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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:37 PM Original message |
The vast, VAST majority of America is neither racist nor sexist |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow. What utopia do you reside in? n/t |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Funniest thing I've read all day, in a sad kind of way. n/t |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
66. I was about to say the same thing. |
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writes3000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Disagree on one point... |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Lemme guess: white male? |
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Umbram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Congrats, that was a racist and sexist question. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. More of an observation that no woman or person of color |
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Umbram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. So, sometimes it's OK to disagree with a point based on the speaker's race and sex, gotcha. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. I did not say that. YOU attacked the poster who |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Note gender become "undeclared" since this - although I did NOT check the profile |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. Interesting. I checked after the thread had |
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againes654 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ummm I have met more than my fair share of racists, and a few sexists |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Now quantify it |
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againes654 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I didn't say those were the only 2 |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. OMG You Went With TWO Vasts? Two? You Didn't Think One Was Ridiculous Enough? But TWO Vasts? |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Vasts? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Two Of Them. Two!!! Reallllllly Drills Your Point Home. TWO Of Them! |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Well, that first vast just made it opinion. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Indeed. Excellent commentary. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Everybody Who Favors Obama Is Sexist |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Don't you ever get tired of repeating yourself? Or making stupid statements? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I *Do* Get Awfully Tired Of Being Called Sexist [nt] |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Well, I haven't called you a sexist, but |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. And by that logic, anyone favoring Clinton is racist?? |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yes! n/t |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You're talking to someone who doesn't do logic very well. Don't waste your time. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I Was Being Sarcastic |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Clinton Clinton Clinton blah blah blah. The OP was asking about American society, not |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. It's An Example That Supports My Hypothesis |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Bullshit. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. OK, I won't be snide, and will give you a straight answer. At LEAST 75% of the people |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. I have to disagree with you on this one. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Mmmm...I'd say that most Americans are racist and sexist. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
51. What about non-Americans? |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Disagree. Corporate lobbyists/media sold us our candidates, and a whole lot of the |
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nancyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. I disagree. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm guessing you're a white male. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. that's my guess as well. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. You're joking, aren't you? "Her thighness?" PLEASE tell me you're joking. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. His profile says he's male, and |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Ha....Ha.. .....gasping for breath.. ..HAHAHAHA! |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. If we didn't laugh we'd be crying |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
29. This is a joke, right? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
31. This is going to be an interesting referendum on racism or sexism |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
33. That's crap. How do you know? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
36. Most people are sexist and racist. Just because its internalized doesn't mean it isn't there. |
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shayes51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 06:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
49. you are correct |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Case in point: me |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
38. Only the highly evolved and most civilised are not. |
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LadyVT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
41. hahahaha of course they are, they just don't know it--we are SO used to it, |
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AgadorSparticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
43. sorry, but I've met TOO many racists people who don't consider themselves rascist. |
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Umbram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
45. No shortage of racist/sexist posts in this very thread to prove you wrong. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. I believe you are confused. |
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Umbram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Believe what you like. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:55 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. You did make some assumptions about the poster. |
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Umbram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I did - but not in my post. Rather than judge, I asked questions. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. We're saying his experience betrays that he's not a black woman. |
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Umbram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. OK. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. No, it's not enough to say that. It renders the whole point invisible. |
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Umbram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Maybe we simply have different points. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
46. I believe there are many racist people |
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VotesForWomen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
47. heh. nt |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
52. The vast majority of people... |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
54. I can't believe the cynicism |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Look Lyny Skyny, The Vast, VAST Majority Of DU Disagrees With You. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Do you realize, LS... |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #57 |
73. And..... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. It's not cynicism, it's realism. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Are you thinking a vote for Clinton or Obama |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #54 |
70. I'm not voting for a woman or a black man. |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
55. Try getting a job as a recruiter or in human resources - and THEN claim this. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
64. Regular Americans don't think Clinton's Campaign is the same as a Lynching? |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
68. Everyone has issues-nt |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
72. Everyone I've ever known is bigoted about something |
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