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The definition of white supremacy isn't expanding, but those are two topics white supremacists vocally support.
by ceph_ 7y ago
The definition of white supremacy isn't expanding, but those are two topics white supremacists vocally support.
- Chazprime 7y agoStephen Fry might disagree with you there.
- mffnbs 7y agoBeing conscious of dog whistles isn't expanding the white supremacist classification. A single false positive by Twitter of all places isn't indicative of a trend.
- manfredo 7y ago> Being conscious of dog whistles isn't expanding the white supremacist classification. It does when allegations of dog whistling are levied against mainstream viewpoints. Saying "build the wall" is a white supremacist dog whistle is absolutely a means of expanding white supremacy to encompass support border enforcement. Nothing about building a wall on a national border is white supremacist. White supremacists may be in favor of such a viewpoint, but that does not make the viewpoint itself white supremacist. Accusations of dog whistling is a very cheap and effective way of stuffing words into one's opponents' mouths and many do use it to try and paint acceptable views as white supremacist.
- manfredo 7y agoMany people, including mainstream media outlets, friends of mine, and co-workers have labeled these positions as white supremacist. Not just identifying them as positions that white supremacists support. The set of views considered "white supremacist" is indeed expanding to include mainstream conservative views like the ones I mentioned.
- nostromo 7y agoIt most certainly is. I recently attended a diversity workshop at a large organization that you’d recognize where we were taught some key elements of white supremacy are things like: perfectionism, urgency, defensiveness, individualism, etc. https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-cu...
- manfredo 7y agoWow. Apparently "Objectivity" is white supremacy, along with "Individualism". This honestly surprised me.
- busymom0 7y agoIt most certainly is. What's worse is when anonymous strangers on the internet accuse someone of being white supremacist just because they oppose reparations and affirmative action without even knowing anything else about the person. I am a brown immigrant myself (recently moved to Canada) who opposes affirmative action and reparations and just for that, I got called white supremacist, a nazi etc on reddit. Like how exactly can a dark brown person be white supremacist? Makes no sense. But the hidden identity on the internet lets people throw abhorrent insults like no tomorrow.