Re:Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming
by Nadya on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:14PM
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This argument is often double-downed with "You're sexist if you don't support Hillary". You don't want to be a racist/sexist, right? Vote Hillary!
Both arguments are increasingly why so many people are supporting Trump. They are emotional appeals based on presumptions that aren't necessarily true - and are more irritating than compelling. It also hurts the image of legitimate social issues. When everything is racist/sexist then being racist/sexist no longer holds any meaning.
Re:Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming
by carsongross on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:01PM
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See?
This formulation implies they are victims of people irrationally yelling 'racist' at them. They just said they supported a particular political candidate! How unfair of the mob to slur them!
You elide the underlying cause: they keep quiet to avoid having 'racist' yelled at them, because being a Trump supporter is supporting racism.