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To get a bit off-topic...
R.E. "It's okay to be white": I think this slogan is the perfect example of effective propaganda. Out of context, at face value, it appears mundane and uncontestable. But in context it holds a wildly different meaning. I definitely saw members of my family fall for this exact trap. Retired parents spending too much time watching "news" aren't so different from terminally online incels.
Important because it should remind us that when we think people are acting wildly obtuse that we should question if we are missing something. Seems like the best way to combat getting caught in those echo chambers and identify propaganda. I think we're getting so used to crazy (rather, the perception that others are crazy) that we aren't setting off these "alarms", where we would if we were talking about "real people". IDK what it says about how we view one another, but I think it is concerning.
It's so effective because negative polarization is so powerful. People see something that makes them mad on the internet and then make it their whole mission in life to fight it. That slogan was designed to bait people into saying "it's not OK to be white", which is obviously absurd and guaranteed to cause white people to get angry and say racist things in response. Magnifying the Internet race war that they want to break out.
I don't understand what you mean. Political ideologies are real, most people aren't crazy or duped by propaganda. They aren't just haplessly regurgitating 'white lives matter', it's a slogan that aligns with their beliefs, we should take that seriously and not pretend like 'they just don't know what it actually means'.
This goes for all of us. Some people do a worse and some a better job of separating out the truth from the manipulation, but everyone is susceptible to some degree.
Except the focus on black americans, being most of his life in europe he mostly hates the gypsys and serbians.
But no worries, he's older than Biden and he'll be gone soon and we can make the world what we want it to be.
And boy were they right about that. Nobody on earth is easier to bait than journalists.
It would help if the mainstream culture admitted that racism against white people exists too, and that it is unacceptable, as every other form of racism is.
Saying "it's okay to be white" is innocent statement only if you ignore any societal context around it.
And I’d argue the consequences aren’t that different. If someone is passed over for a job, pulled over by cops, denied the ability to purchase a house, those all have equal levels of consequence for the person on the receiving end.
I think the statement as art was brilliant. It forced those who play lip service to “all men are created equal” to put themselves and try to explain why a rather uncontroversial statement was so controversial. It was wild seeing them twist themselves into a knot trying to explain why it was so bad.
This is wrong. (Systemic) racism (still) exists. Someone who has natural advantages in society (white men) does not suffer the same consequences of the events you listed:
- "passed over for a job" Jobs are easier to get for white people in the US, no? - "pulled over by cops" really? - "denied the ability to purchase a house" redlining has denied a lot of wealth to black families in the US
> those all have equal levels of consequence for the person on the receiving end.
So, this is not true.
Whether I punch you once or twice in the face, it’s still bad, so both are against the law.
What you’re saying is “its ok to punch someone in the face once because it’s not as bad as punching them in the face twice”
Clearly an absurd position.
White men no longer have natural advantages. As a matter of fact the Supreme Court agreed that White and Asian males are now at a natural disadvantage.
Example:
Participants across experiments were twenty five more likely to shoot unarmed White suspects than unarmed Black or Hispanic suspects, and were more likely to fail to shoot armed Black suspects than armed White or Hispanic suspects
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/results-...
"More than a third of white students lie about their race on college applications, survey finds"
https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/57...
Instead of trying to tally up the racism against each group to decide which group is more victimized, all forms of racism should be abolished.
So you support impeaching Trump, then?