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DrTentacles Cephalopod Lothario from Land of the Deep Ones Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#56901: Jun 25th 2013 at 3:23:18 PM

[up] Not the person who was asked, but of course you can be racist against the majority. And it's a problem. However, as the majority has more power, their racism carries more impact. That doesn't mean any racism is ok, but we should try to focus more resources on the most damaging forms of racism.

Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ
#56902: Jun 25th 2013 at 3:30:27 PM

[up]Basically what I was going to say.

The "Majority" has most of the media focusing on them. White Male Straight Cis. Their voices are the ones that get heard the most and carry the most weight. So when a minority discriminates against them, it carries little impact because for every one voice racist against white people there are many more supporting white people.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#56903: Jun 25th 2013 at 3:33:42 PM

The majority generally runs the institutions of the nation to a far more significant degree than minorities(unless there's some kind of caste system in place but no first world nation has that to my knowledge). This makes it far easier for racism against minorities to become institutionalized. I agree there is racism and sexism directed at white males but it's far less damaging than what other groups go through. It's still bad, just not as big of a concern at the moment.

edited 25th Jun '13 3:34:12 PM by Kostya

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#56905: Jun 25th 2013 at 4:45:01 PM

There should be a war against 'war on x'

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#56906: Jun 25th 2013 at 4:46:26 PM

So what did you guys think of Obama's climate speech?

edited 25th Jun '13 4:46:37 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#56907: Jun 25th 2013 at 4:48:20 PM

Good. Fuck the coal industry and people pretending climate change isn't a thing.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#56908: Jun 25th 2013 at 4:54:52 PM

Al Sharpton: The Supreme Court ‘Just Cancelled The Dream’ Of MLK Jr. In Voting Rights Decision

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#56909: Jun 25th 2013 at 4:55:57 PM

I love how Texas immediately started making a very strict Voter ID as soon as they heard this news.

And the Supreme Court is so ignorant they just go "Naaah no one will do that again"

Blueeyedrat Since: Oct, 2010
#56910: Jun 25th 2013 at 4:57:27 PM

There should be a war against 'war on x'

"Tony, declare a war on open-ended conflicts."
"How much are you willing to spend?"
"Whatever it takes."

edited 25th Jun '13 4:57:51 PM by Blueeyedrat

Sledgesaul Since: Oct, 2011
#56911: Jun 25th 2013 at 5:10:11 PM

Obama's speech is just that. A speech.

I doubt he'll do a thing about climate change, especially since we've already hit a point where we cannot change the ultimate outcome of certain cities.

Sledgesaul Since: Oct, 2011
#56914: Jun 25th 2013 at 5:24:19 PM

Now you see why I have such a problem with the Supreme Court?

Scalia even said that the right not to discriminate voters is an act of "racial entitlement."

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#56915: Jun 25th 2013 at 5:25:24 PM

I've never hated a word more than "Entitlement"

Sledgesaul Since: Oct, 2011
#56916: Jun 25th 2013 at 5:27:37 PM

We should have terms for Supreme Court judges. No more life reigns, please.

terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#56917: Jun 25th 2013 at 5:30:55 PM

Would you say that if they were the only way to rein in Reaganite/Tea Party stuff? If they were the only the leftist area surrounded by a Neo-Reaganite president and a supra-conservative Congress?

Sledgesaul Since: Oct, 2011
#56918: Jun 25th 2013 at 5:32:48 PM

We have terms for presidents.

We should have terms for judges.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#56919: Jun 25th 2013 at 5:38:12 PM

[up] In my poinion, we shouldn't have term limits for presidents.

Senator Rubio: You can't compare immigration reform to ObamaCare

edited 25th Jun '13 5:38:59 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Sledgesaul Since: Oct, 2011
#56920: Jun 25th 2013 at 5:39:58 PM

Are you kidding me? Not having term limits for presidents?

Do you dare run the risk of having a President for Life?

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#56921: Jun 25th 2013 at 5:45:07 PM

[up]

If that's what the American People vote for then that's what they should get.

Biden: 'Disappointed' in Supreme Court voting decision

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) expressed personal disappointment at the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, calling the ruling a “dagger.”

edited 25th Jun '13 5:45:27 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Sledgesaul Since: Oct, 2011
#56922: Jun 25th 2013 at 5:50:24 PM

Which is what the term limits are for. We hated Bush so we went with Obama.

Term limits forces presidents to be more conscious of the voters.

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#56923: Jun 25th 2013 at 5:54:37 PM

[up]

That doesn't make any sense. Obama beat Mc Cain not Bush.

edited 25th Jun '13 6:02:49 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Sledgesaul Since: Oct, 2011
#56924: Jun 25th 2013 at 5:58:03 PM

Mc Cain was a clone of Bush in 2008, in essence.

If no term limits, then what?

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#56925: Jun 25th 2013 at 6:02:43 PM

[up]

Given that Dubya's approval rating was in the high 20s-low 30s range during the 2008 election, Obama would have won if Bush had seeked a 3rd term. So basically term limits didn't matter.

edited 25th Jun '13 6:04:24 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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