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The only people today who see others as less than human are the same people who falsely demonize others as racists. The whole point of demonization is to enable

The only people today who see others as less than human are the same people who falsely demonize others as racists. The whole point of demonization is to enable you to view your opponent, not as a human, but as a demon. The evidence can't be any more obvious.

DonHopkins 4y ago
Riiiiight, because racism doesn't exist any more, now that we've had a black president (even though he was born in Kenya, as our orange president went to so much effort and expense to made sure everyone believes). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34681403 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34681403 >"America is one of the least racist places overall in recorded history." -PathOfEclipse And then you went on to demonize your opponent (without even having your own facts straight), which is just fine for you to do apparently, just nobody else: >"It is still a very evil thing to defame someone with such a horrible accusation when you couldn't even be bothered to take two minutes to get your facts straight! ... which is even more evil ... significant evil in my book ..." -PathOfEclipse Now that America's racism problem has been solved, is that why you put so much time and energy and commitment into fighting so hard against reverse racism, by linking to the writings of Thomas Sowell, who has literally claimed that Black Americans were better off during slavery than they are today, and has defended Trump against charges of racism? Are you also a huge Kanye fan, too? Obviously we no longer live in a racist society, now that black people can love Hitler, and Trump owns his very own black friend who he invites to Thanksgiving dinner along with his Neo-Nazi White Supremacist friend. The Great American Melting Pot.
- PathOfEclipse 4y ago
  Yeah, I'm not going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you have terrible reading comprehension. You're probably just a very dishonest person. In my comment, I said "[racism] is something we can always improve on", and you framed it as "Riiiiight, because racism doesn't exist any more." I don't know how to paint it more clearly that you're either very dishonest or not a careful reader. > And then you went on to demonize your opponent No. More incredible dishonesty from you. > Now that America's racism problem has been solved More dishonesty from you. > by linking to the writings of Thomas Sowell, who has literally claimed that Black Americans were better off during slavery than they are today Wow you're incredibly dishonest. > has defended Trump against charges of racism? Trump is many bad things, but racist is not one of them. But, you're behaving so dishonestly, I would guess you probably even know that already. > The Great American Melting Pot. Race relations got significantly worse under Obama. It turns out, when you put people in power who are race grifters, they'll actually fracture society through their demagoguing. That's what leftists have been doing for decades now. The melting pot may fail, and it's through deliberate action from people probably a lot like you.
  - DonHopkins 4y ago
    >Trump is many bad things, but racist is not one of them. Racists always defend other racists. Thank you for showing your true colors and proving my point beyond a doubt.
    - PathOfEclipse 4y ago
      > Racists always defend other racists. Where you do make up this garbage? > Thank you for showing your true colors and proving my point beyond a doubt I hope you become a better person someday. You're capable of so much more.
kalleboo 4y ago
> not as a human, but as a demon Qanon right-wingers view "the other side" as literal, baby-eating, satan-worshipping demons. You had Alex Jones saying that Obama and Hillary "reek of sulphur".
- PathOfEclipse 4y ago
  I don't know anything about Alex Jones other than that he is on the fringe. People on the fringe can mostly be ignored unless they become dangerous, and they do so be acquiring significant power and influence. The difference between the extreme right and the extreme left is that the former has virtually no political, cultural, or other power in our society, while the latter is ascendant and yields vast amounts of power today. The comparison is not remotely apples to apples. The extreme left is the greatest existential threat to our society today. The extreme right is a joke.
- PathOfEclipse 4y ago
  I don't know anything about Alex Jones other than that he is on the fringe. People on the fringe can mostly be ignored unless they become dangerous, and they do so be acquiring significant power and influence. The difference between the extreme right and the extreme left is that the former has virtually no political, cultural, or other power in our society, while the latter is ascendant and yields vast amounts of power today. Hillary Clinton called middle America the "basket of deplorables" and "racist", "sexist", "homophobic" "xenophobic", "Islamophobic." Hillary is not on the fringe. She has ties to some of the most powerful people in the world! She almost become the President of the United states. And, her opinion is frankly mainstream in the Democrat party. Alex Jones's opinion, however, is shared by no one with power or influence. He really is on the fringe. The comparison is not remotely apples to apples. The extreme left is the greatest existential threat to our society today. The extreme right is a joke.
