> People go along with this kind of BS because they are afraid of being labeled as racist
Do you actually know anyone for whom this is true? Afraid of being labeled racist? If you're not racist that strikes me as a crazy thing to obsess over.
Do you actually know anyone for whom this is true? Afraid of being labeled racist? If you're not racist that strikes me as a crazy thing to obsess over.
Basically (almost) everyone in every class I've ever been in, in every school I ever went to, in every province I ever lived in here in Canada.
And they are now adults.
No one who is not racist likes being called racist, and will stoop to all sorts of levels below themselves to somehow prop themselves up as holier than thou.
Do you actually know anyone for whom this is true? Afraid of being labeled communist? If you're not communist that strikes me as a crazy thing to obsess over.
See what I did there? These were legitimate fears during the Red Scare. We're similarly in another moral panic, and a lot of these terrible situations are resurrecting.
Back in the 70's did men go around making sure everyone knew they were straight? Some did I suppose, but it was probably kind of sad or embarrassing.