Time to Give Thanks to White Males
While every other demographic group is coddled by the media, it is still PC to ridicule white males, partly because they are a benign majority who don’t complain much. This Thanksgiving seems an opportune time to give them thanks for forging a country that beckons the world’s tired, huddled masses, and to appreciate their overall magnanimity in sharing our abundance.
The loony left, forever futile in foisting the discredited socialist tenet of equal outcomes upon unequal contributors, purports that white privilege explains discrepancies in achievement. Actually, through their invention, brilliance, and industry, whites wrestled comfort and plenty from nature’s tight grasp. Guilt-ridden apologists, effete elites, and the race-hustling grievance industry may discredit Western Civilization and rewrite American history, but through our beneficence America’s poor are comfortable, compared to the most of the earth’s population. Our bottom 99 percent comes “surprisingly close” to being in the top 1 percent of household incomes worldwide.
Consider that in thirteen states welfare pays more than $15 (tax-free) an hour. Staggeringly, in a majority of states welfare payments exceed 2017-level minimum wages. And the purportedly privileged are disproportionally paying the taxes -- over 45% of households paid no income tax in 2015. The other 55% of households deserve our thanks for footing the bills. Instead of disparaging white males, we should appreciate their largesse; for example, in formulating the Earned Income Tax Credit. The EITC has been described as “the most effective federal antipoverty program for working age households,” by the Tax Policy Center.
Assuredly, we are trying to expand the workforce and broaden the tax base. Underpinned by affirmative action and adherence to disparate impact to rectify neutral policies that occasionally result in unintentional discrimination, we often choose minority candidates even if they are only “qualified for training.” Meanwhile, white males who are already qualified succumb to diversity quotas. Where’s the gratitude for their sacrifice?
Clearly, white males are mostly – mostly -- a bighearted bunch who deserve our thanks for reaching out to minorities in a way few other countries bother. Even President Trump wants the Department of Energy to commit a formidable $200 million every year to expand racial and gender diversity in computer science curricula.
Of course, the ruling class, such as it exists, will protect its self-interest, and no one likes it when underperforming companies dish out huge payments to failed CEOs, or provide golden parachutes to executives before going belly-up. But that’s more the exception than the rule, and no justification to manufacture mayhem while Occupying Wall Street. The vast majority of Americans like to roll up their sleeves and get to work, as substantiated in the report “All Work, No Pay: The Impact of Forfeited Time Off” (pdf) by Oxford Economics. A survey conducted by Harris Interactive for a careers website presents even starker figures: U.S. workers only use 51% of their eligible paid vacation and paid time off.
Far from privileged, then, America’s silent majority are work martyrs. The American Dream has to be earned, even by white males, and one would be an ingrate to begrudge them -- or anyone -- the fruits of their labor. Opportunities exist for all who take personal responsibility instead of interminable government handouts which inevitably atrophy their skills and undermine self-esteem. The main encumbrance to success is laziness and immersion in entitlement, not outmoded notions of privilege from a bygone era. In every facet of our society, including housing, education, employment, and voting rights, equal opportunity has been inexorably expanded. Indeed, minorities exercised their ultimate civic power by voting at higher rates than whites in several recent elections. Though African-American voting rates dropped in 2016 when Obama wasn’t on the ballot, voting among other minority groups was lively.
While we’re being gracious this Thanksgiving, let’s also express gratitude to our law enforcement community for what is generally a thankless job (for our amazing veterans we are eternally indebted). According to Peter Kirsanow (himself a minority) of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, African-Americans are killed more frequently by police officers, but far, far less than the data would predict given they are much, much more likely to commit crimes. The narrative -- probably accurate 30 years ago -- that African-Americans are still disproportionately targeted by cops is now demonstrably false. Kirsanow’s assertions are well founded in Department of Justice data. And there’s more evidence that black cops are more likely to shoot black suspects than white cops.
All in all, you see, America is a salutary environment to be a minority. Maybe there are a few -- though rapidly dwindling -- remnants of privilege, but it pales compared to the classism or tribalism in many of our ancestral homelands. Even as many nations sitting on vast natural resources contrive to flounder under endemic corruption, a generous America gives mountains of aid at home and abroad. One can argue it took too long, but rather than retroactively impose today’s sensibilities on yesteryear, rather than dwell on historical misjudgments for a crutch, we should respect America’s ultimate altruism.
