White Men Are Now The Democratic Party's Punching Bag.

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As you’ve probably noticed, bashing straight white men, especially of the conservative kind, is very fashionable these days.

You seemingly can’t escape it — you switch on cable TV, or "The View", read The Washington Post or The New York Times, and see liberal pundits verbally attack white men for this or that.

It’s become often enough that it is seemingly now normal to just casually attack a broad group of the country’s citizens.

And sometimes race is inserted gratuitously even when it isn’t an issue, like during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings: the Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee were attacked as old white men.

Besides, there is the strangeness in the spectacle of certain white people calling out certain other white people on their whiteness.

What gives? What is happening is that everyone’s id is now not just out in the open, it has gone berserk.The left has responded with a if-you-can’t-beat-him-join-him approach. So it too talks with this broad-brush-strategy of portraying all Trump supporters as bigots, and white men (and white women) as the villains of both history and contemporary politics.

Underlying this is the old political strategy of divide and conquer.

There is, obviously, a helping of white liberal guilt here as well. White men and women, both in this country and across the world, owe much of their current power and relative privilege, obviously, to the colonialism, genocide, slavery and other sins of past centuries.

A subset of these attacks is, of course, attacking the patriarchy, and seeing all men, white, brown, black, as part of the problem that continues to keep women in, more or less, second-class-citizen status. Today’s Democratic Party is predicated on having and expressing open hostility toward white citizens. They are making the dangerous bet that most minorities and immigrants will jump on the white-male-bashing bandwagon.

But it could backfire and turn off many voters. If you ask most minorities and immigrants, they’ll probably tell you they just want a fair, equal shot at the American Dream, and that they’re not angling for racial payback or Civil War Take 2.

Not to mention, the guns are all on the other side, but I'm just kidding.

But seriously, redressal and not revenge should be the theme.

You also wish President Trump would be inclusive toward all Americans in his speeches. Some of his economic policies have been beneficial for Hispanic and African Americans, but inclusive rhetoric matters a great deal too.

Today’s social justice warriors would do better to work toward more social and economic justice without exacerbating dangerous racial divisions, and fomenting violence.
 
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While I'm not an expert in identity politics, this is something that we've all noticed. My assumption is that it's a leveling technique. People with brown skin of all races have long been identified as such and named as such and discriminated against as such. Not everyone, and not by everyone, but systemically this has been true in America. If we notice labelling white men as 'white men' it appears to me to be reciprocal to the way people have labeled black men as 'black men' or hispanic men as 'hispanics' etc. Not labeling race would be a fine thing if race wasn't an issue, but it still is.
 

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I’m not sure I agree with many parts of this. But I will say it is telling and ugly when people start using “white”, “male”, or both words together in a context as if those words/identities alone are a condemning accusation on their own merit.

Being any race or sex is not wrong, so why are some people out there acting like pointing out someone as white and/or male is automatically everything they need to dismiss, belittle, and indict someone as if their mere existence were a crime against social justice?
 
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As you’ve probably noticed, bashing straight white men, especially of the conservative kind, is very fashionable these days.

You seemingly can’t escape it — you switch on cable TV, or "The View", read The Washington Post or The New York Times, and see liberal pundits verbally attack white men for this or that.

It’s become often enough that it is seemingly now normal to just casually attack a broad group of the country’s citizens.

And sometimes race is inserted gratuitously even when it isn’t an issue, like during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings: the Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee were attacked as old white men.

Besides, there is the strangeness in the spectacle of certain white people calling out certain other white people on their whiteness.

What gives? What is happening is that everyone’s id is now not just out in the open, it has gone berserk.The left has responded with a if-you-can’t-beat-him-join-him approach. So it too talks with this broad-brush-strategy of portraying all Trump supporters as bigots, and white men (and white women) as the villains of both history and contemporary politics.

Underlying this is the old political strategy of divide and conquer.

There is, obviously, a helping of white liberal guilt here as well. White men and women, both in this country and across the world, owe much of their current power and relative privilege, obviously, to the colonialism, genocide, slavery and other sins of past centuries.

A subset of these attacks is, of course, attacking the patriarchy, and seeing all men, white, brown, black, as part of the problem that continues to keep women in, more or less, second-class-citizen status. Today’s Democratic Party is predicated on having and expressing open hostility toward white citizens. They are making the dangerous bet that most minorities and immigrants will jump on the white-male-bashing bandwagon.

