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Post by guerrilla » Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 12:07 PM UTC

hdjjhhvvhga wrote: post #49

freen wrote: post #43

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Ah, yes, at all costs, we mustn’t make white dudes feel uncomfortable. That would be a disaster! They’ve only been running things since the outset of our country, and literally using the force of law and violence to guarantee their social dominance for generations. If we point that out, and how injustice in the past impacts the present, white dudes will feel bad , and that’s intolerable. Edit: I am a white dude. And…

You have no idea how strange your comment sounds in some countries outside of the USA.

Post by guerrilla » Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 12:10 PM UTC

throwaway960 wrote: post #22

I'll be shot down for this, but Musk and his followers seem to fit the bill here. A supreme leader with otherwordly powers, who can't be criticized (as when people cheered him on after the Unsworth trial), who can cause harm to people with impunity because he can do no wrong, and so on. It's all about him, and he is the only path to breakthrough technology. The Muskovites seem significantly cult-like in this way.

Post by avs733 » Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 1:10 PM UTC

thinkingemote wrote: post #61

freen wrote: post #52

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They aren’t very well hidden: they proudly wave the flag of traitorous slavers. Confederate history month still exists in a bunch of states. Have you seen the nazi flags at trump rallies? Jan 6th?

Almost every group has a theory about the people who are different than them. Sometimes the theory is based on some truths, but it's a theory, and a theory cannot represent the whole truth. Often conspiracy theories as a whole are simplified explanations of reality. There may well be based on actual evidence. They are perversely comforting to hold. To know you are in a chosen group who really knows whats going on, th…

Post by avs733 » Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 1:19 PM UTC

timeon wrote: post #64

skinkestek wrote: post #51

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> White male supremacy is an ideology, not an identity. So where do these have their meetups? Where can I find contemporary writings that explain the superiority of white males?

You forgot to Address your logical error from your previous comment: > You did say that white males where the root of the problem. Are you now moving the goalpost?

Post by skinkestek » Sat, Feb 12, 2022, 1:20 PM UTC

IIAOPSW wrote: post #60

skinkestek wrote: post #25

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> It always astonishes me the degree to which “don’t be an asshole” is considered a radical position. That is not what wokeism means. Wokeism is about - making boys and men feel shameful for being boys and men - making white people feel shameful for being white - and other such things. What you talk about is not something that any reasonable HNer would call wokeism.

Wow, you ran out of gas by point 3 and went with "other stuff". Talk about shameless.