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@freemo I don't think the actually racist ones would, e.g. the first panel is literally the policy they favour. The third is literally the image they want to build of muslims (and that's true even for the not farthest right ones, see e.g. the official polish government's press conference that contained literal bestiality). Not sure about second and fourth. @schratze
@freemo They definitely don't want to make this a national policy, so the comic is presenting a moderate version of a far-right position, and equating it to a extreme version of a left position. And I'm pretty sure that's the closest of the panels to the truth, the others also seem to do at least that (downplaying the right position while making an exaggerated caricature of the left).
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@freemo Moderate compared to actual positions, not absolutely. By panels:
1. Actual far-right position: People of other races should not be in my country at all, but if they have to they definitely shouldn't date whites.
Presented position: Personal choice to only date whites.
Actual far-left position: ??? Anybody can date whomever they want? Is this even a position at this point? I guess in countries without legal gay marriage it is, but not really related to race.
Presented position: Personal choice to only date non-whites.
2. Actual far-right position: People of other races should not be in my country at all, but if they have to I definitely wouldn't hire them because they are too stupid. (Latter might not apply to all races depending on the specific type of far-right you stumble upon.)
Presented position: Not employing non-whites. Reasoning missing.
Actual far-left (or rather far-progressive, but I assume we are treating these as synonymous in this case) position: In an environment of systemic racism and sexism people of color and women have lower chances of getting employed and this is a self-reinforcing problem, using quotas might help solve it.
Presented position: Some quip about colourful candy I assume. It sorta satirizes an argument I have actually seen, about diversity of perspectives bringing strength to companies (which as far as I can tell is a good argument, I have examples, but if you satirize it like that it only looks silly). Note that this panel has an unflattering satire of a (not the main) reasoning, while the other omitts any reasoning.
3. Actual far-right position: Yeah, this one is pretty accurate.
Actual far-left position: Islam is not inherently more violent than any other religion.
Presented position: Disregard any violence of muslims, also be condescending to them and assume they will commit violence because they are muslims.
4. Actual far-right position: People of other races should not be in my country at all. (I havent seen contemporary racists advocate for separate facilities for different races, but it might just be blissful ignorance. <_<)
Presented position: Separate facilities for whites and non-whites.
Actual far-left position: ??? No idea what could be related to the picture. The closest I can think of is unisex bathrooms, but that is the exact opposite of the picture.
Presented position: Separate facilities for whites and non-whites.
5. Actual far-right position: black people are inferior to whites, at the very least mentally.
Presented position: Extreme dislike for black people because of their skin colour.
Actual far-left position: White people should be aware of the systemic privilege they have over other people.
Presented position: Extreme dislike for white people because of their skin colour.
I don't fully agree with the far-left positions presented above, but they are clearly not equivalent to the far-right ones, unless you simplify them beyond recognition and soften the far-right ones.
Bleh, now I clearly spent too much time analyzing a shitty comic. ~.~
I mean there are more extreme versions of the left too. I still maintain you are just viewing it that way because your on the left and are apologetic for the left more than the right... That said I'm not going to invest the time you did on every point, sorry, I dont have the energy for that. But I did read your comment fully.
Sure..
In the first panel it is softened compared to the people I might. They didnt simply date blacks because it made them progressive but because they actually felt whites were disgusting, racist people with no sex appeal (the equivelant of the right thinking blacks and minorities are ugly and violent and whatever else)
In the second panel there are countless examples of where liberals will go so far to compensate that blacks and minorities arent just in exactly equal perportions but in fact over represented to the extreme (for example companies that hire only women which I've seen on a few occasions).
@freemo I understand that you might not want to spend too much time on this, but a single example of an actual far-left position that is similarly softened in the comic as the far-right ones would be very appreciated – I really am unaware of them (or impressivley effectively lying to myself?).
No too much pressure if you really don't want to though, I know you should probably concentrate on resting and growing your bones back together. ;)
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