Except your whole premise is based upon the idea of what “Western Culture” says. But here’s the issue with that - what you hold out as the standards of “Western Culture” are really just the standards proffered by a small number of those who select the media we consume - not the population at large. The population at…

Jill Stein has not yet met a conspiracy theory she can't pander to!

You’re only a white Arab if you’re an insect:

Except it's HIS term, that he created. Then again, you seem to like appropriated language, like "minority." It means whatever you please!

Well, I try to be. You’re the one insisting you’re a “minority." I guess literalism is not your strong suite.

Except that's not how Samuel Popkin defined it. And since he, ya know, invested the term, I'll take his word for it.

No. They're the responses of the people who are speaking. A "white moderate" response is a response from an actual white moderate. Which since this is the Internet, you don't know. But at least we now know your own answers are pretty white!

I doubt it too, since I'm not white. But you're the one coming in here doing the song and dance about MLK and "moderate whites." Whitely, please.

FYI: Arabs have been classified as Caucasians since 1977. So maybe you shouldn't be getting all worked up over your "minority" status.

Except that’s what it means. It's defined as a voter who eschews learning about candidates and makes decisions based upon non-rational criteria (like appearance). It's synonymous with dumb.

You know the failure to answer a question generally gets taken as an admission, right? You said that Clinton voters are the metaphorical "moderate whites," but a plurality of Clinton voters are POC, especially black people. So the conclusion is that an Arab should be able to lecture black people about what they need?

So you're calling the majority of black people stupid?

Except people of color are among the most loyal of Democratic voters, and have been consistently for some time. Black Americans have embraced the Clintons for a long time now. They don't have much affection for Sanders or Stein. So you're basically arguing that a majority of black voters are their own Uncle Toms?

Look up a guy at Harvard named B.C. Burden. He did the definitive analysis of the 2000 election and determined, mathematically, that YES, Nader swung that election. I'll take the word of a Harvard statistician over an internet commentator, but that's just me.

I agree insofar as I thought Katy Perry was offensive. I took it as offensive because I remember she was doing basically every stereotype of “Japanese” she could think of. It was like she sat down and said, “How do I make this as Japanese as possible?” And that’s what resulted. So we agree on that, absolutely.

I’m of NA descent and truthfully, my priority is getting fair, accurate depictions of Native Americans out there, with a secondary concern about who does it. Of course, I love the idea of supporting Native Americans in the arts and wish they had more visibility, I do! However, I will also laud non-Native artists who…

But see, I’m not sure about the Hanfu. I remember seeing an exhibit on them and recalling that it made clear that there is no “special” context to the Hanfu - it was simply a particular style of dress that evolved at a certain time. They’re not religious dress or even tied to particular cultural ceremonies or rituals.…

I think you’re in the clear. I draw a clear distinction about appropriation. To be offensive, it has to take something that originally had a very important, particular context and totally remove it. For example, take Maori tattooing (or Ta moko). Ta moko is not “just” tattooing within the Maori culture - the process…

Except you’re still letting the entire point whoosh over your head. Your point only works if there is an “Objective” standard of attractiveness that most, if not all, humans agree upon. Except...there isn’t. As I stated above, humans vary widely in what we consider to be “attractive.” If we’re just limiting ourselves…

Except “better looking” =/= “one particular body type.” I don’t get how you reach that conclusion. If we go by men, men have a wide variety of body types they like - some like small chests, some like big chests, some like big butts, some like wide hips, etc. I’m not arguing that male preference should be the standard…