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Lets not devolve into a semantic discussion about white supremacy. Under your definition I agree with a lot of what you are saying. I still think we should not
by rocqua 5y ago
Lets not devolve into a semantic discussion about white supremacy. Under your definition I agree with a lot of what you are saying.
I still think we should not tell people who do racist things "you are being a white supremacist". Instead we should say "that thing you did was a bit racist" or even "that thing you did could be seen as racist". We should _definitely_ challenge those people. But if you are trying to get someone to change their mind or behavior, you gotta be real careful about their feelings.
Calling someone a white supremacist is going to hurt their feelings quite a bit. And that isn't going to make them more likely to consider if they should change or did something wrong. That doesn't mean don't challenge people on their actions. That means challenge people on their actions very gently.
If we don't treat these people gently, then we lose the less introspective part of the population. They start getting reactionary, start 'banding together' against these annoying people. They start 'fighting back in the culture war'. Basically, getting this wrong is how you create republicans.
All of the above means I think we should be considerate in how we challenge racists. And I think part of that involves being really careful about the term white-supremacy.