This Thanksgiving, civility compels us to give thanks that American white males, admittedly spurred on by once-relevant Civil Rights groups, nevertheless helped lead us to the broad, sunlit uplands of equal opportunity. The bitter left, engulfed in misappropriated white guilt for not bucking the prevailing standards of the time, and the malicious media may mock us, but thanks to our preponderance of compassion America remains the last great hope of earth. Period.
Happy Thanksgiving, pilgrims.
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Ah yes, forging a country on the genocide of Native Americans and on the backs of slaves. How thankful they must be. Maybe you could sell commemorative Tiki torches to light up the Thanksgiving table.
man was brutal....no shit Sherlock.
man is still brutal and always will be brutal. all men regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, or nationality.
why don't you preach to the men where children are being massacred, genocide practiced, and religion persecuted?
maybe just maybe hen someone will take your white guilt crap serious
That doesn't mean we shouldn't try to change. Much like any 12 step program the first step is recognizing you have a problem, if you don't you'll never change your destructive behavior.
let's see Dismay's 12 step program for destructive white males.
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Feel free to change yourself.
Why should I change since I'm not the one who did any of these things? 30 years ago Wilbert stole my Kenwood car stereo, I don't blame all black people, I don't blame his crack Dealer, I don't blame his Mother, I don't blame his brother Spencer, I don't blame his kids (who weren't even born then), I blame Wilbert and Wilbert alone for the crimes he alone committed. Stop blaming today's White People for things that happened long ago. The bad things that happened in the past where committed by people who are dead now, their victims are also dead and those things can never be made right in this world ( I think God has already Judged the Bad and rewarded the Good). There is no Justice that can be done in the present because I don't owe black folks or native americans anything and they are not owed anything since they aren't the same individuals who were victimized.
Don't bring the Polynesians into this !
Such poor, poor oppressed white males. Always the victims.
Which is it again ?
Oppressors
Oppressed
Victims
Oppressors
Oppressed
Victims...........
From everything I've seen so far from Liberal "Whites"....we "Whites" are "Supposed" to be JUST "Oppressors".
Does that mean every Liberal "White" is oppressive too ?
Not at all. It doesn't matter what skin color you have, "oppressing" anyone based on their race, gender, gender identity, sexual preference, faith or lack thereof is wrong. You don't have to be white to be an "oppressor" and most white Americans are not. Nearly all white Americans do enjoy some of the benefits of our ancestors oppression of native Americans, blacks and other minorities, but most try to respect other cultures and minorities. There was a time when affirmative action was white and we haven't moved all that far past it yet and the resurgence of white supremacists is disheartening to watch.
Liberals know that not only could their male members wipe the floor with the weak little conservatives crying for their safe spaces where they can discriminate freely but their female members wouldn't have any problem kicking those weak conservative a$$es either. Just listen to all the crying and complaining about "antifa" from the white supremacists who run home to their mommas crying about their bloodied noses they received after waving their swastikas and confederate flags. "Momma, they punched me! Waaaaaahhhh!".
“The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.”
― Adolf Hitler
So funny! I remember this one little inbred neo-nazi saying how he was going out and making him self stronger to kill them dark folks. When he got arrested for macing someone - he was crying like a pussy in his mug shot.
Wow, Mr. Bad Ass Keyboard Warrior!
Probably as much as you identify as a head up your ass conservative.
True statement !
No you don't.
Paddy Cake, Paddy Cake ?
Don't ask those kinds of questions. Their little heads will explode.
I was referrring to you too - Mr. Keyboard Warrior also.
I'm so scared of you bad asses!
You get "Check Mated" every time. Why persist in a loosing cause !
It would help if anything you ever stated made a lick of fucking sense. Or contained a fact.
POOF !
How so?
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=blazing+saddles%2c+%22i+get+my+kicks+from+champaign%22&view=detail&mid=BA2F74680B07010DCFBFBA2F74680B07010DCFBF&FORM=VIRE
I figured !
Perfecto !
LMAO !
So many of our new progressives liked your post hating on white men.
You poor poor victimized white male.
Is "White" the problem.....or just the "Male" part.
I wasn't talking to you.
Nope, nothing you say does.
You may have the last word now. skirting the CoC [ph]
You would have to look long and hard to find a more idiotic title for an article.
Yes, i am a white male and you are welcome. I've been kicking ass and taking names my whole life but for the life of me i can't recall hurting any Native Americans, in fact quite the opposite. I also can't recall having anything to do with slavery.
So .... this is my annual rebuke of all the misplaced and bigoted comments charged with nothing but misandry that seem to appear around this time each year.