But it could backfire and turn off many voters. If you ask most minorities and immigrants, they’ll probably tell you they just want a fair, equal shot at the American Dream, and that they’re not angling for racial payback or Civil War Take 2.

Not to mention, the guns are all on the other side, but I'm just kidding.

But seriously, redressal and not revenge should be the theme.

You also wish President Trump would be inclusive toward all Americans in his speeches. Some of his economic policies have been beneficial for Hispanic and African Americans, but inclusive rhetoric matters a great deal too.

Today’s social justice warriors would do better to work toward more social and economic justice without exacerbating dangerous racial divisions, and fomenting violence.

You've cut and pasted copyrighted material Buster almost in its entirety. That is not allowed under the TOS. I didn't think you could put it together yourself.

White men are now the Democratic Party's punching bag. That's a dangerous bet to make.

Of course the author is a straight up nutcase Trump lover.
Saritha Prabhu, Author at The Federalist

As for the topic itself I guess she and you missed the last 50 years the Republican Party spent demeaning, demonizing and imprisoning African-Americans (the New Jim Crow) and many other minorities. You're late to the party.
 
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You've cut and pasted copyrighted material Buster almost in its entirety. That is not allowed under the TOS. I didn't you could put it together yourself.


White men are now the Democratic Party's punching bag. That's a dangerous bet to make.
I’m not sure why reposting/pasting a freely available article should be against the TOS. I don’t see him having claimed it was his own work. If anything he should simply edit the post and provide a link to the original article. I also don’t like the sneaking suspicion that you’ve only brought this fact up to silence and kill the thread though because you don’t like the topic.
 
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I’m not sure why reposting/pasting a freely available article should be against the TOS. I don’t see him having claimed it was his own work. If anything he should simply edit the post and provide a link to the original article. I also don’t like the sneaking suspicion that you’ve only brought this fact up to silence and kill the thread though because you don’t like the topic.

READ: Terms of Service and Rules

And he's free to say whatever he wants you just can't copy and paste an entire opinion piece as your own.
 

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READ: Terms of Service and Rules

And he's free to say whatever he wants you just can't copy and paste an entire opinion piece as your own.
I already read it right after your first response. If he adds a link, the problem (if it is considered truly one by the mods) is solved.
 
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You've cut and pasted copyrighted material Buster almost in its entirety. That is not allowed under the TOS. I didn't think you could put it together yourself.

White men are now the Democratic Party's punching bag. That's a dangerous bet to make.

Of course the author is a straight up nutcase Trump lover.
Saritha Prabhu, Author at The Federalist

As for the topic itself I guess she and you missed the last 50 years the Republican Party spent demeaning, demonizing and imprisoning African-Americans (the New Jim Crow) and many other minorities. You're late to the party.
I admit it why lie ? I read this and like to pass it on because it is the way i feel most of my 68 years spent a lot of time in other neighborhoods and was always insulted because of being white even by other whites.. Maybe some day i will know what i did?
 

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As you’ve probably noticed, bashing straight white men, especially of the conservative kind, is very fashionable these days.

You seemingly can’t escape it — you switch on cable TV, or "The View", read The Washington Post or The New York Times, and see liberal pundits verbally attack white men for this or that.

It’s become often enough that it is seemingly now normal to just casually attack a broad group of the country’s citizens.

And sometimes race is inserted gratuitously even when it isn’t an issue, like during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings: the Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee were attacked as old white men.

Besides, there is the strangeness in the spectacle of certain white people calling out certain other white people on their whiteness.

What gives? What is happening is that everyone’s id is now not just out in the open, it has gone berserk.The left has responded with a if-you-can’t-beat-him-join-him approach. So it too talks with this broad-brush-strategy of portraying all Trump supporters as bigots, and white men (and white women) as the villains of both history and contemporary politics.

Underlying this is the old political strategy of divide and conquer.

There is, obviously, a helping of white liberal guilt here as well. White men and women, both in this country and across the world, owe much of their current power and relative privilege, obviously, to the colonialism, genocide, slavery and other sins of past centuries.

