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You have created quite a strawman. Nowhere in my post do I even mention Affirmative Action. Yet your entire defense of the seemingly natural urge that "progress

by yucky 5y ago

You have created quite a strawman. Nowhere in my post do I even mention Affirmative Action. Yet your entire defense of the seemingly natural urge that "progressives" have to treat people differently based on skin color is predicated on one aspect of their prejudice. But progressives support the use of racial prejudice in many aspects of life. Most, actually. In fact, racial preferences are the foundation of modern progressive thought. In either case, your defense of racial prejudice is duly noted.

smt88 5y ago
> your defense of racial prejudice is duly noted I said I disagree with affirmative action. Nothing I have written suggests this. You're either a troll or you need to read my comment again. > But progressives support the use of racial prejudice in many aspects of life. Please list some and cite sources. The only one I know of is affirmative action.
- yucky 5y ago
  Do you think the government and educational institutions should treat people differently based on the color of their skin - yes or no?
  - smt88 5y ago
    I said I didn't several comments ago. Do you have a counter-argument to make, one that addresses the facts I gave? It seems like this is a weird culture war issue for you, where you need to put me in a box and can't see past that.
    - yucky 5y ago
      >I said I didn't several comments ago. I'm curious then, if you don't support racial equity programs, and that is foundational to modern progressive thought, then why would you still consider yourself a progressive? It's not like racial equity is "one thing" (a la abortion, gun rights etc) and you can just decide you aren't ideologically aligned with that one thing. It's the bedrock upon which all modern progressive ideology & policy proposals rest. I guess I'm curious how you square that circle, in your mind.

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You have created quite a strawman. Nowhere in my post do I even mention Affirmative Action. Yet your entire defense of the seemingly natural urge that "progress

by yucky 5y ago

smt88 5y ago
> your defense of racial prejudice is duly noted I said I disagree with affirmative action. Nothing I have written suggests this. You're either a troll or you need to read my comment again. > But progressives support the use of racial prejudice in many aspects of life. Please list some and cite sources. The only one I know of is affirmative action.
- yucky 5y ago
  Do you think the government and educational institutions should treat people differently based on the color of their skin - yes or no?
  - smt88 5y ago
    I said I didn't several comments ago. Do you have a counter-argument to make, one that addresses the facts I gave? It seems like this is a weird culture war issue for you, where you need to put me in a box and can't see past that.
    - yucky 5y ago
      >I said I didn't several comments ago. I'm curious then, if you don't support racial equity programs, and that is foundational to modern progressive thought, then why would you still consider yourself a progressive? It's not like racial equity is "one thing" (a la abortion, gun rights etc) and you can just decide you aren't ideologically aligned with that one thing. It's the bedrock upon which all modern progressive ideology & policy proposals rest. I guess I'm curious how you square that circle, in your mind.