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• roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I feel justified but I also feel a bit racist. by Plesiohedron @lemmy.cafe

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  • Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That isn’t an argument.

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    • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There’s no argument to be had, obviously.

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      • Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Then you concede the point and agree that your accusation is baseless.

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• partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Well, your own banned comment said you admit you feel “a bit” racist, so I know you are not asking me to present an argument that you’re racist.

  Are you… asking me to present an argument that racism is wrong?

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  • Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That isn’t an argument.

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    • MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It needn’t be one.

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• muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Here’s an argument if ur gonna make distinctions bases upon race ur racist. Thus race based dei is racist. If race based dei isn’t racist then negative comments based upon race also aren’t racist. To have one without the other is simply doublethink.

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  • barooboodoo@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s kind of amazing to see the mental gymnastics racists do to compare racism to DEI. The human brain works in some truly mysterious ways.

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    • muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Please explain how dei giving handouts based upon race isn’t racist?

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      • barooboodoo@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Well 1) They’re not handouts and 2) They’re adjusting for the biases shown in those industries previously and are meant to combat the discrimination these people have faced every day of their lives.

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  • MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No. That’s stupid. Very, very stupid. How are races defined without specifying differences between races?

    What makes something racist is unfounded critique of races, not simply references races.

    DISCLAIMER: I do not mean this in the context of OP’s digging at Indians. Without some heavy qualifications that go far beyond anecdote, it’s kinda’ a racist statement…

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    • muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So if the critique is founded then its not racist? U can find a lot of statistics that are true and would get you called an extreme racist if u said em.

      For example is it racist to say that Arabs are more inbred? europepmc.org/article/MED/19811666

      By your logic its also not racist to say that black people in america commit a disproportionate amount of crime crimeresearch.org/…/violent-crime-rates-by-race/

      These claims are founded in science and fact so therefore not racist right?

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      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You seem to be completely forgetting that my point was that they should not be used to disparage an entire race, like pit bulls. You are on my side but you don’t even realize it…

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  • Plesiohedron@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    An argument goes : “it’s racist because…”

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    • muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Making distinctions/different rules/different judgements bases upon race and not the content of ones character is racist.

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