I could ask the same of you, I"m sure. Do you yell at people who make the same point about the Confederate flag, or what? Did you read the article? The hat is worn to commit racist violence by literal Nazis.
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Replying to @nberlat @chaosprime
I see you've whipped yourself into a frenzy in defense of these kids wearing MAGA hats? not sure what the deal is with that, but people wearing MAGA hats are doing so as a racist provocation. That's the intent, that's how it's received.
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Replying to @nberlat @chaosprime
You can feel that the situation was misreported, and you can think the kids shouldn't get death threats (I don't think they should get death threats.) But the hat is a racist provocation; aligning yourself with Trump is a decision to align yourself with racism.
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Replying to @nberlat @chaosprime
That's not something me and "my friends" decided. It's what Trump decided with every bit of his rhetoric; it's what people decided when they use his name to intimidate marginalized people; it's what Nazis decide when they wear the hat.
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Replying to @nberlat
ahh gotcha. cool cool. you're refusing any association with the Star of David due to its routine display by people shooting kids throwing rocks, of course
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Replying to @chaosprime @nberlat
I mean, context is king. The Star of David could absolutely be a racist provocation in Gaza or the West Bank. And, in DC, that red hat is a racist provocation, as is the tomahawk chop. If the kids were too sheltered to know this, they were in for a rude awakening sooner or later.
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Replying to @FirstClassHack @nberlat
why is it you think they wore the racism hat?
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Replying to @chaosprime @nberlat
In-group solidarity? They like Trump for some reason. They probably don’t believe Trump is racist. They probably don’t identify as racist. But if your definition of racism is too narrow to include Trump, that suggests a high level of comfort w/ racism as it’s commonly understood.
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Replying to @FirstClassHack @nberlat
good! i believe you're correct. i would've called it an affiliative symbol. so you're doing better than noah at keeping your ability to successfully empathize alive, congrats
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Replying to @chaosprime @nberlat
A high level of comfort with racism is still a really bad thing (I would say it’s racist in itself). And that’s the most positive spin I can put on it. I just don’t see the importance of this distinction between conscious malice and blasé unreflective malice to fit in.
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shrug, ask noah, he's the one who made the conscious malice into a point
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