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qwlauren35

(6,309 posts)
24. There you go again.
Fri May 20, 2022, 04:28 PM
May 2022

Getting upset because people are saying that SOME white people behave badly. Going on the defensive because you're not one of them.

I'm glad you're not one of them. That's fine. But SOME white people are racist. SOME white people are violent. SOME white people have no scruples about killing black people.

It's as if you want to believe that MOST white people are good people. ALL white people benefit from white privilege. The ones on the left and the ones on the right. And MANY white people don't want to give that up.

Your defensiveness suggests that you do not want to accept the fact that MANY white people are going to try to hold onto their privilege. Some actively, some violently, and some just by voting Republican. 89% of Republicans are white and 43% of registered Americans are Republican. So, about 40% of the country is white and Republican, a sizeable minority. Only 27% of the country is white and Democrat (only 60% of the party is white.). MORE white Republicans than white Democrats. More white people voting in support of Replacement Theory (even if the only reason they are Republican is because they are pro-life).

You are in the minority. So, when we point out the FACT that there are MANY white people voting in such a way that it supports Replacement Theory, we are not spinning things. We are not making things up. We are not giving anecdotal evidence.

So, its nice that you will fight for us. But many white people will fight against us.

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The subscribers to this theory simply want apartheid in the U.S. gohuskies May 2022 #1
I don't feel sorry for them and I am white. My life was on the line and I had no hope ck4829 May 2022 #2
If being in the White majority comes with no advantages, if race doesn't matter at all in America, Yavin4 May 2022 #3
Yeah, heh. electric_blue68 May 2022 #8
The second US Civil War is already here, with massive casualties. Irish_Dem May 2022 #4
I'm White* and I believe our history - cilla4progress May 2022 #5
That's been the plan for some time. 2naSalit May 2022 #6
One planet, one race...the human race. roamer65 May 2022 #7
Immigrants have been allowed in for many decades... brush May 2022 #9
This!! And it makes me smile....cause you are right, there's not a damn thing they can do about it PortTack May 2022 #10
Anti-immigration bias has been a long standing component of America, historically. andym May 2022 #11
I object to this whole paragraph. EndlessWire May 2022 #12
I guess you've never heard the term "Karen". qwlauren35 May 2022 #14
I don't wish to shoot anybody. I apologize for making you think so. EndlessWire May 2022 #16
I read the post again. qwlauren35 May 2022 #22
I never said you were talking about me personally. EndlessWire May 2022 #23
Gay people can pass. qwlauren35 May 2022 #25
This will be my last post on this thread. EndlessWire May 2022 #28
White women voted for Trump Cuthbert Allgood May 2022 #15
What are you talking about? EndlessWire May 2022 #18
There you go again. qwlauren35 May 2022 #24
And there you go again. EndlessWire May 2022 #26
May I gently suggest that you should not threaten to shoot your fellow DU'ers? Mister Ed May 2022 #30
No, I don't think so. EndlessWire May 2022 #31
Yes, I read the whole thread. Every word. n/t. Mister Ed May 2022 #32
if it does, the racists will request help from Russia Noahv May 2022 #13
Let me know when you get your musket and enlist BannonsLiver May 2022 #17
I've been monitoring what's been going on in the MAGA world. Initech May 2022 #19
Their theory is... lame54 May 2022 #20
Hah! 100,000 Ukrainians are not going to make a difference. EndlessWire May 2022 #21
White Europeans Straw Man May 2022 #27
The problem is The Grand Illuminist May 2022 #29
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