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Have you considered an anonymous account? You should know that what you've said is considered totally racist these days and you'll have to write an article lik
by hoopd 11y ago
Have you considered an anonymous account?
You should know that what you've said is considered totally racist these days and you'll have to write an article like the one you just criticized if you ever want to clear your name.
- andrewmcwatters 11y agoYeah, if you associate with idiots. Hey check out my username, it's my actual name, too!
- animefan 11y agoWhich parts of that post were so extreme that it would be wiser to say then anonymously, in your view? The fact that so called "racists" are unable to freely[0] express even a moderate opposition to the mainstream narrative on racism, is the best proof that this narrative is at best incomplete. [0] e.g. without fear of losing ones job.
- hoopd 11y agoI don't think any of it's extreme, it's just an opinion. Still he might not want it coming up when a hiring manager googles his name 5-10 years down the road. If HN let us delete our names and/or comments it would be different.
- animefan 11y agoI guess part of my point was that when your post implies some implicit threat, you should be clear on whether you are merely warning of this threat or whether you think it's a good thing. Otherwise you might end to inadvertently supporting a system you don't intend to.
- brightshadow 11y agoI'm not sure if this response is serious or not, but it's this kind of thinking that makes me lament the loss of reasonable discourse in this country.
- rmxt 11y ago"Reasonable discourse" doesn't start with denying that racism exists in the United States, as the grandparent post does. "We have a black president so we can't be racist" is a pretty damn tired trope. I think people should be able to speak freely, but I won't lament systemic racism's demise.
- ebfe 11y ago>"Reasonable discourse" doesn't start with denying that racism exists in the United States. Would you mind quoting the part of his post where he says that racism doesn't exist?
- rmxt 11y agoLet me rephrase: the original post denies that racism exists and/or plays a significant role in some very serious recent events, such as police interaction with members of minority communities and resultant citizen deaths, police interaction during routine traffic stops, and racially motivated mass shootings. Also, they off-handedly dismiss the experiential evidence of others while tooting their own horn about their experiences during police encounters.
- Nadya 11y agoEverything seems large when viewed under a microscope.
- rmxt 11y agoI'm guessing this is a criticism? Well, it's a faulty one: much like scientists deepened the field of biology by looking both under a microscope and at the macro-scale (population studies, etc.), we can improve society for all people involved by both looking at micro-interactions (individual traffic stops) and macro-interactions (social forces and policies).
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