I fully expected right-wing pushback on this stream concept, but not this quickly! So far we’re only talking MLK!

The only "push back" I've seen on here is from one user who called out the stream as racist. And I tend to agree with him, not that I really care. We have the right to create garbage meme streams, just as we have the right to call them out as garbage.

Are you a racist? I wouldn't know, since I don't know you on a personal level, but creating streams like this would tend to have me lean toward thinking you're bigoted at the least. I doubt you are a racist, but maybe a self-hating white guy who thinks we own black people and other minorities an apology and possibly even more, because of what some of our ancestors did to them in the past.

Be honest, if someone started a stream that was called "Pro-White," would you or any of your other comrades on here be okay with that? Would you call them out as racist or would you pat them on the back and say, "you rock!" I highly doubt it.

So whatever you're trying to accomplish (I'm thinking you believe all of us, as Conservatives, think we're going to be angered by this), it isn't going to work out the way you planned it. I think you're just going to keep posting here pro black memes to try and "trigger" us Conservatives into some race war and when one user says something remotely against this stream, you'll show everyone how this makes all Conservatives racist, bigoted, inbred hillbillies.

Hey, Spurs, I'm black and made a black memes stream, and I'm conservative. This one is a little more "black life," though. It's here if you want to take a gander: imgflip.com/m/BlackMemesMatter.

In my opinion, a Pro-White stream would not be equivalent to this at all. Again: this stream has been live for approximately 24 hours, and you're not even the first to suggest this.

Yet for all the suggestions, no one has yet followed through, to my knowledge. Put your money where your mouth is or I sleep.

If and when a "Pro-White" stream gets created (and I do expect that some random ImgFlipper triggered by this content will get that idea and make it to prove some kind of point), then I guess we'll just have to wait and see how it develops and whether it flies with the Global MODs. I sure won't be signing up to follow it.

As for this stream: You can interact with it in any way you choose, or not at all.

"In my opinion, a Pro-White stream would not be equivalent to this at all. Again: this stream has been live for approximately 24 hours, and you're not even the first to suggest this."

Why not? Celebrate white inventions and white people who made significant contributions to society. That's what you did with this stream, except for black people. It's no different, but a group of people says one is racist and the other is empowering. Sounds quite hypocritical to me.

"Yet for all the suggestions, no one has yet followed through, to my knowledge. Put your money where your mouth is or I sleep."

And I would hope that they don't just because like you said, it would probably just to spite this stream and do a "I told you so" type deal. I won't be doing a stream like that because I find it pointless, just as I find having a black history month pointless, as I believe we should celebrate all US history, regardless of color.

"If and when a "Pro-White" stream gets created (and I do expect that some random ImgFlipper triggered by this content will get that idea and make it to prove some kind of point), then I guess we'll just have to wait and see how it develops and whether it flies with the Global MODs. I sure won't be signing up to follow it."

I highly doubt the "global MODs" would care too much as long as it doesn't breach the site's TOS.

"As for this stream: You can interact with it in any way you choose, or not at all."

I interact with many political-type memes and users. It's just what I do. And I happened to see this stream just because I saw it on your profile while searching through PoliticsTOO. God only knows why I do that, but I sometimes get curious to how the other side thinks.

There’s a word for white history already, and it’s basically: history. At least, as it is taught in the U.S. And why not? Our history is largely one that has been driven by white people. We’re a majority-white country, and have been pretty much ever since whites discovered the New World and a combination of smallpox and armed conflict devastated the native population.

There are some exceptional black individuals like MLK, and if we’re going very recent history, Barack Obama, and a handful of others, that everyone knows about and is taught in school, but they’re few and far between.

That’s why I feel it’s important to create spaces like this where minority viewpoints in particular can be heard, and their achievements celebrated. Maybe I’ll make other similar streams in the future (I speak Spanish and have an interest in Latin culture and countries as well). Who knows.

I hope for this stream to be an educational journey for myself as well. I sure don’t know everything there is to know about black history or thought: not even close.

Now: If someone wanted to make a Pro-White stream and all it did was focus on positive stuff as you describe, then that would probably be fine, though it would be a weird way to frame it.

And I suspect that without aggressive modding, such a stream would be a beacon for and quickly attract neo-Nazis, white nationalists, etc.

But we won’t know unless and until it happens.

It’s been less than 24 hours and already:

—I’ve been called a “racist” dozens of times for even having this idea
—Been asked several times to consider the “hypothetical” of a “Pro-White” stream, a threat which so far remains unconsummated (I told them I wouldn’t co-sign it but to go ahead and make one, and let’s compare how the two streams look in a few weeks’ time)

And we’re not even close to touching the truly contentious issues yet!

This will be fun