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[–]happysmash27 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

This is why one should never assume anything based on race, except perhaps resistance against sunburn; regardless of the the group it is aimed at, racism is still racist. I hope that here, in the place of anti-extremes, more people will understand this sentiment; it often seems that only fairly right-wing people care about racism against those considered "white", and many on the left only care about it against everyone else. I truly care about the rights of everyone, and I mean everyone, including my enemies, but communities like #AllLivesMatter currently seem to disproportionately care for only the usually ignored racism, rather than all discrimination based on race. Perhaps if more people of all backgrounds used the hashtag it would become more equalised.

Being mixed, I think race is a pretty silly concept; there is such a genetic continuum even for people that aren't necessarily very mixed that, to me, hard lines just seem too hard. It's genetic variation originating from geography, not solid categories.

[–]SundogsPlace[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The woman did exactly what most leftists do, she didn't have any argument, and instead went straight to the default PC argument. What it shows is extreme stupid bias; where by the left is so used to using the media given 'boogie man' arguments.... In the end the results are??? Not too many people care about the labels placed on them anymore; I mean hell, if just being indifferent, and not towing the reactive mainstream narrative, being proactive makes you 'xyz blank media labeled', well, people are numb to it.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You mean corporate leftists or SJWs and AntiFa.

I'm a voluntaryist/agorist/anarchist who leans left who used to be more left but never of that SJW corporate engineered-left sort who make us all cringe.

Just like the Alt-Right are so far from being Nazis, who were the underdogs in WWII, but that's another story.

Labels and semantics matter for effective communication, though it's never prefect - especially when "they" are always fucking with it and diluting it with doublespeak.

[–]happysmash27 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think that is why they said "most leftists" rather than saying it applies to all leftists.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Naw. That's like saying most leftists are sheeple without a brain. I don't buy it.

Half of everyone is stupider than average. And the other half is forced to tolerate their shit.

That's why the Corprate Dems exploit them and the freethinkers have less choice, always rigged.