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EffieBlack

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31. Lol!

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Sat May 5, 2018, 01:22 PM

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Breaking: Wypipo Offended by "Wypipo" [View all] MineralMan May 2018 OP

LOL Gothmog May 2018 #1

Next trending thing will be: "Not All Wypipo!" MineralMan May 2018 #2

Hey now...some of my best friends are Wypipo. lol. n/t CincyDem May 2018 #3

Wypipo Lives Matter! central scrutinizer May 2018 #19

help me out here.... TalenaGor May 2018 #4

Read it out loud. MineralMan May 2018 #5

ooooohhhkayyyy lol TalenaGor May 2018 #6

I couldn't resist. MineralMan May 2018 #7

maybe I shouldn't get on DU until I get out of bed LOL TalenaGor May 2018 #8

Breaking: It is a derogatory racial term Devil Child May 2018 #9

Are your feelings hurt? ismnotwasm May 2018 #10

Very much Devil Child May 2018 #11

I'm very glad you are going to be ok. ismnotwasm May 2018 #14

Lol! cwydro May 2018 #50

Nothing like a great unifying post to bring folks together oberliner May 2018 #12

Oh, not all of us. silverweb May 2018 #13

Eh. There are white people who don't understand because they don't want to understand ismnotwasm May 2018 #16

Agreed. silverweb May 2018 #20

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2018 #53

That assumes our culture has- or has ever had- a level playing ground. History teaches us this is bettyellen May 2018 #55

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2018 #57

Racism is used these days to describe systemic discrimination- I believe the word you're looking for bettyellen May 2018 #58

Post removed Post removed May 2018 #60

Paraphrasing Louis CK: betsuni May 2018 #15

+1000 ismnotwasm May 2018 #17

Oh, but you have to understand Maeve May 2018 #18

Are you talking about DU or white people? B2G May 2018 #21

'WE' are the offended Maeve May 2018 #22

We should be sensitive to Wypipo feelings.... Sancho May 2018 #23

I'll never forget that day... tonedevil May 2018 #34

I missed something along the way... MiniMe May 2018 #24

It is a racial pejorative directed at caucasians. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #27

Thanks, but what does it stand for? MiniMe May 2018 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author MrsCoffee May 2018 #56

Here: TCJ70 May 2018 #29

Thanks MiniMe May 2018 #30

I am a minority and I think it's stupid. IluvPitties May 2018 #25

Do we really need more racially divisive words? N/t TCJ70 May 2018 #26

Words aren't "racially divisive" EffieBlack May 2018 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author MicaelS May 2018 #35

Please explain how, if you aren't already a racist, anything anyone on DU writes will "divide" you f EffieBlack May 2018 #36

I'm sorry, I should have been clearer. MicaelS May 2018 #38

I understand EffieBlack May 2018 #40

Really? No words are racially divisive? Interesting...n/t TCJ70 May 2018 #37

No, they aren't on their own EffieBlack May 2018 #43

It is the context and who is in a position of power to define the words BumRushDaShow May 2018 #45

Lol! EffieBlack May 2018 #31

Post removed Post removed May 2018 #39

You need to stop being so divisive ... EffieBlack May 2018 #41

I just can't help myself ProudLib72 May 2018 #42

Wypipo vote for Hillary Clinton RhodeIslandOne May 2018 #33

Statistically speaking, we do not vote Dem anywhere near what we should. Why do you think bettyellen May 2018 #61

Um. If you read the author quoted in the other thread - cwydro May 2018 #44

"I'm glad the folks I know have much better pronunciation skills than the ones you seem to know" EffieBlack May 2018 #46

Yes. cwydro May 2018 #48

Breaking: Wypipo amused by "Wypipo" Stargleamer May 2018 #47

It's amazing. I leave the house for the morning and come back to find a new and improved Vinca May 2018 #49

Was thinking the same thing. GeorgeHayduke May 2018 #52

This post was alerted on. I had to excuse myself because I'd never heard the term "Wypipo" argyl May 2018 #51

It was a humorous article gollygee May 2018 #54

I miss the unrec. XRubicon May 2018 #59

Do tell . GeorgeGist May 2018 #62

Harriott's Problem BannonsLiver May 2018 #63