it's fraying for sure, possibly not broken? I'm not sure what broken would look like I guess possibly Trump-as-explicit racist is overblown (?), I would guess as a matter of pushing policy he's not so bad compared to most Presidents. maybe Bush II was a lot better actually(!)
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as a matter of pushing policy he's trying to build a border wall and expel brown people with ambiguous immigration status. I'll grant you that he has merely consented to Red congress expected defunding of social welfare programs, and has not pushed that especially aggressively.
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W. I think was much more personally sensitive to issues of race but his partisanship and congress prevented him from doing anything good about. Can't let Katrina/New Orleans get a pass. Accidentally racist policy is still racist.
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Replying to @legalinspire @eigenrobot
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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Replying to @legalinspire @eigenrobot
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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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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