Bernd
Fighting algorithmic racism like John Henry
1yr ago·Edited 1yr ago
I mean, he's convinced me that the holocaust will only be relevant to Americans until the second some group feels empowered to start the "White Tears About The Holocaust And Other Myths That Perpetuate White Supremacy" game, at which point none of the tactics you've used against SS will work any more.
Which is a fucking shame, because allowing it to become yet another forgotten genocide in the long string of them that make up most of human history means nobody learned anything, and we're probably in for an even worse one someday.
Amadan
I will be here longer than you
Bernd 1yr ago
I mean, he's convinced me that the holocaust will only be relevant to Americans until the second some group feels empowered to start the "White Tears About The Holocaust And Other Myths That Perpetuate White Supremacy" game,
You believed that already.
at which point none of the tactics you've used against SS will work any more.
I'm not using any "tactics" against him, aside from honest and straightforward disagreement and disdain for his views and his agenda.
I find it ironic that even though you will stan anyone and anything, no matter how inflammatory, so long as it might trigger a liberal somewhere, even you had to add an obligatory disclaimer that you actually believe the Holocaust was a bad thing.
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I mean, he's convinced me that the holocaust will only be relevant to Americans until the second some group feels empowered to start the "White Tears About The Holocaust And Other Myths That Perpetuate White Supremacy" game, at which point none of the tactics you've used against SS will work any more.
Which is a fucking shame, because allowing it to become yet another forgotten genocide in the long string of them that make up most of human history means nobody learned anything, and we're probably in for an even worse one someday.
You believed that already.
I'm not using any "tactics" against him, aside from honest and straightforward disagreement and disdain for his views and his agenda.
I find it ironic that even though you will stan anyone and anything, no matter how inflammatory, so long as it might trigger a liberal somewhere, even you had to add an obligatory disclaimer that you actually believe the Holocaust was a bad thing.
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