• Abundance114@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Some would say that, yes.

        Racism and bigotry outside government institution doesnt really do much, it’s kind of self defeating in most situations that actually mean anything.

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          That is legitimately one of the single dumbest statements I’ve ever read in my entire life.

          How the fuck do you mega brained genius think racist and bigoted ideas get spread and propagated ?

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            That is legitimately one of the single dumbest statements I’ve ever read in my entire life.

            First day on the internets?

            How the fuck do you mega brained genius think racist and bigoted ideas get spread and propagated ?

            It’s a residual product of almost 200 years of government sanctioned racism. I’d explain more but if you were interested you wouldn’t have came out so hot.

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              If you think racist talk by private citizens doesn’t spread racist and bigoted ideas, then you’re not worth talking too.

              That’s one of the dumbest and nonsensical things I’ve ever heard anyone say. I’m genuinely flabbergasted that a functional adult could believe something so ridiculously and obviously idiotic.

              You really think people like Andrew Tate or Ben Shapiro have zero role in spreading racist and bigoted ideals ? Fucking really ? Ya think Fox News has never convinced anyone of bigoted shit ? Ya think Alex Jones didn’t make people call in DEATH THREATS to the parents of murdered children ?

              Incel forums have literally motivated mass shooters, you gonna tell me those incel forums were government run, or what ?

              But yeah, sure. Racist and bigoted talk outside of government institutions is totally inconsequential.

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                If you think racist talk by private citizens doesn’t spread racist and bigoted ideas, then you’re not worth talking too.

                I said absolutely nothing even approaching a dramatic leap to that conclusion.

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                  1 day ago

                  You literally said, verbatim

                  racism and bigotry outside of government institutions doesn’t really do much

                  Unless you mean to tell me that the spread of these ideas “isn’t doing much”, which frankly, I’d consider even worse.

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                    1 day ago

                    Unless you mean to tell me that the spread of these ideas “isn’t doing much”, which frankly, I’d consider even worse.

                    It absolutely isn’t doing much, because those ideas aren’t spreading in a vacuum. They’re spreading in competition with the sensible view of equality, which is winning simply because it’s the only thing that really makes sense. Good ideas consistently win against bad ideas absent a strong force standing behind the bad idea; and it’s really hard to find a stronger force than government.

                    In the U.S., racism is on the decline not due to government mandate. Racism is on the decline because in the 1960s the government stopped endorsing a particular race as superior. We don’t need the government mandating anti- racism and how the population treat each other; we just need the government to treat everyone equally and the problem of racism will continue to decrease.