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I feel like "cancel culture" is a thing but when people make statements like "it's reverse racism, BLM are the REAL racists" I lose all sympathy for their argum

I feel like "cancel culture" is a thing but when people make statements like "it's reverse racism, BLM are the REAL racists" I lose all sympathy for their arguments. It is also a bit difficult to feel sorry for people who are the focus of news articles and opeds who are the victims of "cancel culture" who are honestly often wealthy people who as you said get their book tour cancelled. I mean sure, it's difficult and we can talk about it (similar to this article which is about a well-known geneticist's legacy, I think this blogpost is worthy of discussion!), but this need to equate it with what I feel are obviously worse harms make me loathe to continue the conversation. It reminds me a little bit like Godwin's Law, equating some harm which is worthy of its own discussion to an obviously worse harm which just does the job of cheapening the worse at the expense of elevating the minor injury.

jollybean 5y ago
"it's reverse racism, BLM are the REAL racists" That's not the statement being made. OP is saying that 'reverse racism is similar to racism'. It's not unreasonable at all. Casual bigotry is the populist form of racism, and it's now accepted on 'one side', even publicly. While affirmative action may help in some ways, it also allows people with institutional power to let lose their bigotry and justify it, with the full blessing of the powers that be. For example, I believe the author of this SA article is a blatantly hateful, bigoted racist, clear as day judging by this article, and her comments and Tweets. Some people don't seem to have any self awareness about this, it's disturbing, or rather, they take a more perverse view: that bigotry can only come from a position of power, that they will define at will, therefore hateful, bigoted rhetoric towards someone who ostensibly comes from a supposed 'position of power' just 'doesn't count', which is ridiculous.
soundnote 5y ago
The Association of American Medical Colleges, 2017: https://imgur.com/a/4fva6V2 https://imgur.com/a/4fva6V2

jollybean 5y ago

"it's reverse racism, BLM are the REAL racists" That's not the statement being made. OP is saying that 'reverse racism is similar to racism'. It's not unreasonable at all. Casual bigotry is the populist form of racism, and it's now accepted on 'one side', even publicly. While affirmative action may help in some ways, it also allows people with institutional power to let lose their bigotry and justify it, with the full blessing of the powers that be. For example, I believe the author of this SA article is a blatantly hateful, bigoted racist, clear as day judging by this article, and her comments and Tweets. Some people don't seem to have any self awareness about this, it's disturbing, or rather, they take a more perverse view: that bigotry can only come from a position of power, that they will define at will, therefore hateful, bigoted rhetoric towards someone who ostensibly comes from a supposed 'position of power' just 'doesn't count', which is ridiculous.

soundnote 5y ago

The Association of American Medical Colleges, 2017: https://imgur.com/a/4fva6V2 https://imgur.com/a/4fva6V2