Hi, Jagi. I'm glad you mentioned the fact that a general immunity to accusations of racism is a bad thing. I definitely shrug it off at this point -- I've been called a racist or Nazi too many times to care -- but there are racists and Nazis out there, and they gain power from our indifference to the terms.
This doesn't mean that we should take another course, mind you. We should continue to ignore the accusations because right now (right now!) the real racists and Nazis aren't nearly as powerful as the equally wicked communists and their useful idiots who call us racists and Nazis.
But not being able to identify racists and Nazis is, all things being equal, a net negative.
Hi, Jagi. I'm glad you mentioned the fact that a general immunity to accusations of racism is a bad thing. I definitely shrug it off at this point -- I've been called a racist or Nazi too many times to care -- but there are racists and Nazis out there, and they gain power from our indifference to the terms.
This doesn't mean that we should take another course, mind you. We should continue to ignore the accusations because right now (right now!) the real racists and Nazis aren't nearly as powerful as the equally wicked communists and their useful idiots who call us racists and Nazis.
But not being able to identify racists and Nazis is, all things being equal, a net negative.
That is a very good point...and I know people who have been tripped up by this.
I should specify that I mean not reacting to calls if racism that are actually bullying.
The real thing is still bad!