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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm so fucking tired of racists.
And I'm not talking about people who may not recognize the privilege they have simply by accident of birth.
And I think giving a platform for out and out hateful racists who call our First Lady the most vile, racist names, is hardly admirable.
I've been posting over at DU's sister site and it is filled with the ugliest racism.
I just blasted them over there.
I don't know if we're allowed to link there, so I won't, but really....
doc03
(35,349 posts)have in common? They are both black and both should be burnt." Of course on other side was "TRUMP Make America
Great Again" They don't even try to hide it anymore.
narnian60
(3,510 posts)but, also, it is not in the slightest creative.
doc03
(35,349 posts)something similar to that one.
True Dough
(17,311 posts)I wouldn't give the time of day to the idiot who would sport such a despicable sticker. Less than human.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)The administrators here created it, so it would seem odd if people here weren't "allowed" to talk about it.
For a while after it started there was a concerted effort of DEMANDS to "SHUT IT DOWN!!!1111!!! RIGHT FCUCKING NOW AAREEEEERRRRREEEGGHGHGHHHH" but last time I checked, it was still there.
It - DI that is - was amusing for a couple weeks at first, but as many noticed, arguing with carrot-level IQ right wingers has limited entertainment value.
As usual, ordering people not to do something- in this case "good DU members don't post on discussionist" is counter-productive, but..... if left to their own devices rational people usually come to the right conclusion anyway.
beaglelover
(3,486 posts)racist and they alert swarm to no end. It just got really boring having discussions with cucumbers.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)But I'm not like "oh my god the place must be shut down". Let em have their sandbox and admin presumably gets a nice check from ad revenue. Brilliant, if you ask me.
cali
(114,904 posts)Here is just one link. This one about Malia.
http://www.discussionist.com/?com=view_post&forum=1015&pid=931135
Here is another, finally hidden
http://www.discussionist.com/1015942241
My blast:
My http://www.discussionist.com/1015942202
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)fuck em. laugh at em. feel sorry for em.
Like I said, that place lost its entertainment value quickly for me. Now its like a portapotty after 4 days of a music festival, speaking of lollapalooza.
In my experience trying to argue with people like that is a waste of time.
cali
(114,904 posts)run by the same liberal who owns DU. I like Skinner, but the lack of any moderation over there and the license given over there to ugly racist shit is shameful. I just donated to DU. It's a shame that DU is associated with Discussionist for the reasons given- and more.
http://discussionist.com/?com=view_post&forum=1015&pid=935182
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)an endorsement of the fucked up speech by the admins.
They've been clear from the get-go that DI was a place where people could say whatever they want, or a sort of DU3 on steroids with all the things that make DU DU, removed. It's a deliberate exercise in free expression.
It is what it is. I have no desire to go there anymore, but I also don't give a shit what people do over there. Frankly, I'd rather have them busy over there than constantly crashing and burning troll accounts over here, like many of them used to. But, YMMV of course.
Edited to add: My "whatever" was directed at the jackknob who made the comment, not you.
cali
(114,904 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)You can always bring it up with admin directly, of course.
Still, again, having done several turns on MIRT, I have to wonder if there's less trolling of DU by those folks because they're busy over there.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Yeah there are some really huge stormfront types at DI, they love thems some Trump!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I can only imagine.
Rex
(65,616 posts)The RWingers over there are full bore Zimmermans.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)please lets hope I don't get that bored.
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)I'm sick of racists too, and I hate how much racism is being 'mainstreamed' and 'normalized' in political discourse. I'm not naive enough to beleive it begins and ends with Trump's ascendency. That's more of a symptom than a cause.
However I am glad some websites don't tolerate it or tacitly promote it.
DustyJoe
(849 posts)Back to when you could slam a president or a candidate for any office all you wanted with any vile, nasty hateful rhetoric, but family was a 'hands off' affair, even if the family was exposed and active in the campaign or day to day running of the office. But since 2000 or so, the office holders and candidates, their spouses, their children and even grandchildren are now held up to ridicule, hurtful, harmful comments, threats, internet bullying and picture photoshopping and posting. Makes you want to puke. All parties are equally guilty of it which is even sadder, there is no moral template to look up to anymore.
