I think people lightly throwing around words like racist, bigot and nazi are doing more harm than good. Those words used to mean something and at one time had power now though they are becoming slang to use when someone disagrees with you and as such are not as meaningful anymore.
He’s saying that racism doesn’t exist. That there were never any racists. He’s right.
Do you use the words sexist, ageist, heightist, or anything like that to describe people who hate other people with those physical characteristics?
It makes no sense. Hate is hate. It doesn’t matter why you hate. It’s not worse to hate someone over their race/skin color than for any other reason.
That word was invented less than a century ago (which should give you pause already) with the aim of controlling people. It’s working exceptionally well so far.
I think people lightly throwing around words like racist, bigot and nazi are doing more harm than good. Those words used to mean something and at one time had power now though they are becoming slang to use when someone disagrees with you and as such are not as meaningful anymore.
Jesse Lee Peterson claims that there are no real racists anymore. Racism is a word used to control people .... or something to that effect.
He’s saying that racism doesn’t exist. That there were never any racists. He’s right.
Do you use the words sexist, ageist, heightist, or anything like that to describe people who hate other people with those physical characteristics?
It makes no sense. Hate is hate. It doesn’t matter why you hate. It’s not worse to hate someone over their race/skin color than for any other reason.
That word was invented less than a century ago (which should give you pause already) with the aim of controlling people. It’s working exceptionally well so far.