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You're being willfully obtuse. The points the parent was making were not reliant on a concrete shared definition of 'racism.' Do you want to be part of a discu
by derrickdirge 10y ago
You're being willfully obtuse. The points the parent was making were not reliant on a concrete shared definition of 'racism.'
Do you want to be part of a discussion, or do you just want the rush of endorphins that contrarianism provides?
- reitanqild 10y agoI don't think yummyfajitas is. I don't like Trump but I still agree that racist is now used as a general slur.
- derrickdirge 10y agoYou're still missing the point the parent was making.
- reitanqild 10y agoWhat then? This: "it seems like you are missing the point: in a pervasivly racist society, discriminatory behaviors creep in the subconscious of everyone, black/white/antiracist/whatever, and we have to consciously struggle with them." ? I have recently argued against my own misunderstanding of someones explaination and find that embarrassing so I am actually listening.
- derrickdirge 10y agoYes, that. We all hold prejudices that we all need to be mindful of. Getting tangled in the weeds of arguing about semantics completely derails that point.
- someguydave 10y agoTo be clear: Racism is important but arguing about its semantics isn'?
- grzm 10y agoIf there's miscommunication due to semantics that's preventing people from reaching understanding on an important issue, the semantics are indeed important. There has to be some area of common understanding to make that happen, which includes agreed-upon semantics.
- jartelt 10y agoYou may think it is becoming a general slur. Many other people think we are finally just calling things for what they are.