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32. It's the nutty season....

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Original post)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 02:40 PM

Apr 2016

If you disagree with someone and give them cake and Icecream they will call you evil.... If you agree with some and let out a whopper fart they'll say they admire your perfume

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Why is discussing race on DU considered race-baiting? [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 OP

Race baiting around here gollygee Apr 2016 #1

yup. agreed. La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #2

+1000!! Digital Puppy Apr 2016 #8

You stole my answer!!! Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #17

Wow! That was good. Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #24

I think this is a good spot to re-refer to this body of academic analysis ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #38

Yep. The nastiest, stupidest people here who do absolutely NOTHING but chase after Number23 Apr 2016 #42

Idk but take issue with pts 1 & 2 katsy Apr 2016 #3

taking issue with something, is not the same as calling it race baiting La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #5

Discussion of race I would hope is comfortable katsy Apr 2016 #21

OMG. that is such a load of crap. You don't need to be POC La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #23

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2016 #25

except that is not at all what i said. La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #27

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Why are you here?? Digital Puppy Apr 2016 #28

I did not dismiss race as a form of analysis. katsy Apr 2016 #26

when you are white and you have an opinion about BLM that is not positive La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #35

I'm sorry. I wish I read the original op. katsy Apr 2016 #36

given the long standing and extensive history of racism, people should be real careful La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #37

"Which demographic do you think we can afford to lose?" Number23 Apr 2016 #43

Not as I understood the op. katsy Apr 2016 #45

I don't what you trying to say but whatever it is, it's overshadowed by the knee jerk defensiveness Number23 Apr 2016 #46

do you realize how entitled your ' now we can't ' sounds? La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #50

I know that I haven't seen BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #4

i am POC, i'm not black, i too am here as an ally La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #6

I know that I have learned BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #9

If you ask a question or make a statement The Polack MSgt Apr 2016 #7

Pretty much sums it up. OneGrassRoot Apr 2016 #31

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did you create this account just so you could say this? La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #11

I blocked him from the group JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #12

the trouble people go through to call me a racist La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #13

I sent it to MIR JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #14

i am attracting quite the nutty audience La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #16

Let us know when you reach bravenak levels of stupidity Number23 Apr 2016 #44

Because it disturbs the narrative ismnotwasm Apr 2016 #15

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I'm guessing that it's simply a convenient way to discredit race as a topic of conversation LanternWaste Apr 2016 #19

As others have pointed out Coolest Ranger Apr 2016 #20

holy fuck La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #22

Jeez... Digital Puppy Apr 2016 #29

It's the nutty season.... 4139 Apr 2016 #32

There have always been ignorant people here. wildeyed Apr 2016 #33

so many people are blatantly advocating a third party run La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #34

+1 fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #61

It makes people uncomfortable./nt DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #39

As others have stated, it is largely brer cat Apr 2016 #40

it's funny that you posted this article, just a couple of days ago i wrote to one of the group admin La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #41

For some of the same reasons Jamaal510 Apr 2016 #47

White fragility knows no political boundaries MrScorpio Apr 2016 #48

this is really quite brilliant. nt La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #49

Part of it is education too forjusticethunders Apr 2016 #51

absolutely true La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #53

There are a lot of knuckledraggers posting here these days. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #52

They look just like Name Removed! JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #58

wow. that's fucked up. fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #62

ibtruth Should be Mad at His Wasted Privilege Not Us lib87 Apr 2016 #66

I'm the person that persona dislikes JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #67

I Agree 100% lib87 Apr 2016 #68

There is a DUer here that ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #71

My Goodness What a sad man lib87 Apr 2016 #74

Yeah, you can bet on it. Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #69

I still recall the day, a corner of DU discovered that you weren't ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #72

I couldn't decide which one to respond with JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #75

I honestly don't get it. Starry Messenger Apr 2016 #54

this is beyond that even. if someone disagreed that race had something to do with La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #56

What Eric Holder correctly observed: Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2016 #55

also liars. we pretend to care about race and racial inequality La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #57

Absolutely!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2016 #65

The use of the phrase "race baiting" against PoC is a misuse of the term Haveadream Apr 2016 #59

another truly brilliant post. i am glad i posted my OP, if only because some of the responses La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #60

Plus eleventy billion nt Quayblue Apr 2016 #73

Same reason that a woman discussing gender is accused of playing the gender card. pnwmom Apr 2016 #63

Most systems of privilege and hierarchy play by similar rules... MrScorpio Apr 2016 #64

The fact that this right-wing term is used by Quayblue Apr 2016 #70

The very concept of "race" is racist Ghost Dog Apr 2016 #76

Reminds me of an amateur practicing with a real nunchaku. Good luck. eom fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #77

race is a social construct, and like all social constructs it exerts powerful impact La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #79

There are good reasons why Sanders is not appealing to African American and other voters Gothmog Apr 2016 #78