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-isms of all kind are powerful. But the most powerful are those that give the believer a distant group of people for them to blame for all their troubles, which
by shermantanktop 16d ago
-isms of all kind are powerful. But the most powerful are those that give the believer a distant group of people for them to blame for all their troubles, which are often self-inflicted.
- anonymous_user9 16d agoAre you saying that calling people racist is the worst bigotry?
- mitxela 16d agono they're agreeing racism is bad
- zmgsabst 16d ago[flagged]
- bix6 16d agoPretty fascinating dem vs rep split. Dems say everyone experiences racism. Reps say white people experience it. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/views-of-how-much-discrimination-racial-and-ethnic-groups-in-the-u-s-face/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/views-of-how...
- zmgsabst 16d agoWe must be reading different charts — the only one I can see has consistent numbers among Republicans (50%) but high numbers for Democrats (90%) except for Whites (20%). So your characterization is completely wrong: Republicans mildly think everybody does, while Democrats deny white people do.
- bix6 16d agoWe must be on different planets since America and its institutions are majority white. > 94% of Democrats say Black people face at least some discrimination, compared with 54% of Republicans. 90% of Democrats say the same about Hispanic people, compared with 54% of Republicans. 83% of Democrats say Asian people face widespread discrimination, versus 51% of Republicans. By contrast, Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to say that White people face at least some discrimination (55% vs. 21%).
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- solid_fuel 16d ago> False accusations of racism (and similar moral slander) is the first step in dehumanizing an outgroup. Accurately describing the racism that motivates the politics and actions of a group is the first step in addressing the way they dehumanize their opponents.
- maxerickson 16d agoMore likely something like describing Trumpism.
- shermantanktop 16d agoI guess people are reading a lot into what I said. If the shoe fits, yadda yadda. Others pointed out the meta, which is that if you want -ism to hate some people, a good way to do that is to say that their -ism hates you. I suppose that could be extended to third or fourth levels of meta.