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> It is difficult to claim that these statements were meant as an attack on blacks and Jewish people themselves. Looking through the rest of this thread, it do
by randallsquared 8y ago
> It is difficult to claim that these statements were meant as an attack on blacks and Jewish people themselves.
Looking through the rest of this thread, it doesn't appear to be difficult to claim that at all. Lots of people are doing so with ease. I think the issue is more about gaslighting vs honesty.
- mikedilger 8y agoYou're right, it's not difficult to read the quote and assume he is bigoted. In fact, given a cursory read, most people would make that assumption. But if you listen to Sargon of Akkad regularly, you'll pick up on the fact that he loves to use a partcular conversational device that may be more common in Britain than in the United States... a form of sarcastic mocking where he speaks as if he is his opponent. This is very easily taken out of context, as was done here. Out of context it looks terrible -- but it does not convey what Sargon was conveying during that livestream. I feel that the message being conveyed at the time is what matters, not the particular words used. People are getting too caught up on particular words, and missing the message conveyed.