World is Falling Apart Thread (Locked forever)

[Sarge]

Yep, I definitely remember all of that going down. Elections make for some strange bedfellows, quite a few of which are unwanted.

[Tanooki]

Exactly why I brought it up. Anyone want to call crap down on white voters supporting Trump as racist by association then explain why its OK for black militant racists to pull that and it is totally OK. Seems worse since Obama was cool publicly on his site and you don't see any David Duke high fives on Trumps.

[J T]

While I am not endorsing the voter intimidation or calls for violence presented in these old stories, I still want to highlight that cries of reverse racism are arguments of false equivalence that ignore the history and complexity of race relations.

[Exhuminator]

cries of reverse racism are arguments of false equivalence

Earlier you said you believe in social equality for all, but now you say not all racism is equally bad.

Alrighty then.

[MrPopo]

How about we just make Shigeru Miyamoto King of America? I think that would satisfy everyone.

[CFFJR]

How about we just make Shigeru Miyamoto King of America? I think that would satisfy everyone.

So our licenses would have miis on them instead of a photo and every last thing would be motion controlled? No way.

Yu Suzuki for King of America.

Or Yuji Naka. I'm flexible.

[Erik_Twice]

Yu Suzuki for King of America.

Make America great again? No, make America the greatest it could never be.

[Exhuminator]

How about we just make Shigeru Miyamoto King of America? I think that would satisfy everyone.

I don't know about Miyamoto, but Yasumi Matsuno would get my vote. As much as he loves complex political subterfuge he'd be an epic president. Although nobody would understand his presidency's agenda after 8 years and our taxes would become so complex to navigate we'd have to buy strategy guides.

[marurun]

Minorities can be bigoted, and racially biased, but not racist. Technically, racism relies on a structural imbalance of power. The racists are the ones with the structural advantage. Therefore reverse racism is inherently an oxymoron.

[Exhuminator]

Minorities can be bigoted, and racially biased, but not racist.

Interesting opinion.

Technically, racism relies on a structural imbalance of power.

If you replace the word "racism" in that sentence with "discrimination" then I might agree with you.

Therefore reverse racism is inherently an oxymoron.

If you conveniently phrase it that way, maybe. But if you call it reactionary racism that would be closer to reality.