Arkansas Granny
(31,519 posts)I sometimes get the feeling that they are trying to see who can make the most revolting statements. It's like a game.
Nancyswidower
(182 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)Too many on that site spend all their time there trying to piss off the other side. Looks like the wingnuts got to cali.
Photographer
(1,142 posts)demmiblue
(36,865 posts)then they started one.
It boggles the mind.
$
cali
(114,904 posts)the strong majority are.
No moderation. And cons outnumber not only liberals but reasonable people with a shred of decency, so the racist or bigoted crap is often left to stand.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)have a very wary look about them nowadays. I'm white. So I am noticing that the discomfort level has risen way high. I don't mind for myself and I usually adopt a neutral face so as not to give people cause for worry. Makes me sad to see that anyone of my fellow citizens is fearful of being challenged b/c of their skin, beliefs etc.
Yes this stuff was there b/f Trump, but members of our society are being singled out now in the most brutal way and its so not fair. I hope that each of us can learn to live and let live.
MuttLikeMe
(279 posts)Can you inbox me?
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)front doors without the stench of racism pervading everything.
Coolest Ranger
(2,034 posts)are the racism against us black people from folks in our own party. When I have people who tell me on my own face book page that I need to stop talking about race, stop posting about things being done to black people. I even had someone tell me the other day that I was making up stuff about what I had been saying has happened to me.
I mean really, you can't make up stuff about being called the n word, you really can't
annabanana
(52,791 posts)Am I dreaming? Do I remember a time in the 60's when we all partied together and washed ourselves in the same music? Was it an illusion?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Maybe a sausage party with beer and "the game".
Coolest Ranger
(2,034 posts)I just checked on facebook and I had yet not to my shock another white liberal get mad at me all because I said not every liberal seems to be with us when it comes to race matters and right then and there he jumps down my grill and dismisses everything I said calling me a bigot. I mean come on now. This is why race relations are getting bad. If our side can't even acknowlege what we're going though then yea they won't improve
cali
(114,904 posts)You and others have to undergo this.
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)So I don't think it's a problem. The rotten racists there do not believe they are racists, especially the morons with Confederate Flag Avatars.They think Hillary meeting with a BLM group is racist. They're nuts
axiom3
(54 posts)I actually tried to debate some of the RWers on that site a while back, but eventually decided doing so was a waste of my time and energy. I haven't even bothered to visit that site at all for months now, and have no plans to go back in the future. The racists on Discussionist, and countless other RW websites have been crawling out of the woodwork ever since Obama took office.
cali
(114,904 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)and other waste disposal areas of humankind and our bodies is DI. Always have been here, ALWAYS WILL BE. Racial, gender and life orientation hate gives the trump loving psycho-sociopaths their venue to keep us aware that this filth pervades this so-called civilized society. Human beings are always one step away from returning to cave dwelling human looking animals. ONE STEP! "why can't we use them"?(nuclear weapons for the uninformed) as quoted from the chump.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)The more we're winning.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)It's a haven for right-wingers, so it's a total shithole.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Sick, sick people.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)They were taught to hate and fear black people and they share an open forum to express that fear and hatred. It pretty much is a demonstration of endemic white supremacy in America.
They may fail to see it, but to anyone with a lick of common sense, it's all too obvious.
To me, its fascinating to see it out in the open, as well as the resentment they have whenever others fail to share their bigoted beliefs.
If anything, it's imperative for non-racist whites to call the racists on their racism. Racism is a white peoples problem in this country, so it behooves whites to do something about it. Going after them face to face in that forum is a great start.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)Whether racist, sexist, religious - no one has the right to label another and the decide if that person has the right to live - and live as they choose.
NO ONE.
Trump has given racists the courage to be open about their views. We must make sure his defeat is so crushing that he slinks off in humiliation.