03-02-2021, 01:28 PM
(03-02-2021, 01:12 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Honestly, this is one of the things we try hard to fight against in Appalachia specifically, but the South more broadly. We've even had conversations on this in this forum when discussing the trash that is Hillbilly Elegy and its author. Though, to be fair, I have no objections to the term redneck or hillbilly when describing me, but the idea that these are denigrative terms is one causes a lot of problems for the Democrats. Lefty types in Appalachia tend to be very critical of the party for this reason. The way the region has been treated has caused the people to become disillusioned with the major parties in a lot of ways and is why Trump gained such a foothold, but it has also caused the more left-leaning to go further left than the Democrats. A lot of it has to do with the cultural trend going on.
Exactly. There is a massive double standard at work here where it is perfectly acceptable to use racist terms to describe white people or to make broad, negative generalizations about them. Lok at the New York Times. They just fired a guy for an incident in which he used a racial slur to make a point or as an example.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/media/new-york-times-dean-baquet-town-hall/index.html
But the same paper continues to employ a woman who routinely wrote racist tweets about white people.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/03/sarah-jeong-new-york-times-twitter-posts-racism
Of course, being an ethnic minority and targeting white people she got a pass. She was just "mimicking her harassers". How are members of Congress supporting a known racist like Louis Farrakhan with zero repercussions?
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-jewish-coalition-calls-resignation-democrats-ties-farrakhan/story?id=53601481
OPED:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nation-of-islam-and-the-house-11546559607
We either have to say this behavior is unacceptable from anyone or not. A double standard, which is clearly at work here, will only perpetuate this problem. I'm sure that our resident white guilt members will post something stating, "Won't someone think of the white people", but this type of hatred only perpetuates the problem, especially when it is routinely given a pass.
As an aside, look for this tactic, because it happens frequently. A left leaning person will say something abhorrent. They'll get heat for it. They will counter with, "I'm now being harassed and sent death threats". It's used all the time to excuse their initial behavior/statement. It means nothing in regards to what they said/did, it's only done to distract.
