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bettyellen

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111. Yeah some kid said something silly on the net, and it's used to discredit
Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:21 PM
Apr 2015

An entire field of study. Because some don't like it when we dissect what's actually going on. Hang on to that little bit of idiocy, if it's all you have to trot out, we'll know what we're dealing with.

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Apr 2015 #1
Winner. The thread can end here. hifiguy Apr 2015 #2
It doesn't end there. If you take a look through the posts below you guys are getting clobbered. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #20
Racism is there in almost all context. hifiguy Apr 2015 #22
Glad she wasn't at Eeyores' last Saturday. The Haze! The Haze! Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #44
shit that minorities/women have to put up with on a daily basis geek tragedy Apr 2015 #3
interested myself, i see those above you did exactly that calling it butt hurt. too fuggin' funny seabeyond Apr 2015 #10
This was the actual thread win. nt daredtowork Apr 2015 #165
in case we get deletes cause they stepped right into the shit. seabeyond Apr 2015 #11
Ah, my most trusted friend. You brought the goods. I didn't see a thing. That's precious, LOL! freshwest Apr 2015 #155
+1 Hong Kong Cavalier Apr 2015 #16
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2015 #50
This post wins! (nt) LostOne4Ever Apr 2015 #172
* ronnie624 Apr 2015 #237
It's a term coined by a professor at Harvard to describe the unintended racial slights that black Brickbat Apr 2015 #4
Thank you treestar Apr 2015 #34
Like how pen-labels are printed to favor a right-handed writer, for instance? Orrex Apr 2015 #39
I know what this town needs Capt. Obvious Apr 2015 #43
No Chiquitita Apr 2015 #154
Obviously the comparison was facetious, but... Orrex Apr 2015 #162
It's forgiving but not forgetting. NT Trillo Apr 2015 #5
My motto. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #161
Not "butt hurt", and take that crap elsewhere snpsmom Apr 2015 #6
we have quite a few privileged types around here who openly sneer at the perspectives geek tragedy Apr 2015 #8
Yep. And they have been feeling particularly aggrieved since they are getting called out on it Number23 Apr 2015 #127
It's attacking their purity and easily affordable innocence. Who wouldn't be aggrieved? Wha! n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #158
WAIT! They are the real progressives. Excuse me for breathing, Ebers. Not you, geek. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #157
Well done! Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #9
+1. But I would add ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #26
Good addition. Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #29
A loud, clueless crew here feel that the only minority experience worth even caring about is one Number23 Apr 2015 #129
The other pearl, is show me the link to who said that, liar! That's baiting a member for a hide. freshwest Apr 2015 #164
Show me the link! SHOOOOOW MEEEEEE THE LIIIIIIIIINNKKKKKK!!!! Number23 Apr 2015 #219
HA! Exactly. n/t betsuni Apr 2015 #220
But, but, you don't understand us! You are so mean to us! *Sobs* Not our fault! freshwest Apr 2015 #232
WELL, WE IZ ONLY TRYIN 2 HALP YA CUZ YA NED US! freshwest Apr 2015 #229
I HAZ A BUCKET!!!!!111!!!! nt betsuni Apr 2015 #234
Thanks, Obama! The term buck-et will go down in history. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #236
Or hysterical. Or dishonest. Tiresome reading this here plus RW sources, now. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #160
You mean like this? ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #18
Or verbiage like this when talking about a grown black man. NCTraveler Apr 2015 #28
with such an arrogance of privilege and entitlement. or adult role in the situation. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #30
No ... Knowing the history of that poster ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #41
Point very well made. NCTraveler Apr 2015 #42
But take heart ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #53
Thank you for highlighting this daredtowork Apr 2015 #149
exactly seabeyond Apr 2015 #152
Lovely and reasonable post. And yes, 1/2 the thread were posters of multiple ethnicties, genders Number23 Apr 2015 #227
it's pretty clear JI7 Apr 2015 #182
That would be my impression as well. nt Hekate Apr 2015 #230
