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And, of course, you take that way out to left field. What he is referring to are things like "male free" zones, not letting anybody who is sympathetic to Israel speak on campuses, not letting Ann Coulter speak here, etc, etc, etc. Don't demean his post by making this about freedom for racists. Shame on you.
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It's Rubecube, man. That's just his schtick. Nonetheless, I'll respond at least once because I really don't think he's able to self-examine and may not have people challenging him on his assumptions about what's right.
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Is it ever really corrected though? Bigots don't tend to repent.
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Are you serious? You can't be serious. You've never seen someone change their mind on this? I can count multiple among people I know just on the gay rights side of things. Certainly you've met any number of people who have moderated previously held racist views, whether you know it or not.
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Oh really? So all minorities have to do to convince racists that racism is wrong is use the power of ideas? Man, it's too bad you weren't around a few hundred years earlier. We could have had this all sorted out a long time ago.
EDIT: Have you actually sought sources for black voices (blogs, articles, etc.) where these ideas may be being discussed beyond the whole "everyone is too PC" narrative you've decided to settle on?
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Jesus, you just
love identity politics, don't you? No, I haven't sought out "black voices". I do not give a damn if the voices are black. People are either right or wrong on any given issue regardless of their skin colour.
For exactly this reason, "minorities" do not have to convince racists that racism is wrong, everyone does. I do not need to be a woman to engage in a discussion about the morality of abortion. If you can't express why skin colour is a stupid reason to discriminate against a person, you're not trying very hard.
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"I wish minorities would stop complaining about their feelings of marginalization because it's buzzkilling my Halloween costume."
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Is this what we're doing now?
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Originally Posted by Rubecube
The only problem with the holocaust was that they didn't finish the job.
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Annoying, isn't it?
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Yawn. Anyways, I'm super happy for the "edgy" white dudes who have had their views on the "PC-nazis" validated by a cartoon written by a couple of libertarians.
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What's wrong in theory with libertarianism? Given the sheer volume of authoritarianism that seems to be frequently rearing its head these days, we could use a bit more libertarianism. Or at least classical liberalism. Allow me to show you how to quote someone accurately for a change:
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Originally Posted by John Stuart Mill
If the arguments of the present chapter are of any validity, there ought to exist the fullest liberty of professing and discussing, as a matter of ethical conviction, any doctrine, however immoral it may be considered.
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