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Rand Paul: Shooters Aren’t Shooting Up the Sheriff’s Office & Hypocritical Hollywood Gun Haters
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<blockquote data-quote="Annie" data-source="post: 3116676" data-attributes="member: 42224"><p>Like being "tan" somehow makes him a genetically better specimen ... or have some kind of skill passed down from the spirit world ... that the white man didn't get passed along with his privilege ... or the black man with his ... ahem ... well, if I gotta tell ya that stereotype I'll do it in a PM. <img src="/images/smilies/new/blush2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blush:" title="Blush2 :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" /></p><p></p><p>I was dressed down quite a while back and informed that I could not possibly understand racism because I could never have experienced true racism because I am white. Nevermind that there is so much Native American blood in my family that of the 7 children my parents had only 2 of us looked Caucasian. Hell, both of my parents appeared more Native American than white, for that matter. Consequently, my sister and I were consistently bullied for being "palefaces" and "halfbreeds". And those were the nice names we were called. But, we weren't bullied ... or discriminated against ... or mistreated by Native Americans because well ... apparently we have some kind of special privilege we can invoke. I sure wish I'd known that 50 years ago when those ****ing Indians were throwing rocks at me and calling me names.</p><p></p><p>I am one of those really strange chicks who really does judge a man by his words and deeds and not by the color of his skin. I've got no problem admitting I played it fast and loose when I was young and childless, much like a lot of guys. Saw no reason to limit myself. How do you know what you like if you don't try everything on the buffet?? I've tasted every race, religion and just about every cult of personality out there. I'm no better than anyone else but I'm most definitely no worse. I don't care how bad some folks would like to think it is so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Annie, post: 3116676, member: 42224"] Like being "tan" somehow makes him a genetically better specimen ... or have some kind of skill passed down from the spirit world ... that the white man didn't get passed along with his privilege ... or the black man with his ... ahem ... well, if I gotta tell ya that stereotype I'll do it in a PM. :blush: I was dressed down quite a while back and informed that I could not possibly understand racism because I could never have experienced true racism because I am white. Nevermind that there is so much Native American blood in my family that of the 7 children my parents had only 2 of us looked Caucasian. Hell, both of my parents appeared more Native American than white, for that matter. Consequently, my sister and I were consistently bullied for being "palefaces" and "halfbreeds". And those were the nice names we were called. But, we weren't bullied ... or discriminated against ... or mistreated by Native Americans because well ... apparently we have some kind of special privilege we can invoke. I sure wish I'd known that 50 years ago when those ****ing Indians were throwing rocks at me and calling me names. I am one of those really strange chicks who really does judge a man by his words and deeds and not by the color of his skin. I've got no problem admitting I played it fast and loose when I was young and childless, much like a lot of guys. Saw no reason to limit myself. How do you know what you like if you don't try everything on the buffet?? I've tasted every race, religion and just about every cult of personality out there. I'm no better than anyone else but I'm most definitely no worse. I don't care how bad some folks would like to think it is so. [/QUOTE]
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