Comments on: Burning Crosses: Totally Not Racist

By: Lemur

Lemur — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:59:46 +0000

Yeah, burning someone’s house down. I saw that on Comedy Central last night. Cause it’s funny.
And Nick, I agree. I hear “Oh, PC is ruining everything, what about freedom of speech, blah blah.” My response is that if all someone has to say are slurs/stereotypes/other ‘un-PC’ garbage, then I have no problem with them shutting the fuck up.
But then, I’m an Angry Humorless FeministTM

By: SunlessNick

SunlessNick — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:35:03 +0000

It’s also because, as implied at the beginning of the post, that people will do all kinds of racist things so long as they don’t think they’ll actually get called out on being racist. And if you call them racist, well you’re the one throwing out insults now!

And yet “political correctness” is claimed to have this absolute stranglehold on public discourse.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:56:51 +0000

I completely agree. One of the things that made me completely fucking INSANE during the primaries was the 5 cent euphemisms the press used to describe racists.

If race was a determining/important factor in your voting decision and as a result you voted for HRC, then that makes you a racist. Period. Lets not tap dance around the issue.

Part of it (I think anyway) is the kyriarchy protecting itself through collective action. I won’t call you a racist if you don’t call me a racist. Like closing your eyes real tight will make the reality of our privilege vanish right before our eyes. Which, I guess, if you’re white actually works. :/

Frankly it reminds me of the shit society does to avoid calling someone a rapist. All oppression works the same.