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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: dandi on March 04, 2014, 10:08:32 PM
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You may have noticed the latest uber-trendy catchphrase making the rounds ad nauseum at The Hive over the past few weeks - White Privilege.
Replacing such stalwart favorites as "stochastic terrorism", "living wage", "fracking", and the ever-popular "'common sense' gun laws" our newest psuedointellectual topic satisfies the DUmmy craving to wax exquisitely patronizing for the purpose of "educating" others in subjects that are intuitively apparent to the vast majority of folks by roughly age ten or so. The threads have proliferated beyond all practical usefulness. So much so that it should be readily apparent now to all but the thickest of the DU dimwits that they have become nothing more than "Hey, look at me!" vehicles to gain street cred or vie for honors as Bestest And Most Sensitivest Liberal. But I digress.
First of all, let me say that one has to have achieved a certain level of affluence, be in a "comfort zone", if you will, to even consider the concept, and that's why it fails as a broad-based tool to have the general populace cogitate on discrimination. It's hard to get across to the rubber-booted White Guy standing in a ditch and shoveling away for eight bucks an hour that his 15% less likeliness of being pulled over for speeding because he's white has any relevance. He might not even have a car, or if he does, is studious about following the traffic laws because he can't afford a ticket or the hit it might be to his insurance. Or that Jane Sixpack, who is juggling work and two kids and just stopped in to Wal*Mart for a package of Huggies should recognize!â„¢ her sweet fortune of not being followed around the store by a loss-prevention specialist for the ten minutes she's in there. I know...I know...the ingrates! Going through life not acknowleging their "privilege".
Secondly, to those who insist that the term is not accusatory or inherently negative in any way when applied to the individual, my question is, "Then why use it?" Does it not automatically follow that if some are discriminated against or suffer racism, that means there are others who do not? Is that some mysterious mathematical concept that rates an entirely new approach to be understood? Are there really blithering idiots among you who don't recognize that both must exist? And if "white privilege" simply means the absence of discrimination, why not play up the affirmative acts of discrimination or racism themselves than the negative "not discrimination" side of the coin? After all, getting rid of discrimination is the goal, right?
The answer is simple. DUmmies are preternaturally driven to distraction with "fairness". And by fairness I don't mean equal opportunity. Equal opportunity is an antiquated idea that DUmmies scoff at because it still requires individual effort and responsibility to achieve and carries the risk of failure. No, the goal has long been now equal outcomes. Equal outcomes is something that can only be realized by outside forces (read: government) via coersion. Either everyone must be rich, or everyone must be mediocre, or everyone must be poor. It is this adolescent version of fairness to which "progressives" adhere. That is why it is not enough to point to the wrongs of discrimination and demand they be fixed. They must also insist on framing the absence of discrimination as "privilege" so in the event they cannot resolve the former, they will burn down the latter, all for the sake of "fairness". After all, no one should be "privileged" over another. A sense of guilt must be instilled in those who experience it. If one sucker is dropped in the dirt, all the lollipops must follow. Such is the petulant, childish nature of DUmmies.
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Social Justice.
Reverend Jeremiah Wright
Black liberation theology
White guilt.
White greed runs a world in need...-Jesse Jackson-
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You may have noticed the latest uber-trendy catchphrase making the rounds ad nauseum at The Hive over the past few weeks - White Privilege.
Replacing such stalwart favorites as "stochastic terrorism", "living wage", "fracking", and the ever-popular "'common sense' gun laws" our newest psuedointellectual topic satisfies the DUmmy craving to wax exquisitely patronizing for the purpose of "educating" others in subjects that are intuitively apparent to the vast majority of folks by roughly age ten or so. The threads have proliferated beyond all practical usefulness. So much so that it should be readily apparent now to all but the thickest of the DU dimwits that they have become nothing more than "Hey, look at me!" vehicles to gain street cred or vie for honors as Bestest And Most Sensitivest Liberal. But I digress.
