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DeviledAvacado
Speaking as someone who is white and lgbt, white power is pretty fucking scary.
AnythingMuchShorter
If your friend who never hurt you says he'll kick your ass you might laugh. If your dad who beats you all the time does you don't laugh.
PerfectSpawn
As a white person, "whitepower" creeps me the fuck out
lirikappa
As a black person, "blackpower" creeps me the fuck out
xb0xisbetter
Good on you, man. Screw the racists on both sides. You give me faint hope in humanity.
Doctor0Professor
The ignorance currently flooding this comment section is entirely disheartening. .
00dlez
Look to the cookie! https://imgur.com/6b6I5EP
sabfab
Oh for the love of God white supremacists and BLM aren't remotely the same thing.
dietderpsy
http://www.dailywire.com/news/16976/segregation-all-rage-black-lives-matter-groups-amanda-prestigiacomo
sabfab
The Daily Mail? Try this https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/what-trump-gets-wrong-about-antifa/537048/?utm_source=atlfb
Johnnykararte
I'm white and white supremacists and Nazi's scare me... any group that uses violence and intimidation should scare everyone!
raider111111
Right on brother!
lurker314
So what's your take on Antifa?
sirbartonslady
What on earth is antifa? I'm still trying to figure out alt-right and shit
GaySocialistLiberalMuslimCommieAtheist
theyre either anarchist shit heads or communist shit heads (it varies) but dont murder in broad daylight with support of the government.
Imgurkoff69
Useful idiots, to cause unrest and division, working for forces that oppose Trump.
jeppsson
Not scary. Im not a nazi.
lurker314
You REALLY need to look into your history, then. And/or Antifa's actions over the last 12 months...
somerandomtwat
well you can have almost any opinion and be called a nazi and antifa attack anyone who gets called a nazi and or disagrees with them
OverlordEd
Exactly. As a normal human being who believes its possible to be racist against white people, I'm considered a nazi. But I'm also a cuck?
AIComments
The fact that neo-nazis use BLM as a boogeyman to scare whites into joining just makes this post 100% worse.
Imgurkoff69
The fact that the left uses the KKK as a boogeyman to scare blacks into joining just makes this comment 100% worse.
Maanee
How do neo-nazis use BLM exactly? From what I've seen, BLM does a good job on its own.
AIComments
https://hoodwork-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/story/image/23807/flyer.jpg
AIComments
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/01/25/altered-right-how-white-nationalists-exploit-tragedy-build-narrative-white-victimhood
Maanee
Are neo-nazis using BLM for road blockades? This link suggests the adults who tortured that man shouldn't have receives such harsh charges?
AIComments
I'm not sure where in the article it says that they were charged too harshly. Can you point it out please?
Maanee
Yeah, after some quick study of other efforts this source makes, they appear to be very biased on the left side of this debacle.
AIComments
https://twitter.com/hashtag/blmkidnapping Go read these tweets and tell me that neo-nazis aren't using BLM as a boogeyman to recruit.
TerribleAwful
you son of a bitch
KatiePuckrik
I'll be honest, when I read this comment, I looked back at the picture to look for the hidden Michael Cera. What have you done to me Imgur?!
Contrarianpov
michaelbiglake
That'th nith
grimfandango
BillNyeYourMomsAGuy
edmondvanderbijl
What's the matter? The CIA got you pushing too many pencils?
Chaslky0
Where is the one with all the xplosion and stuff
zoomer296
Chaslky0
yesssss thank you !
KotalDom
I spit my coffee on my phone you asshole!
CaptainPawfulFox
Who is your daddy, and what does he do?
Ribrianne
And then it turns out that black guy betrayed the white in that movie... prob not the best picture.
IndigoLizard
texasjimmy
https://youtu.be/JHiKDa4ip_Q
Mechfan
I feel much more empowered!
javjav
I'm aroused
AlphaQueueBeta
Merco
bcp5296d
was hoping that would be posted already. Is that the one with guile theme?
attofreak
Heh, I upvoted you to my birth year. The Universe has spoken!
Phenome
Allow me to offer up and improvment. https://youtu.be/BcIjFeWE4fE
thehoneybadgr
I just saw that movie. Manly as fuck dude.
ExcellentUseOfGIFAwardCommittee
1mshadowbanned
Dillon
bangbangbangbangbangbangbangban
Oo, that's my name! I feel special.
SomeRedheadWhitedude
Dickon
DutchPancakeHouse
Dutch
amishcannoli
I appreciate that you spelled my name correctly, thank you.
SavagePatchKids
Melon
TheCrustyMustard
MELLYN!
TheLastOfTheDinos
WHAPPIN TIME!!
UnemployedReceptionist
http://imgur.com/eqzQ20B
UsernamesAreOverratedAnyway
Two absolutely beautiful things that came out of that Let's Play.
SavagePatchKids
I wonder how many people are confused that melon is getting upvotes.
WhatIsAHontasWhyShouldIPokeIt
Gay power! Right on!
theresgarlicinthatnebula
omg you're oppressing me with your gay pride what about straight pride omg my feelings are hurt
IWentToImgurandalliGotWasThisUsername
To be fair, I'm white and people who shout "white power" scare me. But I do appreciate the sentiment here
sumowoman
If some black people don't like me cause I'm white it's stupid but whatever. If white people don't like me because I refuse to spew hatred>
sumowoman
>on other groups, it gets a bit scary. They don't hate me for what I am and can't change, but for how I think, and that's scary.
