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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 07:17 AM Nov 2015

Look, I'm not a racist. Some of my best friends are white Protestants. But...

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/17/lets_deport_the_white_males_will_we_coddle_terrorists_or_rid_ourselves_of_danger/

Let me be clear: I am not a racist. I have friends of all races and religions. And yet political correctness can not erase the grim fact that the authors of these atrocities all belong to the same race, creed and gender.

Columbine Massacre was committed by White Male Protestants

Aurora Theatre massacre was committed by a White Male Protestant

Sandy Hook Massacre was committed by a White Male Protestant

Tucson Massacre was committed by a White Male Protestant

Roseburg Massacre was committed by a White Male Protestant

Charleston Massacre was committed by a White Male Protestant

Oak Creek Sikh Temple Massacre was committed by a White Male Protestant

San Ysidro McDonalds Massacre was committed by a White Male Protestant

UT Austin Tower Massacre was committed by a White Male Protestant


...

In recent decades WMPs have orchestrated terror plots from within the safety of their enclaves, then burst into unprotected citizen-zones armed with easily-obtained paramilitary gear, assault rifles and grenades. Bound to one another only by an invisible network of suicidal terror, these criminals often work in cells of a single member, making it nearly impossible to trace them back to a mastermind.

...

Let’s bring barges and ships to our ports, load them with WPMs, and shove them off. Liberals will surely object that this type of roundup smacks of racism, and of course, many of us have met a White Male Protestant in our school or place of work who does not appear a murderous terrorist. But the risks are simply too great. How could we possibly evaluate each and every White Male Protestant in America to make sure that he harbors no plots to murder kindergartners and their teachers?

...

Generations of inbreeding has created a race of WMPs highly skilled at tasks like social media, video games, and trading stocks, yet unfit for the useful jobs that host-nations desire, such as farming, cooking, cleaning, and building. We must be prepared for the possibility that other nations will turn back our boatloads of refugees at their shores. At the risk of sounding heartless: that’s not our concern.
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Look, I'm not a racist. Some of my best friends are white Protestants. But... (Original Post) DetlefK Nov 2015 OP
If you have to start a statement with "I'm not a racist, but" Fumesucker Nov 2015 #1
It's an ironic satire. TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #2
I've heard the same thing said here on DU said in all seriousness Fumesucker Nov 2015 #3
That's the danger with satire TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #7
I could tell it was satire, saw the link, just in a shitty mood this morning Fumesucker Nov 2015 #20
Satire, maybe not easily interpreted, but monicaangela Nov 2015 #21
The frightening thing... TommyCelt Nov 2015 #42
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #27
You'll expound on this of course, yes? LanternWaste Nov 2015 #33
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #36
Whoosh. yardwork Nov 2015 #5
yep Solomon Nov 2015 #8
Seriously--- trumad Nov 2015 #17
Yeah, I knew it was satire but I got some seriously bad news yesterday and I'm in a shitty mood Fumesucker Nov 2015 #18
Hope it all turns out ok for you. trumad Nov 2015 #22
Thanks.. Fumesucker Nov 2015 #24
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #28
Hope things get better, Fume. nt awoke_in_2003 Nov 2015 #51
#notallwhitemaleprotestants retrowire Nov 2015 #4
Takes me back to my original thought mdbl Nov 2015 #6
Where they all actually Christians? or just White and you're assuming Christian? ileus Nov 2015 #9
You do know that DetlefK is posting a snip of a piece from Salon? TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #11
I've seen so many of these attacks I was assuming it was real. ileus Nov 2015 #12
See my post #7 TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #13
Fail Android3.14 Nov 2015 #10
Absolutely clueless and idiotic "satire" oberliner Nov 2015 #14
I think dude is trying a bit too hard to be clever, here. Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #15
I don't know about that Fumesucker Nov 2015 #26
The Oklahome City bombing terrorists didn't make the list? FailureToCommunicate Nov 2015 #16
Mass shootings are not terrorism IronLionZion Nov 2015 #19
Americans kill more people in the US every week than were killed in the Paris attacks. Thor_MN Nov 2015 #23
HA! HA! I know some native Americans who would agree. TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #30
^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^ tazkcmo Nov 2015 #31
Deporting certain races because of the high murder rate they commit? Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #25
God save us from the literal-minded... gregcrawford Nov 2015 #45
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #46
Hold your corn, ladies and gentlemen... gregcrawford Nov 2015 #47
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Oh boy. gregcrawford Nov 2015 #49
Well I get it I think... Kalidurga Nov 2015 #29
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You could say that about any minority group as well. Kalidurga Nov 2015 #34
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There's no shortage of people on this board who hate white Protestants. Buzz Clik Nov 2015 #35
Seems like half the posters on this thread are in a pissy-ass mood this morning. BlueJazz Nov 2015 #38
You survived an alert 0-7 gollygee Nov 2015 #39
Looks like the jury got it ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #40
a sarchasm challenged alert. hobbit709 Nov 2015 #41
Good stuff. Salient points. marble falls Nov 2015 #43
+++10000 heaven05 Nov 2015 #44
if there was a hall of fame DonCoquixote Nov 2015 #50
My mom was a Protestant. Dad was a Catholic. I'm an Aetheist. Atman Nov 2015 #52
I am in favor of deporting WMP. npk Nov 2015 #53

