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In reply to the discussion: Ironically, once you decide a person or group is "stupid," you are relieved from thinking about them [View all]Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)"I see people who claim to be against racial prejudice and gender based prejudice actually displaying racial and gender based prejudices while their peers cheer them on."
We have all seen that, I'm sure. I agree with you.
We have also seen too many instances online, IRL and from our elected officials and their spokespersons crying that if we call them on their racism and misogyny we are trying to "silence" them or shut the conversation down with "labels" or we are just being to "sensitive" and politically correct. They do this because they do not want to talk about racism, they do not want to talk about misogyny, they do not want to talk about the rise of Nazism and fascism (Twitter is an absolute sewer of self-identified fascists and Nazis) in this country.
Jan Brewer is on my TeeVee right now, screaming "Criminal Illegal ALIENS!" as many times as she possibly can and crying about being called a racist and a bigot just because she is characterizing an entire sub-set of not-white immigrants as being dangerous, violent, lazy, diseased people. . . . . I know right? The poor dear.
There have been logical fallacies as long as there have been arguments. Some people will always go from 0 to 60 in .05 without bothering to examine their own behavior. It is good to point out inconsistency and hyperbole.
I agree it does make the conversation more challenging, but I must disagree that it renders such endeavors futile.