Arsikere
that goes for most whites, myself included, at least as far as i have seen. the media is making it look like there are nazis everywhere
pajamallamadrama
I heard only 200 dickheads showed up (dunno if true). Media makes it look like thousands. You gotta think, 200 dickheads vs. Millions (1/2)
pajamallamadrama
of non-dickheads calling them dickheads makes them way outnumbered. A lot of people are stereotyping millions over 200 dickheads (2/3)
pajamallamadrama
because of the media. Fuck the media. (3/3)
Arsikere
try and google "how many nazis are in the USA" and no clear answer is given. why, one might ask? IT COULD BE MILLIONS, RIGHT!?
Tunaccat
The altright.com, dailystormer, brietbart, /pol/, etc. There's a massive Neo-Nazi movement in the US. Idk if it's growing, but it's not 200.
Arsikere
breitbart isn't a nazi website. Steven Bannon was a execute there and has been defended by several Jews as not being anti-semitic. not all/
Arsikere
white supremacists are nazis, if we want to argue details. the KKK and Nazis have, historically, despised each other
pajamallamadrama
I wasn't talking about in the US, I was talking about at the riot. I can assure you, there are still millions of us who aren't (1/2)
Tunaccat
The riot is a microcosm of a larger force.
pajamallamadrama
neo-nazis. I'm Polish for fucks sake, I hate them so much. Specially after all the stories my great-grandmother told about trying to escape.
theresgarlicinthatnebula
Yeah I'm white and super down with BLM, it's led by black people, but there's a lot of white people working together with them....
ColtTheKid
Little secret: they don't give a fuck about you.
DiddyDollar
Harsh but in a weird way kind of true
Arsikere
one of their founders believes white people are sub-human because they don't have enough melanin in their skin
theresgarlicinthatnebula
Nope.
Arsikere
yup http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/james-di-fiore/black-lives-matter-toronto-yusra-khogali_b_14635896.html
ino84
Unfortunately the moderates are rarely leading groups like that, on both sides extremists try to push their agenda. Better education helps
Arsikere
i've found that expressing those kinds of things warrants a serious lashing from certain people, certain people who are only getting worse
pessimisticcreeplikesitrough
Nope. Not even in the same category.
pessimisticcreeplikesitrough
BLM isn't even remotely the same as the black power movement.
Imgurkoff69
Nah, BLM is about killing white police officers. Black Power was just indiscriminate hatred toward white people. Wait, that's pretty similar
pessimisticcreeplikesitrough
Oh look...an uneducated Trump supporter. So unprovoked cops that shoot unarmed blacks are white supremacists then, correct? And anyone who
pessimisticcreeplikesitrough
believes in Allah must have some sort of ties to ISIS, correct?
BattloidKouji
As a white person I find white power plenty scary. Also white power and black power stand for two completely different things.
SirReginaldXII
Not really.
TheGrayBox
There have been violent black supremacist groups in the past, but the overwhelming majority of black's rights groups have been peaceful
inmywhiteroom
^^^this is an important point that people gloss over too easily
Arsikere
black separatist groups have been labeled as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center
BattloidKouji
I'm not denying they exist, but not with the membership numbers the neo nazis and the kkk have.
Josefbugman1543
Are they running people over in cars atm?
Arsikere
no, you're right. they're fine.
Zandros
Nah they did shoot a couple cops though.
TheBritfag
No but they're destroying millions of dollars worth of shit, and specifically target caucasian establishments.
noorarose
Yeah let's not pretend like the sentiment behind white power and black power is even remotely similar.
SomeCrazyNerd
Black power can be used in a more aggressive radical way. It depends.
potatoebottom
yea those ww2 nazis were so friendly to other white people.
Mewmus
i don't think i've ever seen a black jew
GavinScreaming
Idk I'm a white dude and all those fucking Nazis and supremacists marching the other day scared me
xb0xisbetter
As they should, just like BLM, etc, should as well. Racist, extremist assholes are a problem on all sides, which is kind of the point here.
GavinScreaming
lol yea BLM is sooooooo scary. Wanting police reform is awful
xb0xisbetter
Ah yes, police reform for imaginary reasons. "Police reform" for many seems to be an excuse to loot random stores and kill officers.
abundantbadgers
Uh I'm not black and chanting black power does not scare me. Chanting white power on the other hand....
EyesOnICE
WHITE FLOUR is good for baking
mdkradSmuggler
White flour+Electric Power=cookies. Give em all cookies.
Trikk
Pretty sure black cops were scared at the BLM march in Dallas when a sniper started murdering their colleagues.
Imgurkoff69
Unfortunately, Black Cops are hated even more by the community, for being Uncle Tom Sellouts.
AngryGraphicDesigner
White power has historical association with lyncings, genocide, etc. Black power does not. These are really different things.
TestAccount321
Boy, am I getting tired of this "both sides are the same" shit, and asking oppressed minorities to reach across the isle to white supremacy
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Blahblahhh
They only want genocide, can't we compromise! Seriously I've made your exact comment above at least 3x today. I guess that's their new line.
BattloidKouji
But if you just listen to them! their opinion is as equally valid as yours! respect their right to take away your rights!
