Why the alt-right rises: Lefties claim racism is "prejudice + power", so trashing whites isn't racist, since whites have the power. Lefties thus blithely trash whites, and in so doing they trash all the whites who have no power, but can still feel discriminated against - and vote
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
1/2 I will allow I exist in a bubble, however I haven't witnessed much blithe white trashing, mostly thoroughly deserved
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Replying to @JoKepler @G_S_Bhogal
2/2 Are you referring to Lord of the Flies-esque ganging up. Very popular online, witnessed a lot of that. Directed at all ethnic groups
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Replying to @JoKepler
I'm referring to the left's obsession with blaming everything on white people, and white men in particular. It's essentially an atheistic original sin. That scapegoating has certainly played a part in the polarization and piling on you speak of.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
1/3 I maintain that piling is internet (and playground), rather than left or right phenomenon
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Replying to @JoKepler @G_S_Bhogal
2/3 Bearing that in mind, how much white-man-bashing actually goes on, as a proportion of all-ethnicity bashing?
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Replying to @JoKepler
The only acceptable form of racism is racism against white people. It's the only form of racism you see in the biggest platform of all: mainstream media.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Have not seen that in MSM. Again, allowing for the fact my interactions with MSM probably skewed centre-left. Do you have examples?
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Replying to @JoKepler
One example of many: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/03/opinions/mass-shootings-white-male-rage-modan-opinion/index.html …
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Err. Factual. No inflammatory language used. Hardly constitutes discrimination or targeted abuse
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Read it again, and now replace all instances of "white" with "black".
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
1/2 If it was based in fact, I would have no problem with that
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Replying to @JoKepler @G_S_Bhogal
2/2 Are you suggesting we whitewash uncomfortable truths for sake of community cohesion?
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