There is a certain honesty in being openly racist. I kind of appreciate that because I can walk away.
I can walk away!! That is an enormous relief and I am in control. I got a cue..information and I am free to act upon it.
If I don’t have cues, I will walk INTO unknown circumstances and be clueless with those who don’t want me in their midst.
True story: the most vicious racism I have experienced is the covert passive aggressive kind in the heart of liberal Berkeley. And I have lived in the south. Yes. The South. Some were absolutely lovely and others..they don’t want you eating corn and grits with them at their Waffle House. And that’s fine. Because I knew to stay out of certain waffle houses.
But Berkeley tho’...I needed therapy. It was serious mindfuck.
And yet quite a lot of people get beaten up or murdered by racists, why didn't they just walk away? Because, in many cases, they didn't have the option. Some racists just sit there and say hateful things, others are more active. I'm guessing you do not have much experience dealing with the latter variety.
You are missing the point of the original article. It’s about Facebook censoring content based on words. That is not going to stop people from acting in reprehensible and violent ways.
And you're ignoring the points I made above that don't support your argument, so it appears we've reached a conversational impasse.
That is not going to stop people from acting in reprehensible and violent ways.
It's going to make it harder for them to get the audience they desire, and harder to recruit, radicalize, and organize. Contrary to the 'lone wolf' trope, violent actors almost always have identifiable and often leaky support networks.
I can walk away!! That is an enormous relief and I am in control. I got a cue..information and I am free to act upon it.
If I don’t have cues, I will walk INTO unknown circumstances and be clueless with those who don’t want me in their midst.
True story: the most vicious racism I have experienced is the covert passive aggressive kind in the heart of liberal Berkeley. And I have lived in the south. Yes. The South. Some were absolutely lovely and others..they don’t want you eating corn and grits with them at their Waffle House. And that’s fine. Because I knew to stay out of certain waffle houses.
But Berkeley tho’...I needed therapy. It was serious mindfuck.