"I’m sorry I was born white and privileged. It disgusts me. And I feel so much shame,"

Discussion in 'Latest US & World News' started by jay runner, Aug 7, 2019.

  1. Fred C Dobbs

    Fred C Dobbs Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    May 12, 2016
    Messages:
    19,496
    Likes Received:
    9,006
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Then why did you post "Yes, the one with by far the most support"?
     
  2. LangleyMan

    LangleyMan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2017
    Messages:
    45,069
    Likes Received:
    12,566
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    A Trumpite faction have decided they want to discredit Roosevelt over his economic policies. For their purposes, they claim Roosevelt for provoking Japan to attack us.
     
  3. LangleyMan

    LangleyMan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2017
    Messages:
    45,069
    Likes Received:
    12,566
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Referring to what?
     
  4. LangleyMan

    LangleyMan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2017
    Messages:
    45,069
    Likes Received:
    12,566
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    So, you think the above categories are synonymous?
     
  5. cyndibru

    cyndibru Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2014
    Messages:
    669
    Likes Received:
    258
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Sometimes I wonder if it's just me, but IMO, being "proud" of something you had absolutely nothing to do with, and involved no effort on your part, is stupid and pointless. None of us had anything to do with the color of the skin we were born with. I have no "pride" because I have white skin, nor do I have a need to apologize for it. I am, however, really bummed about the sunburn and increased risk of skin cancer.
     
  6. Steady Pie

    Steady Pie Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2012
    Messages:
    24,509
    Likes Received:
    7,250
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    China invading Taiwan is a secondary issue to China invading Hong Kong at the moment. If they send in the army that would be enough justification for me to go to war if I was a Hong Konger. Same goes if I was Taiwanese.

    Iran blocking the strait of Hormuz - I would send destroyers to escort shipping through, if they attack the convoy that is the sort of thing I would go to war over.

    By these I mean I would personally join the military. There is no war I could support that I would not personally sign up for.
     
    jay runner likes this.
  7. free man

    free man Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2011
    Messages:
    3,984
    Likes Received:
    551
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I’m sorry she was born as well. It disgusts me. And I feel so much shame
    na, Not really. Only for what she say.
    But it was asked for...
     
    Last edited: Aug 10, 2019
  8. Sobo

    Sobo Banned

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2017
    Messages:
    10,309
    Likes Received:
    1,946
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male

    He did not die for what he believed in. He died because he was weak.
     
  9. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    53,412
    Likes Received:
    49,705
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I used to tattoo professionally for a living in Tampa Fl, in my early 20's. Our shop was on MLK and 22nd St. Most of my clients were black, seems a waste to get a detailed color piece on very dark skin, but their $ was green! Hard to see when working the machine. Hell, even the whitest hide has a puddle of ink, covering the business end of the needle.
     
  10. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    53,412
    Likes Received:
    49,705
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Is that why German troops died? Plus they had a poor leader.
     
    Last edited: Aug 10, 2019
  11. free man

    free man Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2011
    Messages:
    3,984
    Likes Received:
    551
    Trophy Points:
    113
    China cannot invade Honk Kong, cause it is part of China, always was.
    The Brits got it for 150 years only (this was also done by force, so it was not really legit anyways).
    But those 150 years have gone by and it is again an integral part of China.
     
    Last edited: Aug 10, 2019
  12. Sobo

    Sobo Banned

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2017
    Messages:
    10,309
    Likes Received:
    1,946
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male

    The kill ration was 12 to one. How you think we were able to kill more enemies than our nation even had people? Even Churchill said evry german soldier is worth 3 allied soldiers.

    My great grandfather collected the dog tags of those he killed. He still has them in a bag. He couldnt get all of those he killed but he has a collection of 22. That were the ones he could reach after he got them.
     
  13. Iranian Monitor

    Iranian Monitor Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 24, 2015
    Messages:
    6,586
    Likes Received:
    1,654
    Trophy Points:
    113
    A few points that I like to make here:
    1- In all races of mankind, you will find people who are intelligent and people who are rather dumb or even retarded. Even if the proportions aren't arguably the same. But for people who aren't particularly intelligent to take pride for belonging to a "race" that is supposedly more intelligent on average, only means that this person has no real pride and needs to attach himself/herself to something he/she can actually be proud of (and even that is questionable, see point 3 below).
    2- In all races of mankind, you will find people who are rather good looking and people who are pretty ugly, even admitting that ultimately "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder". But for people who aren't particularly good looking, who often happen to be quite ugly actually, to take pride for belonging to a "race" that is supposedly more beautiful on average, only means that this person has no real pride and needs to attach himself/herself to something he/she can actually be proud of (and even that is questionable, see point 3 below).
    3- A person who is born intelligent, or born pretty and beautiful, is privileged. But since he/she had not much to do with that privilege, I am not sure how much individual pride that person is really entitled to take in that beauty or intelligence? Clearly, though, there is privilege associated with being beautiful or being intelligent. People of character will often try to use their privilege to lift those who are less privileged, while people who lack any worthy character, will try to use that privilege to put the less privileged down.

    I don't think anyone needs to be ashamed of being privileged, but hopefully those who are, will have the character to use that privilege to help the less privileged lift themselves up as well. I think in that case they can legitimately be proud of themselves.
     
  14. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    53,412
    Likes Received:
    49,705
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    You dont look very German, more like Hispanic. Anyhow, Hitler committed suicide and Germany lost and Merkel let floods of non whites into the country.
     
  15. Sobo

    Sobo Banned

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2017
    Messages:
    10,309
    Likes Received:
    1,946
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I look 100% German, have ice blue eyes and im thuringian.