Hate on haters, it's sad that's all you got.
Oh and Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all. Especially to the haters!
I've been kicking ass and taking names my whole life but for the life of me i can't recall hurting any Native Americans, in fact quite the opposite. I also can't recall having anything to do with slavery.
I guess those things didn't happen then, huh?
Did i stutter? No .... i did not .....
I'm not quite "dirt" old but rather "napkin" old.
Which is to say, pretty old.
There is a subject known as history, you should try it, it will astonish you, I am sure.
Yeah, it was great. I really enjoyed the history minor i got while studying for my engineering undergrad.
So i suggest you keep your sanctimonious, hateful comments to yourself. Comment removed for CoC violation [ph]
Oddly enough, I did learn history, I have plenty of pots and have never asked for a hand-out. I would say that your problem with education is your own, no one likes to see their myths exploded.
I don't hate anyone, I do find your sensitivity to actual history to be amusing. Skirting the CoC [ph]
Yeah right, keep telling yourself that .....
Comment removed for CoC violation [ph]
How can I hate white males, I am a white male. I don't hate myself, but I won't ignore reality just to give myself an undeserved pat on the back. Hispanic males, black males, oriental males, white males, and all females shared a part in making our country great. In this season of thanksgiving, I am generous in my gratitude, not narrow-minded. If that signifies hate to you, I can't help you.
Will you please let me know when you have actually done this?
It would be a world wide first.....
Some are so into the rhetoric of white privilege and blaming white males for all the ills of the whole earth, much less America that they just can’t imagine seeing something here that praises them for positive accomplishments. That’s just not pc.
I thought you didn't hate anyone?
Never mind, at least you finally openly admitted it. That's a good first step.
I'm sure you are one fine white male ...... to everyone who agree's with you that is.
It's really easy to be a cool dude with folks who agree with you. It only gets hard when they don't
Would you like to point out where I say I hate someone? Take your time, I can wait.
It's not hard to agree that all humans are deserving of being treated equally with the same basic level of respect regardless of their race, gender, gender identity, sexual preference, faith or lack thereof. If you don't believe in that basic American ideal then you're the one who has a problem with those who don't believe like you do and Comment removed for CoC violation [ph]
someone open a window....it is getting mighty smug in here
That comment just oozes an undeserved deprecation of self IMO. If that's not hatred i don't know what is. And a pat on the back? Who here is patting themselves on the back. Certainly not me.
That said, the hatred displayed here by certainly individuals is clear and present most every day to the most casual of observers. Be it simple hatred of others that are not of like mind or something more nefarious.
You can try to play games like you aren't one of them but your posting history speaks for itself.
Well, you got the quotes all screwed up but i think i follow:
I guess you don't know that i know what hatred is which would mean you're the one who doesn't really know what hatred is.
I never said it was about me. Those are your words not mine.
Since i had the temerity to disagree with you it seems you want to make this personal. I have no desire for that so i friend requested you. I don't really expect you to accept because ..... well ..... i'm not of like mind with you and we both know what that means for you.
Edit: I stand corrected. I was wrong about you on the friend thing.
Good on you and hope you have a nice day!
I never said it was about me. Those are your words not mine.
Not at all:
Who here is patting themselves on the back. Certainly not me.
Since i had the temerity to disagree with you it seems you want to make this personal. I have no desire for that so i friend requested you. I don't really expect you to accept because ..... well ..... i'm not of like mind with you and we both know what that means for you.i
I am not making it personal, merely accurate. You are also wrong about me, I have no problem being friends with people who disagree with me, and I happily agreed to your request. Thank-you.
I meant that in the general "you" not any NT person specifically. I apologize for not being more clear. I should have said "If someone doesn't believe in that basic American ideal" instead, which was what I intended.
Well, there is this myth:
Actually, through their invention, brilliance, and industry, whites wrestled comfort and plenty from nature’s tight grasp
Here is the explosion
I do believe in it, including for white males .....
I feel you. They like playing the guilty by association. And when whites don't cower down in an apologetic pile of blubbering mass, they are immediately called racist and berated for not acknowledging that they are, in some retarded other world way, responsible for something that happened about 2 centuries before they were born.
But you never hear them mention that it was blacks who sold other blacks into slavery. That there were black slave holders in the United States that held blacks as slaves. That there were blacks who fought with the Confederate military, VOLUNTARILY. Oh and we can't forget the Buffalo Soldiers role in the killing of Native Americans. All this, apparently, is something only whites could do.