  - DonHopkins 4y ago
    Do you really have to lie so transparently? You're not fooling anyone that you don't know anything about Alex Jones, because we all know you haven't been living under a rock for the past 10 years, because you are parroting so many current talking points that there is no way you never heard anything from or about Alex Jones. You sound exactly like Trump trying to deny he knew anything about the latest White Supremacists he retweeted or invited to Thanksgiving dinner. Everybody knows he's lying when he denies knowing somebody like that, and everybody knows you're lying too. We all certainly know you're lying you when you claim that despite not knowing anything about Alex Jones, you just happen to know that nobody takes him seriously. How can you not know anything about him, yet know who takes him seriously and not? You certainly do know who takes him seriously and embraces him, and that includes you, despite your denials, and Donald Trump, who has given Jones interviews, invited Jones to speak at his rallies, and praised him with flattery like "Your reputation is amazing". Trump even invited Alex Jones to BROADCAST FROM INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. That proves you're totally full of shit about nobody taking Jones seriously, and you know it. So stop feigning ignorance and pretending that everyone doesn't know you're lying through your teeth. If you don't want people to know you embrace and take Alex Jones seriously, then stop parroting him and spreading his lies and covering for him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/05/alex-jones-sandy-hook-trump-rogan/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/05/alex-jones-... How Alex Jones was embraced by Trump, Rogan years after Sandy Hook lies In roughly 10 years since he declared the deadliest elementary school shooting in U.S. history to be a “giant hoax,” Infowars founder Alex Jones has been denounced and de-platformed by tech giants such as Facebook, YouTube and Spotify, and faced significant financial blows. The latest came Thursday when a jury ruled that Jones had to pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting after he created a “living hell” for the family. But as Jones’s false claims and rants launched him into the national political dialogue, his ascent has arguably been solidified, thanks to Donald Trump and Joe Rogan embracing Jones and endorsing his ideas to online audiences of millions of people in recent years. Jones’s 2015 interview with Trump offered a window into some of the future president’s talking points at his rallies. “Your reputation is amazing,” Trump told Jones at the time. https://secure.everyaction.com/lXhE01dFpUCRA0m31elPww2 https://secure.everyaction.com/lXhE01dFpUCRA0m31elPww2 Tell the White House: Don't welcome Sandy Hook deniers! Alex Jones and his colleagues at Infowars have spent years insulting and dismissing the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School as a “hoax” and the work of “crisis actors.” They’ve propagated conspiracy theories aimed at dismissing the pain of parents who have lost their children. And they’ve pushed other theories which have led to actual incidents of gun violence perpetrated by fanatical listeners and viewers. Any one of those things should be enough to keep Jones and Infowars out of the White House briefing room. Together, they are unimpeachable evidence that they don’t belong. But Donald Trump’s White House press office still issued them a pass, legitimizing the offensive and frankly dangerous rhetoric Infowars spreads. And on Monday, Infowars broadcast from inside the White House. Join us in calling on the White House to deny any future applications made by Infowars for press passes and credentials which would allow them access to the White House. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/alex-jones-jan-6-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/alex-jones-ja... Alex Jones and Donald Trump: A Fateful Alliance Draws Scrutiny The Infowars host tormented Sandy Hook families and helped elect President Donald J. Trump. His role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is now of growing interest to congressional investigators. Alex Jones speaking on the East Front of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as rioters breached the building. WASHINGTON — The day President Donald J. Trump urged his supporters to “be there, will be wild!” at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Alex Jones spread the message to millions. “This is the most important call to action on domestic soil since Paul Revere and his ride in 1776,” Mr. Jones, the Infowars broadcaster, said on his Dec. 19, 2020, show, which airs live online and on a network of radio stations. Mr. Jones, whose lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting fueled years of threats against the 26 victims’ families, urged his listeners to take action. A little more than two weeks later, Mr. Jones joined his followers at the Capitol as a behind-the-scenes organizer — a crucial role in the riot that is under increasing scrutiny by congressional investigators.

