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"There are so many folks both online and in real life--and I'm talking about Caucasian, heterosexual, cisgendered folks, here--who have a gazillion opinions, both good and bad, about ethnic and sexual minorities without having had the benefit of having lived a single second of their lives in the skin of an individual belonging to one of these minorities"Nah, Dovey.
That was two tropes in one (for watchers of Seinfeld, anyway).
I guess I'm just a little tired of all these internet "experts" who claim expertise by virtue of proximity to a single (or to a mere handful) of instantiations. On more than one occasion, other members here have pulled that shit, too... "You can trust my medical opinion--my son-in-law is a doctor in the OR."
The only thing having a daughter who is Native (or gay, for that matter) makes you an expert in is being the parent of a daughter who is Native or gay (or both, as the case may be).
There are so many folks both online and in real life--and I'm talking about Caucasian, heterosexual, cisgendered folks, here--who have a gazillion opinions, both good and bad, about ethnic and sexual minorities without having had the benefit of having lived a single second of their lives in the skin of an individual belonging to one of these minorities, that it's a wonder to me how they can consider their own opinions little more than second-hand gobbledygook.
Unlike you, you won't see me droning on and on about the social experiences of POC or about the L's, G's, B's, or Q's in the LGBTQ crowd. That whereof I do not know (firsthand), I do not speak. Or, at least, I have the sense and good grace to qualify my views as being based on knowledge at one remove. And knowledge at one remove doesn't entitle me to lay down the law. It doesn't entitle anyone to do so.
Oh, and stop being so goddamned sensitive all the time. I thought the Irish had thicker skin. Mind you, I'm not Irish myself, so I'm not speaking as an expert here.
Sooo what are you trying to say here? "Minorities" are victims and need special or different treatment because of the colour of thier skin etc? Is that what you think? To me that's actually deep racism and you lefties are masters of the "deep racism" like when you argued about blacks being too stupid to find a place to get I.D or as you just said, they're different and automatically deserve different treatment to that of the "majorities"... So good at taking offence for people eh... How about we treat everybody the same, as it USUALLY happens outside of your left wing offendedsphere? Just because they get called names doesn't mean they're victims, every cunt gets called names!! I cannot get over the implication of "in their skin" as if they feel so degraded by it and deserve a cuddle from some virtuous puple haired maniac... :facepalm:
As for the "minorities" tag, give me a fuckin break!!! White people are the true minoriities on the planet and have no country to call their own, whites have had their countries, cultures and way of life altered by (((outsiders))) and we're still classed as the worst of humanity by people like you!! OPEN YOUR FUCKIN EYES!!! Who are the ONLY people that you can openly degrade, CALL NAMES and culture fuck? It sure as fuck ain't niggers!