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I’m a (non-American) outsider unfamiliar with either of those, but a quick reading leads me to believe that your description is so reductionist as to be intenti

by mthoms 4y ago

I’m a (non-American) outsider unfamiliar with either of those, but a quick reading leads me to believe that your description is so reductionist as to be intentionally misleading. There’s more nuance to it than “attempts to overturn civil rights”. Just my opinion. Also, it’s not clear from the links (or I missed it) but are you calling these “Democratic” initiatives because they were the official position of the Democratic Party or simply because they are occurred in mostly left leaning states?

zmgsabst 4y ago
> There’s more nuance to it than “attempts to overturn civil rights”. These are repealing civil rights laws in order to recreate government bigotry. Factually, that is what they do. You can feel that institutionalizing racism is a good idea — the “nuance” you say I’m omitting — but that doesn’t change that these are attempts to repeal civil rights laws which ban discrimination on the basis of protected class. > are you calling these “Democratic” initiatives because they were the official position of the Democratic Party Yes — re-creating institutionalized racism is part of the Democrat party platform, using euphemisms like “equity”.