It's designed to prevent objections to racist attitudes coming from non-white people.
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@gnomeicide If someone is questioning validity of an argument based on negative generalisations of a whole race, doesn't matter which race1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@gnomeicide The same failure of reason & ethics has occurred wherein a person is being judged on skin colour rather than character.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@gnomeicide But if we're talking about the scope & scale of racism on a society-wide level, then some races suffer much more than others.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @HPluckrose
true, but imho overly simplistic. Racism is general, discrimination operates in individuals and experiences are hugely varied
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It would be if you only look at society-wide level. Lets not do that.
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indeed - I'm not 'society'. Such consideration is helpful to find trends and wider problems, of course...
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...but to believe this absolves individuals of responsibility for their own views? They have to know its counterproductive.
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They don't know this. They are blinded by identity politics & think decrying maleness, whiteness, cisness etc is virtuous.
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well some of them do - but is that the whole picture? I tend to think many are more cynical than stupid.
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I think the majority are ideologues, pure & simple. Not stupid, just working on an ideological narrative.
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