Thank You. JaneyVee Apr 2015 #23
Well done and THANK YOU for posting. emulatorloo Apr 2015 #36
Here's a decent article on the topic from Psychology Today Revanchist Apr 2015 #7
It has a pretty concise definition of the term: Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #13
That's just a bunch of hooey! You know, 'cause science! justiceischeap Apr 2015 #92
Great article. nt stevenleser Apr 2015 #15
Great article- too bad most here will just pretend they don't know anyway... bettyellen Apr 2015 #64
Thanks, I've always enjoyed researching topics Revanchist Apr 2015 #70
It does seem like a topic that can be abused from both sides... stevenleser Apr 2015 #223
It is like most issues, something that can be abused. Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #233
Micro aggressions are when you don't attack someone personally LittleBlue Apr 2015 #12
It's like anything we name or measure The2ndWheel Apr 2015 #19
Three things YoungDemCA Apr 2015 #49
Disagreeing with academics isn't anti-intellectualism. You need to understand what that term means LittleBlue Apr 2015 #60
Bigotry is not bigotry unless proven in a lab- to your satisfaction.... bettyellen Apr 2015 #62
The existence of discrimination can be proven with statistics LittleBlue Apr 2015 #66
Because obviously women and POC are making it all up- denying the huge and endless bettyellen Apr 2015 #71
How would i know the difference between truth and claims without requiring proof? It's interpretive LittleBlue Apr 2015 #75
Lol- without "proof" you allow yourself to conclude POC are lying to us all? bettyellen Apr 2015 #76
How many are you talking about? Give me numbers LittleBlue Apr 2015 #79
Lol- you think that these slights- both big and small didn't happen unless bettyellen Apr 2015 #80
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Apr 2015 #81
That is all I ask for LittleBlue Apr 2015 #83
When someone tells you that ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #203
Depends what I'm doing that offended them LittleBlue Apr 2015 #204
What is an aggression? LittleBlue Apr 2015 #82
Well said and I second every word, LittleBlue. nt hifiguy Apr 2015 #91
Does it matter whether it is intentional or not? kwassa Apr 2015 #169
What is the threshold? LittleBlue Apr 2015 #170
I believe this woman was talking from her personal experience. kwassa Apr 2015 #173
She needs to persuade if she wants white people to stop LittleBlue Apr 2015 #180
She is right. kwassa Apr 2015 #189
It's not a responsibility whites have to accept LittleBlue Apr 2015 #197
Of course not. That is white privilege, in a nutshell. kwassa Apr 2015 #205
It's free expression in a nutshell LittleBlue Apr 2015 #211
every person in the nation has the right to be an ass. to be a racist, misogynist and homophobe. seabeyond Apr 2015 #214
You're half-right LittleBlue Apr 2015 #218
her voice of one, educated me and made me think, once i listened to kwassa. seabeyond Apr 2015 #190
Are you saying that you don't keep a MS Excel spreadsheet of every time a POC has been slighted??! Number23 Apr 2015 #138
Requiring people to imagine and balance every conceivable way hifiguy Apr 2015 #90
That you focus on dismissing individual acts instead of acknowledging the huge patterns of behavior bettyellen Apr 2015 #94
I put economic issues NUMBER ONE because without economic security hifiguy Apr 2015 #95
Number one for YOU, because you're hurting now too. bettyellen Apr 2015 #97
I was sticking McGovern flyers in door handles when I was 15 hifiguy Apr 2015 #99
Fear of the draft was high for young men back then, so.... bettyellen Apr 2015 #100
Wow. You are one nasty piece of work, you are. hifiguy Apr 2015 #103
So you got nothing but venom and nakedly self serving positions. bettyellen Apr 2015 #104
You know not one damned thing about me hifiguy Apr 2015 #105
When you get past this xenophobic bullshit that your interests are #1 perhaps you bettyellen Apr 2015 #106
You are so far beyond clueless about me hifiguy Apr 2015 #107
Ha, no. actually my opinions are valuable and well respected. bettyellen Apr 2015 #108
The funniest thing betsuni Apr 2015 #109
The ones I have received that were clearly intentional I have remembered hifiguy Apr 2015 #113
Self interest, again and again. Dudes lives matter! bettyellen Apr 2015 #114
you know. there is another thread of bewildered, ... where do you get that dems put $ ahead of peopl seabeyond Apr 2015 #117
Maybe he doesnt have dreadlocks? Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #188
