Like obviously they shy away from stigmatized terms like "white supremacist" and "neo-nazi", but if you ask them if they agree with the statement that "it is good that European settlers conquered North America from the native population" they'll probably say yes. And you can't really believe that without being at least kind of a white supremacist.

Not sure how novel of a thought this really is but it's been kicking around in my brain for a bit so I thought I'd post it here

  • CheGueBeara [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Most liberals are also white supremacists they just think they're allies because they say the words and might even attend a parade protest or two.

    I remember a pool that said something like 25% of American liberals are against race mixing, lol. All you need is 25% more to be some lesser form of racist.

    Examples:

    • :us-foreign-policy: like, say, how they fall in line immediately on Ukraine but never gave a shit about Yemen, Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc etc.

    • Their embrace of policing and "refunding" movements despite no refunding happening. The George Floyd protests were a vibe for most of them, they didn't actually understand, commit to, or do anything, but they sure felt self-actualized before returning to support for systemic racism.

    • So many of them fail the "cross the street if you see a black guy" test.

    • They commit hardcore to meritocratic or karmic economic justice, but the outcomes fall heavily on racial lines. Some of them put 2 and 2 together and begin/continue harboring racist sentiments rather than question their economic worldview.

    • Rampant xenophobia.

    • Rampant sinophobia in particular.

    • So very much internalized and then externalized racism against people from Latin America.