• khodahafez_dispenser [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    That doesn't mean anything. Meanwhile, I can still categorize the US penal system as barbaric, and we all understand what I mean. I don't know why Uganda/n*word even grants comparison.

    • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Calling historical victims of colonialism barbaric is racist. Calling historical perpetrators of colonialism barbaric is fine.

      Your defense here is "I wouldn't be racist if I were calling white Americans barbaric".

        • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          That's true, but it wasn't meant as a direct equivalent. It was meant to point out that racism is not an acceptable response to bad policy, by example of a policy and a slur that are both much worse.