Rosenstein Suggested He Secretly Recorded Trump and Discussed 25th Amendment

[Starbuck1975]

So I'm saying it's going to suck to be you and you're going to be fighting the tide.

Until racism is basically extinguished (probably requiring some kind of existential/societal flashpoint), the scope of what is racism is going to grow to encompass ALL of it, even what you don't consider to be "real" racism... presumably because it doesn't affect you at all, except that you might find yourself guilty of it?

What I take from your stance is that there's a line where you will stand on the wrong side of history rrrrrreaaaaly close to the point where we actually rid ourselves of racism. Why do that?

We will never fully rid ourselves of racism, its baked into the DNA of America’s original sin in perpetuating slavery. I think we’ve eliminated institutionalized and systemic racism. There are some remaining pockets of isolated racism.

Even progressive societies like Germany and Sweden are facing a rise in nationalism due to the migrant crisis in Europe. Racism never truly goes away. All it takes is one bad economic cycle for different ethnic groups to start eyeing one another suspiciously.

Identity is highly exploitable.

I don’t think I am on the wrong side of history at all and shoulder no guilt because I have found it more productive to volunteer my time to mentor disadvantaged youth and make my professional networks available to those who don’t have them. I choose to handle the problem a different way because I did not come into this world in a place of privilege.

I also don’t think its fighting the tide to reject some of the more absurd microaggression grievances.

 

[jackstar7]

We will never fully rid ourselves of racism, its baked into the DNA of America’s original sin in perpetuating slavery. I think we’ve eliminated institutionalized and systemic racism. There are some remaining pockets of isolated racism.

Even progressive societies like Germany and Sweden are facing a rise in nationalism due to the migrant crisis in Europe. Racism never truly goes away. All it takes is one bad economic cycle for different ethnic groups to start eyeing one another suspiciously.

Identity is highly exploitable.

I don’t think I am on the wrong side of history at all and shoulder no guilt because I have found it more productive to volunteer my time to mentor disadvantaged youth and make my professional networks available to those who don’t have them. I choose to handle the problem a different way because I did not come into this world in a place of privilege.

I also don’t think its fighting the tide to reject some of the more absurd microaggression grievances.

Which privileges do you think you didn't have?

Are you... were you... raised a poor black child?

 

[FIVR]

Which privileges do you think you didn't have?

Are you... were you... raised a poor black child?

You guys sure do spend a lot of time in circular arguments with that obvious GOP-sponsored concern troll.


You know what he's going to say next: "But, Hillary. But, Obama"

 

[Starbuck1975]

Which privileges do you think you didn't have?

Are you... were you... raised a poor black child?

Born in the projects to parents without college degrees and grandparents who never finished high school and for whom english was not their first language.

 

[Starbuck1975]

You guys sure do spend a lot of time in circular arguments with that obvious GOP-sponsored concern troll.

You know what he's going to say next: "But, Hillary. But, Obama"

Maybe they prefer my company to circle jerks with you

 

[FIVR]

Maybe they prefer my company to circle jerks with you

But how is it Hillary's fault? What did Obama do that was similar?


Check your cheat sheet, it's on there somewhere.

 

[jackstar7]

Born in the projects to parents without college degrees and grandparents who never finished high school and for whom english was not their first language.

So people watch you as you shop in a store? Cops treat you as an animal?

 

[Starbuck1975]

So people watch you as you shop in a store? Cops treat you as an animal?

I don’t want to turn this into a scoreboarding game. You referred me to a post from another thread to which I answered. I am not delusional in thinking my situation was the worst, but privilege is all relative.

 

[Starbuck1975]

But how is it Hillary's fault? What did Obama do that was similar?


Check your cheat sheet, it's on there somewhere.

I can’t find my cheat sheet, it must be under your bottle of lube.

 

[jackstar7]

I don’t want to turn this into a scoreboarding game. You referred me to a post from another thread to which I answered. I am not delusional in thinking my situation was the worst, but privilege is all relative.

Indeed it is. It's relative to those who deal with the worst that the system continually gives to a group thanks to ignorance.

Just because you refuse to acknowledge your privilege doesn't mean it didn't/doesn't exist.