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am_Unition  ·  3262 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dear White America

It doesn't enrage me much at all, but I'm impossible to offend.

Still, it's kind of a slap in the face when I willingly acknowledge that the issues raised in the article are valid, when I actively police my own behavior against "microagressions" to (hopefully somewhere near) the best of my abilities, and that I vastly favor socially progressive policies that are specifically designed to help out blacks. The same is true pertaining to women. After that admission, being told "fuck you because of your white dick" is really weird. I absolutely sympathize (note: I cannot 'empathize') with their fury, but there's a lot of vocalization right now in the far left that seems to be nothing short of reverse racism... which is, of course, racist. 'bl00's article that I badged yesterday had self-loathing-white-hate-guilt out the wazoo, but I don't think anyone can argue against the value of loving oneself. Unless you're actually a piece of shit with no interest in self improvement. And obviously that doesn't pertain to you, francopoli.

I'm absolutely racist, sexist, and all the other bad -ist's, and limiting those is a battle that I fight with myself on a daily basis. I'm human, after all.