The OP is just some dumb article about how all of you Elite White Men are "the problem." *yawn* Nothing different than we've read over there 1,000 times. The only reason I brought it over is for the sheer entertainment value evoked by the dissenters. I don't imagine that jack_krass, LittleBlue, Patently Democratic, and a few others are long for the DU world.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028416141jack_krass (985 posts)
4. Dang first the working class whites, now the elite whites. Is there
any problem in this world not caused by some class of white people?
Uponthegears (1,311 posts)
5. Do you want an honest answer?
Response to jack_krass (Reply #4)Fri Dec 30, 2016, 08:00 PM
Star Member yallerdawg (8,172 posts)
6. It's pretty clear.
So let us now instead define elite white men as the problem when it comes to many matters of contemporary societal oppression, societal inequality, human rights, and human survival.
First - we have to admit it's a problem.
Response to yallerdawg (Reply #6)Fri Dec 30, 2016, 08:30 PM
jack_krass (985 posts)
9. Yes, such a wonderful world we'd have without white people, right?.... In all seriousness, isnt it
Funny how its perfectly A-ok to demonize an entire race of people, as long as they're white If someone started talking about blacks or jews being "the problem", well imagine the hellstorm that would be generated.
Response to jack_krass (Reply #9)Fri Dec 30, 2016, 08:43 PM
Star Member yallerdawg (8,172 posts)
10. Historically...
who do you think talks about "blacks or Jews" being "the problem" - and comes up with "solutions"?
And now - what is that 'elitist white man' peddling to the masses today? Walls, deportation forces, labeling religions and races.
THAT is what I call a hellstorm.
LittleBlue (9,942 posts)
11. Most of the inventions we rely on in our everyday lives were invented by those men
Careful what you wish for.
The downward spiral is caused largely by automation and globalization. This is an inevitable outcome from making machines more intelligent and capable of replacing human beings. White men are largely responsible, but advanced robotics and AI would have happened anyway.
PatentlyDemocratic (33 posts)
15. White man here
I don't appreciate the racism. You may be referring to a minority of whites, but the effect demonizes all white men. It certainly won't win anyone over from the other side and doesn't sit too well with progressive white males like myself. If you talked about any other race like that, there would be outrage.
melman (1,690 posts)
27. "but the effect demonizes all white men"
It's intended to, despite the OP's protestations to the contrary.
gulliver (9,605 posts)
61. This article is fatuous paranoia.
It isn't just racist. It's extremely stupid and self-destroying for all progressive and multi-culturally oriented people. Just "drilling holes in the bottom of the boat to let the water out." Really, really dumb and paranoid.
