bottom line: the phrase "white male" should be dropped, unless you accept other combinations of race and gender in negative roles.
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Replying to @davewiner
@davewiner should be dropped as a pejorative, or at all?5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @academicdave
@academicdave -- look at what@chanders said to me today. he's an academic! what exactly is he condemning me for? this has gone too far dave1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @davewiner
@davewiner but Ill say that as a white male I often get power just because of those two things, and need the ability to ref. them as reason1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @academicdave
@academicdave -- a longer post would be very welcome by me at least.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @davewiner
@davewiner I think the rush Limbaugh point actually gets to the heart of the matter, two ways in which "white male" is used.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @academicdave
@academicdave -- That's like using a shotgun to kill a fly.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @davewiner
@davewiner related, I would argue that in many of the spaces you occupy that privelege is oft specifically attached to youth as well1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @academicdave
@academicdave -- let's have an offline discussion of this if you're interested where we're not 140-char constrained1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @davewiner
@davewiner yes, actually thought about writing this in email, just at computer without your address :-)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@academicdave -- dave.winer@gmail.com
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