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> don't expect much sympathy, feels like saying "The war out there is hurting my ears." Portraying your enemy as privileged and without legitimate concerns and

> don't expect much sympathy, feels like saying "The war out there is hurting my ears." Portraying your enemy as privileged and without legitimate concerns and denying them sympathy, as you have done, is a key element of the attack against them. But consider his example of "all lives matter" [1], or perhaps "it's okay to be white" - the mildest possible expressions of white self-advocacy, have been reframed as hate [2]. When the mildest, most inoffensive defense you can put into words is ripped from you using a targeted hyperstitious cascade, so their Radio Rwanda [3] can continue unopposed, you should worry. The war isn't "out there" - it's on your doorstep. [1] Even looking only at police killings, per homicide committed (not per capita), more whites are killed by police than blacks, so it is a valid concern. [2] https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/stop-white-hate-sign-bellingham-high-school/ https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/stop-white-hate-sign-bel... [3] https://www.newsweek.com/help-me-hate-white-people-entry-bestselling-prayer-book-stokes-controversy-1582043 https://www.newsweek.com/help-me-hate-white-people-entry-bes...

zug_zug 3y ago
> Portraying your enemy as ... Enemy...? Take a breather my dude.
plorkyeran 3y ago
Neither of those were reframed as hate. "It's Okay To Be White" was a slogan 4chan developed with the specific intent of being the most innocent sounding white suprematist slogan possible. ALM was occasionally said with innocent intentions, but again the origin of the phrase was an attempt at discrediting the claim made by BLM that people did not care when black people die. I also have no idea how the author can claim with a straight face that forty years ago having a Confederate flag wasn't making a statement about race.
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        You're leaning 100% into prescriptivism, taking the literal meaning of "It's Okay To be White". The vast majority of far-right slogans are innocuous on a surface reading. The most famous of all - the 14 words - are completely inoffensive if you ignore how they're used. This is quite basic knowledge for how the far right operates, and so you're either deliberately concern trolling, or you're genuinely ignorant (in which case why are you so sure of your opinions?)
        SenAnder 3y ago
        I see. So the phrases are not themselves racist, just through their association with the far-right. (Where exposing media hostility to extremely mild pro-white statements counts as racist and far-right) So which mildly pro-white phrases aren't racist, then?
        barneygale 3y ago
        > So the phrases are not themselves racist, They /are/ racist. You can read about any of them on wikipedia, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words
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zug_zug 3y ago

> Portraying your enemy as ... Enemy...? Take a breather my dude.

plorkyeran 3y ago

Neither of those were reframed as hate. "It's Okay To Be White" was a slogan 4chan developed with the specific intent of being the most innocent sounding white suprematist slogan possible. ALM was occasionally said with innocent intentions, but again the origin of the phrase was an attempt at discrediting the claim made by BLM that people did not care when black people die. I also have no idea how the author can claim with a straight face that forty years ago having a Confederate flag wasn't making a statement about race.

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      You're leaning 100% into prescriptivism, taking the literal meaning of "It's Okay To be White". The vast majority of far-right slogans are innocuous on a surface reading. The most famous of all - the 14 words - are completely inoffensive if you ignore how they're used. This is quite basic knowledge for how the far right operates, and so you're either deliberately concern trolling, or you're genuinely ignorant (in which case why are you so sure of your opinions?)
      - SenAnder 3y ago
        I see. So the phrases are not themselves racist, just through their association with the far-right. (Where exposing media hostility to extremely mild pro-white statements counts as racist and far-right) So which mildly pro-white phrases aren't racist, then?
        barneygale 3y ago
        > So the phrases are not themselves racist, They /are/ racist. You can read about any of them on wikipedia, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words
        SenAnder 3y ago

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