DonHopkins 4y ago

Riiiiight, because racism doesn't exist any more, now that we've had a black president (even though he was born in Kenya, as our orange president went to so much effort and expense to made sure everyone believes). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34681403 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34681403 >"America is one of the least racist places overall in recorded history." -PathOfEclipse And then you went on to demonize your opponent (without even having your own facts straight), which is just fine for you to do apparently, just nobody else: >"It is still a very evil thing to defame someone with such a horrible accusation when you couldn't even be bothered to take two minutes to get your facts straight! ... which is even more evil ... significant evil in my book ..." -PathOfEclipse Now that America's racism problem has been solved, is that why you put so much time and energy and commitment into fighting so hard against reverse racism, by linking to the writings of Thomas Sowell, who has literally claimed that Black Americans were better off during slavery than they are today, and has defended Trump against charges of racism? Are you also a huge Kanye fan, too? Obviously we no longer live in a racist society, now that black people can love Hitler, and Trump owns his very own black friend who he invites to Thanksgiving dinner along with his Neo-Nazi White Supremacist friend. The Great American Melting Pot.

PathOfEclipse 4y ago
Yeah, I'm not going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you have terrible reading comprehension. You're probably just a very dishonest person. In my comment, I said "[racism] is something we can always improve on", and you framed it as "Riiiiight, because racism doesn't exist any more." I don't know how to paint it more clearly that you're either very dishonest or not a careful reader. > And then you went on to demonize your opponent No. More incredible dishonesty from you. > Now that America's racism problem has been solved More dishonesty from you. > by linking to the writings of Thomas Sowell, who has literally claimed that Black Americans were better off during slavery than they are today Wow you're incredibly dishonest. > has defended Trump against charges of racism? Trump is many bad things, but racist is not one of them. But, you're behaving so dishonestly, I would guess you probably even know that already. > The Great American Melting Pot. Race relations got significantly worse under Obama. It turns out, when you put people in power who are race grifters, they'll actually fracture society through their demagoguing. That's what leftists have been doing for decades now. The melting pot may fail, and it's through deliberate action from people probably a lot like you.
- DonHopkins 4y ago
  >Trump is many bad things, but racist is not one of them. Racists always defend other racists. Thank you for showing your true colors and proving my point beyond a doubt.
  - PathOfEclipse 4y ago
    > Racists always defend other racists. Where you do make up this garbage? > Thank you for showing your true colors and proving my point beyond a doubt I hope you become a better person someday. You're capable of so much more.

kalleboo 4y ago

> not as a human, but as a demon Qanon right-wingers view "the other side" as literal, baby-eating, satan-worshipping demons. You had Alex Jones saying that Obama and Hillary "reek of sulphur".