Yessssss LittleBlue Apr 2015 #98
when will you men notice as you hold up the dollar, that our women /girls are losing life and right seabeyond Apr 2015 #115
If women had more money LittleBlue Apr 2015 #118
if if if.... whereas if a dem doesnt get in 2016 we lose the supreme crt and women and girls seabeyond Apr 2015 #121
So welcome to Dickens' London to get a couple of SCOTUS justices? hifiguy Apr 2015 #125
i get were your priorities are. they are not with girls/women lives, but the all mighty $ seabeyond Apr 2015 #126
I want to see every person living in this country hifiguy Apr 2015 #130
you think i am trolling, seeing how important the supreme crt is for our women and girls? seabeyond Apr 2015 #133
Again- you're talking about middle class white men. Sorry but.... bettyellen Apr 2015 #144
How? hifiguy Apr 2015 #150
From the reading list. OMG, just blithely read about people's oppression and bettyellen Apr 2015 #153
Abso-freaking-lutely. hifiguy Apr 2015 #122
At this point, if Hillary can add teeth to Ledbetter and devote more time to reproductive rights I bettyellen Apr 2015 #119
i am all about hte supreme crt. those worried about their $ should be too. seeing how the seabeyond Apr 2015 #124
Life is for every last man and woman, boy and girl. hifiguy Apr 2015 #120
but not smart enough to figure out the relevance of the supreme crt to women and girls lives in 2016 seabeyond Apr 2015 #123
Your tunnel vision is amazing. hifiguy Apr 2015 #128
yes, so throw the girls over board, women.... to the back of the bus. hifi. no. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #131
This is trolling me. Point to one thing that supports your absurd contention. hifiguy Apr 2015 #135
if clinton is the candidate, do you vote? that is my point. seabeyond Apr 2015 #137
Who I vote for depends entirely on the dynamics of my state's poll data hifiguy Apr 2015 #140
that is all. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #141
While I usually agree with you seabeyond daredtowork Apr 2015 #142
arent you sweet... seabeyond Apr 2015 #145
As for the other Breitbart twerps above daredtowork Apr 2015 #163
How nice it is to have to READ about rights being trampled..... bettyellen Apr 2015 #148
ya. that was the tunnel vision. i ignored all that and stuck with supreme crt. piece of cake. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #151
What you've missed is that women and POC have been impoverished for years, bettyellen Apr 2015 #143
i didnt get into it, but yes... saying a fiscal equality with women blacks and gays? well, they seabeyond Apr 2015 #147
Wow. Twenty-odd posts of you hifiguy Apr 2015 #221
Whatever hifi... Nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #222
I think it takes two forms.... Revanchist Apr 2015 #67
Microaggression is tiny acts of suspected racism that you can't prove Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #14
So it phil89 Apr 2015 #21
No, they aren't always "unprovable." Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #25
ty. i love to hear when we are on a role.... to awareness. very simple, seabeyond Apr 2015 #31
"yet all three come across as compliments" No they don't. Those are flat out insults. Throd Apr 2015 #32
Depends on perception. Behind the Aegis Apr 2015 #35
So true ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #45
Or, NOLALady Apr 2015 #61
Yes this too. Thank you. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #38
+1. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #40
This post is so good I am almost tempted to rec this thread. Number23 Apr 2015 #139
No, what's absurd are people like yourself who assume that racism doesn't exist geek tragedy Apr 2015 #37
Yeah this exactly. Just because I can't prove it, doesn't mean it isn't happening. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #52
Cool assumption you just made, lacking proof of course. LanternWaste Apr 2015 #65
Well, this OP and a few of the replies are Exhibit A. Starry Messenger Apr 2015 #17
Are you saying I microaggressed by posting the OP? Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #24
When faced with the choice between Codeine Apr 2015 #46
Well said. The OP is baloney- they will continue to ignore enlightening posts here.... bettyellen Apr 2015 #73
Wow, you PC folks are really charming. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #85
wouldnt " PC folks" be kinda rw fox news'ish? nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #88
It's another RW meme- and we're shocked to be called "you guys" to boot. bettyellen Apr 2015 #89
