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    Default Re: The Racist Left Strikes Again

    Quote Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy View Post
    What's the difference? Explain how saying all leftists are racists is any different from saying all Black people are (fill in the blank).
    You circled around an excellent point: Tribalism is both natural and inevitable. We are social animals, so we need to define who is with us and who is against us. It's ugly and it's primitive, but I dare you to show me a single person who isn't affected by it.

    This is why I think racism, as a sin, is overrated. Sure it's bad, but it's exactly the same sort of bad as Brewers versus Cubs fans, or Dems versus Repubs. It's just an expression of tribalism. (As you illustrate, when a poster accuses all liberals or all conservatives of some hideous evil, it sounds remarkably like a racist rant. Just replace "Democrat" or "Republican" with the racial epithet of your choice, and you don't need to change a word.)

    Yes, we should all try not to be racist, especially in a country with a history of slavery, segregation, and redlining (in historical order), but we should recognize it for what it is, and we should never pretend one group has a monopoly on hate and/or victimization. Nor should someone being racist mark them as subhuman scum. They're just giving in to a remarkably stupid form of tribalism. Which is bad, but understandable, and forgivable in the long run (as long as they don't kill anybody).

    Anyway.
    Last edited by Lemur; 04-06-2012 at 14:48.

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