The Aztecs practiced human sacrifice. Guess that was them giving Thanks.
As did the Stonehenge folks - the Spanish Inquisition folks - the Roman Catholic Church folks - the Salem Witch Trials - etc..
And in that misguided phenomenon it was ONLY whites that held slaves.
Yes, they all did, The only problem I have, is all those that claim us white people cannot learn from history.....
That is also a pretty bigoted ideal isn't it....
The human animal in all it's forms is a cruel unforgiving creature, we are capable of rising above such behavior, but first we have to recognize and accept our own depravities and not justify them...
and the Chinese, Hawaiians, and so on. Yeah, those nice sweet Hawaiians we know today whose ancestors killed humans just to please a God.
All men have their own atrocities is the point.
We are speaking of America here. In America, the vast majority of slaveholders and Native American killers were indeed white. A miniscule amount of others also did, using the rules instituted by whites. Your desperate need to excuse yourself only demonstrates the fact that you know better.
Ok YOUR words:
So you do admit that the idea that whites were the only people how held slaves is misguided.
What excuses me from being part of your misguided train wreck is I never killed a Native American and I never held a slave. Both happened LOOOOONG before I was born and I don't play your childish little games. I acknowledge what happened as a piece of American history and the country has moved on from that.
Now just because you feel the need to play the victim card is your problem. It doesn't mean that I have to agree with you and it surely doesn't mean that I will play your guilt trip games. Like I said, never killed a Native American, never held a slave. Despite your best efforts, my conscience is clear and guilt free.
Even as we speak, I read an msn article where in Libya refugees are being sold as slaves.
Notice the words " vast majority". Do you understand the concept?
What excuses me from being part of your misguided train wreck is I never killed a Native American and I never held a slave. Both happened LOOOOONG before I was born and I don't play your childish little games. I acknowledge what happened as a piece of American history and the country has moved on from that.
This entire post is about praising white males who HISTORICALLY
"give them thanks for forging a country that beckons the world’s tired, huddled masses, and to appreciate their overall magnanimity in sharing our abundance."
Keeping history in perspective , thanks are due to all races, genders and ethnicities who shared in creating America, the myths that are so dear to you claim it was only white males, so no, you are not excused. While you are not personally responsible for all the bad parts of our history, you are not personally responsible for all the good either. If you imagine that you have never benefitted from white privilege, it's you who are misguided.
You do realize I quoted YOU in regards to the "vast majority" comment. YOU are the one that just showed your hand that even you agree that what you are trying to get others to believe is a FARCE.
And we should attempt to be humble while doing it considering our own roots. "Rising above" in acts of kindness and learning from our own history is great, claiming to "be above" others because of it is shameful.
One more time, vast majority does not equal all. It's a pretty simple concept.
Jeremy, your argument is ridiculous, a circumstance that seems to befall a number of your arguments.
“It is a very sad aspect of African-American history that slavery sometimes could be a colorblind affair,” writes Henry Louis Gates Jr. on the Root , in a fascinating piece about the history of black slaveholders in the United States. Some black slaveholders bought family members, though this humanitarian arrangement doesn’t account for all of the history of black slaveholding, as Gates points out.
Bottom line: Even if Anthony Johnson was the first person in the North American colonies to hold a slave— even if many black people across the years held slaves—that doesn’t erase the fact that it was the racially based system of hereditary slavery that harmed the vast majority of black people living within it. The fact that some members of an oppressed class participate in oppression doesn’t excuse that oppression."
Had blacks held whites or other non blacks as slaves in some substantial amount, you might have had a minor point to make. But the fact is that slavery in the US was a RACE BASED institution where the Africans were the victims.
So what?
Your persistent efforts to excuse race based slavery in pre-emancipation America are tiresome.
No. You are overthinking it and mixing it with your"outrage" that I won't fall for the guilt trip is causing YOU to feel unsettled. And somehow you think that should be my problem. It's not.
Then you need to be more inclusive with your guilt trip.
So for you the issue of slavery is 100% about race. Despite the overwhelming evidence that it's not. There are many that would think you were racist for looking at it from that POV.
All holidays matter.
The same to you and your family.
Thank you and may all the inevitable family fights and disagreements be of mild nature and short in duration .....
I'm planning a holiday meal with a few close friends to avoid those family fights. I hope that you and everyone else at NT has a safe and relaxing holiday weekend.
Thanks Donald Rump! Bigly!
" they are a benign majority who don’t complain much."
Really?
