I don't often post here, but I read quite a bit. This board helped me today with a discussion with a poor victim white man, who thinks that being asked not to use the racially charged word "thug" is a PC request instead of basic respect for other people. He also takes offense with gay pride being okay, but straight pride isn't; black pride month being a thing (whatever the fuck that is - black history month, maybe?) but white pride month is racist.
My response:
Every month is "White pride month". Look in a history book - it's ripe with the back patting of the white man.
No one said you can't have "straight pride", but straight people aren't being discriminated against for being straight.
Try as you might, the straight white man is not the victim here. They are not being discriminated against. It's still a lot easier to be a straight white man than anything else out there.
So, thank you, CEP, for providing me with the knowledge to take on idiots. Not that it's changing his mind, but it's nice to be able to call someone out for being a dumbass lol.
Post by downtoearth on Jul 17, 2015 11:35:29 GMT -5
I'm glad you spoke up instead of rolling your eyes and walking away. You might not change his mind, but it sounds like you at least gave him some comments to consider later.
Sigh. Where is the outrage for my Irish ancestors and how they were treated? The Chinese... The Japanese Americans during WW2? And where is the thanks for the white northerners killed trying to free slaves?? That wouldn't serve an agenda, would it.
I think there's some people that just want to be the straight white man victim, and there's not much that can be done about that.