I can't resist reiterating (at the risk of seeming obsessive) that the very same principle applies to someone accused of racism who vehemently denies being racist. Evidence in the form of their past words and deeds can be presented to show that they are, in fact, racist.https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/1370170284997812226 …
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And...I see that my experiment worked, namely posting about this again, only this time without limiting who can respond. The trolls have already started to show up...for me to block.
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Replying to @gorskon
The bad thing about setting up a honey trap is all the slimy disgusting critters you catch in it.
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True, but once they're dealt with they make my timeline better. I bet
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They’re literally calling you a marxist. It shows what a piece of shit Shermer is, if I was followed by such ilk I’d be ashamed. You are responsible for the harassment you direct at people.
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Well sure. He quote Tweeted me. Twice.
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But who shows up when that happens says a lot about who you are and what you’re putting in the world and tells me which skeptics are inherently bad, hateful, racist, ideological etc. It’s why I despise the black duck, he’s no different from James Lindsay.
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But aside from that Kendi had a good point, those pat denials are a sign of someone who can not introspect about their own racism. We all have some bad ideas banging around our heads from growing up in a racist culture. If confronted don’t deny error, ask how you can do better.
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That's exactly why I mocked those who thought they had laid down an unanswerable, argument-winning "gotcha" by asking me, "Are you a racist?" Any honest white male my age really has to answer that he's at least a little racist. You can't escape your upbringing and history.
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The real question is: What do you do with the realization that you are at least a little racist? I've been trying to learn and use what I learn to make myself better and even become anti-racist. You can't improve yourself if you so defensively deny that you even have a problem.
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I like to look at it this way with respect to any implicit racism still in me. I'm definitely better than I was ten or twenty years ago but still not as good as I'd like to be. It's a process, not an endpoint.
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