Comment on Rantz: Seattle students told it's 'white supremacy' to love reading, writing

PizzaMane@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Woah wait a minute, I didn’t see this. It doesn’t say that reading and writing is white supremacy. It doesn’t say that at all.

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  • PizzaMane@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Exactly. But the right still a needs a boogeyman, which is why the above post exists.

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  • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It conflats that its a characteristic of white supremacy.

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    • PizzaMane@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No it does not. It does not say that reading and writing is a characteristic of white supremacy.

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      • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, it conflats it.

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• Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That worksheet looks like it backs up tue article. What do you mean, “cant be honest”?

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  • PizzaMane@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The actually way its worded:

    Worship of the written word (one of nine core traits if white supremacy) = honoring only what is written and even then only what is written to a narrow standard, full of misinformation and lies. An erasure of the wide range of ways we communicate with each other.

    The way the article frames it:

    white supremacy = love of reading and writing

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    • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s obviously trying to conflate the two. Honoring written contracts is not the same as worshiping the written word. If you asked any random person what worshiping the written word was, they’d probably say “loving reading” or “loving writing” or something to that effect. It’s super obvious propaganda.

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      • PizzaMane@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s obviously trying to conflate the two.

        No, it’s not. It’s defining the phrase.

        It is saying:

        • Worship of the written word (The phrase)

        Is defined by:

        • honoring only what is written and even then only what is written to a narrow standard, full of misinformation and lies. An erasure of the wide range of ways we communicate with each other.

        It say nothing about the love of reading or writing, or contracts. And what’s worse is that they are very clearly saying that “worship of the written word” is a characteristic/trait of white supremacy, not white supremacy. So you’re missing (it seems willfully at this point) the meaning of what they are saying.

        If you asked any random person what worshiping the written word was

        If you did that, you’d get a million different answers. And that’s why they defined it:

        • honoring only what is written and even then only what is written to a narrow standard, full of misinformation and lies. An erasure of the wide range of ways we communicate with each other.

        they’d probably say “loving reading” or “loving writing” or something to that effect.

        You’re just pulling this out of you ass.

        It’s super obvious propaganda.

        All you’re doing is making up a meaning that very clearly isn’t there, and then getting upset over your own made up meaning.

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      • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’d think they were talking about the Bible, honestly.

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