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by hackyhacky 9d ago
> Your point was states do not give free IDs. No, it was not. Either you are deeply confused or responding to wrong comment. > Stop moving goalposts. This is not moving goal posts. This is precisely the point. Voter ID laws will disen
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by hackyhacky 9d ago
> Sometimes I think if Charles Manson started a startup We like to think we live in a meritocracy, but the fact so much of success is based on personality, manipulating people, being charming and persuasive, tapping into others' ins
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by hackyhacky 9d ago
The word "bigotry" actually has a meaning. Trying to equate "unjustified hate against a person for their skin color, ethnicity, or religion" with "distaste for a set of chosen political opinions" is a hoot.
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by hackyhacky 10d ago
So in your view, illegal disenfranchisement of voters is okay as long as it's insufficient to change the results of the election? By the way, Democrats did not win that election, as Georgia's Republican governor can tell you.
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by hackyhacky 10d ago
Can you please name any currently sitting national politician in the US who is advocating for authoritarian communism?
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> It's possible for anyone to judge another person by the color of their skin instead of the content of their character or their actual traits. It might be helpful if you understood the definition of "racism" as used in t
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> I reject the notion of "structural racism". That's not about civil rights, it's critical theory masquerading. It's a destructive ideology. It's clear that you didn't read past the headline of the arti
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> But there's nothing like them happening today. <rolls eyes> https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-president-and-c...
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> You say you think a lot of my acquaintances are racist, without even knowing who I am, l Nothing personal. The fact is that a lot of people are racist: that's the basis of "implicit bias" which I gather you did not bot
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
Have you read the news lately? The president has given up pretending to obey the law. He's torn down the east wing of the White House (which does not belong to him), he's issued Executive Orders that contradict a plain reading of
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
If your friends are not making unprompted bigoted statements, all it means is that they are tactful. I hope you can understand that bigotry is more subtle, in comparison with your grandparents' generation when it was more socially ac
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
Bit of a false equivalence there. The modern right wants to replace democratic rule of law with enlightened despotism focused on eliminating perceived racial, sexual, and ideological impurities. The modern left wants universal healthcare an
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
You did not answer my question. To be clear: if you think you haven't met a racist in decades, you're probably wrong. I call into question your ability to accurately diagnose racism.
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> Not all is as it appears on the surface or is reported to be. Are you literally asking for a moral re-evaluaion of fascism?
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> Let me guess, you mostly mingle with white people? It's a different story among Latinos, Asians (toward blacks and other Asians), but especially among African-Americans. Fascinating. I've found the perfect example of "wh
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> Would your grandmother's fate be better if instead of kindness she would be spewing vitriol? "Spewing vitriol" is loaded language used to smear people you disagree with. The fact is that during the Nazi regime, some peop
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> I’m dense, apparently, and have no idea how disowning parents relates to Jim Crow. At the risk of repeating myself, since you missed it the first time: "I simply provided several examples, at different scales and degree, of conser
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> I haven't talked personally with a racist in probably 25-30 years. How do you know that you haven't talked with a racist? Are you in the habit of asking new acquaintances if they are racist, and then believing their answer?
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> I find the hyperbole counterproductive, immature, and annoying. I'm sorry you find it annoying, but I don't find the comparison hyperbolic at all, and perhaps if you understand the historical context and the facts on the grou
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> stop being a bigot towards other people's reasonable opinions I welcome all reasonable opinions. But not all opinions are reasonable. In particular, the Maga crowd favors opinions based on hero-worship credulity and irrational vib
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
You said: > In fact, I’ve never heard of a conservative kid disowning their parents, family, or friends because of their liberal views. Then when I confronted you with historical examples of conservatives behaving abominably (which you c
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
Your comment is utterly non sequitur. If you want to reply to what I wrote, I'd be happy to engage.
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> It took a generation of integration before racism disappeared from most US neighborhoods. I'm still waiting
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
Incorrect inference. You're so eager to achieve victim status that you've totally missed the point.
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
You said: > Your conservative neighbor is no more evil than someone who thinks their conservative neighbor is evil because they are conservative. In response this: > This is just sentimental nonsense. You are not obligated to patroniz
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
That's not the implication. Read it again, stop playing the victim. The point is simply that hate is not rational, and that your proposal of kindness does nothing to assuage the rampant ignorance and xenophobia that animates evil ideol
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> you're dreaming up edge cases Xenophobia and racial (or religious ) animus are hardly edge cases. On the contrary, they are the default setting for our species, as evidenced by (flips through history book) the last few millennia.
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> Nope. I haven’t seen any of those things personally I didn't ask if you saw those things personally. > And likewise, maybe you should experience the real world instead of believing sensationalized things you read. Do you think
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> Then you live next to them and let them borrow a cup of sugar or ask to borrow one from them and collect their mail while they’re away and thank them when they let you know you left a light on when you left for work the other day. You
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by hackyhacky 11d ago
> Then you are uniquely placed to show them you're not the baddie they thought you were. Great idea! If only we had thought of this sooner. We could have avoided Jim Crow and segregation if only black people had thought to be friend

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