First of all, let me say that one has to have achieved a certain level of affluence, be in a "comfort zone", if you will, to even consider the concept, and that's why it fails as a broad-based tool to have the general populace cogitate on discrimination. It's hard to get across to the rubber-booted White Guy standing in a ditch and shoveling away for eight bucks an hour that his 15% less likeliness of being pulled over for speeding because he's white has any relevance. He might not even have a car, or if he does, is studious about following the traffic laws because he can't afford a ticket or the hit it might be to his insurance. Or that Jane Sixpack, who is juggling work and two kids and just stopped in to Wal*Mart for a package of Huggies should recognize!â„¢ her sweet fortune of not being followed around the store by a loss-prevention specialist for the ten minutes she's in there. I know...I know...the ingrates! Going through life not acknowleging their "privilege".
Secondly, to those who insist that the term is not accusatory or inherently negative in any way when applied to the individual, my question is, "Then why use it?" Does it not automatically follow that if some are discriminated against or suffer racism, that means there are others who do not? Is that some mysterious mathematical concept that rates an entirely new approach to be understood? Are there really blithering idiots among you who don't recognize that both must exist? And if "white privilege" simply means the absence of discrimination, why not play up the affirmative acts of discrimination or racism themselves than the negative "not discrimination" side of the coin? After all, getting rid of discrimination is the goal, right?
The answer is simple. DUmmies are preternaturally driven to distraction with "fairness". And by fairness I don't mean equal opportunity. Equal opportunity is an antiquated idea that DUmmies scoff at because it still requires individual effort and responsibility to achieve and carries the risk of failure. No, the goal has long been now equal outcomes. Equal outcomes is something that can only be realized by outside forces (read: government) via coersion. Either everyone must be rich, or everyone must be mediocre, or everyone must be poor. It is this adolescent version of fairness to which "progressives" adhere. That is why it is not enough to point to the wrongs of discrimination and demand they be fixed. They must also insist on framing the absence of discrimination as "privilege" so in the event they cannot resolve the former, they will burn down the latter, all for the sake of "fairness". After all, no one should be "privileged" over another. A sense of guilt must be instilled in those who experience it. If one sucker is dropped in the dirt, all the lollipops must follow. Such is the petulant, childish nature of DUmmies.
Great post--H5 duly given.
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I've glanced through a few of the threads on the topic, but it's all just a bunch of jibber jabber with no substance. Best I can tell it's something like this:
1) Acknowledge white privilege
2) ????????
3) Feel better
It's one of the many things that primitives find to be so important that normal people just don't care about in the least. They spend a lot of time on things like race, gender, etc... that are a waste of time, which is good as it keeps them out of my neighborhood.
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I don't feel I have white privilege or white guilt and never have.
I wasn't raised with racial prejudice, didn't go to segregated schools. But I have experienced reverse racism on different levels.
All this BS keeps the perceived hurt alive and divides us as a country. But that's what the DUmmies want, isn't it?
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A recurring meme at the DUmp is that 'old white men' with conservative values will soon die out in the U.S., and that whites in general will have no say in the future political system due to non-whites pouring into the country and reproducing faster than Caucasians. At that point (the story goes) the U.S. will pretty much be a socialist country run by the Democrat party and evil conservatives will never again be elected to any meaningful office.
They gleefully await this future paradise, apparently unaware that parasites cannot survive without hosts.
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Because I was self employed, I haven't gotten to use my "White Privilege" much. Can I get reimbursed for the unused part by the government?
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They keep this bullshit up because they need victims, and when none exist, they're created. Without victims, Dims will never win an election.
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I don't feel I have white privilege or white guilt and never have.
I wasn't raised with racial prejudice, didn't go to segregated schools. But I have experienced reverse racism on different levels.
All this BS keeps the perceived hurt alive and divides us as a country. But that's what the DUmmies want, isn't it?
That is exactly it. By framing it as WHITE PRIVILEGE rather than the more generic "racism" or "discrimination" it draws a broad-brushed target for the animosity of minorities and puts whites in a position of defensiveness. The resulting tension and division between groups is their bread and butter, despite their shallow protestations that they just want white people to become more "self-aware". As if we are unable to figure it out for ourselves.
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I've glanced through a few of the threads on the topic, but it's all just a bunch of jibber jabber with no substance. Best I can tell it's something like this:
1) Acknowledge white privilege
2) ????????