Goes on too much around here to be termed "micro" Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #48
I don't think I can type that post differently. Starry Messenger Apr 2015 #101
My entire life experience from sixth grade until I quit high school... hunter Apr 2015 #27
We're being nice when we call them microaggressions, to be honest. DemocraticWing Apr 2015 #33
Isn't it lovely they are so willing to guide us through life? freshwest Apr 2015 #166
I want to thank our more thoughtful posters Codeine Apr 2015 #47
Nice post. Bobbie Jo Apr 2015 #59
Good on you for saying so. bettyellen Apr 2015 #77
I was going to give the definition, but I see that the first post has whitesplained it already mwrguy Apr 2015 #51
Thanks for saying it! n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #167
I sent the JHU student government an email saying they were too NICE to Chick Fil Hate. alp227 Apr 2015 #54
wow, you did that really well... mike_c Apr 2015 #55
How disingenuous. ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #56
This is Berke Breathed's account of it Scootaloo Apr 2015 #57
Stop believing in god and you can experience that shit firsthand. MindPilot Apr 2015 #58
I got the shit kicked out of me at age 8, for saying "I don't believe in God" on the school bus. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #112
It's smaller than a milliaggression Nye Bevan Apr 2015 #63
Deffinitions: NM_Birder Apr 2015 #68
Is google down? nt LeftyMom Apr 2015 #69
No but you can learn more from multiple people's perspectives Revanchist Apr 2015 #72
Microagressions romanic Apr 2015 #74
An excellent explanation. hifiguy Apr 2015 #93
Except it's wrong daredtowork Apr 2015 #171
war on straight white men JI7 Apr 2015 #78
I think that it is a term that- like many- has the potential to accurately raise awareness, yet also Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #84
One millionth of an aggression jberryhill Apr 2015 #86
The new academic concept of microagressions TM99 Apr 2015 #87
lol passive aggression is a term from 80s self-help books daredtowork Apr 2015 #168
It really bothers some here to have their sacred cows challenged. TM99 Apr 2015 #201
Actually you illustrated my point. D'oh! nt daredtowork Apr 2015 #228
What point? TM99 Apr 2015 #242
+1 Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #245
Your definition is incorrect. kwassa Apr 2015 #249
I know what the 'definition' is. TM99 Apr 2015 #250
Human behavior has been human behavior forever. kwassa Apr 2015 #253
No, what it tells you is that I disagree TM99 Apr 2015 #255
It isn't a step removed, but a step towards specificity. kwassa Apr 2015 #256
I disagree. TM99 Apr 2015 #257
The phenomenon described by the term microaggressions is a real thing. kwassa Apr 2015 #259
I am criticizing both language and what it attempts to describe TM99 Apr 2015 #261
"Racism" and "sexism" isn't enough anymore... davidn3600 Apr 2015 #96
OMG - "those people" want to use better, more descriptive words to discuss phenomena that bettyellen Apr 2015 #102
You mean phenomena like the "nightmare" of going to a concert-- and seeing white people with dreads? Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #110
Yeah some kid said something silly on the net, and it's used to discredit bettyellen Apr 2015 #111
Someone's tumblr meme is not a "field of study". Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #116
Blammo! nt hifiguy Apr 2015 #132
Why do you assume "field of study" referred to the tumblr thing? gollygee Apr 2015 #134
to dismiss it? nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #136
It dismissed itself, when person in question called white people wearing dreads a "microaggression" Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #177
i prefer to listen. you might actually take the time to read kwassa'a post. fuggin' excellent. seabeyond Apr 2015 #178
I do. Because i think peoples' hair is their own damn business. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #184
Great. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #175
I don't think it's a simple either/or dichotomy gollygee Apr 2015 #243
It wasn't a blog, it was a published op-ed piece. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #244
Also, I'll say this about "culture". Like music, like art, it is a melange, a conversation, an Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #246
Gas lighting bullshit. bettyellen Apr 2015 #146
Absolutely. kwassa Apr 2015 #159
