Ugh, but okay I really want to address LG's current meltdown.
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You can say you support, say, trans rights all day long but if your day job is giving a platform to bigots, then we can call bullshit.
These people run moral laundering schemes, taking harmful positions and making them seem like reasonable ones because THEY said it.
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People love to be told that the beliefs they're told are actually kind of shitty are really okay. It absolves them of guilt.
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So no, we don't owe her shit when she wants to make a career change into this.
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Thanks for this thread; lots of strands I've been trying to tug on but couldnt articulate re: narcissism w/this embarrassing (for Laci) mess
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np. It's just... I see the same sorts of dynamics pop up over and over again.
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Can I use this concept of "moral laundering"? It's so phenomenally on point.
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It is. And it applies to so many issues re: white dudebros getting away with scathing racism/sexism through a holier-than-thou stance.
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Plus the role of media in sanitising racist garbage through "moderate" both-sidesism.
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Absolutely.
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"Moral laundering scheme" is an amazing phrase that needs to spread. (Fully credited to you, of course)
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I hope so, I want people to be able to realize when they're being played.
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It's such a good term for such a harmful and insidious pattern and having a name for it makes it easier to call it out.
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