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
1. If you have to start a statement with "I'm not a racist, but"
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 07:19 AM
Nov 2015

Maybe you shouldn't have made the statement in the first place.

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)
7. That's the danger with satire
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 07:58 AM
Nov 2015

"All in the Family's" Archie Bunker became a hero to those who thought like him. While most laughed at his bigoted rants there where those shouting at the TV, "Right on Archie!"

I use to think that RWNJs were totally satire blind but some DUers have opened my eyes that some of us don't see irony and satire for what it is- political and social commentary.

Back in DU2 one of us got irate over a "racist" toon that was demeaning Latinos. It was by Lalo Alcaraz. I wish I could remember the toon but here's a couple from Lalo. The first is his strip La Cuco Rocha, the second his editorial on Paris.


Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
20. I could tell it was satire, saw the link, just in a shitty mood this morning
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 08:35 AM
Nov 2015

That was some of the most leaden and plodding satire I've seen in a while, Salon really is hit or miss, when they are good they're quite good when they are bad.. Ick..

I'm about to go have coffee with a friend, maybe I'll feel better after that.

monicaangela

(1,508 posts)
21. Satire, maybe not easily interpreted, but
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 08:36 AM
Nov 2015

the artwork is excellent. I have to say I kind of enjoyed the fox news skit also, it does sound like something that would get the talking heads popping over at that network, and I do believe it is pretty difficult sometimes to tell the difference between white supremacist and conservatives.

TommyCelt

(838 posts)
42. The frightening thing...
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 09:56 AM
Nov 2015

Archie Bunker = Donald Trump

Trump is running a dumbed-down right wing bumper sticker campaign. Dumber than the Tea Party. No substance, no understanding of the issues, just soundbites catering to the lowest common denominator.

But it's resonating. And it continues to resonate. What SHOULD be satire has become the leading GOP presidential candidate. I weep for this country.

Response to TexasProgresive (Reply #2)

Response to LanternWaste (Reply #33)

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
18. Yeah, I knew it was satire but I got some seriously bad news yesterday and I'm in a shitty mood
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 08:29 AM
Nov 2015

Probably shouldn't be online at all but I don't have anything else to do right now.

What did I say that you disagree with?

Response to trumad (Reply #22)

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
6. Takes me back to my original thought
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 07:46 AM
Nov 2015

Gun control is a good thing. Get machine guns away from non-professionals.

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)
11. You do know that DetlefK is posting a snip of a piece from Salon?
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 08:05 AM
Nov 2015

It is written by Mark Sundeen and is tagged:

Topics: Satire, Deport the white men, Refugees, Syrian, Race
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
14. Absolutely clueless and idiotic "satire"
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 08:18 AM
Nov 2015

Literally one of the dumbest things I have read in what is ostensibly a legitimate news/opinion website.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
15. I think dude is trying a bit too hard to be clever, here.
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 08:22 AM
Nov 2015

We already live in a world where the tumblr cognoscenti have no qualms telling people with a straight face that it's not fair to suggest Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorism has anything whatsoever to do with Islamic Fundamentalism--- but the guy who shot up UCSB was the fault of Seth Rogen movies.

