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10. Bluenorthwest is kicking ass in that thread. And not for the first time

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 10:21 PM

Apr 2015

He is trying to get people to understand that for minorities, the individual (social) components are every bit as important as the collective (economic) components. For the life of me, I can't understand how anyone could have a problem with that. Not anyone with a brain or a heart.

And there are still people in that thread saying that their rights and their equality are somehow SECOND to politics. That the right to love who they want, work where they want, live where they want are somehow SECOND to the urge to go after the 1%, reduce the corporate effect on politics etc. This is the speak of people who have been brainwashed or want to get in with a certain club here on DU. They are so anathema to common sense and basic human needs and wants that I don't buy it or the people saying it for a second.

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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