Re:My Free Speech Means You Have to Shut Up
by rpmisms on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:08AM
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But it's the literal truth, and using a descriptor on a group of people acting does not attribute the action to all people who fit the descriptor. Not all mammals are dogs, and that shouldn't need to be said.
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Re:My Free Speech Means You Have to Shut Up
by Yoric on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:59AM
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You're confusing semantics and subtext.
The clear subtext in your examples is "Jews" (not "some Jews"), "Muslims" (not "some Muslims"), "Christians" (not "some Christians"). A racist (or variant thereof) will not say "all Jews"/"all Muslims"/"all Gays"/... , they'll just casually namedrop "Jews" (or even a single Jewish personality), "Muslims" (or even a single Muslim personality), "Gays" (or even a single Gay personality), and use this as a dogwhistle.