GapingHeadwound
Exactly. False equivalency is neither a valid argument nor relevant to these (current) events.
Pryotra
Yeah, but lumping all white people with Nazi's is equally wrong, which minority groups have been doing. You reap what you sow.
xb0xisbetter
You just don't get it, do you? Interpret "white power" and "black power" however you like, they're both often uttered by racists, and (1)
xb0xisbetter
that's exactly what the 2 party system wants, so that they can maintain power over us without doing any measurable service this country. (2)
PhailRaptor
Gonna go out on a limb and say that nobody wants to include White Power in any future except White Power.
Sheprador
At this point I'm not taking that for granted. We are entering very murky waters right now.
xb0xisbetter
protested by insane nutjob SJWs. What a warped sense of reality. (4)
FrozenTime
KKK membership is about 3k. They make up less than 0.001% of the US population. We're done for now. /s
xb0xisbetter
points, which was protested probably partly by people with common sense, supplemented with insane nutjob Neo Nazis, who were counter (3)
xb0xisbetter
fought alongside CONSCRIPTED soldiers for an ultimately heinous cause was being torn down for no reason other than political brownie (2)
xb0xisbetter
Sure, we're entering murky waters because a statue of a man who only joined the confederacy out of loyalty to his state and lead and (1)
WowWhatAWhore
The moment you yourself start judging people based on their skin you're no different. Black power implies racism as well.
TestAccount321
Take your revisionist bullshit home with you and read a history book. An actually good one, you clown.
WowWhatAWhore
"revisionist", how about you stop ignoring black people are racist too. You mongoloid.
DMGuy
I'm not confident that's the particular word you want to use when trying to convince others of your superior position on racism.
WowWhatAWhore
Convince? People have already made up their minds.
Irishda
Black power implies a rise to equality against white oppression
WowWhatAWhore
"white oppression" lol
TestAccount321
Black Power is born from an era where black men were literally called 'boy to demean them and politicians and even Baptist pastors openly
TestAccount321
spoke of blacks as inferior. It's the turning point in which black people refused to be ashamed of themselves for existing.
WowWhatAWhore
We aren't in that time anymore, so the political climate has changed too. These days it's no different than kkk
Blahblahhh
I'm not sure anyone is buying that argument. Back to the drawing board 'pede.
WowWhatAWhore
Of course you're not buying it because you don't want to admit black people are racist too.
ShineTheBrailleToad
Yes, decades of systematic lynchings, cross/effigy burnings, bombings, are the same as protests even if said protests turned into riots. /s
WowWhatAWhore
uhuh, you keep them victim cards up.
shadowex3
the "other side" here isn't minorities, it's violent racist antisemites like antifa.
DMGuy
Jew here, we're talking about a fight between "Antifa" and *NAZIS*. I'll give you, like, five guesses as to which is worse.
shadowex3
The ones that are actually committing widespread violence to the point people are barricading doors?
shadowex3
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/28/police-called-to-top-university-over-violent-anti-israel-protest/
shadowex3
The ones from the group so violent, so antisemitic, that members of parliament need police protection from their own political party?
DMGuy
Sure, and those guys are definitely assholes too. But I don't know if you're aware of this, but Nazis and Jews have kind of a history.
shadowex3
Yeah and it more or less ended 50 years ago, meanwhile in recent history yknow who's actually been violently attacking us?
shadowex3
http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Jewish-students-held-hostage-in-Toronto-Hillel
BattloidKouji
How is antifa antisemitic? They're opposing to antisemitism.
Blahblahhh
Note they always call them antifa instead of fully spelling it out. Of course that makes no sense, he's just throwing everything at the wall
shadowex3
No, they're fucking not. They're violent antisemites who despite the jews and think we're white european khazars
BattloidKouji
LOL, what? I hate that I'm defending antifa, but they are most definitely not antisemitic.
shadowex3
Look again buddy, SJWs have been violently antisemitic for years.
shadowex3
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/28/police-called-to-top-university-over-violent-anti-israel-protest/
BattloidKouji
Being opposed to Israel's policy towards Palestine does not make one antisemitic.
shadowex3
Violently attacking Jews and screaming "DIE JEW" is the definition of antisemitic
shadowex3
The foremost experts on antisemitism in the world, and major world leaders like Macron, have openly said as much. It's just antisemitism.
shadowex3
http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Jewish-students-held-hostage-in-Toronto-Hillel
shadowex3
Literally the only power who cower behind "butbutbutIZZZRAYYYYLLLLL" are antisemites trying to cut off criticism of their antisemitism.
OpenPalm
This is my favorite post so far, today. May your day be as bright as this post!
022981
thanks man!
SmallButWhole
Taking pride in your skin color is stupid as fuck.
MrMaster101
"Pride should be reserved for something you achieve or obtain on your own, not something that happens by accident of birth...1/2
MrMaster101
Being Irish isn't a skill... it's a fucking genetic accident. You wouldn't say I'm proud to be 5'11"...2/3
MrMaster101
I'm proud to have a pre-disposition for colon cancer." - George Carlin 3/3
SephReed
I tan well. And I'm damn proud of it. Get bronzed homie. I got that mid range priced metallic look.
Beckersbunnies
Now if only everyone could just flip the switch in their brains and realize this.
