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Re:Zuckerberg asserts Facebook stands for free expression by dmix on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:34PM (#21285047)
I was reading up on that Extinction Rebellion group (the ones disrupting traffic and blocking commuters from using public transit) and their book blamed 'white supremacy' as one of the causes of climate change as well.
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Re:Zuckerberg asserts Facebook stands for free expression by jlawson on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:39PM (#21285095)
In the far-left worldview, all society-scale problems can be traced to the moral turpitude of straight white men.
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Re:Zuckerberg asserts Facebook stands for free expression by minikites on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:44PM (#21285149)
They're overwhelmingly represented in positions of power so yes, it is them causing the problems, by definition.
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Re:Zuckerberg asserts Facebook stands for free expression by dmix on Thursday October 17, 2019 @11:50PM (#21288495)
Just to he clear, you think that is a central cause of most the problems in society?

I get the whole equity of opportunities argument, there's some legitimate grievances there. Where you people lose me is when it gets into vindictive and punitive territory by working against anyone successful for some vague and needlessly destructive form of 'progress.' I'd much rather the world lifts themselves up together instead of punishing and destroying our way to equity of outcomes, which usually means everyone being worse-off.

Meanwhile no one gives a shit about the 93% male/7% female workplace death rates in these conversations.

Neither of which sounds very pro-worker to me.

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Re:Zuckerberg asserts Facebook stands for free expression by minikites on Friday October 18, 2019 @06:00AM (#21289996)
I'm not saying "the problems exist because they are white", I'm saying "they are in power, they have the responsibility to address these problems, they are not addressing these problems, therefore it is directly their fault these problems still exist".
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Re:Zuckerberg asserts Facebook stands for free expression by merpnderp on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:00PM (#21285302)
If you believe that, you’re believing in straight up racism.
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Re:Zuckerberg asserts Facebook stands for free expression by damnyou on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:41PM (#21285122)
Not all of them. but a big chunk, yes. It's not specific to straight white men — if it were, say, straight Japanese men ruling the world then the blame would be laid on them.

Ultimately, the left view is largely correct, which is why I'm on the left.

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