The other side of the aisle

[DEAD7]

This was posted on the conservative forum I frequent, and I thought I'd share.



Honest question: given the hyperventilation 98% of the population experiences upon the mere thought of racism, can somebody tell me why unqualified racism is bad? I get that the KKK and the Nazis were evil, but they were evil because they harmed and terrorized innocents, not because they did so due to their ethnicity. But why is racism _itself_ so terrible? I get that everyone gets very upset about it and deems it nothing less than the root of all evil and social ills, but they don't ever actually seem to have any rational argument to defend this belief of theirs.

I find it especially ironic especially since the vast majority of them accept some of the premises inherent in the racist world view, viz., that some people are inherently morally and intellectually superior to others.

 

[DEAD7]

I'd post a direct link, but no good could come from that...

 

[WarZoneFH]

The person is an idiot. If some people are morally and intellectually superior, it doesn't discriminate by race. The writer sounds like he just got out of his first college race/sociology/debate class.

 

[NoMayo15]

What is this person's definition of racism, or unqualified racism? Is there something I'm missing here?

 

[DEAD7]

What is this person's definition of racism, or unqualified racism? Is there something I'm missing here?

You're likely thinking of discrimination, not racism... The two are wholly different to cacs, and I think they may technically be correct...

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

I'd post a direct link, but no good could come from that...

Hey man, if you post on FreeRepublic be proud of it,

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

 

[tmonster]

some creatures....

 

[Odyssey]

Sounds like a young EURO CAC who is starting to stare into the abyss and see some uncomfortable things...

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

I like your different views dead7 but you're just trolling with this one.

 

[Serious]

unqualified racism = being prejudice?

@theworldismine13

 

[DEAD7]

Here are the comments that followed...

- Racism is bad only when it is held by white people.

- What if someone walked around declaring their annoyance or dislike of people with green eyes? People would just consider them weird, not the worst person in the world. If he or she harmed green-eyed persons they would decry him as a criminal for murdering innocents, not because of his motives for doing so.

- it's okay to be a white person racist against a particular black person on the basis that that black person is both black and fails to endorse the Democrats. It's okay to be racist in believing that "black people are inherently inferior and could not survive without the guidance of the State."

- Because HITLER

- Seriously, asking why racism is wrong is the easiest way to explode liberal heads. They don't know!

- its the institutionalized heteropatriarchial white male privilege resulting from centuries of exclusively white male dominance. All members of the now exposed white male ruling class share this privilege. The genie is out of the bottle. Most of us will never realize it until we become liberals

- Tell all those little white boys who dream of playing in the NBA that they have every bit as good a chance as anyone else.

- racism itself isn't "wrong", its the discrimination that follows it that is wrong. The two have appeared side by side so many times throughout history, that they are seen as one in the same, and I'd say rightfully so.

- Why is the discrimination that follows it wrong?

- I have no problem with discrimination. NONE.

- I could be wrong Charles, but I took that to refer more to violent acts than discrimination in general.

- Gary, if some bigot wants to deny you employment (at his business), or some bigot wants to refuse you service at (his) Ice Cream joint, who is he harming?

- The perception of racism was not shaped by unfair hiring practices...

- Wow, It does come across as douche/disingenuous to see a white gay say, "I have no problem with discrimination" lol

- I see a big problem with it, but don't think anything should be done(legislatively) to combat or compensate for it.

- I have no problem with discrimination because it's inherent to objective reality. If the Lemur cannot discriminate between poisonous and nutritious food, it's going to die. I don't value racially-based discrimination as I find it provides _zero_ value to anyone participating in it; unsurprising as it's irrational to begin with.

 

[DEAD7]

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

why is racism _itself_ so terrible?

NOT THAT I BELIEVE THIS PERSON IS ARGUING IN GOOD FAITH, BUT I SUPPOSE THE ANSWER IS THAT HOLDING A BELIEF IN RACISM IS BAD FOR THE INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE IT INHIBITS THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE OBJECTIVE APPRAISALS OF OTHER PEOPLE, BROTHER! AND IT'S BAD FOR SOCIETY BECAUSE IT TENDS TO PROMOTE DISCORD, DUDE! NOW TELL US ABOUT THIS CONSERVATIVE FORUM SO WE CAN DO THE INVERSE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE, MEAN GENE!

 

[NoMayo15]