BlackPengu
It's literally more intelligent to be proud of an extra big turd you made than your skin color.
theshoeminator
Man, you should've seen the one I made this morning. Fucking beautiful.
BlackPengu
At least you made it yourself, apart from your heritage!
theshoeminator
BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
cynicatt
Being proud of yourself for being you is ok. Thinking you're better than others for being you is not.
beclamide
I think everyone should be proud of everything about themselves, especially their individuality. Never be ashamed.
beclamide
2/2 The real thing is, don't be a dick to other people
SmallButWhole
Priding yourself in superficial characteristics that are shared by others DEPRIVES you of your individuality.
pajamallamadrama
I take pride in my irish/polish heritage. Who wants to get drunk and celebrate that instead? :)
BlackPengu
Pride? Why not call it "celebrate your customs", instead of "heritage"
ZomWataar
Right, because it's just about skin colour.
FilthyRapscallions
True, you literally did nothing for it. You were born, period.
AnonymousArsonist
Well technically the period never came, at least not for nine months
Superchief86
How dare you! The proud sunburned Australians suffered for their skin colour!
kingloofa455
Get outta here Reddie!, no place for you round these parts...
bachterman
said the native americans never.
user843
not just colour people just like to assume superiority over any similarities like religion,region etc.
yourpalBuddyChrist
I think people should take pride in their heritage and culture but yeah pride in skin color is stupid asf.
PlantainSuperNova
family originated from in Africa and probably wouldnt be able to tell you. 22
PlantainSuperNova
That's the thing most black people in the states have no idea what their heritage is thanks to slavery. Ask any black person where their 1/2
zykelator
They shouldnt, since they had nothing to do with creating it. If you make a real change and affect the world, thats a reason to be proud.
ChucklePuss
It's not about "creation" though, it's more about appreciating your roots. As someone born in NOLA, I can assure you there's more nuance.
IHeartBouncyThings
My melanin count is much lower than yours. I wiiiiiin nanana boo boo
Tommyuzz
PlantainSuperNova
identity. Most black people in the states have no idea where their families originated from. 2/2
dzbomber
A term to divide. Good white people helped and were against racism. I am white and walk with pride. My children have 1st cousins that are..
dzbomber
Mixed, black and also oriental. These kids dont see that shit. They are family. And if it does pop up. I will beat their white, or black..
dzbomber
Or oriental asses! Out side america most hate us and we squabble. We need 1 hugh american family!! All who judge by color are worthless...
megabootydisaster
i'm white, and my step-mom and best friend are chinese. i had it explained to me like this: things are 'oriental', people are 'asian'.
dzbomber
Roger that. His mom was adopted and she dont really know what she is. We say oriental as does she but i fell ya.
dzbomber
Judge by actions. Assholes come in all colors, gigitty, we glorify people acting like asshats. Feel like i could keep going but im done. GN
DixonHillPrivateEye
"Please, Dude, the preferred nomenclature is Asian American" -Walter Sobchek
DangerTrain
Well some people don't have much personality besides that.
PlantainSuperNova
When you have your identity/nationality stripped from you because of slavery your skin color is the closest thing you have to a cultural 1/2
DangerTrain
When you're waving "slavery" around, remember that black people in the US also owned slaves.
DangerTrain
Oh and also in Africa, black people owned white slaves. Fun!
PlantainSuperNova
Sure, but that doesnt change the fact the modern boack ppl dont know where their families are from.
ButtersTheCat
It's such an arbitrary thing to hate someone for - I've never understood it.
DangerTrain
Aye, I used to hate my black neighbor, not because he was black, but because he was a twat. He could be green, still a twat.
DangerTrain
Also he stole my mail. He tried to use my credit card a few times, too - I only know because the police called me when he was arrested with>
ButtersTheCat
Twats come in all colors...
DangerTrain
Yeah, he called me a "cracker" regularly, and then also called me a "racist" when I asked what happened to my mail.
DangerTrain
My credit card in his van. He told them that I had left it in there and they wanted me to answer questions.
ButtersTheCat
Wow.
TheLDMan
I like to think it refers to the collective culture that comes from genealogies that feature said skin color. So less about the physical 1/2
SmallButWhole
There is no inherent "collective culture" that is a result of skin pigment. Whoever told you that was a bullshit liar.
TheLDMan
That's the point, it's correlated. Like how historic British culture is correlated with white people because the majority there is white.
SmallButWhole
So you're applying causation to correlation? Also, this still proves my point of taking pride in actual skin color is stupid af.
TheLDMan
Let me simplify. Black skin traits correlate to black culture because black people come from the same culture. That's correlation. Skin 1/2
TheLDMan
And more of a representation of culture and standing by that. I don't prescribe to it personally, but I respect others right to it, mostly.
Snarkwell
To be honest, I don't understand the whole cultural pride thing. Taking personal pride in things that happened before you were born and /
Snarkwell
/ building an identity around it seems silly. From white / black pride to people with Italian heritage getting snooty about spaghetti /
Snarkwell
/ with ground beef. /
spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccee
It's contextual. 'Black pride' emerged because black people were told they were worth less than whites. That they were 3/5 human. That /
tinylilbrowntown
Amen
DangerTrain
Yeah, that's all still current, right? Black people still can't vote, so that's relevant!
spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccee
/ they couldn't vote. They were reasserting their value, and their pride in being black was overcoming systemic oppression. /
Pryotra
You could argue that "white pride" is exactly that today. This is why identity politics is just dumb.
spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccee
/ 'White pride' emerged in response to that. It's an attempt to reassert the superiority of white people over black people, to /
spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccee
/ drown out black people's voices. 'You have pride being black? Well our whiteness is something prouder.'