A subset of these attacks is, of course, attacking the patriarchy, and seeing all men, white, brown, black, as part of the problem that continues to keep women in, more or less, second-class-citizen status. Today’s Democratic Party is predicated on having and expressing open hostility toward white citizens. They are making the dangerous bet that most minorities and immigrants will jump on the white-male-bashing bandwagon.

But it could backfire and turn off many voters. If you ask most minorities and immigrants, they’ll probably tell you they just want a fair, equal shot at the American Dream, and that they’re not angling for racial payback or Civil War Take 2.

Not to mention, the guns are all on the other side, but I'm just kidding.

But seriously, redressal and not revenge should be the theme.

You also wish President Trump would be inclusive toward all Americans in his speeches. Some of his economic policies have been beneficial for Hispanic and African Americans, but inclusive rhetoric matters a great deal too.

Today’s social justice warriors would do better to work toward more social and economic justice without exacerbating dangerous racial divisions, and fomenting violence.

Nice plagiarism.
 
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Sorry did did not try to do that..But i have been felling guilty every time i lesson to a Demarcate talk..

The writer is a Indian American woman. I guess she understands your plight. Or a paid shill for The Federalist. :rolleyes:

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As you’ve probably noticed, bashing straight white men, especially of the conservative kind, is very fashionable these days.

You seemingly can’t escape it — you switch on cable TV, or "The View", read The Washington Post or The New York Times, and see liberal pundits verbally attack white men for this or that.

It’s become often enough that it is seemingly now normal to just casually attack a broad group of the country’s citizens.

And sometimes race is inserted gratuitously even when it isn’t an issue, like during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings: the Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee were attacked as old white men.

Besides, there is the strangeness in the spectacle of certain white people calling out certain other white people on their whiteness.

What gives? What is happening is that everyone’s id is now not just out in the open, it has gone berserk.The left has responded with a if-you-can’t-beat-him-join-him approach. So it too talks with this broad-brush-strategy of portraying all Trump supporters as bigots, and white men (and white women) as the villains of both history and contemporary politics.

Underlying this is the old political strategy of divide and conquer.

There is, obviously, a helping of white liberal guilt here as well. White men and women, both in this country and across the world, owe much of their current power and relative privilege, obviously, to the colonialism, genocide, slavery and other sins of past centuries.

A subset of these attacks is, of course, attacking the patriarchy, and seeing all men, white, brown, black, as part of the problem that continues to keep women in, more or less, second-class-citizen status. Today’s Democratic Party is predicated on having and expressing open hostility toward white citizens. They are making the dangerous bet that most minorities and immigrants will jump on the white-male-bashing bandwagon.

But it could backfire and turn off many voters. If you ask most minorities and immigrants, they’ll probably tell you they just want a fair, equal shot at the American Dream, and that they’re not angling for racial payback or Civil War Take 2.

Not to mention, the guns are all on the other side, but I'm just kidding.

But seriously, redressal and not revenge should be the theme.

You also wish President Trump would be inclusive toward all Americans in his speeches. Some of his economic policies have been beneficial for Hispanic and African Americans, but inclusive rhetoric matters a great deal too.

Today’s social justice warriors would do better to work toward more social and economic justice without exacerbating dangerous racial divisions, and fomenting violence.
You’re upset because you are experiencing what communities of color have been experiencing for generations as the white male is slipping towards minority status related to changing demographics.
 

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You’re upset because you are experiencing what communities of color have been experiencing for generations as the white male is slipping towards minority status related to changing demographics.
This may be. But, I don’t think it invalidates his concerns or feelings, nor should it be a goal we as humans should aim for. My policy is lift up who you need to lift up to achieve equality. The moment you have to put others down in order to lift others up, you’re doing it wrong.
 

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This may be. But, I don’t think it invalidates his concerns or feelings, nor should it be a goal we as humans should aim for. My policy is lift up who you need to lift up to achieve equality. The moment you have to put others down in order to lift others up, you’re doing it wrong.
Where did I put someone down?
 

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I’m not sure why reposting/pasting a freely available article should be against the TOS. I don’t see him having claimed it was his own work. If anything he should simply edit the post and provide a link to the original article. I also don’t like the sneaking suspicion that you’ve only brought this fact up to silence and kill the thread though because you don’t like the topic.
It's not against the ToS. It's against the Fair Use Doctrine.
Fair use - Wikipedia
 
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