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Kind of Blue

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20. Predictable response from you: center yourself
Fri Dec 7, 2018, 06:27 PM
Dec 2018

and uphold and affirm your reality as a white woman as fundamentally the same as that of my elder black vet's life experience, of course, it's just "to be fair." Then claim that those same unidentified men in my town would also come for you with derision and try to run you down with a vehicle, too.

You're projecting so hard that I want to minimalize your experience and that's the last thing I want to do to anyone but I admit that I do fail at times. But your predictable responses highlighted by your lack of awareness as a liberal that the vet's incident could happen in California, where he escaped to in this day and age, is a breathtaking attempt in obfuscation.

There's a whole body of work, if you're interested, by those more learned than you and I in white supremacy's responses, especially white women's responses, to obscure racism with sexism thereby centering themselves. Check it out or not.

Best of times, the worst of times [View all] Kind of Blue Dec 2018 OP
Trump has enabled the worst of humanity Roland99 Dec 2018 #1
Yes, he has. I never Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #10
So glad you were there to support him mcar Dec 2018 #2
Yes, indeed! Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #11
A sad post malaise Dec 2018 #3
Yeah, I have a huge problem with that, too! Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #12
There are racists everywhere ZeroSomeBrains Dec 2018 #4
Your wish and my wish, too, ZSB. Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #14
So glad you were there for him. I'm surprised that happened in California. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #5
LOL, I wish. But none of us live in utopia. Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #13
They wouldn't call me "lame old vet" or whatever. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #19
Predictable response from you: center yourself Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #20
If you're interested in the history of hatred against women... Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #26
Okay. Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #27
It was a black lady who taught my daughter to eat (she's severely handicapped) demigoddess Dec 2018 #6
Demigoddess, you just gave me the chills! Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #15
It sounds like you handled the situation very well FakeNoose Dec 2018 #7
I wish he could complain to someone to Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #16
On Edit: I was discussing this with my husband Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #23
Awesome - good luck! FakeNoose Dec 2018 #28
I keep getting these surveys in the mail. Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2018 #8
My God! I'm so glad to read that Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #17
This is not a fairy tale erlewyne Dec 2018 #9
Well, if the incident with my elderly Veteran Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #18
Terrible experience for him, but I'm glad he didn't have his pistol. Murder charge would be worse. USALiberal Dec 2018 #21
Ha! Indeed! or even brandishing a weapon. Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #22
He'll remember your loving kindness over the racist remarks lunatica Dec 2018 #24
Thank you, lunatica. Please don't make me cry. Kind of Blue Dec 2018 #25
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