KeeleonOhms
So are white people not allowed to be proud of their skin color?
GavinScreaming
Well said
lovesecretsexandgod
I'm amazed how many times this needs to be explained. Explanation is better than yelling but, shit, it's tiring.
aleister94
So black people aren't victimizing me by existing?
PurpleDawgFan
I don't have white pride but I'm sure glad I'm white.
SmallButWhole
So they were proud in overcoming oppression. Not the color of the skin...Thus, my point still holds true.
DMGuy
Except that you missed the point entirely. "Black pride" is just like "gay pride", a response to being told by others that you were worth(1)
DMGuy
"Black pride" was a reaction to oppression, "white pride" is a *tool* of oppression. (5)
DMGuy
"White pride" hasn't been about "I'm white and you can't make me ashamed", it's about "I'm white and I'm proud because that's *better*". (4)
DMGuy
less because of who you are, and so instead choosing to stand up and take pride in your identity. It's a way of saying "you can't make me(2)
DMGuy
feel shame and lesser just for being what I am". That's not what "white pride" has *ever* been about, and I say that as a white guy. (3)
xmaneds
LBJ said: "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket."
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darkdragonempress
Nixon did cause a lot of the war on drugs though.
HeyIsntJustForHorses
"...the crotch, down where your nuts hang - is always a little too tight, so when you make them up, give me an inch that I can let out 1/2
HeyIsntJustForHorses
uh because they cut me, it's just like riding a wire fence." "...leave me an inch from where the zipper (burps) ends, round, under my, 2/3
HeyIsntJustForHorses
back to my bunghole..." - LBJ 3/3
shadowex3
It works the same both ways. SJWism is how the establishment left controls the poor and middle class by pitting them against each other.
Nightcaste
Are you fucking nuts? "The left" is trying to push for equality. The right is trying to fuck everyone that isn't already a rich white man.
Zamm005
But more relevantly to today's situation... he'll also vote for you (and defend each and every action you make, no matter how abhorrent)
Zamm005
US politics should just accept that it is more religion than politics. The facts don't matter and can always be called fake. It's religion..
dangerousDoc
Same goes for the reverse
BaahubaliTheGOAT
I don't remember Lebron saying this at all...
urafunnyguysully
Wow, who knew LeBron James was so wise.
MyPPisSmall
WarthogFrank
Damn it this is the perfect gif to reply with.
TobascoPanda
spottmonster
Gold!
Sn4f
Ok but who do they mean with LBJ?
SolarPoweredKeyboard
I thought LeBron too...
DickPicEnthusiast
Leroy B. Jenkins
LagunitasIPA
Guessing Lyndon b. lol lebron was in the news today so I thought so as well.
nezdower
Omg.
canibFrank
Geez, isn't this just American culture? (I'm American, btw.)
AliBarber
Boy oh boy you wanna come to Australia and see real racism in action. Aboriginal people only just recently became considered human.
canibFrank
I do not think that racism comes from or only exists in the US. I was referring more to the picking his pocket part. Sorry about your
canibFrank
aborigines, tho.
RookieMove
Depends on your definition of recent and 'considered human'. They were formerly acknowledged as citizens in 1967, with just under 91% of 1/2
RookieMove
Australians voting to grant them citizenship rights. As usual the law was lagging significantly behind public opinion in this case. I 2/3
RookieMove
Would suggest that the prevailing opinion that Aboriginal people were not human had disappeared by federation. Don't get me wrong 3/4
Adthay
if you think racism is an American invention I've got a fun new thing for you called "world history"
HolyShitZoom
I wouldn't say it's the American culture but y'all really thrive in it and have taken it to the next level. Irony.
Adthay
We're not great but we're better than a lot of places, South Africa, Armenia, India and the reason a lot of countries don't have such as 1/2
Adthay
much of an issue is that they take it to a level that their culture is homogenized, I would rather be Black in America than Korean in 2/3
nanyatenyaa
The divide between white and black is something many other countries do not deal with in the same way....
nanyatenyaa
But I'm sure the best way of closing that divide is ending a discussion about race by wiping insults and sarcasm about...
nanyatenyaa
It isnt... It's mutual respect for others and their opinions. If you want to change some ones opinion you need to respect them first.
Adthay
The race dynamic is different in every place but the race dynamic still exists in just about every place. I don't think I've insulted 1/2
Adthay
anyone, I'll admit to sarcasm but I wasn't exactly trying to end global race issues with that comment so I forgive myself being flippant 2/
mynamesbryson
LBJ also said: "I'll have those n***ers voting Democrat for 200 years" after passing the Civil Rights Act.
Sitraka
wait...is LBJ really LeBron James ???
AnythingMuchShorter
That's a lie. Quit lying.
mynamesbryson
Not a lie.
AnythingMuchShorter
He was racist and did say that word a lot in private. He also looked at blacks as a troublesome group he had to placate. But there is no
AnythingMuchShorter
proof that he said that particular sentence at any time or place.
