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> seen the definition of white supremacy slide from "people who espouse views that whites are better than nonwhites" And even there it is debatable - does sayi
by DuskStar 8y ago
> seen the definition of white supremacy slide from "people who espouse views that whites are better than nonwhites"
And even there it is debatable - does saying "people with pale skin are better at producing vitamin D in low-light conditions than people with dark skin" make me a white supremacist?
- tnzn 8y agoIf you're saying it in a conversation about wether or not we should allow non-white people to be in a country with low light, yeah. There is no objective, neutral statement.
- DuskStar 8y agoAnd if I'm not saying it in a conversation about creating an ethnostate, but perhaps one about seasonal affective disorder, or about vitamin D deficiencies? My point was that the GGP's definition, even the most restrictive one, was arguably still too broad. (Or perhaps people need to become more accepting of a distinction between better at x and better. Michael Phelps is certainly better at swimming than I am, but that is mostly orthogonal to whether he is a better person than I am)
- rangerpolitic 8y agoYou're re-contextualizing parent's statement and thereby changing it's meaning. That's unfair and dishonest.
- beat 8y agoThat's not what is meant by white supremacy and you damn well know it. Stop making bad imaginary corner cases and stick to the actual problem.
- weberc2 8y ago> That's not what is meant by white supremacy ... stick to the actual problem. That is precisely the actual problem--the term is loosely defined and thus lends itself to partisan equivocation. For example, lots of people assert that the MAGA hat is a symbol of white supremacy (and indeed it is, albeit only for those people who sincerely believe it to be).