so in other words, the moral panic has to end. the preference falsifications needed to avoid being slandered as "racist" have to stop. again, what causes the moral panic to end? at minimum Trump needs to be gone. what else?
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>Accidentally racist policy is still racist hmmm disagree for purposes of this discussion would say Bush II possibly did more for black people than any President since LBJ just mostly in Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%27s_Emergency_Plan_for_AIDS_Relief …
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credit Laura for that. never has the term "better half" been more apt.
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Obama administration deeply flawed in a ton of ways INCLUDING Obama's unwillingness to push on race issues (understandable, but still a mistake) in ways that would have been uniquely available to that particular man.
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I think the truce is broken. The discourse is now strictly taken over by extremists. Even attempting to be "reasonable" while talking about controversial things results in being publicly executed (discursively, not yet bodily).
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polarization into identity politics factions (white nationalists on the fascist right, white-hating minority factions on the intersectional left) and enforced silence in the center. broken truce.
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Thank you, Count Roldero.
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I missed the reference. My nerd cred is wavering.

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It's a pretty obscure one and depending on your age, likely before your time. It's technically before my time but I read a lot of inappropriate books at a young age.
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so obscure it won't even be named in this thread apparently. I'm 1984 baby (hell of a year) so if it's 70s vintage there's like a 50% chance I would have read it as a tween. Guess I missed that one, whatever it is.
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Oh, sorry, thought you Googled it. Count Roldero is a character in Moorcock's "The Eternal Champion" who argues that you should judge people by the results of their actions and not their intentions.
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ah, a consequentialist. well, if I accidentally looked like a consequentialist for even a moment that is to my discredit and shame. no, what I mean is that abdication of responsibility gets distributed unevenly (as in Katrina aftermath) and the unevenness is revelatory.
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That's fair. And unfortunate.
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I'm not sure that's the most salient distinction when talking about Racism, though. Have a meeting in 3m but will mull + maybe revisit if something interesting coheres
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