TestPattern
That's fake and I think you knew it was fake when you made this post.
mynamesbryson
Not fake.
TestPattern
http://www.snopes.com/lbj-voting-democratic/ It is fake
mynamesbryson
So unproven is the same as fake?
CptBeardBeard
And I'll take, things that weren't actually said, for 500!
RandoCalrizzian
Well he had a point...
daelythm
His plan was the "Great Society", the basic progressive agenda.
MericanNightmare
No he didn't.
mynamesbryson
Yes he did.
d0o0o0d
...he's been right so far. :-/
TestPattern
The quote is false
laddeao
Having the KKK and Neo Nazis on the other side also helps with that plan though, so it wasn't just the Civil Rights Act
ApotheosisCM
No. The demographics completely flipped after civil rights. Republicans now are what Dems were and Dems now are what Republicans were.
Carlitos81
I think he means that the KKK and Nazis currently support Reps, which is partly why blacks now support Dems (Not just the Civil Rights act)
bulletproofsam92
Dems never stopped being racist, they only realized it was easier to buy the black vote than to suppress it.
DMGuy
"Well I don't have a moral leg to stand on here, so I'll just accuse the other side of being just as bad as me!"
JoeBobBriggs
False. The South did not become a Republican strong hold till Regan conservatism not racism won the South.
JoeBobBriggs
Now its changing again the Republicans are becoming the workers party like the Dems were 40 years ago.
ApotheosisCM
It wasn't one single event that "flipped" everything, I was just trying to be brief. The comment I responded to was referring to the 1/2
mcupobob
No he didn't, this has been proven false.
Imgurkoff69
By Snopes, which has a totally watertight reputation and totally isn't bought and paid for by the Ctrl-Left. (Or Alt Left) /sarcasm
JAC0BY
Not everything is a conspiracy
Imgurkoff69
I do this little thing the government really hates. It's called thinking critically. You should try it sometime, though it might make some-
mynamesbryson
He also called the Civil Rights Act of 1957 the "N***er Bill".
mynamesbryson
Lol suppress the truth all you want, he still said it.
mynamesbryson
You mean unconfirmed. But based on his previous comments about black people (Thurgood Marshall), it's more than likely true.
SmallButWhole
It's been "proven" to be unconfirmed. Not "false".
JoeBobBriggs
The quote was attributed to him by a member of his staff given his other racist remarks most are inclined to believe its real.
Lugh314159
People say @TalonFreitag once fucked his neighbours dog. This has not been proven to be false.
Lambast
I heard someone say this too, everyone is saying he fucked that dog. No smoke without red hot dogfuckery!
Carlitos81
Correctish. "Unproven" means you should assume it to be false until proven true, though -- see Russell's teapot.
SmallButWhole
So you agree that it hasn't been "proven false" as that is blatantly untrue?
xmaneds
"Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." -- LBJ. So they really just want us fighting each other.
MyUsernameDoesntCheckout
"I'm not a cop killer, I value life." --LBJ
brahsinki
Damn didnt know lebron james junior is this wise, hes only like 11
AluminiumFalcon
George Suros anyone?
Imgurkoff69
LBJ also said "I'll have those n*****s voting democratic for the next 200 years."
Horseymcfaceyface
LBJ was kinda a dick
Hungrypiemonger
most presidents were
officehometownheat9000
He named his Dick Jumbo true story
minipancho94
the truth sucks, and he was simply speaking it. its the same reason we rather blame others for our bullshit.
Horseymcfaceyface
I don't mean in his politics I mean personally he was an asshole
n0n53n53
He didn't get to where he was by being a nice guy. No president has
Arcian
LBJ had a big ole dick he used to whip out whenever he felt like showing off.
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
The quote was said to an attendant explaining the racial charged white south and why the poor whites were so aggressive to blacks. By 1
xb0xisbetter
Every aspect of civil rights was opposed by just about all presidents of the 20th century, or brushed under the rug, unless pressured (1)
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
3 he had some change of heart. By his presidency he was in many ways a more active proponent of human rights than his predecessor JFK.
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
2 indications of his actions and policies it appears that LBJ was indeed a racist growing up in the South. However, somewhere along the line
xb0xisbetter
was politically advantageous, and changed their mind the moment that it was not. (3)
SometimesISayHistoryStuff
That is a very possible interpretation. Though, attendants at the time maintain that he was zealous about civil rights even behind closed 1
xb0xisbetter
by the people to make a move. We saw this pretty obviously with LBJ, and even FDR. Almost every president gave it a cold shoulder if it (2)
lilnoodlecaboodle
Well, yeah, but a dick who gave us the Voting Rights Act and whose election turned southern Dema into Reps (outing their intentions).
wysmith777
he also helped pass medicare and medicade which has been pretty great
hispanicyankee
Pretty sure congress gave us the voting rights act.
kittykatrat
Only through LBJ's efforts. He was a master statesman and made deals across the aisle. He pushed it.
GeorgeHWBushsGhost
It was bound to happen since Truman's administration.
iamatopsecretagent
You Americans need to realize your all in it together and band together!! Like come on already!!
CuttleFishOfCthulu
Yeah! Because we're all the stereotypes you peg us for! Hey, guys, "McCool" here has it all figured out for us all! Put down that Big Mac!
theresgarlicinthatnebula
We have. BLM includes both white people and black people united for equality and justice.
