David Horowitz: ‘White Privilege’ Is a Racist Idea

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[–]fred_red_beans 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

If racism were so prevalent in the US, you would see members of towns and communities actually acting out against each other. A single incident, such as Charlottesville (which I see no evidence of racism, rather poor judgement calls by police to shut down a planned event and put the two groups in each other's faces), is not proof of rampant racism. Instead what you see is people accusing others of racism based on the main stream medias construct and constant demonizing of those who disagree. I think it could be called an inverted racism. It certainly does divide people and directs their attention away from things like international policy where the US is complicit in the killing of thousands, for what? No one really knows because they are too busy in this partisan bs. Everyone is up in arms about 5 billion for a wall, but no one raises an eyebrow about the nearly 700 billion for "defense". I guess it's not racist to bomb the shit out of other countries, but is to let the ones fleeing those bombs into the US.

[–]SundogsPlace[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Clearly written good points. I agree fully with all said, in the case of most people ignoring the DOD budget, and what's done with that money, I use this example all the time, in a similar context as you.

Usually it's with people who think that the nation is going completely broke due to welfare; they hate anyone on most sorts of welfare.

I always ask them what about the DOD, or the giant corporations that are 'sitting on public welfare'? I usually make my point clear, and almost like clock work, whoever it is, will instantly say something like, 'oh well yeah, they're the real welfare queens, but you can't stop them'... or they ramble on, and change the subject.

My carry my point a little further though, because these same folks will note how a lot of 'people' on welfare are 'scummy',and/or crooks.

I always ask them, wouldn't it be better to give them a couple hundred bucks a month for knick knack crap, and maybe it stops just one robbery, wouldn't that be worth it?

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

Charlottesville was a engineered, practiced, and staged event. There are ample break downs about where it was located with very strong pros and cons that served their purposes. All else clicks into place after that map breakdown analysis.

[–]fred_red_beans 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

While I have not seen any evidence, it certainly appears that it was planned or engineered for it to go down the way it did. The protest of the statue removal was planned in advance, the masked counter protest was huge, and the way it was handled by the police just made the situation worse.

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

Yep.

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

Yep. I have to laugh at how the manufacturers of the tiki torches the "confederate statue supporter" folks were using, actually asked them to stop buying their brand of torch.

You confederate supporters and your torch light marches could compromise our torch sales!!

That's hilarious.

[–]happysmash27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is a way to distract people from the real issues, but also to destabilise and divide the US.