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Scrivener7

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12. "Twitter only posts feel excusive"? WTF? I don't have a twitter account. It does not prevent
Mon Jun 14, 2021, 10:54 AM
Jun 2021

me from being able to see the threads for twitter posts. I don't like twitter only posts, but "exclusive"? As if you are being excluded? Really?

As for the rest of it, it sounds like you are looking for people to agree with you, or to educate you in things that are not their responsibility to educate you in.

I am white. I don't think it is the job of others to tell me what to do about my white privilege. I am a woman. When men come into conversations about sexism and demand that women educate them, and make the conversation about the relationship of men to sexism, I have no patience for that whatsoever. I imagine it is the same when white people come into conversations about white privilege and demand that black people instruct us in what it means and how to solve it.

Also, "supposedly if the whites will do something, it will help." Seriously? You live in the world. Do you really need black people to tell you what white people, or each of us white people as individuals, could do to help? All you are able to do is say, "Yes, we are privileged, we suck?" Seriously? As a "problem solver," this is all you have been able to come up with? Perhaps you are not being honest with yourself.

As for religion, those conversations have never been anything but contentious and when someone approaches it with the idea that others "need to listen to reason," that will instantly shut down any conversation. Your "reason", no matter where you stand on religion, is another persons delusion.

I imagine you will see this post as simply more of what you are complaining about, because I don't agree with you. I guess that makes me a bunch of trolls.

Yeah, I know what you mean USAFRetired_Liberal Jun 2021 #1
+1 CentralMass Jun 2021 #5
+1 back at you! TigressDem Jun 2021 #22
Thanks. The thing is... TigressDem Jun 2021 #21
It's certainly not an easy place to be recently. NewHendoLib Jun 2021 #2
Yeah. I hear yah. TigressDem Jun 2021 #20
I was afraid it was just me having a problem with how abrupt and unpleasant many summer_in_TX Jun 2021 #3
Nope TigressDem Jun 2021 #18
My speculation on why summer_in_TX Jun 2021 #26
Yeah. TigressDem Jun 2021 #29
I think I'll still come just because DU gathers news in one place well. summer_in_TX Jun 2021 #32
Chill - Your input is appreciated. Just realize we all have our own way of expressing walkingman Jun 2021 #4
And if people talked like this here, I'd have no problem. TigressDem Jun 2021 #17
Take a mental health break & stay well. DU is being trolled pretty hard at the moment & it's... Hekate Jun 2021 #6
Sounds like a plan TigressDem Jun 2021 #11
Well, just take a break and get some fresh air. calimary Jun 2021 #7
Thanks TigressDem Jun 2021 #16
I never liked being in management. calimary Jun 2021 #23
A good manager is worth their weight in gold. TigressDem Jun 2021 #27
Boy do I ever get that. calimary Jun 2021 #30
This is why Dems have such a hard time reaching any sort of consensus crimycarny Jun 2021 #8
Like herding cats, right? TigressDem Jun 2021 #15
Unfortunately true. calimary Jun 2021 #25
Who is "they?" What are you referring to? Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #9
Not isolated. It's many in various areas. TigressDem Jun 2021 #10
"Twitter only posts feel excusive"? WTF? I don't have a twitter account. It does not prevent Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #12
People like you are the reason I feel like I want to leave, but also the reason I should stay. TigressDem Jun 2021 #14
I think a lot of people are frustrated scipan Jun 2021 #13
And I understand that, I do. TigressDem Jun 2021 #19
You said it better than me. scipan Jun 2021 #31
It is very important for all of us to not forget that politically we have a binary choice. walkingman Jun 2021 #24
Gotta be old school and say, "Right on!" TigressDem Jun 2021 #28
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