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In the age where people like Ben Shapiro are identified as "alt-right white supremacists" I don't have much confidence in the ability of people to identify raci

by jquery 7y ago

In the age where people like Ben Shapiro are identified as "alt-right white supremacists" I don't have much confidence in the ability of people to identify racist content. Here's a post where I go into more thinking on the matter that doesn't need to be repeated here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20184914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20184914

root_axis 7y ago
> Israelis like to build. Arabs like to bomb crap and live in open sewage. This is not a difficult issue. That sounds pretty racist to me.
deanCommie 7y ago
Ben Shapiro was the most popular role model for Alexandre Bissonette, a very clear alt-right white supremacist[1]. Before you dismiss Shapiro's responsibility in stoking these ideals, you should watch this in-depth breakdown of his perspectives and ideals[2]. I know it's a lot to ask to watch an hour long youtube video, but it is thorough to dot all the i's and cross all the t's. Shapiro even stokes anti-semitic rhetoric by distinguishing between "ethnic jews" (The Woody Allens of the world, but more broadly liberal hollywood elite jews) and "cultural/religious jews" (Morally-clear good-minded folk like himself). The video covers it. This is how he reconciles his alt-right allies who are anti-semitic and white nationalist, yet use Shapiro as a shield to protect their heinous opinions. And this is before we get to any of his perspectives on arabs, which another commenter already addressed. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/18/quebec-city-mosque-shooter-scoured-twitter-for-trump-right-wing-figures-before-attack/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c3919e791261 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/18... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDMjgOYOcDw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDMjgOYOcDw
sampo 7y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1YENAvOveE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1YENAvOveE

by jquery 7y ago

root_axis 7y ago

> Israelis like to build. Arabs like to bomb crap and live in open sewage. This is not a difficult issue. That sounds pretty racist to me.

deanCommie 7y ago

Ben Shapiro was the most popular role model for Alexandre Bissonette, a very clear alt-right white supremacist[1]. Before you dismiss Shapiro's responsibility in stoking these ideals, you should watch this in-depth breakdown of his perspectives and ideals[2]. I know it's a lot to ask to watch an hour long youtube video, but it is thorough to dot all the i's and cross all the t's. Shapiro even stokes anti-semitic rhetoric by distinguishing between "ethnic jews" (The Woody Allens of the world, but more broadly liberal hollywood elite jews) and "cultural/religious jews" (Morally-clear good-minded folk like himself). The video covers it. This is how he reconciles his alt-right allies who are anti-semitic and white nationalist, yet use Shapiro as a shield to protect their heinous opinions. And this is before we get to any of his perspectives on arabs, which another commenter already addressed. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/18/quebec-city-mosque-shooter-scoured-twitter-for-trump-right-wing-figures-before-attack/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c3919e791261 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/04/18... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDMjgOYOcDw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDMjgOYOcDw

sampo 7y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1YENAvOveE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1YENAvOveE