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I realize this may not be the best place to talk about it, but is there some good explanation for what seems to be a totally insatiable thirst for white suprema

I realize this may not be the best place to talk about it, but is there some good explanation for what seems to be a totally insatiable thirst for white supremacy in America these days? It seems to me like this is the real story here and, for the most part, it is not being covered in any real sense by either liberal, conservative or independent media.

syn0byte 7y ago
The vested interest media and political parties have in making it seem like there is an insatiable thirst for white supremacy in America. It's on average not any worse than it ever was, but showing us how bad its always been right now serves a useful political goal in division and diversion. Its not a conspiracy, just stupidity and greed. Outrage generates views and votes, no cartel required.
inscionent 7y ago
The Southern Poverty Law Center tracks hate groups in the US and is a good source of information. https://www.splcenter.org/issues/hate-and-extremism https://www.splcenter.org/issues/hate-and-extremism
- whenchamenia 7y ago
  Splc thinks juggalos are a hate group, id not suggest that source.
sarcasmOrTears 7y ago
I live in Italy. Today the biggest leftists mainstream newspaper (repubblica) opened up with a title "slaughters by the white man". They would never dare to write "black man" and most importantly, the expression "white man" was never used before in Italy, in such a context. There is an international anti-white culture and I'm tired to pretend there isn't a problem. 99% of "alt-righters" who got interested in politics, have done so since gamergate, and before just wanted to play videogames and live a decent life and unlike progressives were truly color blind. I know this is difficult to understand for many, but that's the truth and I hope one day you'll see how much suffering you've caused to whites only because of the color of their skin. I wrote this for a place of love of all the people of the world and a desire of peace. I'm really tired of this nonsense. Please wake up. Edit: gonna specify that I don't endorse violence or even coercion through the State, I just want anti-white culture to go away
- dominostars 7y ago
  In America we elected a president who made the claim that immigrants coming from Mexico were rapists and murders. He built an entire campaign around fear of Mexican immigration. Meanwhile, there's been a string of mass shootings where white people targeted, shot, and killed people of color. What does it mean to be color blind in this scenario? That Mexican people ignore that the most powerful person in the country is labeling them as a threat? That we ignore that there has been a string of racially motivated killings in the country? The "alt-right" didn't suddenly appear at gamer gate, these philosophies have existed for a long time and have been popular in your country and elsewhere.
dominostars 7y ago
White Christians are losing their supermajority status in an increasingly ethnically diverse America. Even though white christians will continue to be the largest racial group for a long time, the shifting demographics feel very visceral by increased minority representation in media and politics. This has spurred a lot of racial anxiety. There was a study done where people were primed by reading news articles about America becoming a "majority minority" country (e.g. white people as a group will no longer represent > 50% of the full population). Reading these articles causes white people to hold more favorable opinions of conservative policies across the board. However, if the articles included statements along the lines of, "But white people will remain as powerful", those conservative shifts go away. Further studies show this same effect across ethnic groups (e.g. Black people reading about growing Hispanic populations). The central takeaway is: when people feel like the status of their identity group is under threat, they become more conservative. While racial anxiety can be assuaged, popular conservative media in America, like Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, et al, do all that's in their power to inflame these anxieties. And while these anxieties all existed before Trump, Trump was the first major presidential candidate in recent memory to stoke these fires so directly (John McCain and Mitt Romney both famously refused to do so, John McCain by shutting down the "Barack is a Muslim" rhetoric at a town hall, and Mitt Romney refusing to campaign using racial anxiety even though he was showed polling that it would be effective). Trump getting elected has subsequently emboldened a lot of racially anxious people who finally have someone they can rally behind. You know, "someone who isn't afraid" to make the claim that people immigrating from Mexico are rapists and murderers. And so here we are. There's a whole other dimension about how damaging spending all day in internet communities can be for emotional health, how lonely a lot of young people are, and how groups like ISIS and white supremacists take advantage of these people by offering them community and subsequently radicalizing them. I'd expand but I'm lazy and I'm just another dumbass on the internet anyway.

syn0byte 7y ago

The vested interest media and political parties have in making it seem like there is an insatiable thirst for white supremacy in America. It's on average not any worse than it ever was, but showing us how bad its always been right now serves a useful political goal in division and diversion. Its not a conspiracy, just stupidity and greed. Outrage generates views and votes, no cartel required.

inscionent 7y ago

The Southern Poverty Law Center tracks hate groups in the US and is a good source of information. https://www.splcenter.org/issues/hate-and-extremism https://www.splcenter.org/issues/hate-and-extremism

whenchamenia 7y ago
Splc thinks juggalos are a hate group, id not suggest that source.

sarcasmOrTears 7y ago

I live in Italy. Today the biggest leftists mainstream newspaper (repubblica) opened up with a title "slaughters by the white man". They would never dare to write "black man" and most importantly, the expression "white man" was never used before in Italy, in such a context. There is an international anti-white culture and I'm tired to pretend there isn't a problem. 99% of "alt-righters" who got interested in politics, have done so since gamergate, and before just wanted to play videogames and live a decent life and unlike progressives were truly color blind. I know this is difficult to understand for many, but that's the truth and I hope one day you'll see how much suffering you've caused to whites only because of the color of their skin. I wrote this for a place of love of all the people of the world and a desire of peace. I'm really tired of this nonsense. Please wake up. Edit: gonna specify that I don't endorse violence or even coercion through the State, I just want anti-white culture to go away

dominostars 7y ago
In America we elected a president who made the claim that immigrants coming from Mexico were rapists and murders. He built an entire campaign around fear of Mexican immigration. Meanwhile, there's been a string of mass shootings where white people targeted, shot, and killed people of color. What does it mean to be color blind in this scenario? That Mexican people ignore that the most powerful person in the country is labeling them as a threat? That we ignore that there has been a string of racially motivated killings in the country? The "alt-right" didn't suddenly appear at gamer gate, these philosophies have existed for a long time and have been popular in your country and elsewhere.

dominostars 7y ago

White Christians are losing their supermajority status in an increasingly ethnically diverse America. Even though white christians will continue to be the largest racial group for a long time, the shifting demographics feel very visceral by increased minority representation in media and politics. This has spurred a lot of racial anxiety. There was a study done where people were primed by reading news articles about America becoming a "majority minority" country (e.g. white people as a group will no longer represent > 50% of the full population). Reading these articles causes white people to hold more favorable opinions of conservative policies across the board. However, if the articles included statements along the lines of, "But white people will remain as powerful", those conservative shifts go away. Further studies show this same effect across ethnic groups (e.g. Black people reading about growing Hispanic populations). The central takeaway is: when people feel like the status of their identity group is under threat, they become more conservative. While racial anxiety can be assuaged, popular conservative media in America, like Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, et al, do all that's in their power to inflame these anxieties. And while these anxieties all existed before Trump, Trump was the first major presidential candidate in recent memory to stoke these fires so directly (John McCain and Mitt Romney both famously refused to do so, John McCain by shutting down the "Barack is a Muslim" rhetoric at a town hall, and Mitt Romney refusing to campaign using racial anxiety even though he was showed polling that it would be effective). Trump getting elected has subsequently emboldened a lot of racially anxious people who finally have someone they can rally behind. You know, "someone who isn't afraid" to make the claim that people immigrating from Mexico are rapists and murderers. And so here we are. There's a whole other dimension about how damaging spending all day in internet communities can be for emotional health, how lonely a lot of young people are, and how groups like ISIS and white supremacists take advantage of these people by offering them community and subsequently radicalizing them. I'd expand but I'm lazy and I'm just another dumbass on the internet anyway.