My favorite past time is proving fragile racists wrong and then watching me block them because they were called out.
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@freemo@qoto.org
I think "racism" doesn't exist.
People prefer their own group. They notice differences between groups (including races, ethnicities, and social classes).
Some lie about it. That's about like everything else.
These people are just BIGOTS, in the sense of blaming everything on their perceived target audience.
"You don't like muh communism? You're an uneducated, inbred, stupid, and impoverished rednekkk!"
@amerika insulting someone based on race is effectively the definition of racism... so saying "its just an insult" isnt an argument that it isnt racism.
No, I don't agree.
"Racism" is a nonsense definition.
If someone wants to insult you for any reason, it's the same intent behind it, to harm.
The more we get sensitive about race, the more power we hand these people.
@amerika you keep saying racism is a nonsense definition but you keep failing to explain why. You keep implying that "its just an insult" as if that somehow is an argument that racism doesnt exist. I'm not seeing where your logic is here.
Lets break it down. Racism is where you either hate someone explicitly due to their race, or where you insult someone in a way that implies their race is inferior to another.
We have special words for this for all the different flavors, racism, sexism, ageism, you name it. I dont understand why the existence of a more general category that embodies all of them, such as "insult" or "prejudice" somehow negates the fact that words exist to describe more specific forms.
I'm not really even sure what your arguing for at all other than to try to make some convoluted argument that racism is fine on the basis that the concept itself cant even exist.
That's easy: you incorrectly analyzed the argument.
The argument is that "racism" doesn't exist.
On top of that, we have the "omigod someone insulted my race," as if that's different from calling someone fat, stupid, etc.
@amerika The fact that im engaging you implies I am willing to accept I could have incorrectly understood you... but saying i misunderstood you in and of itself doesnt help me understand how or in which way. I do see some hints down below so let me try to understand your point anew.
When you say "racism" doesnt exist.. do you mean the concept, or that the idea itself exists its just that no one actually chooses to be racist anymore, like its dead and in the past with slavery?
Most people I know think racism is just as bad as fat shaming, or shaming someone for IQ. But the big problem is the difference between shaming someone for being a part of a group they are born into vs shaming someone for who they choose to be. Being racist is largely something someone chooses for themself. Being fat may be as well, but it also may be due to genetics or circumstances.
@freemo
I don't agree. It's just an insult. Someone says "you're fat." So what?
People need to grow up and toughen up. People are going to say nasty things about you for many reasons, including race.
The point you're making, which is that Leftists pretend to be "post-racial" yet are clearly not, is valid however.