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Related: About this forumIn Search of Honest Racists
Last edited Tue May 7, 2019, 11:01 AM - Edit history (1)
Southern racism isnt fancied up or often camouflaged. Its raw and unambiguous. Northern versions and God knows the versions one finds in places like Portland, Seattle, or the Bay Area come with so many layers of defensiveness and cloying assurances of progressivism that they can be smothering. Sometimes its just better to know where you stand.
Shorter version: if youre going to deal with racists, sometimes its best if theyre just racists rather than being both racists and liars.
The same is true when it comes to the immigration debate. I have far more respect for the David Dukes of the world who say they seek a border wall and deportations to maintain a white majority than I do for those who insist their nativism is devoid of racial antipathy and stems solely from concern about the legality or illegality of migrants to the nation. And the reason is simple: David Duke may be a Nazi, but hes not a prevaricator as to motivation. Those who say racism plays no role in their opposition to immigration, however, are, almost without exception.
And I prefer my bigots straight up, no chaser. Theyre easier to deal with, easier to expose, and far easier to defeat.
Shorter version: if youre going to deal with racists, sometimes its best if theyre just racists rather than being both racists and liars.
The same is true when it comes to the immigration debate. I have far more respect for the David Dukes of the world who say they seek a border wall and deportations to maintain a white majority than I do for those who insist their nativism is devoid of racial antipathy and stems solely from concern about the legality or illegality of migrants to the nation. And the reason is simple: David Duke may be a Nazi, but hes not a prevaricator as to motivation. Those who say racism plays no role in their opposition to immigration, however, are, almost without exception.
And I prefer my bigots straight up, no chaser. Theyre easier to deal with, easier to expose, and far easier to defeat.
https://medium.com/@timjwise/be-a-racist-or-a-liar-but-not-both-d064d411e44c
https://mobile.twitter.com/timjacobwise/status/1125759746055778304
Much more at the link. Really good read
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In Search of Honest Racists (Original Post)
Soph0571
May 2019
OP
To them it was as many believe enslaved people was ok if the law allowed it
beachbum bob
May 2019
#3
Shell_Seas
(3,447 posts)1. Link doesn't work.
Have added a link to twitter and you can access from there..
Cartoonist
(7,529 posts)2. Unambiguous?
Southern racists always say the Civil War was about State rights.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)3. To them it was as many believe enslaved people was ok if the law allowed it
The law of the state, that is....