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Racism. It's pretty simple. The real thing that CRT accomplishes is the acceptance of its predicate-- Namely, that we can be divided into simple groups almost

Racism. It's pretty simple. The real thing that CRT accomplishes is the acceptance of its predicate-- Namely, that we can be divided into simple groups almost always by sight, and then are somehow guilty by association for what others who look like us have done, in the past, regardless of our actual connection to those events. That's just a restatement of racism and original sin. I say it's original sin because--there's nothing you can do to change things or make yourself better. You are permanently damned by what the worst person ever with your skin tone did. I say racism because it redefines racism in such a way that racism towards men and whites is mostly OK. The goal here really isn't to move the pendulum to the center, its to move it the opposite direction where white men in particular are the lowest status. I do believe in structural racism, but I wonder sometimes how much of the racism on the right could have been avoided if we hadn't told them they were all irredeemable racists and that we hated them. The vitriol kind of makes everyone have to pick a side.

krapp 5y ago
> but I wonder sometimes how much of the racism on the right could have been avoided if we hadn't told them they were all irredeemable racists and that we hated them. The vitriol kind of makes everyone have to pick a side. It doesn't though. You can be a white person, even a white Conservative, be opposed to CRT and not "pick a side." If their response to being called racist is to lean even harder into the racism, that just proves that their critics had a point.
- oceanghost 5y ago
  That's exactly the bullshit I'm talking about. If there's only two places to go, and one sides tells you they hate you, you will go the other place. Works on both sides.
  - krapp 5y ago
    >If there's only two places to go, and one sides tells you they hate you, you will go the other place. There are never "only two places to go," nor are there only two "sides." You need to be racist to begin with to view social politics in such reductionist terms, such that all paths somehow lead to a justification of hating people rather than simply disagreeing with their ideas.
    - throwoutway 5y ago
      There are more than two sides yes, but in 2020 politics if I tell you I’m center-right then a boat load of people will call/think me a racist

krapp 5y ago

> but I wonder sometimes how much of the racism on the right could have been avoided if we hadn't told them they were all irredeemable racists and that we hated them. The vitriol kind of makes everyone have to pick a side. It doesn't though. You can be a white person, even a white Conservative, be opposed to CRT and not "pick a side." If their response to being called racist is to lean even harder into the racism, that just proves that their critics had a point.

oceanghost 5y ago
That's exactly the bullshit I'm talking about. If there's only two places to go, and one sides tells you they hate you, you will go the other place. Works on both sides.
- krapp 5y ago
  >If there's only two places to go, and one sides tells you they hate you, you will go the other place. There are never "only two places to go," nor are there only two "sides." You need to be racist to begin with to view social politics in such reductionist terms, such that all paths somehow lead to a justification of hating people rather than simply disagreeing with their ideas.
  - throwoutway 5y ago
    There are more than two sides yes, but in 2020 politics if I tell you I’m center-right then a boat load of people will call/think me a racist