PathOfEclipse 4y ago
I don't know anything about Alex Jones other than that he is on the fringe. People on the fringe can mostly be ignored unless they become dangerous, and they do so be acquiring significant power and influence. The difference between the extreme right and the extreme left is that the former has virtually no political, cultural, or other power in our society, while the latter is ascendant and yields vast amounts of power today. The comparison is not remotely apples to apples. The extreme left is the greatest existential threat to our society today. The extreme right is a joke.
PathOfEclipse 4y ago
I don't know anything about Alex Jones other than that he is on the fringe. People on the fringe can mostly be ignored unless they become dangerous, and they do so be acquiring significant power and influence. The difference between the extreme right and the extreme left is that the former has virtually no political, cultural, or other power in our society, while the latter is ascendant and yields vast amounts of power today. Hillary Clinton called middle America the "basket of deplorables" and "racist", "sexist", "homophobic" "xenophobic", "Islamophobic." Hillary is not on the fringe. She has ties to some of the most powerful people in the world! She almost become the President of the United states. And, her opinion is frankly mainstream in the Democrat party. Alex Jones's opinion, however, is shared by no one with power or influence. He really is on the fringe. The comparison is not remotely apples to apples. The extreme left is the greatest existential threat to our society today. The extreme right is a joke.
- DonHopkins 4y ago
  Do you really have to lie so transparently? You're not fooling anyone that you don't know anything about Alex Jones, because we all know you haven't been living under a rock for the past 10 years, because you are parroting so many current talking points that there is no way you never heard anything from or about Alex Jones. You sound exactly like Trump trying to deny he knew anything about the latest White Supremacists he retweeted or invited to Thanksgiving dinner. Everybody knows he's lying when he denies knowing somebody like that, and everybody knows you're lying too. We all certainly know you're lying you when you claim that despite not knowing anything about Alex Jones, you just happen to know that nobody takes him seriously. How can you not know anything about him, yet know who takes him seriously and not? You certainly do know who takes him seriously and embraces him, and that includes you, despite your denials, and Donald Trump, who has given Jones interviews, invited Jones to speak at his rallies, and praised him with flattery like "Your reputation is amazing". Trump even invited Alex Jones to BROADCAST FROM INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. That proves you're totally full of shit about nobody taking Jones seriously, and you know it. So stop feigning ignorance and pretending that everyone doesn't know you're lying through your teeth. If you don't want people to know you embrace and take Alex Jones seriously, then stop parroting him and spreading his lies and covering for him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/05/alex-jones-sandy-hook-trump-rogan/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/05/alex-jones-... How Alex Jones was embraced by Trump, Rogan years after Sandy Hook lies In roughly 10 years since he declared the deadliest elementary school shooting in U.S. history to be a “giant hoax,” Infowars founder Alex Jones has been denounced and de-platformed by tech giants such as Facebook, YouTube and Spotify, and faced significant financial blows. The latest came Thursday when a jury ruled that Jones had to pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting after he created a “living hell” for the family. But as Jones’s false claims and rants launched him into the national political dialogue, his ascent has arguably been solidified, thanks to Donald Trump and Joe Rogan embracing Jones and endorsing his ideas to online audiences of millions of people in recent years. Jones’s 2015 interview with Trump offered a window into some of the future president’s talking points at his rallies. “Your reputation is amazing,” Trump told Jones at the time. https://secure.everyaction.com/lXhE01dFpUCRA0m31elPww2 https://secure.everyaction.com/lXhE01dFpUCRA0m31elPww2 Tell the White House: Don't welcome Sandy Hook deniers! Alex Jones and his colleagues at Infowars have spent years insulting and dismissing the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School as a “hoax” and the work of “crisis actors.” They’ve propagated conspiracy theories aimed at dismissing the pain of parents who have lost their children. And they’ve pushed other theories which have led to actual incidents of gun violence perpetrated by fanatical listeners and viewers. Any one of those things should be enough to keep Jones and Infowars out of the White House briefing room. Together, they are unimpeachable evidence that they don’t belong. But Donald Trump’s White House press office still issued them a pass, legitimizing the offensive and frankly dangerous rhetoric Infowars spreads. And on Monday, Infowars broadcast from inside the White House. Join us in calling on the White House to deny any future applications made by Infowars for press passes and credentials which would allow them access to the White House. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/alex-jones-jan-6-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/alex-jones-ja... Alex Jones and Donald Trump: A Fateful Alliance Draws Scrutiny The Infowars host tormented Sandy Hook families and helped elect President Donald J. Trump. His role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is now of growing interest to congressional investigators. Alex Jones speaking on the East Front of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as rioters breached the building. WASHINGTON — The day President Donald J. Trump urged his supporters to “be there, will be wild!” at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Alex Jones spread the message to millions. “This is the most important call to action on domestic soil since Paul Revere and his ride in 1776,” Mr. Jones, the Infowars broadcaster, said on his Dec. 19, 2020, show, which airs live online and on a network of radio stations. Mr. Jones, whose lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting fueled years of threats against the 26 victims’ families, urged his listeners to take action. A little more than two weeks later, Mr. Jones joined his followers at the Capitol as a behind-the-scenes organizer — a crucial role in the riot that is under increasing scrutiny by congressional investigators.