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You're missing the entire point. It is a clown world where Black Lives Matter (never mind the fact most people killed by cops are white), but saying it's okay t

by yucky 4y ago

You're missing the entire point. It is a clown world where Black Lives Matter (never mind the fact most people killed by cops are white), but saying it's okay to be white is somehow offensive. The entire absurdity of that is why it works as a troll. Nobody should be offended by that statement, and yet...

roflyear 4y ago
Anything can be offensive if you set it up right. Same with all lives matter. Idk what the issue with black lives matter is. You finding that term offensive speaks a lot to me and this conversation
- yucky 4y ago
  You just said any term can be offensive and then said you don't know how BLM could be offensive. Most people killed by cops every year are white. Black Lives Matter presumes this is a black only or primarily a black issue. It's deeply offensive to the families and friends and communities of the majority of victims since they don't happen to be black.
ModernMech 4y ago
What differentiates a white person from a white supremacist, is that when a white person says "it's okay to be white", they mean just that. But when a white supremacist says the same thing, they mean "its only okay to be white". That's their whole deal. If you understand that white supremacists often say this exact phrase to mean exactly that sentiment, you might understand someone asking you "is it okay to be white?" to really be asking "do you agree with this pillar of white supremacist philosophy?" To which "no" is an appropriate response. Hence the poll is meaningless, because "yes" is the appropriate response if you don't understand the context. In fact "I'm not sure" is the best answer here. End result is, we can interpret the poll any way we want, so if you're interpreting as "avoid all black people" I think that says more about you than the results of the poll says about black people.
- yucky 4y ago
  > But when a white supremacist says the same thing, they mean "its only okay to be white". Gonna need a source on that.

by yucky 4y ago

roflyear 4y ago

Anything can be offensive if you set it up right. Same with all lives matter. Idk what the issue with black lives matter is. You finding that term offensive speaks a lot to me and this conversation

yucky 4y ago
You just said any term can be offensive and then said you don't know how BLM could be offensive. Most people killed by cops every year are white. Black Lives Matter presumes this is a black only or primarily a black issue. It's deeply offensive to the families and friends and communities of the majority of victims since they don't happen to be black.

ModernMech 4y ago

What differentiates a white person from a white supremacist, is that when a white person says "it's okay to be white", they mean just that. But when a white supremacist says the same thing, they mean "its only okay to be white". That's their whole deal. If you understand that white supremacists often say this exact phrase to mean exactly that sentiment, you might understand someone asking you "is it okay to be white?" to really be asking "do you agree with this pillar of white supremacist philosophy?" To which "no" is an appropriate response. Hence the poll is meaningless, because "yes" is the appropriate response if you don't understand the context. In fact "I'm not sure" is the best answer here. End result is, we can interpret the poll any way we want, so if you're interpreting as "avoid all black people" I think that says more about you than the results of the poll says about black people.

yucky 4y ago
> But when a white supremacist says the same thing, they mean "its only okay to be white". Gonna need a source on that.