Re:Make America Hate Again
by pessimizer on Monday January 30, 2017 @09:36AM
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Banned as an accusation against someone you're arguing against as ad hominem well poisoning? Yes. Otherwise, no.
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That's the only way I've ever seen it used.
Re:Make America Hate Again
by pessimizer on Monday January 30, 2017 @09:53AM
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I was listening to a commentator a few days ago mention how frequently discussions of identity politics are diverted from practical economic issues associated with identity to the virtue of the participants in the conversation.
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Person A: I'm facing discrimination in my industry.
Person B: I don't see color. Racists are bad.
Person A: Too bad I don't work for you. How can I deal with what is happening?
Person B: There's going to be more of this with Trump. I hate Trump.
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I related to this dynamic a lot.
edit: it was an interview of Asad Haider (editor of viewpointmag.com) on the last Behind The News (Doug Henwood's show) episode.