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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by Udik on Thursday July 02, 2020 @05:11PM (#23718116)
> It may have been made up, but I'm willing to bet that a not insignificant portion of people who are _now_ making it aren't doing so to make a point of saying "everything is just fine".

Absolutely. But the corollary is that every time someone claims that something (a flag, a gesture, a tradition) is racist, then it actually transforms it into something racist. Because at that point you're forced to abandon it or consciously make a statement that you don't care about being considered racist.

If next year someone comes up saying that Santa Claus is racist, then dressing as Santa Claus becomes a statement, that you want it or not. This is a huge power that is easily abused.

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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by Igelau on Thursday July 02, 2020 @08:40PM (#23719772)
> the corollary is that every time someone claims that something... is racist, then it actually transforms it into something racist.

This sounds like something out of a Borges story. Final scene narrated in the few remaining words designated as not harmful.

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