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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
These are my views and do not necessarily reflect those of other moderators. I’m speaking as Jiri/Grant not as a moderator of this site.
Clearly these are uncomfortable and tense discussions. It is easy to come over the top and start to moderate by handing out infractions and suspensions. But is that what we need right now? Or do we need to allow ourselves and demand ourselves to actually sit with the discomfort and tension?
Far be it for me to speak on behalf of members of our community that are black or part of other minorities, but it seems like those people have been subjected to racist/discriminatory language for their entire lives….but as soon as someone is accused of being a racist now the line has been crossed? I don’t know – but it reeks a little of white fragility to me.
If someone is saying your are a racist…I would ask yourself why they have come to that conclusions. What behaviors, patterns and things have you said or done that have led them to saying that? Self-reflect instead of react. Because, in my experience, people don’t toss that stuff around for no reason.
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If you disagree with Crown Royal he calls you racist, if you present facts to Crown Royal he calls you racist, if you defend police, Crown Royal calls you racist. If you don’t believe Crown Royals sob story about the time he got pulled over he calls you a racist, if you explain how a judge or jury could potentially find police officer not guilty of a murder charge, Crown Royal calls you racist.
Crown Royal likes to have race discussions provided the discussion is him calling anybody who disagrees with him racist.