Mavgurian
As well as the usual percentage of twats that do not get what equality and justice means.
Imgurkoff69
Most people in those equality groups think equality means they get an instant, easy ride to the top.
osaruyo
Yeah, let's pretend that's it's only an american problem...
Wuz314159
As an American..... * you're
iamatopsecretagent
You are right , auto correct, sorry, I would say grammar Nazi, but in night of recent events...... ????????
iamatopsecretagent
*in light of recent events * lolz auto correct again!
FullSpeedAhead
To whomever is provoking this crap, don't let them win. Pick on me, fine; pick on my family then this mama bear attacks. Americans my fam!
j0hny0ss4ri4n
The white power movement and the black power movement didn't come from the same place and is not trying to go to the same place.
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Blahblahhh
They know that, they're just trying to muddle the waters so as to make their side seem less horrible.
JazzieG17
Thank you. You are one of the many few actually understanding this whole situation
sabfab
White supremacists want other races erased. BLM wants black lives to matter the same way white lives already matter
somerandomtwat
i think the post is not saying that all of blm are black supremacists but to pretend that it is not a problem in the organisation would be
somerandomtwat
inaccurate
PimpMyDadForKarma
Truth those people weren't raising their fists in the name of black power over any other race. I hate how OP pretends they're equal to KKK.
RoyFuckingMustang
BLM, for me, is a case of extremely right message with the wrong delivery. Still a supporter though.
KthulhuXx
Except for the BLM people who shoot other people because of their race, or their uniform, or whatever other excuse they can come up with...
Irishda
Except far more people have been killed by white terrorists than ever been killed by black power movements
KthulhuXx
Which apparently makes it OK if BLM or AntiFa or other extreme left-wing groups kill people?
Irishda
It means designating them a hate group is fucking stupid since more people have been killed by cows than both of them combined
SomeCrazyNerd
But you don't deny they can kill people...
Irishda
Everyone CAN kill people. But no one has ever been killed by BLM
SomeCrazyNerd
People who at leasr associate themselves with BLm have killed people. It's debatable how fualty the larger organisation was.
itsabooper
I thought white supremacists want their race preserved like nations try to protect their culture.
Imgurkoff69
BLM supports killing police officers. And most of them also are just anti-white, period. As in kill off all white people.
sabfab
I think you really need to do some more research
dietderpsy
BLM is a racist hate group.
sabfab
I suggest starting here: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/what-trump-gets-wrong-about-antifa/537048/?utm_source=atlfb
Tunaccat
Why do you think this? Curious. "We are committed to acknowledging, respecting and celebrating difference(s) and commonalities." -BLM.com
dietderpsy
They divide based on race, they push the narrative that black people killed by white cops are killed for racial reasons, ask yourself why
Tunaccat
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/06/04/the-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts/?utm_term=.03eda422090e
dietderpsy
Did they create an organisation based around race rather than one against police brutality and if you ask a racist is he a racist he usually
dietderpsy
Says no.
Tunaccat
Why can't it be both? Why does the black part of it ruin it for you? I'll wait.
sabfab
You honestly should look more into the definition of racism in this country. It's not about just "dividing based on race."
sabfab
The fact of the matter is that there is a provable racial bias to many police shootings
Tunaccat
They divide based on race? No they don't. http://blacklivesmatter.com/guiding-principles/
DangerTrain
"Do as we say, not as we do"
OhHellllNo
Eh.. black power is more of an empowering statement for an oppressed demographic tho.. not a statement of racial superiority.
kaztas
Maybe, unlike White Power, that is BP's sentiment at heart. But you give any radical a slogan and a symbol and they can breed fear with it.
OhHellllNo
Well said
Imgurkoff69
What oppression exists nowadays? Black men have lower standards required to enter colleges, are almost a mandatory hire in most cases, and--
Imgurkoff69
can draw more welfare benefits than a similarly impoverished white person. The only oppression nowadays is those too lazy to try to make-
Imgurkoff69
something of themselves. (Source: Young black, fatherless male who grew up in Detroit, now living in a nice neighborhood, wife, two kids.)
Tommyuzz
Housebroken
That is a clear cut case of survivor bias. Your journey to success does indicate a lack of struggle many young blacks experience.
Imgurkoff69
Lack of struggle? Yeah, sure, I was approached by great whitey and given a free ride through college, a comfy 5 bedroom house, and a won-
Arkatie
There is so much wrong with this photo. Comparing BLM to white supremacists. "White power" scares me as a white person, BLM i march with.
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Maiturbanisdurtee
the womans shirt used in the example of "black power" does. so actually, yes it does.
bigredfiretruk
BLM and Antifa are just as evil as those KKK and Nazi garbage, sorry to break it to you. Live in denial all you want
Blahblahhh
Funny never seen a BLM March that looked like this https://youtu.be/P54sP0Nlngg
Tommyuzz
https://youtu.be/hq">mnMr_w8">https://youtu.be/hqQXmnMr_w8 https://youtu.be/fJU7zO8TO1A
raider111111
Exactly. The media gives cover to BLM and Antifa to stir up race wars. Funny how few talked about Antifa spraying people with bear mace.
