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Originally Posted by DrPhil
That aside, his viewpoints are his viewpoints. He isn't being discriminated or oppressed based on his viewpoints. He is in the power majority. He isn't a member of an oppressed, marginalized, and discriminated against group.
Here is his checklist:
a. Christian CHECK
b. White CHECK
c. Man CHECK
d. Heterosexual and heteromasculinity CHECK
e. Working poor/class CHECK FOR WHITES
f. American Dream of success through hard work CHECK
g. "Protestant Ethic" and ability to compare success to
Jesus turning water into wine CHECK
h. Ability to grow long beards and dress and speak a certain way because your white privilege is recognizable and rewarded regardless CHECK
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I want to like this checklist about a million times, it really does say it all. My Facebook friends list includes a bunch of rednecks from upstate; I like them a lot, but their uneducated/ignorant/uninformed posts about this guy are getting old. Not to mention their lack of knowledge about what the First Amendment actually says.
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