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In reply to the discussion: It's disappointing to see "liberals" deny the existence of white privilege [View all]The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)You agree racism exists, is a problem, and whites generally have had it easier in the US but don't run around throwing a the term white privilege everywhere because it is the term of the week? Yep, you're a racist.
Think there is a war on women's rights from abortion to lack enforcement of laws, feel people should be judged on content of character and not looks, but are not offended by something you are told you must be? You are a woman hating misogynist.
DU is chock full of racist, rw, misogynistic, uncaring, and just in general bad folks because they won't always agree to be as upset or as outraged as me me me.
So lets play this game.
I have posted things in the past about the US having Yemen cover up drone strikes. No one seemed to care. I guess everyone is just fine with killing innocent men, women, and children as long as they are not American ones. I get that, women here in the US have enough problems as it is with having to see an SI swimsuit issued they didn't want to see. And as for the men that were killed - well, meh. Men have privilege so shouldn't complain.
Child labor from China to Lesotho gets little outrage as we don't admit our privilege here in the US compared to such countries. We consume much more than the rest of the world, drive slave labor markets, waste an enormous amount of things (from food to throw away electronics), and on DU the biggest discussions center around how other people on DU aren't singing the praises of those who tell them they aren't liberal enough. Why? Because you don't care if some little kid gets used as slave labor - their aren't american kids so not really worth the time to discuss. Get that kid on DU and ask them if seeing a pic on here of someone in a bikini and they say no, I am betting they will get plenty of attention then.
Am I doing this right so far? You know if you don't agree it means I was right all along and it just confirms what I am saying. Or something like that.
So many posts on DU now seem to be about DU and it's members. No one is ignoring racism or sexism, we all see it, know it exists, but we also know a lot of problems exists and the groups that have racism and sexism happening to them are also themselves a part of driving problems in the world.
Makeup and fashion drive a big chunk of cheap/slave labor not to mention questionable testing techniques. Illegal drugs, which all groups engage in, drive violence and corruption from the US to South America to Afghanistan. Diamonds are a girl's best friend but a big enemy of those who have their land taken, destroyed, and forced to work in mines to find them.
There is enough guilt to go around for everyone. That you have access to a computer and the internet makes you more privileged than some others whose voice we won't see here. That you can sue if you are discriminated against at work is something people elsewhere don't even conceive of. They are too busy working long hours for pennies to make the keyboard or cell phone you will use then throw away in short order.
The lowest of the low victims in this world would like you acknowledge the privilege you have by being born a citizen of a free country. Not that that will solve their problems. And they won't be able to come here to chastise you if you are not repentant enough in replying to their request.
I got 99 problems and how people rate my values on DU ain't one of em. Especially when I find some of theirs far more questionable than they do mine.