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sigh White guy thinks it's edgy and eye-catching to emulate racism, gets surprised when he gets treated like an offensive racist. Someone will be more than hap

by moomin 10y ago

sigh White guy thinks it's edgy and eye-catching to emulate racism, gets surprised when he gets treated like an offensive racist. Someone will be more than happy to split hairs about the exact nature of the offensive actions here, and will carefully explain that it's not racist, it's opportunistic self-promotion employing racism. Sponsors don't care, most of the general public don't care and, most importantly, victims of racism don't care about a distinction that has precious little practical difference.

snow_god 10y ago
PewDiePie made a video in December lampooning how he's represented in the media (with a nazi uniform watching a Hitler speech). WSJ used that joke segment without context as evidence that he's anti-semitic. That's not an argument about what's racist, it's a complete and total lie. It's no different than me pulling a clip of Alec Baldwin impersonating Trump on SNL, and saying "Alec Baldwin is a lunatic, and for some reason thinks he's the President."
clickbait 10y ago
I don't understand how it's relevant that he's white or a guy; people that aren't white or male cannot be racist? Kinda ironic considering your comment is about racism.
- moomin 10y ago
  Well, for one thing you need to understand the difference between racist prejudice and racism. It's quite important. As for the rest, sure there's black people who are anti-Semitic, but I've never seen one using anti-Semitism "ironically" as a form of self-promotion. This "Look at me, I'm so edgy" behaviour really does seem to be restricted to white people. (At least in the West.) Want to talk actual racism? Take a look at the habit the press have of giving white people like Ryan Lochte the benefit of the doubt, whilst not extending the same privilege to black lawbreakers like Eric Holder.
  - clickbait 10y ago
    The difference is that people use the terms "racist prejudice" to justify racism.

by moomin 10y ago

snow_god 10y ago

PewDiePie made a video in December lampooning how he's represented in the media (with a nazi uniform watching a Hitler speech). WSJ used that joke segment without context as evidence that he's anti-semitic. That's not an argument about what's racist, it's a complete and total lie. It's no different than me pulling a clip of Alec Baldwin impersonating Trump on SNL, and saying "Alec Baldwin is a lunatic, and for some reason thinks he's the President."

clickbait 10y ago

I don't understand how it's relevant that he's white or a guy; people that aren't white or male cannot be racist? Kinda ironic considering your comment is about racism.

moomin 10y ago
Well, for one thing you need to understand the difference between racist prejudice and racism. It's quite important. As for the rest, sure there's black people who are anti-Semitic, but I've never seen one using anti-Semitism "ironically" as a form of self-promotion. This "Look at me, I'm so edgy" behaviour really does seem to be restricted to white people. (At least in the West.) Want to talk actual racism? Take a look at the habit the press have of giving white people like Ryan Lochte the benefit of the doubt, whilst not extending the same privilege to black lawbreakers like Eric Holder.
- clickbait 10y ago
  The difference is that people use the terms "racist prejudice" to justify racism.