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What a stance. Maybe if you advocated for 'no politics on facebook', it would sound better. Social media has given voice to marginalized groups, and people se

What a stance. Maybe if you advocated for 'no politics on facebook', it would sound better. Social media has given voice to marginalized groups, and people seemingly fear that voice. It's something to take a look at, rather than sweep it under the rug with bans.

throwaway894345 6y ago
If by “marginalized” we mean “radicals”, then yes. If we mean “minorities”, then you’re probably just propagating the myths that minorities hold far-left-wing views. On the contrary, while minority views skew left-wing, only a minority of minorities hold far-left beliefs and there’s a lot more political diversity among minorities than there is between minority and majority groups. For example, “defund the police” is a popular left-wing mantra, but only a minority of black Americans favor it.
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- aaomidi 6y ago
  "radicals" that brought us the 40 hour work week. That brought us birth control. That brought us voting rights for all. All of these were "radical" at their time. The only reason they're not anymore is because they have become mainstream. Maybe you should check your assumptions about how life is and read some history of how we got here. "defund the police" is something that has been vocalized for decades, if not centuries. You should ask yourself what has lead up in your education to accept state monopoly on violence, especially when that violence is enacted unfairly against certain minorities. What makes you think that is "normal", but people wanting cops to be less of a massive force in society are "radical".
  - throwaway894345 6y ago
    Nevertheless those opinions are not widespread among minority groups, which was the original point.
    - aaomidi 6y ago
      Yes. But marginalized doesn't mean racial minorities. Which you've seemed to miss.
      - throwaway894345 6y ago
        I was the one who clarified that to begin with.

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If by “marginalized” we mean “radicals”, then yes. If we mean “minorities”, then you’re probably just propagating the myths that minorities hold far-left-wing views. On the contrary, while minority views skew left-wing, only a minority of minorities hold far-left beliefs and there’s a lot more political diversity among minorities than there is between minority and majority groups. For example, “defund the police” is a popular left-wing mantra, but only a minority of black Americans favor it.

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aaomidi 6y ago
"radicals" that brought us the 40 hour work week. That brought us birth control. That brought us voting rights for all. All of these were "radical" at their time. The only reason they're not anymore is because they have become mainstream. Maybe you should check your assumptions about how life is and read some history of how we got here. "defund the police" is something that has been vocalized for decades, if not centuries. You should ask yourself what has lead up in your education to accept state monopoly on violence, especially when that violence is enacted unfairly against certain minorities. What makes you think that is "normal", but people wanting cops to be less of a massive force in society are "radical".
- throwaway894345 6y ago
  Nevertheless those opinions are not widespread among minority groups, which was the original point.
  - aaomidi 6y ago
    Yes. But marginalized doesn't mean racial minorities. Which you've seemed to miss.
    - throwaway894345 6y ago
      I was the one who clarified that to begin with.