3) Feel better
It's one of the many things that primitives find to be so important that normal people just don't care about in the least. They spend a lot of time on things like race, gender, etc... that are a waste of time, which is good as it keeps them out of my neighborhood.
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Its like this:
1 Make accusations and assertions of white privilege
2 Make others feel worse - whites because they're white, and non whites, because they're not getting what whites supposedly are. This is typical incendiary rhetoric for molotov throwing collectivists.
3 Enjoy the fruits at the ballot box - lower turnout and "against" votes by whites because some buy into white guilt, and higher minority turnout, because they're angry and energized about those damned entitled white people.
Its a voter manipulation scheme, among other things.
CMD
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I've glanced through a few of the threads on the topic, but it's all just a bunch of jibber jabber with no substance. Best I can tell it's something like this:
1) Acknowledge white privilege
2) ????????
3) Feel better
It's one of the many things that primitives find to be so important that normal people just don't care about in the least. They spend a lot of time on things like race, gender, etc... that are a waste of time, which is good as it keeps them out of my neighborhood.
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My idea for your second step was...do pennance.
Because I was self employed, I haven't gotten to use my "White Privilege" much. Can I get reimbursed for the unused part by the government?
I like what you did there.
To paraphrase nadin, it's crunchy.
There's more meat on that bone to be chewed.
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Well, except for white women, especially if they want an abortion or are lesbians. But H5, but they only believe things that defy logic.
Cindie
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I really don't have anything to add other than what everyone else has summerized...Basically the whole thing is DUers playing I Art More Liberal Than Thou again; their insecurity comes shining through, as always. Agree with the premise of white privilege or you're a shameless stinking racist who sniffs David Duke's taint. No difference of opinion allowed.
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White Privilege is something White leftists come up with.
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http://gawker.com/a-letter-from-ray-jasper-who-is-about-to-be-executed-1536073598
That article is making the rounds among some of my classmates.
Liberals complaining about the amount of blacks on death row/in prison. This idiot writing the letters was involved in a murder/robbery.
Should we put more white people in jail even though they aren't committing violent crimes at the same rate as blacks?
Stupid ****ing liberals.
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http://gawker.com/a-letter-from-ray-jasper-who-is-about-to-be-executed-1536073598
That article is making the rounds among some of my classmates.
Liberals complaining about the amount of blacks on death row/in prison. This idiot writing the letters was involved in a murder/robbery.
Should we put more white people in jail even though they aren't committing violent crimes at the same rate as blacks?
Stupid ****ing liberals.
They'll have to do it for "thought crimes" to pull it off.
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Gawker is a step above YouTube commenters and Buzzfeed when it comes to content. Best to ignore them.
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It's mostly about appearances. By whining about white privilege they give the appearance of caring about minorities and their concerns but don't actually have to make any real sacrifices on their behalf. For them 'acknowledging privilege' on a message board is more than enough.
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It's mostly about appearances. By whining about white privilege they give the appearance of caring about minorities and their concerns but don't actually have to make any real sacrifices on their behalf. For them 'acknowledging privilege' on a message board is more than enough.
Raising awareness.
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Gawker is a step above YouTube commenters and Buzzfeed when it comes to content. Best to ignore them.
I know Gawker is garbage. However, plenty of kids my age constantly link to sites like Gawker or MotherJones or Slate. It's really embarrassing that my generation is so indoctrinated.
I don't feel bad that scumbags are executed, just because a high proportion of those scumbags happen to be black. If they called me up tomorrow to pull the lever on this scumbag, I'd fly down immediately.
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They'll have to do it for "thought crimes" to pull it off.
They're working on it.
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White Privilege is something White leftists come up with.
It's interesting; said lefties then want everyone else to suffer for having 'white privilege,' while they remain untouched by the backlash.
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They have screamed racism so much that it is nothing but an empty word at this point.
Real racism takes overt actions whereas a vague,all encompassing thing as "white privilege" simply establishes that racism is the default norm in the country so that even without an actual deed or event racism can always be claimed.
It is a political word game and straw man.
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It's funny that those that can't feed themselves or their children can buy alcohol and bullets on the weekend then go out somewhere and shoot each other.
