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Umm, what??? That's pointless...
Valdís:
--- Quote from: LeeC on 16 Sep 2013, 08:20 ---and not actually meaning it.
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~Intent is magic~
I don't give a shit about them personally or their intentions, they still perpetuate very harmful ideas. Also most people like that, with such an utter disregard of that fact, actually are racist/transphobic/homophobic/etc. on some level; it's just not something they're very open about.
Papersatan:
If someone thinks it is ok to "just say stuff like that" as a joke, or to get a rise out of people, you are racist as fuck and people are right to call you on it.
"I didn't mean it, look how upset you got, haha" is a weak ass defense and if you buy it you are a moron. Why, in a country where people are still beaten , shot, not offered jobs, not offered housing , and stopped and searched based on the color of their skin, would it be ok to try an get a rise out of people by 'pretending' to be racist?
The only people I know who could think that was ok to do, or to tolerate, are people who are racists and think that racism is "not a real problem". Why would it being trolling, or hyperbole make it any less terrible? How would that make it less racist? What that reads like to me is "oh, it's not so bad, these are people who wouldn't admit they were racist in real life." Those are the worst kind of racists, because they get put in charge of things that matter. At least when someone is a KKK wizard he isn't (usually) going to be made police chief, or a TSA guard, or a teacher.
Valdís:
Indeed. They wear hoods for a reason; even in those far more racist days when they were powerful.
LeeC:
I disagree, but I am not here to argue that. That is more a pointful(?) post than a pointless one.
Papersatan:
Well, apparently it remains pointless to try to convince white moderates that racism still exists and is harmful, and that it is not ok just just give people a pass because they are "otherwise nice people" and "didn't mean it like that" and "things are not so bad, and pointing out all this racism just makes there be conflict"
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