Stupid Shit White Boys Say: You can’t offend me because I make the rules in this discourse.
I’ll just highlight and separate out the stupid things white people say that this teenage white boy says and add a quick note. Strictly for Brandon’s sake. After all, we’ve all seen this before.
1. “Alrighty let me establish a baseline here.” [I make the rules without considering why I feel like I feel like I can say “I make the rules.” I make the rules, even though the parameters of the conversation were set before I showed up. For white boys, everything is “mine”.]
2. “I told you feel free to call me a cracker, I don’t give a fuck.” [Say what you want, I don’t give a fuck because I don’t need to. White boy told you all and you are supposed to take him at his word. White boys are always the experts.]
{Followed by some cheap, half-ass analysis of racist words using useless common sense logic.}
3. “All I was trying to do was voice my opinion.” [Everyday White Appeals to Opinion and Common Sense.]
4. “I wasn’t offended at your use of the word ‘cracker’, I couldn’t give a fuck less, but you can’t tell me it isn’t a racist term.” [White Appeals to Power: I make the meaning; I make the rules; I determine correctness.]
5. “Well, actually you can, I just disagree. The magic of different viewpoints.” [White boys are always willing to immediately confess their white appeal to power (see No4) after making their appeal because no matter what we say, they get to say what’s Right. Blatant privilege denying discourse that waggles the privilege in your face for being stupid enough to talk to them.]
Ron Paul is a white supremacist, almost certainly. “brandonabell” is at least dependent on white power, which makes him, more or less, a privileged asshole. It’s his choice to decide to betray his inherited and unearned privilege and to live with the painful knowledge that betrayal provides or to further embrace it to grow up to be a much more smug douche bag than he likely already is. Just saying.
Sweet 16!
