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"Please explain why identifying the work of white supremacists and similar pustules as their work, and suggesting that decent people should not help them make t

"Please explain why identifying the work of white supremacists and similar pustules as their work, and suggesting that decent people should not help them make that work " That's really easy. The statement 'America is a meritocracy' is not remotely a phrase or statement supporting White Supremacy. The fact any reasonable person would try to put such an innocuous statement in the camp of 'White Supremacy' makes me afraid.

zimpenfish 8y ago
> The statement 'America is a meritocracy' is not remotely a phrase or statement supporting White Supremacy. It could be if you insist that it's a meritocracy in the face of all the evidence that it is overwhelmingly biased towards white people. (It could equally just be an ignorant statement from a blistering ignorant fool who hasn't done any thinking, mind.)
- manfredo 8y ago
  > It could be if you insist that it's a meritocracy in the face of all the evidence that it is overwhelmingly biased towards white people Last time I checked, Asian Americans were the wealthiest racial demographic in the US. Does it follow that meritocracy is even more biased towards Asians than it is towards Whites? Or, perhaps there's more to it than blanket claims that, "it is overwhelmingly biased towards white people."? This is what is so insidious about accusations of dog-whistling. It's a cheap and effective way of simplifying reality and portraying the target as a straw man. I wonder if the right will adopt this tactic and start calling things like "diversity initiatives" as a dog-whistling for the exclusion of conservatives.
  - zimpenfish 8y ago
    Perhaps I should have said "overwhelmingly biased against people of colour" to be more accurate. Thanks for highlighting that.
flagfeedingusa 8y ago
The funny part to me is the more the left pushes to be thought police, the more regular people will be pushed to the right. Keep it up libs! Yall are signing your own death certificates.

zimpenfish 8y ago

> The statement 'America is a meritocracy' is not remotely a phrase or statement supporting White Supremacy. It could be if you insist that it's a meritocracy in the face of all the evidence that it is overwhelmingly biased towards white people. (It could equally just be an ignorant statement from a blistering ignorant fool who hasn't done any thinking, mind.)

manfredo 8y ago
> It could be if you insist that it's a meritocracy in the face of all the evidence that it is overwhelmingly biased towards white people Last time I checked, Asian Americans were the wealthiest racial demographic in the US. Does it follow that meritocracy is even more biased towards Asians than it is towards Whites? Or, perhaps there's more to it than blanket claims that, "it is overwhelmingly biased towards white people."? This is what is so insidious about accusations of dog-whistling. It's a cheap and effective way of simplifying reality and portraying the target as a straw man. I wonder if the right will adopt this tactic and start calling things like "diversity initiatives" as a dog-whistling for the exclusion of conservatives.
- zimpenfish 8y ago
  Perhaps I should have said "overwhelmingly biased against people of colour" to be more accurate. Thanks for highlighting that.

flagfeedingusa 8y ago

The funny part to me is the more the left pushes to be thought police, the more regular people will be pushed to the right. Keep it up libs! Yall are signing your own death certificates.