I had a kind of painful discussion in one instance for example where a woman was called out for being a white woman expecting
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well, the argument in favor of privilege call outs is that they advance the cause of social justice, right?
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Denouncing a racist statement doesn't advance the cause of social justice?
@nberlat -
I guess I just wonder if denouncing the person over and over in theway it played out ended up advancing any particular good.
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I think some people (specifically, black people) thought it was a particularly good thing to call out Sacco's racist statement.
@nberlat -
well...definitely some black people did, but there were an awful lot of white folks doing so as well...
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and ultimately the person who benefited most seems to have been Jon Ronson, who got a book deal and lots of gigs...
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It's absurd to blame people who justifiably denounced Sacco's racism for Ronson's success.
@nberlat -
I don't think I'm blaming anyone for anything?
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If you're gonna abuse and ruing someone's life you better have a damn good excuse
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