Caffynated
Some e-celeb apparently has permanent eye damage from being hit with bear mace at close range at the rally.
raider111111
God, so sad. I have a 6 month old daughter and my wife is pregnant with another. I want a boy but am scared of the world he will grow up in.
theresgarlicinthatnebula
BLM is literally about saving black people. The KKK is literally about killing black people. I suppose they're opposites in that sense?
dietderpsy
And the founders of many white supremist groups actually thought the same thing.
Imgurkoff69
BLM is literally about killing cops and white people and demanding gibs for doing nothing.
Arkatie
Please go to the blm webpage and read what they are about. Yes, a man killed officers in the name of blm but that is in no way what they 1/
Arkatie
Are about. 2/2
lysani
BLM was essentially founded on a lie from false witness testimony from people that weren't even at the scene. Just saying...
Arkatie
BLM was founded by 3 women who were outraged by the murder of Treyvon Martin. A love letter was posted on social media by one woman to all1/
Arkatie
Other black people. That is what started BLM. Please do your research.
lysani
"Hands up don't shoot!" Or did you forget about that?
Arkatie
That did not start BLM
Wuz314159
but as a white American, Black Power doesn't scare me because I know they want equality. White Power scares me b/c they want supremacy.
DangerTrain
Most people just segregate themselves by calling attention to their differences.
Gibbermouth
Thank you, I'm tired of this "both sides do it" bullshit
raidleadergutts
They don't want equality you retard, they want power over others. Evergreen College is a prime example of what they truly want.
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SocialMediaMakesUsLessSocial
They wanted their own nation. Which at this point, would have probably have been best for America.
trasneoir
Historically-fucked-over american minorities with autonomous territories have not generally had a great time.
SocialMediaMakesUsLessSocial
True
Gehennan
Based on reading his autobiography, I'm pretty sure Malcolm X wanted equality. He may have at various times believed it would have to be
Gehennan
fought for with violence, but I don't think he ever advocated genocide or creating a society where black people ruled over white people.
Maiturbanisdurtee
prove to me that any of these people and or organizations wanted to eliminate an entire race in order to achieve their goals.
theresgarlicinthatnebula
They absolutely wanted equality, they just weren't afraid to use force to get there.
j0hny0ss4ri4n
Saying Malcolm X didn't want equality shows you are ignorant of history. Try again
SmallButWhole
Ask 10 people what "equality" means and you'll get 11 different answers. Black Power's definition of "equality" is different from mine
iseedistortednipple
Will you at least admit that "Black Power" is in no way calling for "Black Supremacy" ?
SomeCrazyNerd
It can or cannot. Depends.
SmallButWhole
Most aren't. But you'd be a fool to say absolutely none do.
iseedistortednipple
close enough I guess.. will you also admit that "white power" is explicitly white supremacy?
SmallButWhole
Yeah
KristanDL
I saw some videos where they actually did. Oh and this.
RedRixy
Don't use exceptions to prove the rule.
n0n53n53
White power dickheads are the exception too. There are friend hate groups on both sides, the point is they are fringe and not the average
KristanDL
It's really questionable if they are exceptions.
Imgurkoff69
Unless it's against white people and/or republicans, then use exceptions to prove the rule.
DangerTrain
Why, did you call dibs on it?
Fakeittilyamakeit
Let's have our own march, American Flags only
MedrengardMax
What about the flags of your allies? Australia? France? Canada?
Fakeittilyamakeit
What about them? If this ever happened it'd be about uniting the American people so we quit dehumanizing and demonizing each other making it
Fakeittilyamakeit
Easy for us to shoot, and beat each other. We are imploding because we arent American we're Black, White, Asian, Muslim, Jewish not united
MedrengardMax
Just a show of international support. Those three countries are probably the US' closest allies, at least historically.
Fakeittilyamakeit
My thought is more as Americans focusing on America remembering that we are Americans not whatever racial or religious group we associate w/
crudburger
With hookers and blackjack??
wedgetail9119
I'm thinkin lets fly the Jolly Roger, then we can all be pirates together..
nome2003
No bullshit that would offend some people
pierresito
Yeah, like the Native Americans whose treaties we have consistently broken (even as late as 2014)
n0n53n53
Well fuck those people, that's the point. Offend the unAmericans
Fakeittilyamakeit
Well its better than pushing each other farther left and right we need a radical center of the aisle.
SmallButWhole
Overt nationalism can be bad too though
Fakeittilyamakeit
How's open nationalism bad (not being a dick genuinely curious)
SmallButWhole
Nationalism (like all forms of collectivism)will have you taking pride in things you haven't accomplished and hating people you've never met
hispanicyankee
Taking pride in things you haven't accomplished? I think you're misinterpreting the honoring of achievements as some sort of personal pride
022981
You dont have to hate people to be nationalistic
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
You don't have to, but thats a trait of nationalists like 100% of the time.
SmallButWhole
Name a very nationalist country that doesn't have some extreme rivalry with another nation or minority people within that nation.
SmallButWhole
I never said you had to hate people. I said overt nationalism "can" be bad. Note: patriotism and nationalism aren't the same thing.
Fakeittilyamakeit
So why did you assume my suggestion was a Nationalist event? Aswell it is not synonymous with xenophobia
SmallButWhole
I never said it was synonymous with "xenophobia". But everyone marching with a US flag sounds like a pretty nationalistic event to me.