    Merkel blocked migration by 97% while your country is overrun by 3rd worlders. Since our border is blocked, the africans now fly mexico to walk into USA

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...rd-numbers-across-latin-america-idUSKCN1U01A4

    You are so pathetlcly weak, you cant even close your border.
     
  16. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    53,412
    Likes Received:
    49,705
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Yeah,I have hazel eyes and dirty blonde hair, you look Hispanic. Merkel is a Hillary clone, Germany is over ran.
     
  17. Sobo

    Sobo Banned

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2017
    Messages:
    10,309
    Likes Received:
    1,946
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male

    This is hazel for you?

    [​IMG]

    I have blue eyes and look like any other Thuringian.

    Merkel build this

    [​IMG]

    Since 2015 number of sucessful migrants crosisng border dropped by 97%.

    Meanwhile USA gets flooded by 3rd worlders.

    Your trump is a ****ing liberal. He talks harsh but does nothing.

    You even have Somali as senators. Dude...you need a great cleansing.
     
  18. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    53,412
    Likes Received:
    49,705
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    "Senator"...your hair is very black! And it looks like you cant grow a full beard!
     
    Last edited: Aug 10, 2019
  19. Sobo

    Sobo Banned

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2017
    Messages:
    10,309
    Likes Received:
    1,946
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male

    Because the light. My hair is dark like from over 70% of Germans

    [​IMG]

    Here is a fun fact, we change hair color during the year. I noticed that during winter i get black hair and in sumemr it gets a dark blonde

    There are 6 germanic races

    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]

    I have another fact for you. Majority of Germans doesnt celebrate Oktoberfest and we dont wear Lederhosen. Thats only a small part doen in Bavaria.
     
    Last edited: Aug 10, 2019
  20. FatBack

    FatBack Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2018
    Messages:
    53,412
    Likes Received:
    49,705
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    In America we Anglos grow full beards. DSCN0077.JPG
     
  21. hudson1955

    hudson1955 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    May 11, 2012
    Messages:
    2,596
    Likes Received:
    472
    Trophy Points:
    83
    Gender:
    Female
    Nobody no matter what skin color should have to apologize for who they are. These actors are getting more pitiful all the time.
     
    FatBack likes this.
  22. Doug1943

    Doug1943 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 31, 2015
    Messages:
    3,741
    Likes Received:
    1,748
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Not sure I'm following you here. "All things"?

    I think you mean that there are people on the Left who do discriminate among various trends on the Right. Of course there are.

    There just don't seem to be many of them posting here. To justify my assertion, I'd have to look at a sufficiently-large random sample of posts from adherents of the Left, which I don't have the energy to do. And it's possible that I have exaggerated, but ... it's certainly my impression that your side believes anyone who opposes effectively Open Borders, which in the US means unlimited immigration from Latin America ... anyone who points out that far, far more Blacks are killed by other Blacks than are killed by policemen .. is ipso facto a white supremacist. Maybe that's not a fair comment. So I'll try to log posts for the next few days, and see if there is a basis for my assertion, even though a stastistical purist might quarrel with my sampling techniques and sample size. I made the assertion, so it's up to me to prove it, not up to you to disprove it.

    I'll give you a particular example now. Sixty-three million people voted for Mr Trump (and sixty-six million for Mrs Clinton.) I have seen, over and over, day after day, the casual but highly emotional assertion that these people were all motivated by racism, by white supremacy, by fear of that glorious day when whites become a minority in the US. Since almost all conservatives posting here are Trump supporters (I'm not, but I'm not that different from most other conservative posters on most issues), it's pretty reasonable to assume that the posters who believe Trump's supporters in the mass base their support on racism and white supremacy, also believe the same about his supportes in the specific, ie. the ones who post here.
     
  23. Sobo

    Sobo Banned

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2017
    Messages:
    10,309
    Likes Received:
    1,946
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Sorry, in Germany we have a certain level of hygienic standards. We dont walk around like this. I would be send home if i show up like this.
     
  24. Doug1943

    Doug1943 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 31, 2015
    Messages:
    3,741
    Likes Received:
    1,748
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Roosevelt did provoke Japan to attack us, and it's a good thing he did so.

    But this doesn't mean that he goaded a peaceful Japan into war. Roosevelt actually was focussed on helping the British against Hitler, and the last thing he wanted was war in the Pacific which would divert military resources. He pursued a relatively conciliatory policy towards Japan, but finally realized that whatever we did, they would keep pushing outward. So he stopped conciliating them and began doing things that would speed up what he rightly saw as an inevitable confrontation, such as freezing their assets in the US and eventually imposing a full trade embargo, including vital fuel oil. But it was necessary, as Harold Ickes put it, 'to maneuver them into firing the first shot', in order to mobilize American public opinion for war. The American government could have been more pro-active in warning our Pacific outposts of the danger of a Japanese attack, but in the event, the Japanese pulled off a brilliant maneuver which we should have been anticipating, but hindsight is always 20/20. At least our carriers were not in harbor at the time, which may have luck or may have been caution.

    There is a certain sort of conspiracy theorist, mainly but not entirely on the Right, who see this as a sinister conspiracy. They put the American determination not to let the world be divided between the Nazis and the Japanese militarists, in the same drawer as our recent interventions to bring democracy to Absurdistan. But the former was the smart thing to do and the latter is not.

    But even if we put the worst reading on Roosevelt's actions vis a vis Japan ....how does that reading of the events discredit his economic policies?
     
  25. Steady Pie

    Steady Pie Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2012
    Messages:
    24,509
    Likes Received:
    7,250
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    So is Taiwan, according to China.

    Everything is done by force, other than petty words that achieve nothing.
     

Share This Page