There are some days when you really appreciate Sally Kohn and Joan Walsh both being on social media to share their thoughts. Coincidentally, these are the same days you find yourself wistfully nostalgic for 1978—1983, that peerless era of classic Cheech & Chong movies.
We admit our minds were blown after this take on racism from yesterday:
You guys, believing racism exists isn't racist. Just like believing climate change exists doesn't make you a climate.
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) July 24, 2015
But now we’ve been left with another Zen koan to solve.
Man, white people really resent having their privilege pointed out. So defensive & fragile. Maybe white should be called eggshell instead.
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) July 25, 2015
Is the point that whites are so fragile as to be like eggshells? Like how presidential candidate Martin O’Malley cracked under the pressure of a rowdy audience and said “all lives matter”?
Or is there some deeper meaning? Perhaps privileged white people like Kohn and Walsh gain more for themselves by writing these sorts of tweets than we do by reading them. Hmm …
https://twitter.com/NoahWehrman/status/625024222297878528
@NoahWehrman @sallykohn wouldn't be a Talk Show though, more like a Lecture Show
— Cornbread (@JerOHMee) July 25, 2015
@sallykohn is immune from this quagmire because of her #Leftism. She sounds more like she works in the paint dept at @HomeDepot, though.
— JCPinCompton (@JCPinCompton) July 25, 2015
If @sallykohn is so concerned with "white privilege", she should give up her television host privilege to a minority, and do so immediately.
— Derek Pruett (@DerekInWichita) July 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/Supreme_goat/status/625048180653060096
@sallykohn Sit down…I have some disturbing news to tell you that you may not want to accept….Sally, my confused girl, YOU ARE WHITE!
— Sick and tired (@AgnesSBaker) July 26, 2015
@sallykohn Maybe those "eggshell" people are just tired of seeing self-flaggelating crybabies getting offended on behalf of others.
— Gary Laser Eyes (@GaryLazer_Eyes) July 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/davidjacksmith/status/625093333560492033
https://twitter.com/BenB388/status/625046669512445952
@sallykohn I I used to live on the streets fought through abuse, worked hard and now own a house. What about privilege? #fool
— Chris Quines (@ChrisQuines) July 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/TANSTAAFL23/status/625034199020535808
@sallykohn Imagine your response to: "Man, LGBTs resent having their microaggressions pointed out. So arrogant & fragile." Nah, never mind.
— JCPinCompton (@JCPinCompton) July 25, 2015
@sallykohn Just curious, do you do anything to encourage people or is division your main goal?
— kyle domini (@kyledomini) July 25, 2015
@Neoavatara @Thomasismyuncle What's great about @sallykohn is that she preens so well, accomplishes nothing, but feels so good about it.
— l?l (@laura_lrnzo) July 26, 2015
@sallykohn Since you are white, what did they point out that upset you so much?
— Sick and tired (@AgnesSBaker) July 25, 2015
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