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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
28. Because being a racist is something that you either are or are not, obviously, with no in-between.
Thu Jul 20, 2017, 04:40 PM
Jul 2017
This message was self-deleted by its author drray23 Jul 2017 #1
All humanity suffers from the effects of racism randr Jul 2017 #2
While I agree with some of what you say, this is wrong. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #8
yeah and once you took heaven05 Jul 2017 #17
hippie shaming was a thing because it was based on values: JHan Jul 2017 #18
i grew up integrated + i loved it. little white me. i always felt racism + sensed it, but now i pansypoo53219 Jul 2017 #3
black people don't understand the biggest source/excuser of racism because certainot Jul 2017 #4
No. Invisible systemic zentrum Jul 2017 #5
no, there's a really idiotic situation where 1200 radio stations are used certainot Jul 2017 #6
i disagree, people who listen to that crap are already racist and listen to it because they agree JI7 Jul 2017 #7
Exactly. Rush or Sean or Trump appeal to people who Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #9
rw radio is a PSYOPS and the racists may be part of the primary target but certainot Jul 2017 #11
Not at all, for instance when a certain progressive radio host and a certain Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #13
there are a shitload of people getting it passively along with news traffic weather etc who certainot Jul 2017 #15
in most parts of the country there are no free easy alts for politics and news certainot Jul 2017 #10
I'd love to see some objective numbers which support your premise alone. LanternWaste Jul 2017 #12
what would you say happened in this country the last 30 years? certainot Jul 2017 #14
We had a black president. What we are seeing now is a backlash against the progress we made JI7 Jul 2017 #16
what fuels the backlash? certainot Jul 2017 #19
Talk radio appeals to them because it says what they want to believe JI7 Jul 2017 #20
so you're saying it's a 95% monopoly because that's what americans want? certainot Jul 2017 #21
Not all. Just the racists. JI7 Jul 2017 #22
racism isn't the only reason they listen certainot Jul 2017 #23
you think racism is genetic and environment doesn't matter then certainot Jul 2017 #24
Because being a racist is something that you either are or are not, obviously, with no in-between. YoungDemCA Jul 2017 #28
Yes there is in between but when one supports trump its very clear JI7 Jul 2017 #30
You claim correlation between cause and effect as an absolute, and offer zero evidence. LanternWaste Jul 2017 #25
your sister's a whore, your brother a thief, and you're a traitor certainot Jul 2017 #27
Black people deal with bigotry throughout their lives. Even more so decades ago JI7 Jul 2017 #29
White people stopped supporting democrats before Reagan. They stopped after lbj signed civil rights JI7 Jul 2017 #31
there's a huge spectrum of degrees of racism based on life experience, education, certainot Jul 2017 #32
they aren't living in north korea. and right wingers in boston and philadelphia also spew the racist JI7 Jul 2017 #33
never mind, you either didn't read or won't believe that certainot Jul 2017 #34
Here's a test for those of us who are white- Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2017 #26
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