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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > The Culture War: Dreams of a Better World
 
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Dead Reckoning
Sep 13, 2011

stone cold posted:

okay, just pulling from your rap sheet

this is pretty racist

also, victim blaming POC's for the election is pretty fuckin racist

Is this enough evidentiary support for you?

I'm not really seeing how "these practices are having negative effects and ought to be changed" is the same thing as saying that one race is inferior to another.

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Dead Reckoning
Sep 13, 2011

Ytlaya posted:

"Thinking one race is inferior to another" is not the only form racism can take. Stuff like stereotypes (including positive ones), holding opinions that have racist results in practice (for example people who want to gut welfare) or even just being apathetic towards racial discrimination would also fall under the banner.
Most people understand racism to be prejudice, discrimination, or antipathy towards a person or group based on their race. If you're trying to redefine it as "supporting anything that might have a disparate impact on non-whites" and "not caring about racism (as I define it) to the extent I think you should", you're redefining the term into uselessness. (Especially since the nature of wealth and society means that "has a disparate impact on non-whites" covers just about everything in one way or another.) Using the exact same word to describe "not being in favor of affirmative action" and "saying black people should go back to Africa", and treating them as morally equivalent, is exactly the sort of messaging problem we're talking about.

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Dead Reckoning
Sep 13, 2011

Jack Gladney posted:

You believe that it is unethical to pay higher insurance rates to keep diabetics alive? Your idea of a just world is one where you save a thousand dollars a year and people with preexisting conditions die?

On the left is obviously only concerned about how the issue affects him personally, but it's disingenuous to appeal to some sort of universal right to healthcare irrespective of expense, because even a national insurance scheme would have to be somehow fenced, whether that be by residency requirements, immigration policy, limits on coverage, etc.

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Sep 13, 2011
 No, no, this is good, this is healthy. Once we define everyone who disagrees with us as a Republican, or at least Right Wing, then all we have to do is make sure Republicans never gain political power.

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