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When Everything is Racist, Nothing Is: Like all words, if overused, the word “racism” becomes meaningless
American Thinker ^
| 08/12/2021
| John Green
Posted on 08/12/2021 7:29:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
If we’re intrinsically racist it becomes a useless thing.
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posted on
08/12/2021 7:30:59 AM PDT
by
Bayard
To: SeekAndFind
It is quite meaningful, it’s just that the meaning has changed.
“Racism” now means “Kill Whitey.”
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posted on
08/12/2021 7:31:17 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
To: SeekAndFind
same logic applies to “covid” and the various “variants”.....
To: SeekAndFind
The absurdity has come to a point when in Madison, Wisconsin, leftists have just declared a
rock to be racist. It wasn’t adorned with any inscription. There was nothing racist about its name. But it had to be removed because its very presence on campus was offensive. Even an unthinking, inanimate object became racist because of something someone said about it in a newspaper article almost 100 years ago. People, systems, institutions, buildings, statues, and now even a rock are guilty of the unpardonable sin of racism.
We have reached peak absurdity. The word means nothing anymore. The left has devalued the term to the point that it has no power -- and those wielding it are worthy only of ridicule.
So, this is the point we’ve reached -- everything is racist and segregation is good again.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Or, Black is Bad
Apologies to the minority minority
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posted on
08/12/2021 7:32:47 AM PDT
by
bert
( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Like BLM, Joe Biden is a Domestic Enemy )
To: SeekAndFind
Liberals will use the word “racist” to shut down conservatives right up to the moment conservatives respond with “what’s your point?”
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posted on
08/12/2021 7:33:03 AM PDT
by
Demiurge2
(Define your terms!)
To: Bayard
The absurdity has come to a point when in Madison, Wisconsin, leftists have just declared a
rock to be racist. It wasn’t adorned with any inscription. There was nothing racist about its name. But it had to be removed because its very presence on campus was offensive. Even an unthinking, inanimate object became racist because of something someone said about it in a newspaper article almost 100 years ago. People, systems, institutions, buildings, statues, and now even a rock are guilty of the unpardonable sin of racism.
We have reached peak absurdity. The word means nothing anymore. The left has devalued the term to the point that it has no power -- and those wielding it are worthy only of ridicule.
So, this is the point we’ve reached -- everything is racist and segregation is good again.
To: SeekAndFind
It’s like many words in “modern” America. For instance, the horrible crime of “rape” pretty much means anything you want it to mean ... and that’s not a good thing.
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posted on
08/12/2021 7:34:19 AM PDT
by
glennaro
(Dennis Prager: "Until it's safe" means "Never")
To: SeekAndFind
It is not meaningless as long as it works.
To: SeekAndFind
It has no meaning, but it has an emotional impact. That’s all the left needs to use it as a weapon.
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posted on
08/12/2021 7:34:44 AM PDT
by
djpg
To: SeekAndFind
One of my prime debating rules is once the word "racist" is used, I tell the speaker that they obviously have no understanding of words, and that they should spend a few years alone with a dictionary. Eff them and the horse DemocRAT they rode in on.
To: Bayard
The 4th meaning in the dictionary Should be:
Racist means anything or anyone the leftist don't like!
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posted on
08/12/2021 7:34:59 AM PDT
by
yodalego
To: SeekAndFind
Add: hitler and nazi to the list
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posted on
08/12/2021 7:38:15 AM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it)
To: SeekAndFind
It means “contrary to the goals of the Party leadership”, or just “not Marxist enough”.
To: SeekAndFind
I contend it is a bogus word anyway. A word meant solely as a weapon against whites and defined by the user no matter the situation. A word used in a way that the accused is immediately guilty of something.
We have reached a Marxist point in this country where being called ‘racist’ is the worst thing ever. Worse that being a child molester, a murderer or rapist. Worse than treason or sedition. We have become a sick society that is largely controlled by this narrative.
To: SeekAndFind
Just plain too dumb to understand or spell ‘bigotry’.
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posted on
08/12/2021 7:47:04 AM PDT
by
RideForever
(One of the Control Group in the CoVID experiment nightmare)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Racist now means western civilization.
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posted on
08/12/2021 7:48:46 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: SeekAndFind
But he's wrong about "racist" having no meaning.
It definitely has a meaning.
"Racist" means they are coming for you, so be prepared.
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posted on
08/12/2021 7:53:17 AM PDT
by
Salman
(It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
To: SeekAndFind
In a rational world, that’s true. But in America, today, the accusation of being a racist is the worst thing you can be accused of being. It sends chills down the spines of politicians and will cause the powerful to grovel.
The public has been indoctrinated such that rationality has been lost.
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posted on
08/12/2021 7:57:06 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(For conservatives, we have taxation without representation.)
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