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Just so it's no longer talked about:
Empathy: em·pa·thy 'emp?THe
noun: empathy
the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Sympathy: sym·pa·thy 'simp?THe
noun
1. feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
synonyms: compassion, caring, concern, solicitude, empathy
antonyms: indifference
2. understanding between people; common feeling.
synonyms: rapport, fellow feeling, affinity, empathy, harmony, accord, compatibility
There, the literal dictionary definitions. See the difference and get over it.
The very first response to me outting myself as a white man in regards to my post when I pretended to be a black woman just to see the difference in treatment was essentially 'any sensible person would have seen through your act and everyone who agreed with you is also privileged and likes the idea of a black woman agreeing there are no problems'. And I have to say I am not at all shocked by this. This is exactly what I was expecting. I can't even say I'm disappointed by this ignorant response because it's exactly the type of thing I'm told when I make a race-related post as I am. I'm not even going to continue with this because my point has been made for me for all to see.
One thing though, I never said that black people should ignore real life problems nor did I say those real life problems don't exist. My point was simply that pointing fingers isn't productive. Thank you and good night.
I love when some confessions get a response in the form of a confession. Gives this page a bit of a story instead of a jumble of rants and arguments.
"If, in America, man and a given object share a particular relationship, man and said object share the inverse of said relationship in the Soviet Union."
-Albert Einstein, greatest science man
Anyone else think 'deflategate' is an absolutely ridiculous term for the recent football scandal? Watergate was an instance of serious political misconduct resulting in the only presidential resignation, changing the course of the politics in our country and also being a key factor in the birth of investigative journalism, which has continued to change politics as well as influence the information given to Americans in all media forms. Deflategate is an instance of a team cheating in an event which doesn't affect anyone except the Patriots and the Colts in an arbitrary and unnecessary game franchise.
I'm a straight, white, somewhat conservative man. I've posted in the past expressing my opinions regarding how modern white men and police are often blamed for continuing oppression against minorities, and the response I've gotten has always been negative with people saying I'm supporting a flawed system, people stating 'must be a republican' or 'must be a whiny white guy', or being called flat-out a racist. I recently made a post in which I claimed to be a black woman who was a feminist and advocate for the disenfranchised. I stated the same basic information I've previously talked about. I also threw in a fake quote involving Obama so people would not associate the post with any potential republican ideas but also stated it was from an active equal rights advocate so people would think it genuine and from someone supporting their ideals. Everything I posted is what I believe. That post was liked 16 times as of writing this and I even got approval in a comment from someone who in the past has chastised my ways of thinking in posts to this page and nobody has said anything negative. What I want to know is: why? Why did I have to claim to be essentially the polar opposite of what I am, and put in a quote one of my beliefs pretending to be from someone more credible in equal rights circles, for people to think of my ideas as sound and reasonable?
This is a link to the explanation of the study into female ejaculation which was mentioned in a previous post. The link says where the study was published so any who don't believe it can get the raw data.
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/women-squirting-during-sex-may-actually-be-peeing
I feel that if you qualify to get financial assistance from the government (checks, food stamps, ect) that you should first pass a drug test. Too many times have I been offered to buy food stamps from someone on the street who obviously has a drug and/or alcohol issue. I want my tax dollars to feed the needy, not get them high.