I'm not sure what else the author wants. The folks who will cluck and coo over how brilliant this is, he's already preaching to the choir. The actual bigots and xenophobes don't read salon.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
26. I don't know about that
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 08:47 AM
Nov 2015

The "don't read Salon" part I mean.. There's quite a few wingnuts in the comments sections, Shooter242 has been around for at least a decade there.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
23. Americans kill more people in the US every week than were killed in the Paris attacks.
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 08:40 AM
Nov 2015

Maybe would should focus on the bigger problem and ban Americans?


Not to mention that refugees are the people fleeing from the terrorists, they are not themselves terrorists.

tazkcmo

(7,300 posts)
31. ^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 09:18 AM
Nov 2015

And what actions have we , as a nation, taken to reduce the terrorism here? Diddly squat. Glass houses and all that.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
25. Deporting certain races because of the high murder rate they commit?
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 08:46 AM
Nov 2015

I don't think this "satire" has been fully thought through.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
45. God save us from the literal-minded...
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 10:22 AM
Nov 2015

... the whole point was to turn the conservative's arguments back on them, inverting said arguments by substituting atrocities committed by White Male Protestants for those committed by Muslims. It was meant to expose the staggering stupidity of recent conservative comments, but that apparently sailed right over the heads of those who cannot perceive irony. Maybe that inability is a condition akin to color blindness. Ask your doctor if there's a pill for that.

Response to gregcrawford (Reply #45)

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
47. Hold your corn, ladies and gentlemen...
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 10:54 AM
Nov 2015

... we have a winner! "Straw man," huh? Oh, please... DO elaborate! Where do you find a "Straw Man" in that?

Welcome to DU, by the way.

Response to gregcrawford (Reply #47)

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
29. Well I get it I think...
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 08:57 AM
Nov 2015

I am kind tired and I have been working the attacks in my NOMO story, because one of the characters lost her father in a terror attack 30 years ago, so I kind of have to work it in since the story takes place in the present.

Anyways, I think the point is that WMPs commit horrific acts quite frequently, but no one runs around with their hair on fire being fearful of WMPs. If anyone from any other group commits a horrific act hair bursts into flames and well mostly white people become fearful buy more gunz and start talking about how violent that group is and if they are from another country send them all back where they came from even if mostly white people don't know where they are from, hint many have had family in the US longer than the US has existed.

Response to Kalidurga (Reply #29)

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
34. You could say that about any minority group as well.
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 09:39 AM
Nov 2015

Yet, when there is a murder and it's done by a minority hair bursts into flames. I have seen it so many times in my life it's almost funny in it's frequency.

Response to Kalidurga (Reply #34)

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
39. You survived an alert 0-7
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 09:55 AM
Nov 2015

On Wed Nov 18, 2015, 11:46 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Look, I'm not a racist. Some of my best friends are white Protestants. But...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027357096

REASON FOR ALERT

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The racism is really getting to be over the top around here

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ismnotwasm

(41,992 posts)
40. Looks like the jury got it
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 09:56 AM
Nov 2015

A shut out.

On Wed Nov 18, 2015, 11:46 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Look, I'm not a racist. Some of my best friends are white Protestants. But...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027357096

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This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

The racism is really getting to be over the top around here

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Nov 18, 2015, 11:53 PM, and the Jury voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT.

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hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
41. a sarchasm challenged alert.
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 09:56 AM
Nov 2015

On Wed Nov 18, 2015, 11:46 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Look, I'm not a racist. Some of my best friends are white Protestants. But...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027357096

REASON FOR ALERT

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ALERTER'S COMMENTS

The racism is really getting to be over the top around here

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Nov 18, 2015, 11:53 PM, and the Jury voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Explanation: This is not racism.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: yeah it is and this is a perfect example of satire pointing that out.

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
50. if there was a hall of fame
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 09:48 PM
Nov 2015

this needs to be on it, and read to members of the (censored, pro gun people that always seem to swarm)

Atman

(31,464 posts)
52. My mom was a Protestant. Dad was a Catholic. I'm an Aetheist.
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 11:39 PM
Nov 2015

Not surprising they divorced while I was very young.

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