re: A question about stereotyping and white supremacy

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Let's get back to treating people as individuals, not tribes.

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we killed reasoned discourse.

1.) We no longer see ideas as ideas, or speech as speech. Ideas are oppression, speech is violence. The left created this.

3.) We created an environment where political ideas aren't just wrong, they are evil. They can't be debated, they must be crushed without any discourse. The right did this.

4.) When dealing with strangers and opponents in conversation, we have taken to attributing the worst possible meaning to any ambiguous statement. It used to be the norm to give the best or safest meaning, but that all changed. . .making rational discourse on any contentious topic impossible.

5.) If they disagree with you, they are a Nazi, Commie, White Supremacist, SJW, racist, whatevs

4 & 5 were done by both sides, equally.

Without discourse, all that is left is violence. This needs to be fixed.

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.) When dealing with strangers and opponents in conversation, we have taken to attributing the worst possible meaning to any ambiguous statement. It used to be the norm to give the best or safest meaning, but that all changed. . .making rational discourse on any contentious topic impossible.

5.) If they disagree with you, they are a Nazi, Commie, White Supremacist, SJW, racist, whatevs

4 & 5 were done by both sides, equally.

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Ummmmm, no.

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Some white people in history have done some terrible things and some white people in the present have said and done some terrible things = all white people need to apologize and all white people have in some way contributed to racism. Even if you've never done anything wrong as a white person you must apologize and accept responsibility.

Some Muslims/ illegal immigrants in history have done terrible things and some Muslims/ illegal immigrants in the present have said and done some terrible things = we need to be understanding and be careful not to lump all Muslims/ illegal immigrants together because they're all individuals and not responsible for the actions of their group. Even if you're a Muslim/illegal immigrants criminal your crimes should be hidden and you can escape the law in order to make sure you're protected.

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Was contemplating this very idea just this morning - again.

When a muslim crashes a plane into the WTC and kills 3000 people, or lines up christians and beheads them, or assassinates a night club, blows up a train, etc, the first thing out of the mouths of DEMOCRATs is = don't judge all muslims by the acts of a few, religion of peace, etc etc

When some lone white person goes off the rails and kills a dozen people in a church, or 50 muslims in a mosque, etc then it is all our war on the totality of Western Civilization = all white men are culpable, evil tenets of Judeo/Christian ethics.

This whole era since Obama tenure has magnified these nascent elements in the left-wing socialist DEMOCRAT party and nurtured it into multi-headed monster that is laying waste to the whole cultural tapestry of the USA (or what it was meant to be).

I have long since lost any sympathy for the ignorance of DEMOCRAT supporters - they almost have to be sub-human in mental/moral constitution to even tolerate that level of stupidity to exist in their midst.

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There is a large gap between a social program that benefits the populace and government controlling every business.

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'a' social program? The US has thousands of social programs. New ones are added every year. It's like the increasing acreage of land that's been federalized since 1800. Eventually all land will belong to govt.

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Still...in the name of science, definitions and research would be quite helpful. I prefer not to deal In conjecture.

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Out with it, then.

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If you think that the right is using rhetorical tools as often, or as effectively as the left, you haven't been paying attention.

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That hat tho