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So it sounds like you think the ends justify the means, if the lie is benign enough, journalists should be encouraged to do so if for the right reasons? I wasn

So it sounds like you think the ends justify the means, if the lie is benign enough, journalists should be encouraged to do so if for the right reasons? I wasn't defending the tweet, I was pointing out there's not a connection to the 'replacement theory'. It's bullshit. It's a fake connection.

mindslight 3y ago
I don't know how you got "the ends justify the means" from my comment. I basically said they're a broken clock, but on this occasion at least they aren't outright wrong. It doesn't seem like a "fake" connection to me, rather just an overly-prescriptive one implying there is some overarching "theory". "Trope" would be a much better term.
catlover76 3y ago
It's about as related to "replacement theory" as a Tweet calling out "the evils of the bourgeoisie" would be to Marxism. I am not sure if you genuinely believe otherwise or think the rest of us are stupid enough that we might entertain doubts about this just because you keep saying it's not the case. Like, I get that "replacement theory" and the related conspiracy theories that led to the Tree of Life Synagogue attack allege an active and ill-intentioned participation on the part of Jews in bringing in minorities, whereas the Tweet in question refers only to its authors perception that most Jews are liberal and woke, and is pointing out that many minorities in that camp are doing or saying things that many Jews interpret as bigoted towards them. But given its blanket assumption about the views of most Jews and is allegation that "Jewish communties have been pushing...dialectical hatred against whites" and its use of the language "hordes of minorities that support flooding their country", I don't see why we should split hairs and refuse to draw some very plausible inferences about this Tweet --namely, that "replacement theory" a) was on the author's mind as he wrote it; b) that he endorses that conspiracy theory; c) that he wrote it knowing that anyone who is familiar with that conspiracy theory would recognize it here. His Tweet is just "replacement theory" with a false mustache and glasses.

mindslight 3y ago

I don't know how you got "the ends justify the means" from my comment. I basically said they're a broken clock, but on this occasion at least they aren't outright wrong. It doesn't seem like a "fake" connection to me, rather just an overly-prescriptive one implying there is some overarching "theory". "Trope" would be a much better term.

catlover76 3y ago

It's about as related to "replacement theory" as a Tweet calling out "the evils of the bourgeoisie" would be to Marxism. I am not sure if you genuinely believe otherwise or think the rest of us are stupid enough that we might entertain doubts about this just because you keep saying it's not the case. Like, I get that "replacement theory" and the related conspiracy theories that led to the Tree of Life Synagogue attack allege an active and ill-intentioned participation on the part of Jews in bringing in minorities, whereas the Tweet in question refers only to its authors perception that most Jews are liberal and woke, and is pointing out that many minorities in that camp are doing or saying things that many Jews interpret as bigoted towards them. But given its blanket assumption about the views of most Jews and is allegation that "Jewish communties have been pushing...dialectical hatred against whites" and its use of the language "hordes of minorities that support flooding their country", I don't see why we should split hairs and refuse to draw some very plausible inferences about this Tweet --namely, that "replacement theory" a) was on the author's mind as he wrote it; b) that he endorses that conspiracy theory; c) that he wrote it knowing that anyone who is familiar with that conspiracy theory would recognize it here. His Tweet is just "replacement theory" with a false mustache and glasses.