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Ban got tombstoned by advocating a "white tax." Therefore, the nerve was struck, as White Privilege is perhaps the nirvana of
progressive socialist communist DU mentality, as it allows them to assign 100% victimhood to all non-whites at all times in life, no matter if they have millions or not.
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They have screamed racism so much that it is nothing but an empty word at this point.
Real racism takes overt actions whereas a vague,all encompassing thing as "white privilege" simply establishes that racism is the default norm in the country so that even without an actual deed or event racism can always be claimed.
It is a political word game and straw man.
That's what really bothers me. They've made it into something trivial. Crying racism every time you disagree with or are critical of an idea or political view of a person of color turns it into nothing more than an overused political jab. They've now raised a generation where most have never seen an act of real racism (which should indicate how little there truly is), but hear the word used almost daily. Real racism is unrecognizable and when it does raise it's ugly head, it's going to be the leftist version of the little boy who cried wolf. Meanwhile, the soft racism of low expectations is driving minorities into believing they aren't as good as whites because they can't make it without entitlements and affirmative action.
Cindie
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^Good stuff Cindie.
The libs are robbing dignity and integrity and the self respect of minorities.
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If a white person walks through a gang infested ghetto, especially at night, is he/she privileged? My two white cousins who lived in inner city Chicago and had to fight their way through racist crowds of cowardly blacks just to get to school every morning sure as hell didn't consider themselves privileged! The so called white privilege is reserved for the Sissy Matthews and Jeremiad Wrongs of this country. I really hate sons of bitches like those two; they encapsulate everything that is perverted and untrue in humanity. I don't think when the Statute of Liberty was raising her torch to the wretched refuse of the world she had any idea of the depraved dregs already here and embodied in the likes of those two, and many other nausea inducing progressives.
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I am sitting here waiting for a 1:00 AM call to direct activities in India. Clearly, White Privilege.
Likewise tomorrow I get to fly for 3 hours to DC adjacent instead of flying home -- I will be flying back on Saturday and MIGHT get to rest a bit on Sunday. More White Privilege.
At this moment I would love for someone else to take the White Privilege away from me.
If anyone even HINTS I didn't work for what I have I will break my foot off in his/her ass.
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The answer is simple. DUmmies are preternaturally driven to distraction with "fairness". And by fairness I don't mean equal opportunity. Equal opportunity is an antiquated idea that DUmmies scoff at because it still requires individual effort and responsibility to achieve and carries the risk of failure. No, the goal has long been now equal outcomes. Equal outcomes is something that can only be realized by outside forces (read: government) via coersion. Either everyone must be rich, or everyone must be mediocre, or everyone must be poor. It is this adolescent version of fairness to which "progressives" adhere. That is why it is not enough to point to the wrongs of discrimination and demand they be fixed. They must also insist on framing the absence of discrimination as "privilege" so in the event they cannot resolve the former, they will burn down the latter, all for the sake of "fairness". After all, no one should be "privileged" over another. A sense of guilt must be instilled in those who experience it. If one sucker is dropped in the dirt, all the lollipops must follow. Such is the petulant, childish nature of DUmmies.
The modern "civil rights" movement isn't about equality, it's about getting even and it's being perpetrated by people who were never slaves against people who never owned slaves.
And, if I may make a note about actual slaves: those seeking true freedom will abandon the housing and food provided for them to scramble bare-footed to escape. They won't wait for housing vouchers, EBT cards, insurance subsidies and the like. They want freedom.
Those who insist that they will not embrace freedom until their every silly demand is met do not deserve either.
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If a white person walks through a gang infested ghetto, especially at night, is he/she privileged? My two white cousins who lived in inner city Chicago and had to fight their way through racist crowds of cowardly blacks just to get to school every morning sure as hell didn't consider themselves privileged! The so called white privilege is reserved for the Sissy Matthews and Jeremiad Wrongs of this country. I really hate sons of bitches like those two; they encapsulate everything that is perverted and untrue in humanity. I don't think when the Statute of Liberty was raising her torch to the wretched refuse of the world she had any idea of the depraved dregs already here and embodied in the likes of those two, and many other nausea inducing progressives.
White guilt gave owebuma the white privilege of occupying the white house.
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