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marym625

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2. While I agree with you

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 09:14 PM

Apr 2015

And while I understand what 1strongblackman is saying, I don't believe this has anything to do with what he is saying. Or, I guess the better way to say it is, how he is saying it.

Let me say it this way since I am doing a terrible job of explaining myself.

As a member of the LGBT community, and as much as I want social justice and equality, I don't believe we can ever have that without economic equality. Without ridding the country of the corpocracy we have become, any move to social justice will be smoke and mirrors.

This isn't a view on what is needed but how we get there.

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It's simply amazing how many people know better than black people... [View all] steve2470 Apr 2015 OP

If it's any consolation, I know better than white people. I pretty much know better than anybody. Shrike47 Apr 2015 #1

While I agree with you marym625 Apr 2015 #2

yes we need both steve2470 Apr 2015 #3

I guess you were talking about the replies? marym625 Apr 2015 #6

yes the replies steve2470 Apr 2015 #7

oy! marym625 Apr 2015 #9

excellent OP heaven05 Apr 2015 #4

I will gladly follow the lead of the black community in these matters steve2470 Apr 2015 #5

absolutely agree with that! marym625 Apr 2015 #8

Ahh - I found one out there JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #21

Bluenorthwest is kicking ass in that thread. And not for the first time Number23 Apr 2015 #10

If I was black and I had a choice between being treated with respect or being solidly middle-class.. steve2470 Apr 2015 #11

I SOO feel you, steve! I really do! Number23 Apr 2015 #12

We are making progress so so slowly steve2470 Apr 2015 #13

But it will be impossible to get that justice if many don't even consider it worth getting Number23 Apr 2015 #14

my immense pleasure! nt steve2470 Apr 2015 #16

Kick and Hell Yes Recommend.^^^^^ This^^^^^ sheshe2 Apr 2015 #15

the class not race argument BainsBane Apr 2015 #17

Nailed it. Again. But when you try to tell these people that, the howls of "THird WaY!1 THRid Way!1" Number23 Apr 2015 #19

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #24

Thanks, Steve. So when black DUers call out the racism here on DU and in the Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2015 #18

Actually qwlauren35 Apr 2015 #20

As one DUer observed ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #25

Gird your loins - I gotta good one for you JustAnotherGen Apr 2015 #22

oh yea, I've been skimming that steve2470 Apr 2015 #23

Isn't it! And now we are being told that since the word thug HAS been used at one time NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #26