The question is how we bring that about. Do you really believe that de-platforming straight white males is a way to bring about greater tolerance and understanding? — counterpunch
Its not wrong that if you question the existence of white privilege you get called a racist. That was the point of what you quoted. Your reply simply doesn't address what I said, but that is expected from you. — Harry Hindu
Who and when on these forums have generalized whites by using terms like, "white privilege"? Lots of people in this forum. And when you disagree with them and point out the weak points of their argument, they call you a "racist".
— Harry Hindu
Well either it is advantageous to be white in which case generally white people are privileged in that respect, or racism doesn't manifest itself statistically. Since racism is statistically manifest, it is generally advantageous to be white. — Kenosha Kid
I don't think that above makes him a fascist. Note the "if". — ssu
And note that those that have accused others of a fraud have been the leadership of the US administration itself. — ssu
So is the solution to ban renting? Does that really make a lot of sense? You know that renting out part of the house can also make paying off a mortgage easier. — BitconnectCarlos
The infamous example is that of Lawrence Fox on Question Time - told by a woman in the audience that he couldn't have an opinion on the British Royal family because he's white. — counterpunch
Considering that the role racism played in how tabloids treated Megan had some evidence for it, it shouldn't've been dismissed outright, and certainly not in Fox's hyperbolic and posturing tone. — fdrake
Certainly not by Fox full stop. His privilege goes so far beyond his whiteness that his touted authority on ground level Britain ("the most tolerant lovely country in Europe") is quite ridiculous. I'm quite sure Fox's upbringing was lovely and tolerant. And white as snow. But that says nothing about Britain. — Kenosha Kid
Isn't fairness a zero sum game? How can you make things fairer without increasing the advantages of the disadvantaged and decreasing the advantages of the advantaged? — Luke
Effectively making housing an investment opportunity meant naturally drawing those with capital to snap it up in large quantities and drive up its price. Housing should not be about making money: it's a basic necessity. — Kenosha Kid
But how can our own sense of superiority be damaging?Really, what I have been trying to say in the brief snippets of discussion I have been having with you is that prejudiced hatred arises from projecting on to others. It is not an easy problem to address but our own sense of superiority can be damaging. — Jack Cummins
Yes, but it later comes out that they believe they are superior, even though they are reluctant to openly admit it.With the few comments I have made, you keep directing them back at me. I have awareness that any comment which I make about others has personal significance too. I am aware of that but I would say that I think that many ignore this dimension.
Actually, it seems this is the only viable path for judging/assessing others: to start with the position that one is superior to them. How else is one's judgment/assesment of others supposed to be relevant?I feel that you are going to tell me that I think that I am superior for saying that and I would say, absolutely not.
A psychologist deems himself superior to other people, at least to his patients.It has just been that is the way my own life experiences has led me to think and that I am coming more from a psychological angle than a political one. But I do believe that there is an important dialogue between politics and psychology. The psychological view can benefit from an understanding of the political and the political can gain from a psychological perspective.
This entire racist thing was a political scam like it always is.
— synthesis
I think you are right. There will be white Democrats using the issue as leverage.
Do you think the BLM black supporters are part of that scam? Or do they think they have a real grievance? — Banno
Here's more good news: The gap between the number of blacks and whites in prison is shrinking
But this: Countries with the largest number of prisoners per 100,000 of the national population, as of June 2020
What's that about? Look at your competition, man! — Banno
"The worst thing about your comment is that you are a white privileged male" — fdrake
give me a list of events in which white men were deplatformed for being white men, — fdrake
Considering that the role racism played in how tabloids treated Megan had some evidence for it, it shouldn't've been dismissed outright, and certainly not in Fox's hyperbolic and posturing tone. He head-desked at the very idea that being white in the UK doesn't get you exposed to racism much and thus your perspective may not have a good barometer for racism's presence and extent. — fdrake
The worst part about engaging in good faith with people like yourself is that I actually have to fucking check your sources just in case what you're saying is right. All that to avoid filterbubbling myself. — fdrake
BLM leaders made the strategic decision to focus on black deaths at the hands of the police, who are agents of civil power. — Bitter Crank
There have been many incidents of people wanting to kill and killing the police in the US recently, and I don't think lawmakers would be a bad target for them. That's where the US is now.This is a substitution error. The subject was not people accusing other people of fraud, baseless or otherwise. The subject was violent insurrectionists attacking and killing police with the intent to attack and kill lawmakers. — Kenosha Kid
But what do you have against homeowners building equity in their property and gaining wealth through that? — BitconnectCarlos
Nearly Half Of Democrats Think The 2016 Election Was ‘Rigged’ — counterpunch
Yet I was referring to Trump here. — ssu
How terrible insurrectionists would be those violently protesting the events then? — ssu
The housing market is always going to price out some part of the population, it's just a matter of how big that part it. — BitconnectCarlos
Yet I remember Hillary Clinton accepting the outcome. — ssu
that elections have been manipulated has been a long lasting topic in the US. — ssu
Ok but in a sense it could just always be elitist, it's just a matter of how much elitism we're talking. — BitconnectCarlos
A very telling answer from you.Sorry, do you mean the the insurrectionists who do exist who attempted to overthrow democracy, or some hypothetical insurrectionists who attempt to reinstate it? If the former, very. If the latter, not at all. — Kenosha Kid
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