If someone calls out "white people" or "men" or "white men" or "white women" for a thing... follow these simple steps.
1) Ask yourself, "am I doing that thing?"
2) If the answer is "no, I am not doing that thing"
3) GREAT NEWS! The tweet is not about you!
4) GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE
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@DAvallone
Step 5) fucking do something about it because it's actually your problem too. White privilege is ruining this country so do your part.
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@clairmc
No fucking kidding. But until they stop saying
#NotAllFillInTheBlank
they're paralyzed by their own fragility. Baby steps.
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@DAvallone
I wonder when it will be considered racist to call an entire group out based only on their race, or sexist to call out an entire gender based only on their gender?
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@Shahooster
When institutional racism & institutional sexism no longer exist, it will no longer be appropriate to call out white people, or white men. I wonder if you can hold your breath that long?
THIS tweet WAS about you. You can choose to continue to miss the point, or you can whine.
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@DAvallone
If someone says forthrightly they hate white people, your instruction is to assume they mean something else... and you dont feel that's a patronising attitude at all?
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@BrundleBrindle
You added an adjective I did not, which changes the meaning entirely. My instruction — which I’ll repeat since you ignored it — is that if that hatred is tied to a behavior you don’t engage in, the tweet is not about you.
That’s not patronizing.
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@DAvallone
That's the same excuse that I was given when I criticized my friends-turned-nazi's (who knew about my jewish heritage) for referring to the predatory rich as "jews jewing around."
None of this is ok.
Dont act like it is.
You are being no better than them.
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@The_ChieChie
Someday, I hope, you understand the difference between criticizing those who hold the power (punching up) and criticizing those who don't (punching down.)
Until then, I hope your false equivalences keep you warm at night.
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@DAvallone
Asian women are the SHITTEST DRIVERS on the planet.
Oh, you're Asian and a woman and can drive?
Then this tweet isn't about you! Get on with your life. God, get over it you female Asian snowflakes!
(Is this how it works now?)
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@nonstampNSC
Look up "institutional racism" and then delete your account.
You're LONG overdue.
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@DAvallone
uh. when you make blanked statements.. you're going to get called out on it.. that's how things works.. unless you insert "some" or some reference to that.. the rest of your tweet is void. i can tell by one thing.. you're going for the world record of virtue signal points
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