... if pragmatic populists are to be forbidden from saying "Don't let them Jew with your head" they'll reasonably think actual silencing is the only alternative. ...
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... More precise determinations of "them" would of course be preferable, but also most probably too cognitively-demanding for popular consumption.
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Regardless, no, I would prefer if no particular group were generally disparaged in the mass media for the actions of some of its members, or in service to some broader narrative.
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It's not about being disparaged in the mass media. It's about disparaging the media.
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I am often critical of various media institutions. As are many of my friends and colleagues, and many of us are from such overrepresented backgrounds. There is no need to conflate the two. It merely casts your own side in a negative light and conjures historical associations.
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Where there are critics, there will be platforms, so to claim that it isn't about behavior by media is a bit of a canard. Personally, I would not mind outright banning mass media from making explicit negative claims about substantially all members of a given ancestry group.
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I'd rather have the (classical) liberal version, with all its problems. When people could laugh at ethnic jokes, things were better.
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Yes, but it was better when they were merely jokes.
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Low-intensity ethnic animosity is one of the great spices of life.
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... And actually indispensable for genuine inter-ethnic affection.
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... Whoever you're not permitted to criticize, you begin to resent.
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