Unrepentant Baguette Merchant
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What the hell is this shit?
EDIT: Nice, it's a quote from a neo-Nazi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Serrano
Can someone please get this garbage off HN and back to 4chan where it belongs?
In contemporary American discourse a word like "racism" has as much connection to phenomena in the real world as "Trotskyite" had in Russia under Stalin. So if someone says "You're a racist!" and you respond "I'm not a racist because X and Y and Z" you have already lost because you have implicitly conceded that there is this thing out there called "racism" which is really big and bad and scary, and one that your enemies get to define for you. And it doesn't matter that your X or Y or Z may be absolutely correct. You still lose by dignifying the accusation e.g. ("I am not part of the Trotskyite conspiracy!"). The entire thing is transparently preposterous and should be responded to appropriately, with laughter and derision.
And let's face it, we are so eager to say "I'm not a racist!" because we're afraid of what will happen to us if we don't. And people can smell fear, and it's unattractive. Be not afraid!
But I admire his cavalier way of being. I'd have a drink with him, even if I had to keep my dogs out of sight.
Huzzah! I say.