Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

ecstatic

(32,566 posts)
67. Hopefully it's not too late for them to change course.
Wed May 15, 2019, 01:54 PM
May 2019

I'm trying to be optimistic, but why would AL and GA and the other states do this if they intended to have a fair election next fall? With barr at the helm, the fix might already be in.... permanently.

They will do so only when they confront, wrestle with and dismantle their own inherent racism, which WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #1
"That's all, but it's a big one" EffieBlack May 2019 #2
Conservative white women like having a man in their lives, pazzyanne May 2019 #13
Could be. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #14
This isn't the fault only of white conservative women EffieBlack May 2019 #16
Sorry, EffieBlack. My post is based on personal experience. pazzyanne May 2019 #22
I'm a liberal white woman DownriverDem May 2019 #26
By your side. pazzyanne May 2019 #33
Please don't lump us all together in this regard! Ohiogal May 2019 #3
If the OP isn't about you, it isn't about you. But there is definitely a problem with white women. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #4
If you read my post, you will see that I didn't lump all white women together EffieBlack May 2019 #5
You shouldn't have to explain this, and I'm sorry ismnotwasm May 2019 #17
👏🏾 BlancheSplanchnik May 2019 #78
#NotAllWhiteWomen mcar May 2019 #74
She clearly states michello May 2019 #6
We need more of this. Pls keep fighting. brush May 2019 #8
Sigh qazplm135 May 2019 #9
Interesting, isn't it? EffieBlack May 2019 #10
Hi Effie - I think part of is that a substantial number of harumph May 2019 #24
It also happens when we speak of male privilege wryter2000 May 2019 #68
Louis CK Dorian Gray May 2019 #84
Can't disagree with you there wryter2000 May 2019 #87
That is the way it has been since ... forever. Caliman73 May 2019 #72
Me too DownriverDem May 2019 #27
Moving to Biden should not be tied in with selfish, narrows just me thinking or an exercise in emmaverybo May 2019 #60
Hmmm Dorian Gray May 2019 #83
It's hard to break them from tribalism but we have to keep trying. brush May 2019 #7
K&R, Just posted this in Feminism & Diversity -- PunkinPi May 2019 #11
Hear Hear! StarfishSaver May 2019 #12
Thank you. Yes. Keep trying. You are having an effect. TygrBright May 2019 #15
I'm reading this book now called 'Dying of Whiteness.' PatrickforO May 2019 #18
I always thought it was a social disease but ismnotwasm May 2019 #25
I stopped reading at: Merlot May 2019 #19
If you hadn't stopped reading, you probably wouldn't have asked such a ridiculous question StarfishSaver May 2019 #20
It's a sexist phrase. Merlot May 2019 #21
Actually, it's not. At all. StarfishSaver May 2019 #23
Could you explain how it's sexist? I'm not seeing it. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #31
Recommended. guillaumeb May 2019 #28
Getting what should be natural organizing groups to recognize it isn't only "nice" to do, but in hlthe2b May 2019 #29
What would you say is the best way to call attention to the fact that these alliances need to be WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #32
After the ugly splintering among the organizers for the Women's March, I've thought about this... hlthe2b May 2019 #34
I'm doing it now. :) WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #36
I'm sorry, but I think this is passing the book EffieBlack May 2019 #37
Blaming the OTHER is what the RW does. It is beneath us. Ugly and ultimately ineffective. hlthe2b May 2019 #39
Oh, please EffieBlack May 2019 #41
Again, deceptive. Re-read my initial post. I did nothing of the kind. hlthe2b May 2019 #43
But you keep doing it. StarfishSaver May 2019 #50
Asking for constructive solutions to working across differences and toward common goals is hardly hlthe2b May 2019 #53
My OP set out a constructive solution EffieBlack May 2019 #54
We'll have to agree to disagree StarfishSaver May 2019 #56
You could not be more wrong. Your assumptions only show you know nothing about me. hlthe2b May 2019 #58
Calling out people in certain groups for their behavior is not "group denunciation" EffieBlack May 2019 #35
wow, way to totally discount/ignore my entire post. Just blast away at all of the "other" hlthe2b May 2019 #38
"That will help" EffieBlack May 2019 #40
Don't put words in my or anyone elses mouth. It is not merely deceptive. hlthe2b May 2019 #42
I didn't put words in your mouth. I'm responding to exactly what you're saying EffieBlack May 2019 #45
You continually misrepresent what I have posted. I'm done. hlthe2b May 2019 #47
She's quoting you StarfishSaver May 2019 #52
It's easy to get defensive, BarbD May 2019 #30
This sort of thing would likely inspire more voter turnout among women, especially black women IronLionZion May 2019 #44
Man, I am tired of explaining that too! mahina May 2019 #46
My husband has a coworker Ginger42 May 2019 #48
Remember what the angry, white Trumpster woman said? wryter2000 May 2019 #69
'Narrow self interest' like abortion? crazytown May 2019 #49
A lot of women don't see most anti-abortion efforts as a problem because they think it StarfishSaver May 2019 #51
HB 314 represents a monstrous attack on a woman's right to chose crazytown May 2019 #57
I don't blame black women at all. I'd be tired too havin to keep explaining to white women InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #55
Many of 'these women' fully understand, thank you, elleng May 2019 #59
IKR? We went some time without these lectures. Tipperary May 2019 #62
So glad to know you missed me EffieBlack May 2019 #63
I for one am glad you are back. sheshe2 May 2019 #81
Thanks, my friend EffieBlack May 2019 #86
Back at you, Effie. sheshe2 May 2019 #88
If you're among "these women" who "fully understand," my OP wasn't about you EffieBlack May 2019 #64
Thanks elleng May 2019 #71
Reminds me of Second Wave Feminism. MicaelS May 2019 #61
True EffieBlack May 2019 #66
There is also the issue that too many women... MicaelS May 2019 #75
The 70's "Me Decade" and Reagan's "Are YOU better off than you were 4 years ago?" IndyOp May 2019 #65
You are SO right! EffieBlack May 2019 #70
Hopefully it's not too late for them to change course. ecstatic May 2019 #67
As a white woman, I am embarrassed at the % of white women who vote R mcar May 2019 #73
White women who vote R madville May 2019 #79
I live in FL and agree mcar May 2019 #80
This belongs in WAPO...brilliant Eliot Rosewater May 2019 #76
Remember this white woman's lament? tblue37 May 2019 #77
K&R. Mike Niendorff May 2019 #82
K&R betsuni May 2019 #85
I believe game theory answers the question fescuerescue May 2019 #89
This dilemma doesn't address this situation EffieBlack May 2019 #90
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Black women are tired of ...»Reply #67