Musta hit a nerve. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #176
Nah. Hit my bullshit detector. kwassa Apr 2015 #181
Well good for you! Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #186
Of course! That is your white privilege. kwassa Apr 2015 #191
My white privilege says that white people should be able to wear dreads? Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #195
White hair doesn't naturally dread. kwassa Apr 2015 #200
I think there are white people on this planet whose hair, given time and inertia, will naturally Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #207
No, DU is piling on. kwassa Apr 2015 #247
Kind of obvious that your function here- like the kid who pulls on your pony tail till bettyellen Apr 2015 #193
I'm responding to the thread, as are you. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #198
You're here to mock, and are pretty shitty at it- or did you think bettyellen Apr 2015 #202
I'm expressing an opinion that you, apparently, disagree with. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #206
And the "tumbler meme" bullshit? bettyellen Apr 2015 #208
dismissive. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #210
If "microaggression" is a legitimate field of scientific study Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #213
Yeah that would be appropriation of black culture daredtowork Apr 2015 #231
The distinction, of course, is in the intent and communicated message. I get that. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #235
I didn't read the now notorious article so I don't have an opinion daredtowork Apr 2015 #238
I kinda weighed in on my original response, which I think is a good, workable one for me. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #239
On the other hand the person who wrote THIS OP daredtowork Apr 2015 #240
I came into it from the context of the other thread, and answered honestly. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #241
my youngest son liked to play black. he thought it cool. he thought it a compliment seabeyond Apr 2015 #209
So you think every white person who has dreadlocks is "playing black"? Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #212
I think the focus on one dumb college kid- is dumb.... bettyellen Apr 2015 #216
That's how it came up in the first place, isnt it? Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #226
why do you make up... so you think? no. i clearly stated another example. separate of dreadlocks. seabeyond Apr 2015 #217
Except she wasnt talking about other examples, she was talking about dreadlocks. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #225
hey kwassa. thanks for you post way at the top explaining this better, for all of us. seabeyond Apr 2015 #179
I think it was on the other thread, but you are welcome. kwassa Apr 2015 #183
i did not go into the OP with the story of the young woman. i really did not know anything about seabeyond Apr 2015 #194
Thank you. kwassa Apr 2015 #196
Ocean dumptruck tangerine. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #174
And.....that's one of your better posts. bettyellen Apr 2015 #185
Awwwww Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #187
See Revanchists #7. It's an important sub concept of these. Nt stevenleser Apr 2015 #156
how about people digging up some college student's blog to find something to be outraged over JI7 Apr 2015 #192
It was an op-ed piece published a few days ago. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #199
Comrade Grumpy dug it up. Why did he do that? To mock, apparently. kwassa Apr 2015 #248
Comrade Grumpy dug it up doing his daily search for drug policy and EDM items. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #251
So, do you feel the concept of microaggressions is silliness, too? kwassa Apr 2015 #252
I was familiar with the behaviors, although not the term. And I don't know that I like the term. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2015 #258
Microaggressions are small examples of racism ... kwassa Apr 2015 #260
What the heck is with people who can't bother to use google? BainsBane Apr 2015 #215
I'm curious what you as the OP think about this now. stevenleser Apr 2015 #224
Microaggressions are the little shit that people of color, women, LGBT people, etc have to endure. backscatter712 Apr 2015 #254
I agree, on all those examples. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #263
What the heck is a microgreen, anyway? betsuni Apr 2015 #262
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