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radius777

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14. Conservative PoC/women/etc are often oblivious

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Mar 11, 2021, 05:22 AM

Mar 2021

to the fact that they only have rights due to the struggles of the social justice left over the past 50 years.

Conservative PoC will often say 'I don't need special rights, only what the Constitution gives me.' They simply don't get that the Constitution was written for/by white men who did not intend for anyone else to have rights.

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Senator Tim Scott, (R) South Carolina, just verified his uncle tom... [View all] brush Mar 2021 OP

I saw that and did a double take. Sad. Funtatlaguy Mar 2021 #1

What in the f'n HELL does "woke supremacy" even mean? niyad Mar 2021 #2

It is a catch phrase that republicans are hoping obscures their intentions. Blue_true Mar 2021 #4

There is a family of the last name Scott that runs a successful Blue_true Mar 2021 #3

No, no relation SCantiGOP Mar 2021 #6

I saw a show about Scott's Barbecue. Blue_true Mar 2021 #19

he sounds as dull & vapid as Cha Mar 2021 #5

Trump endorsed him a few days ago SCantiGOP Mar 2021 #7

Maybe not. Rep. Clyburn might use his formidable clout to help get him out. brush Mar 2021 #8

Wish that were right SCantiGOP Mar 2021 #11

Could that 10% be once loyal republicans who have re-thought Blue_true Mar 2021 #20

Democrats in S.C. admit SCantiGOP Mar 2021 #21

Wow. nt Blue_true Mar 2021 #22

I call him Uncle Tim budkin Mar 2021 #9

I pity the guy. TomSlick Mar 2021 #10

I saw that but I don't like the term "Uncle Tom" used to describe these JI7 Mar 2021 #12

I'm Black and uncle tom is the word we sometimes use to describe our total disgust at... brush Mar 2021 #17

Such a sad little man. GeorgeGist Mar 2021 #13

Conservative PoC/women/etc are often oblivious radius777 Mar 2021 #14

Honestly Dorian Gray Mar 2021 #15

Spare me. I'm Black and I reserve the right to use the term uncle tom... brush Mar 2021 #18

Yeah the lynching of Dr Suess was pretty disturbing Takket Mar 2021 #16