It seems quite a few white males have been bitching about not being at the top of the pile for a long time.
I'm a white male, I have no "white guilt" about being white. But it turns my stomach to see all these fascist white nationalists, Nazis, KKK members and confederate flag wavers. There is no "war on whites". Being inclusive isn't in any way destroying "white identity". Those who claim such are small minded bigots filled with childish fear who have been indoctrinated by ignorant xenophobes.
out of our vast population you seek to tar a large demographic group by the views and actions of less than one tenth of one percent of them?
out of our vast population you seek to tar a large demographic group by the views and actions of less than one tenth of one percent of them?
I agree. I say we let these folks and the other fucking idiots (antifa) go at it and thin the herd a little.
None of them will be missed.
“All in all, you see, America is a salutary environment to be a minority. Maybe there are a few -- though rapidly dwindling -- remnants of privilege, but it pales compared to the classism or tribalism in many of our ancestral homelands. Even as many nations sitting on vast natural resources contrive to flounder under endemic corruption, a generous America gives mountains of aid at home and abroad. One can argue it took too long, but rather than retroactively impose today’s sensibilities on yesteryear, rather than dwell on historical misjudgments for a crutch, we should respect America’s ultimate altruism.
This Thanksgiving, civility compels us to give thanks that American white males, admittedly spurred on by once-relevant Civil Rights groups, nevertheless helped lead us to the broad, sunlit uplands of equal opportunity. The bitter left, engulfed in misappropriated white guilt for not bucking the prevailing standards of the time, and the malicious media may mock us, but thanks to our preponderance of compassion America remains the last great hope of earth. Period.”
White men gave us marxism/communism and the hundred and fifty million people it killed, so there's always that.
doesn't hold a candle to what the Asian men did.
God, is there anybody as wimpy as white males today? After ruling the world for millennia, they get the vapors when the rest of us (including white women) try to get parity! Really, grow some balls, stop whining and and accept the fact your days of special privilege are waning. You should be giving thanks you had it so good for so long at our expense.
And what? yours are rising?
I guess so..... You all could have said "NO" at any time.....
I thought "Race" was both man and woman !
What is "the rest of us" including "White Female" ? Are those new species ?
Uh, the title says 'white MALES'.
Long ago, the men in my family brought their wives and children into this area long before it was the U.S.A. They worked side by side and they each had their own jobs to do. Whatever it took to live they did it together.
Women of today have it much better than their counterparts of years past. But, yet, some are still dissatisfied with their lives. They have to have someone to blame, so, fellas, you are the target.
It isn't only white men....it is all men.
They should be careful of what they wish for. It might just come back to bite them in their asses. When they are treated by men the way they are beginning to treat men it will not be a happening. I hope I am still around to see it!
Which is as it should be, men and women have a role, that role depends strongly on what they want in their lives. Society only works this way.
It will never work when others try to demand others be the way they want them to be.....
I'm a big believer in whatever works, works. That goes for relationships also...... Everyone else be damned....
They are already being treated by men much worse then they treat men. What do they have to lose? They have their respect and dignity to gain. Evidently, that is unimportant to you.
Is respect and dignity only achieved by degrading someone else? A person can't demand respect and dignity! True respect is earned.
True, but you have to see women as more than sex objects first. The men who are being outed do not do so. They see any woman as an opportunity, which is fine in your private life, but not in a working environment, especially if you have power over the woman employee.
You know nothing about my private life.
And, all men do not look on women as a sex objects. Perhaps, in your world, but not in mine. And, some women believe that men only can relate to one thing.....sex. That is not true either!
I think that is the problem. Because in some peoples world, what you describe is exactly what they think things are so they want everybody to think like they do. Although I don't know how many times I have to hit myself with a ball peen hammer to get to that point.
Do you feel degraded by having to treat a woman as an equal?
I am a woman BTW! So, I don't know where that question came from!
I'm sorry if you misunderstood me. The private life I was speaking of was the harassers, not yours. I did not say that all men or women act in the same way, but men who harass women do see them only as sex objects, which is why they act like they do. That is why they will never give women respect, regardless if they've earned it or not. That must change. If it takes publicity to make that change, then have at it.
No. Is there a man here who feels degraded when we treat women as equals? I doubt it.
"Women of today have it much better than their counterparts of years past. But, yet, some are still dissatisfied with their lives."
Are women treated better today than their female ancestors were? Yes, but does that mean they should stop pushing for equality? Does it mean women should settle for 3/4 because it's better than the half they used to get? You said "Is respect and dignity only achieved by degrading someone else?". I merely pointed out that treating women as equals isn't degrading, it's empowering.
