Ohio State linebacker complains that Florida players hurled racist slurs at him during their bowl game.

jvsharpe:

motherjones:

Your Not What You Think of the day:

They’re black, he’s not, and he thinks “cracker” is like the worst thing anyone could call anyone, evs.

White guys have it really hard.

Whomever author the ‘motherjones’ Tumblr, or at least this particular post, is a cretin. Minimizing the use if racial epithets simply because you don’t personally (or even large numbers of people) don’t find it offensive, especially utilizing a liberal platform, is as logically incoherent as it is distasteful. A defy anyone to mount a rationally successful defense of his position.

JVS

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  1. onecaroline reblogged this from motherjones
  2. rustbeltlullabies reblogged this from motherjones and added:
    I usually just ignore this kind of thing, but are you fucking kidding me? I’m sorry, but this kind
  3. hermyisnotanowl reblogged this from ladyatheist and added:
    why did i look at the comments yahoo comments are the worst
  4. queenenvy reblogged this from dreamhampton1 and added:
    I’m being insensitive, I know. I just choked on my own breath. *cough*
  5. violettesparks said: White privilege aside, racial slurs are slurs and are not acceptable, whatever race is the one using them against whatever other race. If some slurs are ok and others aren’t, then racism will never finally die off.
  6. crocodileblackpelvis reblogged this from motherjones
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  9. andyhutchins reblogged this from motherjones and added:
    Oversimplifying things...that is why I stopped following MoJo on Tumblr. Be better.
  10. oh-whiskers reblogged this from motherjones
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  12. jittery-zeitgeist reblogged this from motherjones and added:
    So just because whites don’t have a history...being oppressed in this country it’s okay to...
  13. rollingwiththephatman said: If you even read the article you linked, the kid doesn’t say that white folk have it hard, but that Florida lacked class and used race as an insult. Chalk up another idiotic “only whites can be racist” post. I assume you’ll blame it on an intern.
  14. gaszookie said: I’m surprised that Mother Jones chose to minimize the racism here. Mild? Maybe. Inappropriate? Absolutely.
  15. thisisjamesj said: *sigh*
  16. meckz said: Boo on you minimizing racism.
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  18. anirishginger reblogged this from stonedpervert and added:
    Reposting for my friend here’s commentary.
  19. stonedpervert reblogged this from anirishginger and added:
    While the word cracker used as an epithet is nowhere near the same level as nigger, spic, or gook just to name a few,...