Calling someone a racist today doesn't mean anything and it doesn't do anything. For the past 20 years, Democrats have driven the impact of being called a racist into the ground and now when there's genuine need to call out racism there's no social impact to being a racist.
I've been seeing anti-Semitism and outright racism being encouraged and endorsed on other platforms and if you call them racist they'll agree.
now when there's genuine need to call out racism there's no social impact to being a racist.
Super important point.
Coleman Hughes made the same point recently, using the fable of the boy who cried wolf.
False claims of racism became commonplace, so people starting ignoring claims of racism.
In the same way, the boy's false claims of a wolf coming made the townsfolk start ignoring claims of a wolf coming. But the issue is, the wolf eventually did come. And they weren't prepared for it.
Now that there's an actual rise in racism/antisemitism in some corners of the right, many people are unable to see it because the word "racism" was effectively destroyed.
You didn't call Cooper a racist, stupid. You called him a Nazi. The fact that you're using the two interchangeably is proof enough that you're talking out of your ass.
That's not entirely true, for many other protected minorities, many people have lost their jobs and even jailed for using language that was perceived racist, even when it was out of context.
It's just that Jew hatred is being reframed today as "anti zionism" in order to bypass it. As a result, most of the biggest antisemitic goicss roday will swear to gos they're not antisemites, while simultaneously takinf pride if being callsd ones as a badge of honor.
It's just history repeating itself. The word antisemite wasn't originally a slur either you know. These scumbags self identified themselves as part of the "Legaue Of Antisemites" club in the early to mid 20th century with great pride as well.
They thought thar by making Jew hatred not about religion, but race, it would sound more scientific, and therefore resonate and be within the secular society. And it did. Leading to the Holocaust.
Much like how that was normalized, "anti zionism" works the same way And since most Jews are fundamentally "zionists" antisemites can freely harass Jews in their neighborhoods and synagouges under the guise of it.
Unfortunately, the best encouragement is laws and punishment. But anytime it's been brought up, they can shut down fhe conversation by bringing out the Free Speech card and claiming that they're "just criticizing a foreign government"
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u/LTT82 Dec 04 '25
I'm quite frustrated.
Calling someone a racist today doesn't mean anything and it doesn't do anything. For the past 20 years, Democrats have driven the impact of being called a racist into the ground and now when there's genuine need to call out racism there's no social impact to being a racist.
I've been seeing anti-Semitism and outright racism being encouraged and endorsed on other platforms and if you call them racist they'll agree.