Men and women are equal and it doesn't take a man to validate this fact. People are usually treated in the manner in which they treat others.
Many get upset when they are treated as they treat others. That's usually when they become "offended".
So are you openly admitting to being a Russian troll demeaning the US military and praising Russia with this picture? I see you ignore the fact that the one being carried by our armed forces is 10 times longer and they're having to run through sand and other harsh obstacles. I find it very sad that 50% of Republicans consider Russia to be a friend and ally instead of the backstabbing enemy foreign power they are that wants nothing more than the total destruction of western democracy. Stop fooling yourselves, Russia is not our friend.
These days....having a sense of humor is called "Harassment....or MEAN SPIRITED !
From the repuke side, I'd say that's true and would include ignorant and totally classless and base and beyond juvenile.
Did you learn the word "Repuke" in college ?
I was
I don't really find a misleading photo that's attempting to say "American Military men are weaker than a Russian babushka!" funny.
A bit of Perspective …
A better perspective:
HE WASN'T FOUND GUILTY OF ANYTHING IN A COURT OF "LAW" !
Would you accept him if he "Apologized" ?
MY THEME SONG TO LIBERALS EVERYTIME THEY ACCUSE WHEN THEY THINK IT WILL COUNT !
That wasn't a song by Ace Freehley unless he did a re-make.
AND ?
Neither was Harvey Weinstein or, Al Franken or, Bill Clinton or, Bill Cosby or, Charlie Rose. Your point? You seem ready to tar and, feather the men I've mentioned but, you want to put Roy Moore in the Senate. Why? Because he's a Republican and, that is the only reason.
So even if a dozen or more women come out and publicly accuse you, if you say you're sorry, then you're guilty, but if you call them all liars you should be elected to the Senate or the white house? Is that really the lesson we want to teach our kids?
HE WASN'T FOUND GUILTY OF ANYTHING IN A COURT OF "LAW" !
That's at least in part, because he just beat the statute of limitations.
Now, I will agree, that "presumption of innocence" should prevail … on that we can agree … but the only reason the court of public opinion can indict Franken and some others, is because they admitted to guilt and apologized.
You can't have it both ways … DENIAL DOES NOT EQUAL INNOCENCE … what's wrong is wrong regardless of partisanship …
IF THE ROY MOORES AND DONALD TRUMPS WANT TO EXPEL WHAT IS CALLED "CONSCIOUSNESS-OF-GUILT … LET THEM PUBLICLY ADVOCATE POLYGRAPH TESTS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR ACCUSERS … BEFORE A NEUTRL PANEL …
… with the results made public!
Can we agree on that?
“Far from privileged, then, America’s silent majority are work martyrs. The American Dream has to be earned, even by white males, and one would be an ingrate to begrudge them -- or anyone -- the fruits of their labor. Opportunities exist for all who take personal responsibility instead of interminable government handouts which inevitably atrophy their skills and undermine self-esteem. The main encumbrance to success is laziness and immersion in entitlement, not outmoded notions of privilege from a bygone era. In every facet of our society, including housing, education, employment, and voting rights, equal opportunity has been inexorably expanded. Indeed, minorities exercised their ultimate civic power by voting at higher rates than whites in several recent elections. Though African-American voting rates dropped in 2016 when Obama wasn’t on the ballot, voting among other minority groups was lively.”
Tell that to Paul Ryan.
Paul Ryan is working to expand opportunities for all Americans.
Paul Ryan is working to expand opportunities for all Americans.
How did Cornhusker4Palin reply to anything 12 hours ago? I’m not currently using that name and haven’t since I switched back to this one.
18.1.2.1 Cornhusker4Palin replied to Cornhusker4Palin @18.1.2 2 minutes ago
Why is this happening? I’m still XXJefferson#51 on my homepage and all my avatars are still as I set up XXJ. I’m going to post to one of my groups and another seed to see if this glitch is going on elsewhere.
Why is this happening? I’m still XXJefferson#51 on my homepage and all my avatars are still as I set up XXJ. I’m going to post to one of my groups and another seed to see if this glitch is going on elsewhere.
E.A Happy Hunting :-)
I think I found it. My home page and profile are XXJefferson but under account, the yellow box for user name somehow reverted back to Cornhusker4Palin and I’ve had no luck saving a change back to XXJefferson#51.
If you're ever looking to change your name again, I may have some suggestions for you!
