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Of course not. But Thiel didn't write a book simply expressing a preference against multiculturalism, he wrote a book claiming that multiculturalism exists to
by pryce 9y ago
Of course not. But Thiel didn't write a book simply expressing a preference against multiculturalism, he wrote a book claiming that multiculturalism exists to destroy white culture.
'White culture is under threat' is a core belief of white supremacists.
- Kevve 9y ago>'White culture is under threat' is a core belief of white supremacists. It's also a well known fact. All you have to do is look at the demographic changes in Western countries. Wanting white culture to survive still doesn't make one a white supremacist. I even want Japanese culture to survive. Does this make me a Japanese supremacist?
- varjag 9y ago> Wanting white culture to survive still doesn't make one a white supremacist. You change the original point. Professing "white culture" is under threat and that other cultures should survive someplace else does indeed make you a white supremacist. The U.S. was multi-cultural from the start, even if some cultures (natives or blacks) wanted nothing to do with it. This is what made it later stand out and attract people all over the world. You can't re-neg it without turning into a genocidal shithole.
- jevgeni 9y agoWhite culture does not exist.
- Banthum 9y agoBlack culture does not exist. Is this statement morally equivalent? Why or why not?
- jevgeni 9y agoI don't think this is a moral question, but rather a question of reality. Black culture does not exist globally. Black culture of the United States does exist, because black people in the U.S. have a common history and common societal experience that binds them together. White people are too diverse a group to have one single culture. I am white and not from the U.S. Based on these facts people cannot guess what my values are, what my traditions are, whether people of my ethnicity were ever opressed or were the opressors, or even what language I speak, or what religion I have. Hence the term "white culture" does not make sense.
- pryce 9y agoI don't find statements like that particularly helpful. It is fair to say that most organised attempts to advocate for 'White Culture' -such as White Pride events and a staggering proportion of 'European Students Associations' etc are explicitly racist in practice. This by itself should be concerning enough to lead observers to scrutinise very carefully organisations or publications devoted to securing 'White Culture'.
- jevgeni 9y agoThis is a factual statement. But I see how it can be seen as an emotionally charged one. White people are too ambigously defined a group to have one common culture. Hence the term is nonsense.
- croon 9y ago> It's also a well known fact. All you have to do is look at the demographic changes in Western countries. What do you mean by this? Are you saying that American culture is "white" culture? If so, then you might want to do some self-reflection.
- dagw 9y agoNot too long ago many people in the US would have claimed that White Culture died the day the Irish, Italians or Polish started to be considered 'white'
- belorn 9y agoThat would make the 'White culture is under threat' the core message of your post, not "how multiculturalism is horrific". The post you made (and I replied to) talked primarily about criticism to multiculturalism, and white culture is only mentioned a single time. Cultural globalisation merges all cultures into one common. Small (or less vocal) cultures get less representation in the global culture, while large ones get incorporated more wholesale. Cultural diversity in contrast try to keep cultures distinctive, while also trying to dodge cultural tensions. White supremacists generally require that cultures stay distinctive, but they don't care to decrease cultural tensions. That doesn't seems to fit well for either side, and makes attempts to do so to look as political attempt of associating white supremacists with criticism to multiculturalism.