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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
And then we'll steal your right to decide if you're ok with it or not!
"It doesn't matter if they're offended, I'M offended, and that is more important!"
That's A+ white male swagger right there. Like white people who get offended by the amount of N-word in some rap.
We did it guys, we won, we even took over their feelings.
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I dont think anybody made those points at all.
Hearing the most damaging word of the last few hundred years repeated in rap songs is offensive. The pain it causes isnt limited to black people. A white person who lives in sweden can be offended by it. Is that white male swagger? LOL
I like you pepsi. You funnay. But dis is a strawman. Nobody said any of this.
I think your point is that white people cant be offended by things that happen to or primarily concern other groups of people..
That is stupid.
You go past that and label it as white male swagger and accuse people (Vulcan?) of deciding on behalf of aboriginal people world wide what is offensive to them.
What about when muslims around the world were rioting and marching because they were offended by a cartoon. And 'white' people told them it was just freedom of expression and decided for them what they could be offended by? Where were you then mate. That was a prime example of what you are talking about. The dominant majority deciding for a weaker minority what they can and cant be offended by.
A few non-aboriginal people, saying what aboriginal people have been saying for decades...that certain aspects of their culture, history and religion are taken out of context and misrepresented; while the bulk of their problems fall on deaf, careless ears...that isnt white male swagger. I'm not white and I feel offended by some logos and depictions of aboriginals world wide. What would you call it when I am offended by signs like the one used by the cleveland indians or the story behind the blackhawks logo.
I think what you have brought up does exist. But its not whats happening here.
No white male swagger. Just privileged people showing empathy and being troubled by the lack of consideration some not so privileged minorities get.