Well, I’m back to XXJefferson#51 now. Still not sure 🤔 how it happened.
E.A So much for " User Control " Keep ploughing, but eyes out front for a straight farrow!
No thanks! 🤭
No thanks! 🤭
I am very thankful for the white men in my life. Those who bash them are just jealous, as they know they will never measure up to the finest people in the world.
I am very grateful for the men in my life, because they add value to those around them, no matter what their color is, so long as they are people of good moral character.
It might be helpful if you, and others, would call out the sort of open racism you replied to I am very thankful for the white men in my life. Those who bash them are just jealous, as they know they will never measure up to the finest people in the world . , and not just counterpointed it.
It is also interesting to see someone with a Nordic alluding screen name , Valkyrie, making white supremacist type comments.
Oh cut the BS. That one sentence is what you are calling racism. Knowing full well that if Valkyrie said "black" in place of "white" you would be fine with it.
I'm pretty grateful to most of the white women in my life and one black woman in my life. So do you find that racist? Face it John, you seem to find racism wherever you look and want it to be.
Why does the color of the man matters? Honestly, what is the outcome of this discussion supposed to be?
Shouldn't it be the quality of the human being? That is what I value.
It's an openly racist comment, obviously. It's sad for Newstalkers that there are people here like you who make excuses for it.
Get lost.
We are talking about this comment,
I am very thankful for the white men in my life. Those who bash them are just jealous, as they know they will never measure up to the finest people in the world
not your erroneous interpretations of previous comments.
You don't think that suggesting that non whites are jealous of whites is 'white supremacist'?
That's weird.
Many people use large fonts to make a point. Neither Bob , I , or anyone else have a patent on it.
Like I said, the ONLY thing that makes it racist to you is the fact Valkyrie said "white men". Get over yourself.
The quality of a human being should be the most important thing about anyone, but where some have only had experiences with black or white men or women, that is all they can base their statements on. The real racists see racism everywhere they look. It is automatically assumed it is racist to make a statement such as "I am grateful to all the white men in my life" when the only people that person has had in her life has been white men and as far as she is concerned no one can measure up to them.
The discussion is about white men, isn't it? With the racists trying to make it wrong to qualify the statement, it just shows how racist they really are.
I'm not proud to be white. Heck, what did I do to be proud? I had no say-so in the matter at all. I wouldn't be proud to be black, Indian or any other race. I'm only proud when it was through my efforts to accomplish something difficult to do or made something better and then I find it hard to be proud. I find the word proud to egotistical for me. I find the word thankful to be much more appealing. I'm thankful I have children who don't get into trouble, have good work ethics and make good grades in school. I like that much better.
That's what I'm wondering. Apparently acknowledging white men is somehow racist. I think he's using the below as a reference:
Oh, no, no, no. That's not fair. We';re talking about this statement about being proud of the white men in her life and how no one else could match their attributes, from a personal experience point of view, of course. It must be a racist statement. How could you miss that?
Do you find that racist? It kind of gives you a little different perspective when you see it written like that, doesn't it? If a black girl who had only been involved with black men in her life said that, would she be racist to you? I don't expect you to stop seeing racism in every corner, but I know some others will be able to see my point.
Don't forget Social Justice Warrior and Bernie Sanders supporter.
You seemed to miss the relevant question.
Because Six, why qualify at all? Does race define the man, or his deeds. Honestly, had I read that the other way around, I would have felt the same way. So, saying your happy for the good men in your life is fine. Giving thanks to them is fine. But your race, says nothing about the quality of the and and is nothing more than an accident of your genes.
That one sentence is NOT what he's calling racism and you know it. Have some integrity.
But according to Valkyrie, no other race can measure up to whites and they are all jealous because they know whites are better than them. I too find it disappointing that you glossed over this blatantly racist comment.
Please don’t presume to tell people to leave my seeds. Refute his humor or move on with out comment.
I liked your well reasoned post six.
It is racist to call a conservative African American an Uncle Tom.
I disagree. The term 'Uncle Tom' is actually the opposite of racism. It is an insult to a black person who chooses to remain subservient to, and accepts that they are inherently inferior to, the white man. It insults the acceptance of racism.
Being a conservative does not necessarily make a black an 'Uncle Tom.'
The logical follow up to an article like this one would be something like ...
" The Inherent kindness of heterosexual Filippino Dwarfs."
In other words, this discussion is a way to promote the fallacy of racial superiority/inferiority which in and of itself is inherently racist.
