89 |
96. Thanks! |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #89 |
99. Thank you. That's pretty much what I've been trying to say in this thread, but yours is better. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. I'm not saying there shouldn't be any discussion at all |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. Then we agree. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. not a big fan of religion but some of wrights sermons are gods truth |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. So where do we go from here you guys? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. honestly, i dont think we can do anything. i can work within my community of color to raise |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #117 |
126. I agree with that |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #126 |
157. I agree with every word. |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. I'd suggest that we start by not looking at it as "each others goals" |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. well stated |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #118 |
122. Well, I agree with both of what LaLioness and FS just said! :) |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. I agree we need to have more voices |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #123 |
129. My family is biracial too and we love our niece and nephew |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #112 |
125. There's a difference in how the homophobia manifests though |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. I had no idea. We still have little churches around here |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #89 |
111. Once again Chovexani waltzes in and ROCKS THE FUCKIN HOUSE |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #89 |
124. well said |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #89 |
137. I loved that post! |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #89 |
158. People who disagree with you should "die in a fire"? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #158 |
160. Oh ffs |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
133. A self-identified Heterosexual White Male hijacked your topic. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #133 |
151. The very definition of privilege, isn't it? n/t |
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