Get lost. You are the one who seeded this garbage in the first place.
It would be racist. Sounds like something Rev Wright would say.
There are few black supremacists though. Black racism is generally a reaction to white racism.
It is not blatantly racist. She doesn't have other colors in her life, but the white men who she is proud of. She is making her statement. She is not saying that no others count.
Among black Americans, 31% think most blacks are racist, while 24% consider most whites racist and 15% view most Hispanics that way.
I know it is difficult to understand how someone could make that statement and it not be racist if racism was what that person was accustomed to looking for. It would be the context in which the statement was made. In this case I really don't know, but if someone was criticizing ones white husband and calling him racist, in a lot of cases, simply because he is white, it would be appropriate to specify "So what, I am thankful for my white husband and you're just jealous of him". And it wouldn't make any difference whether you are white or any other color, which is exactly what that statement did.
It could be an reaction to the constant accusation from Liberals and those blacks who have fallen prey to them for never letting up on things like it's in our genes to be racist. It could be someone just playing with you or anyone else who has driven this idea that whites are all racist, except of course, the Liberal whites.
When you hear someone say "Kill the White babies", now then that is racist or "Kill the black babies", now that is racist. Or when the idea is being taught in our colleges and groups are gathering basically pushing the idea that even those who don't do these things who are white are Nazis, now then that is racist, but you must understand it is not as much racist as it is promoting division purposefully.
So it's the fact that they are saying that their opinion that white men have the finest people in the world that you find racist? Either way, it's not racist to say it. You just need to get over yourself and accept that others have differing points of view and don't have to conform to what YOU want them to think.
It is most definitely not.
In her opinion, she bases her views on the white men in her life. And, says to the "others" who find fault with white men ....white men are the greatest. In her life they are the greatest. In my life they are, as well, since there are no other colors in my life.
A black woman would say the same thing if black men were put down. She would defend those in her life!
Apologies are made for this and that. A person is quoted in the news on their opinion.....some take exception....then, that same person makes an apology. There will be people who always take exception to one thing or the other. Either stand by your comment or don't make it. Can't please everyone and I am not about to start now.
The white men in her life are awesome, wonderful and the best!
And the fact you don't see the problem in that is what's telling.
Perrie would get angry with me if I got lost from my own seed. I have to be here to baby sit the likes of you trying dictate or control to who can seed or post what where. I’m glad you like my wonderful seed.
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I believe some are wanting sympathy for themselves by presenting themselves as victims.
It's like being at a kids birthday party where the birthday boy is getting everything he wants and is the center of attention and is driving his new motorized toy truck around the yard. However his mother invited one of the kids from his class who is disabled and another who is a minority that the birthday boy has bullied for years. His mother then asks her son to let the disabled classmate and the minority classmate have some time driving his new motorized truck around, and she even made the disable boy who also has allergies his own cake with no peanut butter or gluten in it along with getting them special gift bags to take home with them. Birthday boy is furious! He lashes out "Why do they get anything? I didn't invite them? This is my birthday party! I want them to leave!". He doesn't realize what a selfish little brat he's being, he's actually looking for sympathy because he can't imagine why any of the attention is put anywhere else other than himself. He has no shame, he has no empathy, he doesn't give a crap about how hard life is for those other kids, being excluded, not being able to participate in so many things every day. All he can think about is himself, it's "Me! Me! Me!" all the time in his little brain.
White males have enjoyed being in the limelight for centuries, we have patted ourselves on the back and basked in the praise of others. But now that a few of us show empathy and actually start going out of our way to include minorities and the least represented among us, some white males have started shouting "Why do they get anything? Why aren't we still the center of attention? Why aren't you thanking us more? Why all this concern for minorities when I haven't had my third piece of cake yet? Waaaah!".
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Who is that woman with her boobs hanging out at the bottom of my screen? Is this a porn site? Oh that's Melania. Nice.
You can go on and delete this comment if you want to. Makes me dizzy.
Well, she's gone now. Started out at the top left and finally ended up at the bottom right. And now has dropped off the screen.
We have gone from having real ladies in the White House to having a playboy bunny in there.
We ALL like diversity!
I think I found it. My home page and profile are XXJefferson but under account, the yellow box for user name somehow reverted back to Cornhusker4Palin and I’ve had no luck saving a change back to XXJefferson#51.
And now I’m back to XXJefferson. The site deity must have fixed it.
And now I’m back to XXJefferson. The site deity must have fixed it.
It is racist.